Charge

This article is about the weapon skill. For the unit of energy, see Energy.

Charge

	Tactics
	150 sp
	17 Strength
	15
	Tactics_Charge

You charge forward two or three squares and perform a melee attack at +1 penetration.

Charge is a skill that allows the user to move multiple squares to approach and melee attack a target, all in a single turn.

Skill Interactions

• Charging Strike (Axe) grants the user additional bonuses related to cleaving or dismembering the target.
• Charging Strike (Cudgel) guarantees that the target will be dazed if hit by the charge.
• Shield Slam grants a free shield slam attack when charging.

Other Interactions

• Players or creatures with the Horns mutation, or who are wearing a fork-horned helm, will always get a free attack with their horns when charging.
• Players or creatures with the Stinger (Confusing Venom), Stinger (Paralyzing Venom), or Stinger (Poisoning Venom) mutation will always get a free attack with their stinger when charging.
• Players or creatures with pentaceps or wings have an extended charge range.
• Players or creatures cannot charge while wading, swimming, flying, prone or otherwise immobilized or charge out of melee combat.
• Creatures other than the player can charge into tiles that are not visible to them unless the target is an immobile creature that is always visible.

Creatures That Have Charge

• Bep
• chitinous puma
• deep slumberling
• Geeub
• Goek
• Haggabah, Who Plies The Umbral Path
• Iopinax the Younger
• Jotun, Who Parts Limbs
• juicing cannibal
• Krka
• Liihart
• Mak
• slumberling
• sultan croc
• svardym eld
• svardym hatchling
• svardym jut
• svardym scrounge
• temple mecha mk Ia
• Warden Indrix, Goatfolk Pariah
• Warden Neelahind

Ability Cooldown

Charge's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	21	15	16	21	12	27	7
10	20	16	15	22	11	28	6
11	19	17	15	23	10	29	6
12	18	18	14	24	9	30	5
13	18	19	13	25	9	31	5
14	17	20	12	26	8	32	5