
beowulf99 |

While it is true that the property rune wouldn't cause additional damage to splash only foes directly, I do believe that the splash damage dealt would benefit from the trait granted by the rune.
So if you were to use a flaming blunderbuss against a bunch of foes who have a weakness to fire, the splash damage would trigger that weakness, similar to a bomb.
CRB PG. 461 "Damage Types and Traits" wrote:
When an attack deals a type of damage, the attack action
gains that trait. For example, the Strikes and attack
actions you use wielding a sword when its flaming rune is
active gain the fire trait, since the rune gives the weapon
the ability to deal fire damage.
Neat.