Melee combat question

[Stallion12]

Is the only modifiers used the ones for the type of attack? Or does movement and cover apply?

[Empyrus]

All usual modifiers apply, cover, movement, the like.

[BiggRigg42]

Yes, think of it this way: "To-hit (or attack) modifiers apply to all things you are attacking, and you are attacking something by using a physical attack. Therefore, to-hit modifiers apply to physical (or melee) attacks. The same goes for target modifiers."

[RoundTop]

Except for heat. Heat effects do not change physical combat.

So you are looking at:

Piloting
+Actuator damage (Whether leg or arm)
+Range (Always 0, so no change there)
+Attacker movement (0, 1, 2, 3)
+Target movement
+Terrain (eg: Woods, water)
+Weapon modifiers (eg: -2 for a sword, -2 for a kick)

In real world this would look like:
Pilot 5
No actuator damage 0
Range 0
Movement 2 (Ran)
Target 2 (moved for 5 hexes)
Terrain 1 (Target in light woods)
Weapon modifier -2 (Kick)

So 5+2+2+1-2 = 8.

[Kit deSummersville]

You can skip range, too.  ;)

[grimlock1]

One thing that flummoxed me, and I've seen here in the forums a time or two is that the base To Hit Number is the Piloting Skill, but it is not a PSR.  So a Small or Torso Cockpit does not affect melee rolls.

So the +3 from a critted gyro won't matter when you try to kick someone, but it will matter on the PSR if you miss that kick.

[Empyrus]

Huh, you're right.
BMM page 94: "Physical attacks are not Piloting Skill Rolls: modifiers that only affect Piloting Skill Rolls do not affect physical attacks, and vice versa."

[grimlock1]

Huh, you're right.
BMM page 94: "Physical attacks are not Piloting Skill Rolls: modifiers that only affect Piloting Skill Rolls do not affect physical attacks, and vice versa."

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