11-08-2003, 05:56 PM
Fire Mastery is really just the passive stat of passive_fire_mastery. When a character equips one of the items that has extra-fire, the item also gives the user the passive_fire_mastery stat. If a sorceress equiped such an item it would just be adding its value to the sorceresses own passive_fire_mastery, which is what would then be used to for adjusting the fire damage. This similar to having the Warmth skill and using Mage fist for the increased mana regeneration, they are both the same stat (manarecoverybonus) and are just added together for determining what use for the effect.