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<blockquote data-quote="Nim" data-source="post: 2626413" data-attributes="member: 5684">So. You're wielding a +1 flaming merciful longsword. When you strike an opponent, you deal:a) 1d8 + 2d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damageb) 1d8 + 1d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damage + 1d6 nonlethal fire damagec) 1d8 + 1d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damage + 1d6 lethal fire damageI'm inclined towards b) - the flaming damage becomes nonlethal (because Merciful says 'all'), but it's still fire damage and subject to appropriate resistance (or to being increased against a Cold-subtype creature). But it occured to me to wonder if other folks felt differently <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Now some trickier ones. Is damage from a spell cast out of a spell-storing weapon part of 'damage the weapon deals'? Would a +1 merciful vicious short sword do 4d6 +1 nonlethal to the enemy and 1d6 nonlethal to the wielder?&nbsp; What about a Merciful Wounding weapon? Ability damage doesn't have the concept of 'nonlethal', but it IS 'damage', and it WAS 'dealt by the weapon'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nim, post: 2626413, member: 5684"] So. You're wielding a [i]+1 flaming merciful longsword[/i]. When you strike an opponent, you deal: a) 1d8 + 2d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damage b) 1d8 + 1d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damage + 1d6 nonlethal fire damage c) 1d8 + 1d6 + 1 nonlethal untyped damage + 1d6 lethal fire damage I'm inclined towards b) - the flaming damage becomes nonlethal (because Merciful says 'all'), but it's still fire damage and subject to appropriate resistance (or to being increased against a Cold-subtype creature). But it occured to me to wonder if other folks felt differently :) Now some trickier ones. Is damage from a spell cast out of a spell-storing weapon part of 'damage the weapon deals'? Would a [i]+1 merciful vicious short sword[/i] do 4d6 +1 nonlethal to the enemy and 1d6 nonlethal to the wielder? What about a Merciful Wounding weapon? Ability damage doesn't have the concept of 'nonlethal', but it IS 'damage', and it WAS 'dealt by the weapon'. [/QUOTE]

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