weapon enhancement question.

[Darth Stabber]

If I had a corrosive weapon, would the acid damage cancel out my weapon's base damage

[Cheesy74]

Nope. It's additive.

Also, for small questions like this, you can just use this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184173).

[Darth Stabber]

No, I am asking if the acid damage would cancel out my weapon's base damage.

[Daftendirekt]

Worst. Joke. Ever.

[Keld Denar]

Dude, you are 2 days early. April Fools day is Friday...save your terrible jokes for then!

[Cog]

The classic acid/base reaction produces water and salt.

Blood is wet, and pretty salty too.

So I think the answer to the question might be yes after all.

[Darth Stabber]

The classic acid/base reaction produces water and salt.

Blood is wet, and pretty salty too.

So I think the answer to the question might be yes after all.

So acid weapons are hydrocloric acid, any my weapon is sodium hydroxide?

[Keld Denar]

Try not to think too hard about RL chemistry WRT to D&D energy types. This way madness lies...

[Darth Stabber]

this is why I rename acid resist armor into alcaline armor.

[Keld Denar]

Alkaline armor would indicate that parts or properties of the armor change when it resists acid damage. This would make such armor very impractical. A better name might be non-reactive armor...

[Darth Stabber]

Corrosive weapons keep generating acid, why wouldn't alkaline armor?

Also would acid reistan monsters take extra damage from bases?

[Cog]

Also would acid reistan monsters take extra damage from bases?
Not necessarily. They might just be very good at maintaining their pH balance. A good comparison for this is deep-sea creatures; high pressure crushes most surface dwellers, but the reverse isn't true; a lot of high-pressure resistant creatures have evolved to just not be affected much by pressure in the first place.

Edit: of course, this is considering acid as a chemical rather than an energy. There might not even be proper alkalines/bases in a DnD world.