Melee damage

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Derived statistic Melee damage Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics modifies: Amount of bonus damage a character does in hand-to-hand combat modified by: Strength initial level: Strength - 5 (minimum 1) related perks: Bonus HtH Damage related traits: Heavy Handed Fallout 3 modifies: Amount of bonus damage a character does with Melee Weapons modified by: Strength initial level: Strength * 0.5 related perks: Nerd Rage! J.E. Sawyer's Fallout RPG modifies: Amount of bonus damage a character does in hand-to-hand combat modified by: Strength initial level: ST related perks:  ? related traits:  ? Van Buren modifies: Amount of bonus damage a character does in hand-to-hand combat modified by: Strength initial level:  ? related perks:  ? related traits:  ?

Melee Damage is a derived statistic in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout Tactics.

[edit] Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics

The amount of bonus damage your character does in hand-to-hand combat.

Initial Level: Starting melee damage is equal to ST - 5, with a minimum of 1 point. Average characters will have a melee damage of 1.

• The Heavy Handed trait increases melee damage by 4 points.
• The Bonus HtH Damage perk increases melee damage by 2 per rank.
• The Slayer perk upgrades every melee hit into critical hits, radically increasing melee damage.

[edit] Fallout 3

In Fallout 3, Melee Damage (only) affects damage done with Melee Weapons. There is a separate statistic for hand-to-hand combat called Unarmed Damage. Melee Damage is governed by Strength, with each point of Strength adding 0.5 points of Melee Damage.

Strength	Melee Damage
1	0.5
2	1
3	1.5
4	2
5	2.5
6	3
7	3.5
8	4
9	4.5
10	5

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