spell questions: Breath of Winter, Communion M/S

[Zooko]

More questions:

Suppose my Paladin has a Broadsword (damage 6) and Strength 13. Now suppose my pretender has Fire-9, so the Paladin, when blessed, gets Flaming Weapons. Flaming Weapons says "8 a.p. damage". Now is my Paladin going to do 13 + 6 + 8 + d, all 27+d of which is armor piercing? Or 13 + 6 + d, plus 8 armor piercing? Now suppose my enemy's pretender has a ring of fire resistance and 100% fire resistance. If my Paladin strikes him, is it going to do any damage? 27+d? or 19+d?

My Wish for Dom 3 is that these kinds of questions can be answered by playing the game instead of by asking on the forum. I don't think all such questions could be answered by the manual. It would be too much to write, too much to read, and anyway it is sometimes fun to discover things by playing that you can't discover by reading.

However, these questions should be answerable by playing the game. There should be some way I can determine whether my Niefel Jarl has more winter aura after casting Breath of Winter than he had before. There should be some way I could tell how much of my Paladin's damage is negated by the enemy pretender's fire resistance. Okay, that sounds challenging to design and code, but that's my Wish.

(I guess the third question *is* answerable by playing -- if I successfully Mind Burn the enemy Communion Master, then I will notice whether some of the Slaves also go poof.)

Regards,

Zooko