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[Wiseacre]

Hello.

I was just wondering what was the easiest way to give my dwarves (Or orcs for that matter) a third limb? Oh, and does Multigrasping a weapon actually do anything?

[Keilden]

A third limb? o.O

[Wiseacre]

Not that limb. I was moreso wondering if one hand could hold a shield while using a crossbow with a free hand to grab bolts, or if multigrasp actually does anything, using a weapon two handed while having a shield.

[Deon]

They can wield multiple shields, however they attack only with 1, so no double-strikes are possible.

The easiest way to add a third limb is to... add it.
Just make a bodypart with the same parameters as a usual arm and write it in their creature file.

[gumball135]

Wait... Does that mean a creature with 6 arms can wield 6 different swords at the same time?

Me thinks that me has an idea.

[Kagus]

You can wield six swords at one time, but you'll only strike with one of them (except under very rare circumstances).  A more likely combination would be a sword and five shields.

I have no idea if multigrasping does anything, and I believe it's already possible to wield a crossbow and a shield simultaneously (at least in adventure mode).  I'm not sure what would be the repercussions of adding an extra limb to a fort mode race, since there might be some inflexibilities in the equipment assigning doohicky-shwang.  And as we all know, an inflexibile doohicky-shwang can lead to serious problems.


However, this is (or at least was) a very scientific community.  As such, I encourage you to try it out and post your results!

[Yaaga]

Bah, I do crap like this all the time! My current dwarven body is dwarfinoid (Same as humanoid, cept with a set of lower/upper arms and rear/forward legs, making the limb counts there six arms/hands and six legs/feet.

This seems to have caused a glitch, as my arms then are able to graps extra sheilds and my adventurers end up with 17 shields on... making his effective movements speed about a hundered, despite his speed value of 1... what adding one limb will do, I have no clue. Gl though!

[short_dwarf]

dwarves with a crossbow will wield a shield as well. I know cause I always equip them with shields ^_^

[Wiseacre]

But if they have shields will they go for the second stack of bolts in the quiver, or rush off into the melee? Also, can someone please show me what I would have to add to dwarves in the Creature standard to add tht third limb in? Not so good at that.

[LegoLord]

An infinite number of items can be held in one hand.  How?  No modding required; just put the desired items in a backpack, and remove them from the pack (r not d).  I did this with a one handed adventurer once, just with a sword and shield.  I thought about taking it further, though.

[Wiseacre]

Now is that just in adventure mode? Because I mostly play Fortress mode.

[LegoLord]

Now is that just in adventure mode? Because I mostly play Fortress mode.

It's mostly an adventure mode feature bug, but it can come up in Fortress mode too.  The latter takes more effort and chance.

[Kagus]

I think I had 20-some shields in one hand for a couple adventurers.  If you hold multiple shields at the ready, an attack will have to make a check against each shield until it either gets stopped by one or miraculously manages to bypass every one of them.  Considering the already-high protection value provided by a shield, the multi-shield technique is an incredibly powerful defense mechanism that very few things can do anything about.'

However, it's a major pain to set up properly.  And it's also very tiresome to walk around with that many shields on your arm, let alone fight with so many.

But there's some joy to be had in the thought of your little adventurer composing one of those Roman shield formations all by himself.

[Heron TSG]

hmm.... A dwarf that (by some mutation) was born with a hundred arms...

SPEAR FORMATION, Urist McArms!

or, when defending a hallway...

SHIELDS UP, Urist McArms!

when hunting...

FIRE CROSSBOWS!!! 

does having a hundred arms mean you can carry a hundred quivers?

[Yaaga]

Yes, yes it does. Can you afford to FILL 100 quivers? I think not