Celerity 05-X Charge Damage

[Nahuris]

It's a rare niche mech, but had a discussion with another person on the damage --- in AS, it's size, times inches moved, divided by 8 ... in the case, of the Celerity, that would be 48, so 6 damage, and the spikes it has, which add Melee would make that 7.... that is my interpretation on it.

The person I was talking to, believes that since MEL raises the melee value by one, as though it were one class higher, that you use that, which would give that Celerity a damage of 12 ..... if you managed a full 48 inch charge.

I am putting this out, as a light mech making a 12 point charge, with impact resistant armor seems a bit much..... but I do want to clarify, in case I am wrong.

Nahuris

[Scotty]

MEL does not treat your size as one higher, it adds one damage to a particular kind of physical attack that does not that include charges.

[Descronan]

This is why we house-ruled charges to doing +1 damage. The current rules make kamikaze attacks far too powerful with fast, light units.

[nckestrel]

As Scotty said, there is no interaction between MEL and Charges.  MEL allows, and only affects, the special Melee Physical Attack. MEL does not affect standard physical attacks or special physical attacks (charges and death from above).

Celerities are munchkin 'mechs meant to exploit charges. But yeah, that would be 6, not 12.

[Nahuris]

I do appreciate it .... again, pretty much what I expected, but figured that clarification can only help everyone on the table.

Nahuris