Ambidexterity and Extra Arms -- How Do They Interact?

Gurps Fan · 02-21-2006, 09:47 AM

Normally you have one fully dexterous hand and one "off hand", and
Ambidexterity [5] lets you get rid of the "off-hand" penalties -- the current
Ambidexterity advantage works like this, and it is supposed to apply to
entities that have two and only two arms (e.g., normal humans).

Now, if one who has more than two arms buys Ambidexterity, how does it
work for him? For example, if Mr. Fivehanded has three Extra Arms [30] (for
five arms in total) and Ambidexterity [5], what happens to him? Possibilities
that I've come up with:

Every character has one base "handed" arm, and all the other arms
are "off hands" by default. And Ambidexterity works on a per-arm
basis: one Ambidexterity converts one of his "off" arm into a "handed"
one.
Thus, Mr. Fivehanded has two "handed" arms and three "off" ones.
(If he wish to turn his all arms into "handed", he would require
multiple Ambidexterities.)
Every character has one base "handed" arm, and all the other arms
are "off hands" by default. And Ambidexterity works on an all-or-nothing
basis: just one Ambidexterity converts all his "off" arms into "handed".
Thus, Mr. Fivehanded has five "handed" arms.
Somehow else?

02-21-2006, 09:47 AM	#1
Gurps Fan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Japan	Ambidexterity and Extra Arms -- How Do They Interact? Normally you have one fully dexterous hand and one "off hand", and Ambidexterity [5] lets you get rid of the "off-hand" penalties -- the current Ambidexterity advantage works like this, and it is supposed to apply to entities that have two and only two arms (e.g., normal humans). Now, if one who has more than two arms buys Ambidexterity, how does it work for him? For example, if Mr. Fivehanded has three Extra Arms [30] (for five arms in total) and Ambidexterity [5], what happens to him? Possibilities that I've come up with: Every character has one base "handed" arm, and all the other arms are "off hands" by default. And Ambidexterity works on a per-arm basis: one Ambidexterity converts one of his "off" arm into a "handed" one. Thus, Mr. Fivehanded has two "handed" arms and three "off" ones. (If he wish to turn his all arms into "handed", he would require multiple Ambidexterities.) Every character has one base "handed" arm, and all the other arms are "off hands" by default. And Ambidexterity works on an all-or-nothing basis: just one Ambidexterity converts all his "off" arms into "handed". Thus, Mr. Fivehanded has five "handed" arms. Somehow else?