Aura of the Sentinel doesn't stack with Alert

The initiative bonuses don't stack.  Is this intentional, or a bug?

First of all, you should be listing where Aura of the Sentinel comes from when asking for help like this. (For anyone unaware, I found it: Oath of the Watchers Paladin from 5e.)

For others, it should apply because they're gaining a bonus of your proficiency bonus, not their own. For you, however, it's debatable. Normally, you're unable to benefit twice from your own Proficiency Bonus in the same instance. The wording of Oath of the Watchers might provide an edge case to allow it (it's a bonus, not directly adding the PB, but I'm not convinced it stacks).

Thanks for the feedback, that was very helpful!

Also as of now DDB has no way of adding things like Paladin Aura's to character sheets. So that is most likely why it is not showing on your sheet.

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First of all, you should be listing where Aura of the Sentinel comes from when asking for help like this. (For anyone unaware, I found it: Oath of the Watchers Paladin from 5e.)

For others, it should apply because they're gaining a bonus of your proficiency bonus, not their own. For you, however, it's debatable. Normally, you're unable to benefit twice from your own Proficiency Bonus in the same instance. The wording of Oath of the Watchers might provide an edge case to allow it (it's a bonus, not directly adding the PB, but I'm not convinced it stacks).

 Interesting, as Tashas was a 2014 rules expansion and the 2014 Alert feat gave a flat +5 to Initiative which would stack.  Based on that I'd allow it but I don't know if they can code it.

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First of all, you should be listing where Aura of the Sentinel comes from when asking for help like this. (For anyone unaware, I found it: Oath of the Watchers Paladin from 5e.)

For others, it should apply because they're gaining a bonus of your proficiency bonus, not their own. For you, however, it's debatable. Normally, you're unable to benefit twice from your own Proficiency Bonus in the same instance. The wording of Oath of the Watchers might provide an edge case to allow it (it's a bonus, not directly adding the PB, but I'm not convinced it stacks).

 Interesting, as Tashas was a 2014 rules expansion and the 2014 Alert feat gave a flat +5 to Initiative which would stack.  Based on that I'd allow it but I don't know if they can code it.

 I default answering based on 5.5e, because that's the current version. That version of Alert pulls from your Proficiency Bonus for the boost, which is relevant in the answer I gave. If playing 5e and not 5.5e, it definitely stacks, because that version of Alert gives a flat bonus. However, the timing of release for the sourcebook of the subclass can't be used to support an argument in good faith about how the 5.5e rules do or should work.