Elemental Attack vs. Resistance

[Sheap]

Suppose I hit someone with e.g. a Fire Brand weapon and they have fire resistance. Does the fire resistance negate any of the "normal" damage (i.e. strength + weapon damage value + 2d6) or does the fire resistance negate only the special fire effect of the weapon? Is there additional normal damage caused if the unit has no resistance (or a susceptibility) to fire, or just the effect of being ignited?

I guess I just dont understand the operation of elemental weapons vs. resistances very well. Thanks in advance

[Norfleet]

Only the bonus fire is affected by the fire resistance. You will not become immune to the actual base damage of being physically smacked with a sword merely because the sword is also fiery and you are immune to fire.

[HJ]

So, the only thing that additional fire will do is set the target on fire if it survives the physical damage? But even this is not mandatory, only a probability, is it not?

What about "small area fire" and similar weapons? Does anyone know what amount of damage small area fire does, and is it dealt on top of physical damage? I assume that only the unit that actually got hit gets the physical damage, while the rest of the units in a square get only fire damage, is that right? I've been using these quite a bit, but I can't say I have the details on how they work figured out completely.

[Norfleet]

That's how it works, yes. I don't happen to have the stats on the area damages, though.

[HJ]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
That's how it works, yes. I don't happen to have the stats on the area damages, though.

Thanks for the confirmation.

Maybe somebody else will have the info on how the area damages work?

[Norfleet]

That's what I was confirming, that this is how area damage works: Man hits takes weapon damage, everyone else gets flash damage.