Prehensile Tail

otghand · 06-02-2013, 09:35 PM

Where in Gurps would I find the rule that would let me cost out a non-striking prehensile tail as is found amongst various arboreal species? I don't see anything in Basic that specifically addresses this.

I think it would be some sort of an extra limb, but not an arm or a leg, capable of grasping but not fine manipulation.

ErhnamDJ · 06-02-2013, 09:36 PM

I think you would use the rules for Extra Arms to do this. Buy the advantage, but don't call it an arm in play.

Not · 06-02-2013, 09:43 PM

Take extra arm. Give it a few levels of bad grip so it can't be used for fencing. Throw in brachiator for fun.

Oh, can you give bad grip to one arm only? Maybe give it missing thumb instead.

~~smurf~~ · 06-03-2013, 01:25 AM

Inconvienent position.
SM+1 (?)
No digits

Note one arm arm lift maximums if it has a different ST.

06-02-2013, 09:35 PM	#1
otghand Join Date: Mar 2013	Prehensile Tail Where in Gurps would I find the rule that would let me cost out a non-striking prehensile tail as is found amongst various arboreal species? I don't see anything in Basic that specifically addresses this. I think it would be some sort of an extra limb, but not an arm or a leg, capable of grasping but not fine manipulation.

06-02-2013, 09:36 PM	#2
ErhnamDJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: OK	Re: Prehensile Tail I think you would use the rules for Extra Arms to do this. Buy the advantage, but don't call it an arm in play. __________________ "For the rays, to speak properly, are not colored. In them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color." —Isaac Newton, Optics My blog.

06-02-2013, 09:43 PM	#3
Not Join Date: Feb 2013	Re: Prehensile Tail Take extra arm. Give it a few levels of bad grip so it can't be used for fencing. Throw in brachiator for fun. Oh, can you give bad grip to one arm only? Maybe give it missing thumb instead.

06-03-2013, 01:25 AM	#4
~~smurf~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol	Re: Prehensile Tail Inconvienent position. SM+1 (?) No digits Note one arm arm lift maximums if it has a different ST.