Energy Damage bonus stacking and energy resist stacking.

[Mucronis]

I've got some questions regarding elemental / energy damage of the same type stacking, and resist energy stacking.

a small explenation of the setting first. It's a House game (not published by Paizo) but the rules are all based on official Paizo published products (some minor house rules regarding HP / Identifying magical items and how flanking works, and the setting is in faerun 3.5 dnd)

I am currently playing a Suli - Jann Monk of the four winds with the Efreeti Style feat. (will at later levels get most of the other elemental style feats)

1: Does the Suli racial ability Elemental Assault (1d6 energy dmg of your choice) stack with the energy dmg from Elemental Fist if it is of the same type ? (based on my intuition, and 3.5 rules that float around in my head, it shouldn't, but i can find any rules in Pathfinder that says it does not.)

2a: Does the Suli racial +5 resist fire stack with the resist fire effect from Efreeti stance ? or would it be a case of highest bonus is in effect ? (once again 3.5 based intuition says its the highest / biggest bonus that counts)

2b: above mentioned situation but throw in a Resist Energy spell.

Any guidance or links to rules regarding these questions would be greatly appreciated.

In advance, thank you for the help, and i appologize for any misspelling or bad english.

[Archaeik]

1. damage from multiple sources should stack
you should get
+Elem Fist
+racial
+weapon enchant/spell storing (keep in mind you can use Elem Fist through a weapon that has Ki Focus)
+feat/class

not sure what else I may have forgotten for that list

Elemental Assault (Su) wrote:

Once per day as a swift action, a suli can call on the elemental power lurking in its veins to shroud its arms in acid, cold, electricity, or fire. Unarmed strikes with its elbows or hands (or attacks with weapons held in those hands) deal +1d6 points of damage of the appropriate energy type. This lasts for 1 round per level. The suli can end the effects of its elemental power early as a free action.

2a/b. Resistance

RAW none of it stacks, just take the highest

[Majuba]

1. I'd call the racial damage a GM call on stacking (and anything else of course), but that would be the strongest case. Anything that specifically adds "flaming" or similar would not stack of course, regardless of the source granting it.

2. The only time I've ever seen any sort of resistance stack is the Abjurer 6th level ability (which absorbs energy damage *after* anything else resists or absorbs it). Definitely none of them stack.

[Mucronis]

wonderfull, was a bit suprised the dmg would stack, but then again, as Majuba said, any "laming" bonus don't stack, and i guess i keept thinking of em as that. resistance not stacking was to be expected but wanted to make sure.

thx for the help.