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Old 03-06-2021, 05:39 AM   #5
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: Help with a Multi-Limb Robot Build

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Originally Posted by DAT View Post
I follow steps 1, 2, and 4.

I may need a little more to understand step 3.

a. extra arms = 10 points each, x2
b. Foot manipulators = -30%,
c. temporary disadvantage (4 legs) = -5 points? ...

I'm not seeing where the -5% comes from?
That would apply if the character were a biped and were buying both of their two legs as arms. When they used them as arms they would have Temporary Disadvantage: Legless. That's a -30 point disad, so as a modifier it's -30%.

But this character is a hexapod, so using two legs as arms doesn't make them Legless. Instead it takes them from Five or Six Legs to Three or Four Legs. The first costs 10 points; the second costs 5 points. So the difference is 5 points, amounting to a -5 point disad. Corresponding to that is a -5% modifier, which takes the place of the usual -30% modifier.
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