Dragon Age 2 - damage points question?

Hi. If i have a fire staff which does say 42 fire damage. And then i also have a helmet which adds 16% fire damage, and 2 rings which add 4% fire damage each - how much fire damage will be total? Will it be (16% + 4% + 4% = 24%)? 24% of 42 is roughly 10, so add 10 to 42 (because its plus 24% of 42) so 52 damage in total. Is that how this works generally? (lets just disregard enemy resistance and armour for now) This is just an example.



See i have in actuality a fire staff of 42 fire damage, +8 fire damage + 16% fire damage, plus a whole load of extra percentage fire damages from the abilities, from rings, armour and pendant, and im trying to work out what the overall damage will equal to, generally each hit is causing the enemy around 140-200 fire damage but i dont know how its getting to this much....can someone help with the calculations lol...|||one of the passives in the elemental tree gives you 25% i believe, so that plus 24% is almost 50. you have to remember that your magic also affects damage, so think about it that way. Adding a lot of points into magic will probably get you that high damage.

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