Do the Deathly Hallows provide any extra power when all are possessed by one person?

Question

The Deathly Hallows are all very powerful and potent artifacts on their own: a perfect invisibility cloak, the most powerful wand, and a stone that can recall shadows of lost loved ones. That is good and wonderful and makes one feel all warm inside (doesn't it?). But when mentioned together, the Deathly Hallows are often referred to as having the ability to make one "the master of Death".

While it could be stated that calling someone possessing all three Deathly Hallows "the master of Death" is simply to indicate that that person has three very powerful items at their disposal, if all three items were made by a trio of brothers then it is not beyond possibility that they may have included an additive bonus to the artifacts that only reveals itself when all three are brought together by one person.

Therefore, is there information either way to indicate if the three Deathly Hallows did have additional powers when used together as a set?

Answer 1

There were no mentions of any additional powers that were conveyed by having the "complete set".

I do not believe that there would be any additional powers conveyed. The three artifacts were independently created by three different individuals in response to the same problem without any help or interaction from the other two brothers.

Answer 2

The possession of all three Hallows does not grant any further awesome power to the owner. Dumbledore, himself, explains to Harry in the King's Cross Chapter of DH that the story of the three Deathly Hallows being created by Death seems the sort of "legend that might have sprung up around such creations". Therefore, the Master of Death title and all that, according to the Hallows mythos, goes with it (the increased magical powers, invincibility and immortality) are just the results of storytelling embellishment, and unlikely to be true.

However, it's as if Harry fulfilled this legendary title anyway, by becoming the Master of Death as defined by Albus Dumbledore: "... the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying." So, Harry had both accepted death as an inevitability ("mastered" it) and, technically, possessed all three Hallows at the same time - even though the Elder Wand was being held by Voldemort. You could argue that a combination of destiny and Harry's choices granted him the title of Master of Death.

Powerful stuff, huh?

Answer 3

I believe that there is a possibility that the original story is true. I know that Dumbledore is a reliable source and knows what he is talking about although he never says he is sure. Also if Beedle wrote about the Hallows in the first place it, so wouldn't it make sense if he knew the whole story. If I am correct than maybe controlling all three would make you a master of death literally. You could control "him". The Hallows obviously exist, so why not the entire legend and story.

Answer 4

Dumbledore had all three items at one point so this made him the master of death and he didn't mention any additional powers; However, perhaps this is why he was able to communicate with Harry when harry died at voldemorts hand...