Hi all,
I had a question about the Barbarian Elemental Kin Archetype.
Elemental Fury (Ex)
At 3rd level, whenever the elemental kin takes an amount of energy damage equal to or greater than her barbarian level while raging, she adds 1 to the total number of rounds that she can rage that day. At 6th level, and every three levels thereafter, the number of extra rounds per energy attack increases by +1, to a maximum of +6 rounds per energy attack at at 18th level
As stated in the ability, the rage is extended when the barbarian takes sufficient energy damage. I was wondering if this ability triggers before or after any form of energy resistance comes into play.
My first instinct would be that the energy resistance is applied before checking if the damage is enough to receive extra rounds of rage. If this was the case, it would make absolutely no sense to take any form of energy resistance and it seems really weird to me that the entry for Elemental Kin suggests that the various energy resistance rage powers complement the archetype
Rage Powers: The following rage powers complement the elemental kin archetype: elemental rage, energy absorption, energy eruption, energy resistance, greater elemental rage, greater energy resistance, and lesser elemental rage.
Agreed. The DM in my game interpreted it for my Elemental Kin barbarian that energy resistance applies first. I definitely would not recommend energy resistance for anyone going into this archetype - terrible recommendation.
In spite of not taking energy resistance, I still played more recklessly around creatures that dealt energy damage and dangers like fire sources and acid pits (and even considered asking the group's mage to blast me a few times with burning hands, etc.)