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Easy way to get four arms
« on: March 12, 2011, 01:41:23 PM »
Dragon Tail + Aberration Blood (tail) + Prehensile Tail

Discuss. And let me know if there are any creatures with multiple tails.
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Re: Easy way to get four arms
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 05:10:01 PM »
There is a reason this included in my BC. The aberration blood doesn't give a tail attack. Many creatures have tails that don't work with the feat because they aren't strong enough to attack with, ie housecat. That tripped me up at first too though so don't feel bad.

There are other methods like the obleah template, girillion arms from incarnum, arms of plenty, etc. (spelling?)
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Re: Easy way to get four arms
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 05:12:07 PM »
Well, to be entirely fair, it doesn't specify that the tail you use as a hand has to be the tail you used as the prerequisite. Presumably the writers didn't think you could/would have more than one tail.

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Re: Easy way to get four arms
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 06:32:39 PM »
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Re: Easy way to get four arms
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2011, 05:43:19 AM »
Class and race non-specific way is the Arms of the Naga vest from Savage Species.  Expensive at 56,000gp, but great at high levels for fighters using multi-handed weapons.  Remeber the same book allows you to weild a typical two-handed weapon with up to 8 arms adding in half your strength again for each arm (Go go power attack).  I also like to play around with the magic item merging rules and mix in the Defenders of the Faith Arms of Nyr for a +2 unlisted bonus to Str and Dex.

I must admit I shamelessly played an Anthropomorphic baleen whale monk souleater in an interesting low magic campaign with prehensile tail and Multi-weapon fighting.  We were using the interrupation that the class ability did not specifically work like the monster ability of Energy Drain so i could use it multiple times a round.  Ah good old FAQ stacking of flurry of blows and multi-weapon fighting led to alot of "Bad touch" 's.

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Re: Easy way to get four arms
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2011, 11:07:36 PM »
What about being a thri-kreen?
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