Hi,
Im curious about a potential combo I found but for it to work, I need a ruling on the title question.
When I critically hit with a corrosive rune, the targets armor (or raised shield) takes damage. My by reading, this is me "doing damage to an object with my weapon" so it should trigger the Razing property. That 4(+) extra damage will make a big difference in breaking and destroying items so im excited for it, but I want to see if its legal, RAW.
I think it should be because property runes merely "add special abilities to armor or a weapon", so it is still the weapon inflicting the damage (even if its not "weapon damage", which is irrelevant to this case.) Also just the plain English meaning of "doing damage (to an object) with the weapon." But what do you think, denizens of paizo forums?
Edit: Separate question but in the case of a blocking shield crit by a corrosive weapon, does hardness apply once (combined damage) or twice (Separate instances of damage)
Razing: https://2e.aonprd.com/Traits.aspx?ID=784
Corrosive: https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=2834
Weapon property runes: https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?Category=23&Subcategory=27
I don't think that the razing trait and the corrosive rune interact in any way. Razing only applies if you are intentionally hitting the equipment or object. The corrosive rune damage is separate and independent from the weapon attack.
Scenario 1: you critically hit a creature wearing armor but no shield raised. You deal double damage to the creature (as normal) and 3d6 acid to the armor, applying hardness as normal.
Scenario 2: you critically hit a creature with their shield raised. You deal double damage to the creature and 3d6 acid to the shield, applying hardness as normal.
Scenario 3: you critically hit a creature who shield blocks the attack, you deal double damage to the shield, plus 3d6 acid, plus 4, and double to the creature, less the shield's hardness.