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If a weapon does not pass the DR of a monster, will elemental strike still do damage to it?
I imagine elemental strike is stopped by fire resistance. It not a magical effect since it s a feat. This makes elemental strike more powerful than I thought when I first read about it. It will damage a golem, yay!
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Energy damage on an attack checks against energy resistance, not DR. You are correct that energy damage from a feat (generally Ex/Su abilities)should hurt a golem. Similarly alchemist bombs really put the hurt on golems.
If you stab a DR: 15/adamantine golem with a non-adamantium weapon for, say, 9, plus 3 fire damage, the 3 fire damage gets through even though the base weapon damage does not.
If a weapon does not pass the DR of a monster, will elemental strike still do damage to it?
I imagine elemental strike is stopped by fire resistance. It not a magical effect since it s a feat. This makes elemental strike more powerful than I thought when I first read about it. It will damage a golem, yay!
Yes, because damage reduction is always ignored by energy damage.
Re golems, AFAIK energy damage will affect them normally as long as it is not something spell resistance applies to; "magical" is not the criterion. A flaming sword, for instance, is definitely magical, but the fire will still hurt a golem because it is not a spell. You could also use alchemical weapons that do energy damage. The golem is immune to things like fireball that care about spell resistance.
Hope this helps.