How does weapon damage actually work? (Or how is it supposed to work?) I can't seem to figure any of it out! I'm hoping the answer(s) is/are simpler than they seem.
Example, imagaine you are a basic, level 2, human character owning three (3)
Freezing arming swords with
only these enchantments:
#1 has +3 melee weapon damage and +6 cold damage; and
#2 has +6 melee weapon damage and +3 cold damage; and
#3 has +9 melee weapon damage.
a) Which (if any) has the maximum damage? Do the ranges of possible damage differ between the swords?
b) Is the elemental damage fundamentally different from the weapon damage? Are either tallied differently or separately?
c) Does your Freezing sword with
just melee bonuses injure slimes? (And will a Physical sword with just +3 cold damage bonus injure slimes?)
d) Do a sword's cold damage bonuses stack with other weapons or spells? Or neither?
Any help is appreciated.
e-d