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RGTraynor · 03-22-2023, 05:54 AM

One of my longstanding NPCs is an insectoid lacemaker; awed locals come by to watch it work, which it does with a metronomic speed ...

... anyway, I see no reason to go into Rube Goldbergesque bolt-ons when the explicit text states that extra arms can be used "freely for multiple noncombat tasks." It is entirely reasonable to presume this to include making a single noncombat task faster, at least where one can conceptualize an extra arm helping in this fashion. ("Making a mail shirt," absolutely. "Driving a tent stake" or "repairing a fob watch," I don't see it.) +2 bonus to offset taking less time penalties is an easy enough fix.

03-22-2023, 05:54 AM	#12
RGTraynor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pioneer Valley	Re: Extra Arms & Mundane Crafting One of my longstanding NPCs is an insectoid lacemaker; awed locals come by to watch it work, which it does with a metronomic speed ... ... anyway, I see no reason to go into Rube Goldbergesque bolt-ons when the explicit text states that extra arms can be used "freely for multiple noncombat tasks." It is entirely reasonable to presume this to include making a single noncombat task faster, at least where one can conceptualize an extra arm helping in this fashion. ("Making a mail shirt," absolutely. "Driving a tent stake" or "repairing a fob watch," I don't see it.) +2 bonus to offset taking less time penalties is an easy enough fix. __________________ My gaming blog: Apotheosis of the Invisible City "Call me old-fashioned, but after you're dead, I don't think you should be entitled to a Dodge any more." - my wife It's not that I don't understand what you're saying. It's that I disagree with what you're saying.