06-09-2019, 03:10 PM | #31 | |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
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From GURPS Basic p. B324 A maneuver is an action taken dur- ing combat. Each turn, you must choose one of the following maneu- vers: Aim, All-Out Attack, All-Out Defense, Attack, Change Posture, Concentrate, Do Nothing, Evaluate, Feint, Move, Move and Attack, Ready, or Wait. Your choice determines what you can do and your options for active defense and movement. Bolded items emphasized by me,
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06-10-2019, 07:13 AM | #32 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
Extra Hands (Extra-Flexible; Long) and Ham Fisted 2 sounds like the best option, despite being very expensive. Thanks for the replies.
Any words on Invertebrate? I'm still not sure if it applies to grappling. |
06-10-2019, 11:17 AM | #33 | |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
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Something like "Temporary Disadvantage: Missing Thumb -5% Missing Finger 3 -6%" might cover less coordinated tongues/tentacles? This would be -8 to DX so you'd have to Telegraph everything to stand a chance. |
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06-10-2019, 02:07 PM | #34 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
It ocurred to me that Tentacles seems to trade strength (Weak limitation) for flexibility (Extra-Flexible. Do they really?
Each extra arm used to grapple gives +2 to ST contests, so having 8 arms means a net +12 ST if using all of them, so using Weak will reduce the weight each arm can lift and strike, but above mentioned rule would keep their grapple very effective. By the way, B370 mentions a +2 bonus to hit with grappling for each arm used past the first two, so it implies one can use all arms (tentacles) to start a grapple. @Plane Parrots attacking people with guns is a funny mental image. By RAW though they don't have enough IQ to use technological skills (which Guns is part of). |
06-10-2019, 02:38 PM | #35 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
This is raw, but it really rubs me the wrong way because the temporary disadvantage completely destroys most of the advantage's functionality for a mere -11%
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06-10-2019, 04:03 PM | #36 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
I agree. Bad Grip would probably be a better fit anyway.
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06-10-2019, 04:11 PM | #37 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
As I said, I've read several books on cephalopods, and they seem to be able to hold onto things really strongly with those suckers—it sounds like more strongly than humans, even if they're much smaller. I wouldn't represent that as Bad Grip.
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06-10-2019, 04:12 PM | #38 | |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
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The big disadvantage tentacles have is that they have a hard time using things which take multiple fingers, like keyboards, pianos, and x-box controllers. Perhaps there should be a special limitation for extra arms: No Fingers -10%. Your extra limb does not end in separable movable digits like fingers, making playing the piano hard. It still has a full range of manual dexterity and griping strength. This is suitable for tenatacles, elephant's trunks, and parrots beaks.I set the value of the limitation low because it is not something I see coming up in play to much, but it would mean the character would be much slower with a typewriter. |
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06-10-2019, 10:38 PM | #39 | |
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06-10-2019, 10:43 PM | #40 |
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Re: [Basic] Frustrated by Tentacles
That's what I read from other people who had been socializing with octopuses. I took it into account in writing TT2.
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