06-07-2019, 03:00 PM | #11 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
Sorry, but every time I see this thread's title I expect it to be about a 'very special' anime...
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06-07-2019, 08:41 PM | #12 | |
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No Fine Manipulator is not viable per "If you have a beak, tongue, prehensile tail, etc. that is as good as a hand, you do not have No Fine Manipulators!" (sic) Now Bad Grip on the other hand makes far more sense. So Extra Arms (Extra-Flexible +50%; Long +100%) (and perhaps Extra Attack) with Bad Grip seems to be the best fit IMHO. |
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06-07-2019, 08:45 PM | #13 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
Ham-fisted might be a better fit than Bad Grip, as the latter affects most combat rolls. OTOH, for a cephalopod that has fine 'finger' control Bad Grip might be appropriate. It all depends on just what you're trying to model.
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06-08-2019, 12:17 AM | #14 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
From what I read while working on Template Toolkit 2, Bad Grip is a *really* poor fit to an octopus's tentacles. They can exert a lot of force in holding onto things.
On the other hand, you could very plausibly give them Ham-Fisted. A cephalopod's tentacles don't report back to the brain in much detail; their ability to bend at every point means they have too much information to deal with. Instead each arm has its own local nerve centers that control most of its motions.
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06-08-2019, 06:06 PM | #15 | |
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So you have changed your mind about the modeling of an Octopus tentacles since that book came out? |
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06-08-2019, 06:37 PM | #16 | |
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Even then though thats a specific gene modded creature so its tentacles may differ from other tentacle types. Heck I recall a crayfish discussion where its tentacles were not treated as arms at all. Also that book was published in 2007 so that is a possibility too.
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(I took my first close look while working on Powers: The Weird, and then again while working on Template Toolkit 2: Races. The exact lists of things the two traits hinder are slightly but importantly different.)
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More over my late father and mother were old school printers and in those days the editor was "responsible" for making sure the writer/software didn't "cause problems." My mother gave me three darkly comical examples. One of the local papers computer program broke "therapist" as "the-rapist" and the editor didn't catch it and that caused a lot of problems for the paper. Another one was a typo about a man 'who shot himself in the bathroom' except the typesetter goofed and used an "i" instead of an "o" in "shot". This sparked the somewhat tasteless joke around the area of "Well, the man chose the best place for it." The last was the Directory for the State University which she personally edited. The program kept messing up until desperate they instructed her to 'make sure the President's and Vice Presidents' name are spelled correctly and run with it'. Edit: Bill has confirmed he changed his mind regarding the use of Bad Grip and the reasoning for the change is very solid. Ham fisted does fit things much better. Last edited by maximara; 06-08-2019 at 08:37 PM. |
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