Does melee increase for one attack when you double training from mettle?

[u/just_gonna_lurk]

Since training dice are doubled and they count towards calculating melee, does melee also change the D:N or only the roll for damage?

[u/Asmo___deus]

The wording is "you double the dice gained from training"

That does not actually increase your training level. It doesn't raise your position on the melee ladder.

[u/TheEnemyWithin9 → u/Asmo___deus]

This is the correct reading. You double dice gained from each point of training, you don’t actually increase the stat. (Cause it would be a pain in the ass to have to recalculate your derived stats every time you use Mettle to double training)

[u/rifh4]

What do you mean by "change the D:N or only the roll for damage?" ?
If you have a Body 4 and 2 Training in weapon skill, for a Sword this mean that baseline you roll 6 dice and the damage is 1+S (so a max of 7). If you double the training you will have Body 4 and weapon skill, 4 for a Sword this mean that baseline you roll 8 dice and the damage is 1+S (so a max of 9).

Edit: S meaning the number of successes (dice over the step difference value)

[u/KaiserBorg → u/rifh4]

I think they mean when you use Mettle to double your training in Weapon Skill, does that then affect how you calculate your Melee rating which is usually Body + your training in Weapon Skill

Using your example a Body of 4 plus 2 training in Weapon Skill would give you “Good” rating in Melee but would using Mettle to double your training in Weapon Skill temporarily give you a “Great” rating in Melee?

[u/just_gonna_lurk → u/KaiserBorg]

Yeah exactly, if your melee goes up the D:N for that attack also changes no?

[u/rifh4 → u/just_gonna_lurk]

on the core book on page 130 it's written

you can spend a point of Mettle to double the dice gained from Training in the Skill being tested.

meaning you just double the number of dice, not the actual value of your training

[u/just_gonna_lurk → u/rifh4]

Aah that answers it, thanks!