Ambidexterity and Extra Arms -- How Do They Interact?

Gurps Fan · 02-23-2006, 01:42 AM

Pricing Ambidexterity at [5 per arm] produces one benefit: the balance
between Ambidexterity and Off-Hand Weapon Training.

If Mr. Fivehand pays 35 points for Extra Arms 3 [30] and Ambidexterity 1 [5],
he has five arms and two of them are his dominant ones (the other three
are "off"). Regardless of the kind of task, he can use the arm #1 or #2
dexterously but suffers the off-hand penalty when using the #3, #4 or #5.
If Mr. Fivehand pays 35 points for Extra Arms 3 [30] and OHWT (Knife) [5],
he can use any of #1, #2, #3, #4 or #5 without the off-hand penalty, only
when wielding a knife. Actually only one of his five arms is dominant (the
other four are "off"); for any other task, only the arm #1 is the one he can
use flawlessly.

I assumed that the number of Mr. Fivehand's "default" dominant arms is one,
but I'm not sure whether it should be one or 1/2 of his total arms. In addition,
as for beings with two arms (e.g., normal humans), the balance between
Ambidexterity and OHWT is still left broken, unfortunately.

02-23-2006, 01:42 AM	#17
Gurps Fan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Japan	Re: Ambidexterity and Extra Arms -- How Do They Interact? Pricing Ambidexterity at [5 per arm] produces one benefit: the balance between Ambidexterity and Off-Hand Weapon Training. If Mr. Fivehand pays 35 points for Extra Arms 3 [30] and Ambidexterity 1 [5], he has five arms and two of them are his dominant ones (the other three are "off"). Regardless of the kind of task, he can use the arm #1 or #2 dexterously but suffers the off-hand penalty when using the #3, #4 or #5. If Mr. Fivehand pays 35 points for Extra Arms 3 [30] and OHWT (Knife) [5], he can use any of #1, #2, #3, #4 or #5 without the off-hand penalty, only when wielding a knife. Actually only one of his five arms is dominant (the other four are "off"); for any other task, only the arm #1 is the one he can use flawlessly. I assumed that the number of Mr. Fivehand's "default" dominant arms is one, but I'm not sure whether it should be one or 1/2 of his total arms. In addition, as for beings with two arms (e.g., normal humans), the balance between Ambidexterity and OHWT is still left broken, unfortunately.