The charge skill explained.

[Mandor]

So you give up the possibility of 3-4 or 6-8 attacks depending if you're dual wielding for slightly higher damage in a single hit that may miss.

What possible use does this have as I've never seen it used. it looks like a waste of a practice to me, other than the fact it can knock a target out of the air.

[Vhrael]

- Charge can, like you said, knock flying targets down (instead of trip/etc.), plus it's a lag skill.
- Charge works with weapon and hit/dam, so especially with vulns/no sanc it'll plow into 'em instead of the weak(er) damage that bash/trip/bodyslam would do.
- See below responses.

[Mandor]

I wasn't aware charge would lag people beyond flying enemies. it doesn't have any description that implies it lags people other than if they're flying.

[Slade]

I don't think it does.

I don't recall the details, but aside from lagging fliers, the general thought is that it can be more advantageous to use against classes with heavy defenses (maybe it can't be parried??) than murder is - I don't remember why exactly. something to do with being slightly more a factor of your charge proficiency and a little less to do with at least one non-shield/counterbalance defense(s).

[Nyub101]

Use charge as a duel wielding axe minotaur. The mayhem will unfold as you fall in love with your new strong and furry, yet stupid, animal man thing.

[Davairus]

If your opponent is sleeping, your first attack will do much larger damage to them. This includes the first attack of a murder, also your charge, backstab, etc. I would definitely charge a sleeping target for the bonus, especially since it goes through defences too... if you just murder and they parry it, well goodbye bonus. I've done an unspeakable charge on a player vuln before because of that sleeping bonus.

[Mandor]

so you could theoretically load up on the thick steel from gasteride or wherever, and get 0 hit 90 dam, and then charge them, and it'll bypass all defenses?

[Master]

I thought sleeping targets were prime for an overhead. Or is that more of an in-combat thing?

[bassball]

Charge can't be countered. There's nothing more freakin sucky then being quick enough to land the murders, and having them get countered anyways. I always thought overhead was to own people sleeping. Never seen it though. Really want to overhead someone who's sleeping with their vuln weapon, while they're dual wielding, and without sanc. Just to see if the carnage is really that sweet.

[Davairus]

Charge can miss, but I don't believe it misses because of hitroll. Not going to check code here because I'd rather not know for sure either.

[Mandor]

When there's a vuln thats totally physical, say gnome vs blunt or illith vs slash for instance, when you do charge attack it says "your charge attack" instead of "crush" or "slash". Does this negate the vuln? I just noticed while trying it on illithid guards that the charge attack did as much damage to them as to anything else, although the subsequent cleave attacks were much higher in damage. or did the RNG just give me really bad damage?

[Vhrael]