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Old 02-06-2018, 04:52 PM   #21
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Call it tropey but I originally started with a modified race with a +1SM Tail.

The main idea was they could hang from it. But it was one arm.

Arm ST +12 was needed for the max one armed lift allowance.

It was flexible, so I gave it constriction attack.

It's a tail so I decided to give it an inconvenience position. Chairs, cars, public transport, clothes etc etc had to cater for this rather long appendage.

Of course it has no fine manipulators or at least it is a 'thumb' it can push buttons and squeeze things so it isn't truly NFM. So I gave it no digits.

I suppose if the limb is +1SM would the Arm ST be entitled to a -10% discount?
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Old 02-06-2018, 06:26 PM   #22
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Indeed, a large part of Long can be circumvented by taking Stretching . . . and just stretching your arms at the campaign start and keeping them that way. Sure, you don't get the damage bonus, but you do get reach. And at modest ST levels, you can get Striking ST for a decent damage bonus on all arms.

Though one thing to keep in mind about using the Extra Legs path: each Extra Arm allows using one Extra Attack without having to buy Multistrike, and unlike legs, arms can wield (force-multiplying) weapons.
Fair points, and another could be using Unbalanced type weapons.
However you do need Extra Attack to really utilize that potential.
I could see a comparable enhancement applied to Extra Arms that would be good for some of this. As for carrying extra weapons being tall and using a weapons harness with Fast Draw could achieve the same effect.
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I suppose if the limb is +1SM would the Arm ST be entitled to a -10% discount?
Hm... I need to think about that myself. In part, because I was interrupted reading this thread, really want to respond to something posted earlier, but didn't want you to think I hadn't seen your post (since you quoted me... though that might be because it was the OP).

So, what I wished to address is the discussion about octopuses... it is something I thought had been suggested, but I can't find it now and I'm not sure if there was a RAW argument against it or not.

So, if a creature has X amount of arms but, mechanically, they function as or close to Y amount of arms, and X>Y, could that just be written off a Special Effect, or accounted for with a Limitation? I mean, if X<Y for the same scenario, so that a creature with fewer arms somehow managed to function as if it had Extra Arms, I'd expect to pay accordingly.
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So, if a creature has X amount of arms but, mechanically, they function as or close to Y amount of arms, and X<Y, could that just be written off a Special Effect, or accounted for with a Limitation? I mean, if X>Y for the same scenario, so that a creature with fewer arms somehow managed to function as if it had Extra Arms, I'd expect to pay accordingly.
Yes.
GURPS is a get what you pay for system and if your extra Arms dont do anything you should not need to pay for it. Odds are they do something so it might still be a small UB.
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Yes.
GURPS is a get what you pay for system and if your extra Arms dont do anything you should not need to pay for it. Odds are they do something so it might still be a small UB.
I think I worded it backward, and have corrected my previous post. Yet it sounds like you answered what I meant to ask.
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I think I worded it backward, and have corrected my previous post. Yet it sounds like you answered what I meant to ask.
Your welcome then :)
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It might be worth a perk if they're considered "decoy" hit locations where there are "excess" arms that can be crippled without significantly modifying your effective number of arms.

On the other claw you still loose HP for having them attacked.

On the gripping hand, having more arms (or legs) doesn't make you easier to hit. It might justify buying a higher SM, but that's a separate issue from the arms themselves.
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Note that GURPS Powers: The Weird has rules for critters with an arbitrarily large number of arms.
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Note that GURPS Powers: The Weird has rules for critters with an arbitrarily large number of arms.
Are you talking about the Polypoids?
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Your welcome then :)
Yes, thanks! I was trying to correct my error before bed; please pardon my lack of manners.

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...and another book to add to my wishlist. XD
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