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In the Dojo (O.O.C. Chat - Session Zero)
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Kaerri
Dannigan's Lady
Book says:
10 BIO-E for Extra Limb: Prehensile Trunk (special): The trunk serves as an additional partial hand (in Indian Elephants, the top part of the nostril at the end of the trunk serves as a "finger"). The trunk will be long enough for the character to touch the ground with the tip of the trunk without bending over. P.S. is that of the elephant.
15 BIO-E for Extra Limb: Advanced Prehensile Trunk (special): At the end of the trunk are the equivalent of three strong fingers, two on top, one on the bottom. The bottom finger functions as a "thumb," which means the end of the trunk works as a full hand. Retains its P.S.
I get the impression that the mention of Indian Elephants is by way of example, not restriction, especially since there's no mention of them in the Advanced version. I suspect it's phrased that way because according to the main Elephant description, there are no African elephants known to be in North America (presumably they're all Indian?).
WWF-UK (World Wide Fund for Nature) says African elephants have two "fingers" on their trunk, as compared to Indian (they call them Asian) elephants having one.
Zoo Atlanta confirms the two "fingers" of African elephants, and mentions that their dexterity is good enough to pick up a single blade of grass, and gentle enough to grab a tortilla chip without breaking it.
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
So what is the final verdict on Moyo’s trunk? I want to make sure I understand just what level of manipulation I have with the extra limb so I am not on the wrong page with what he can do. If I don’t need to spend the extra 5 bio-e on it and still be able to have the fine manipulation I desire, I’ll go with that.
Purr
Purr
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
My own thoughts on this is that if the 10 bio-e purchase of the extra limb provides only a partial working “hand” to be able to make fine adjustments to items, I am willing to go ahead and spend the extra 5 points for a fully functional hand. Obviously this is not my game, but it seems reasonable to me.
Purr
Kaerri's Man. =)
Sherwood
I agree with the data Kaerri provided. If it's fine motor control you're looking for, that sounds like a full hand is required and even then it's three big, big fingers. There are things that even the full hand is not going to be able to do like play one side of a piano all that well. I can't imagine the trunk alone can, say, type on a keyboard , but I can imagine the full hand being able to hold a pencil without breaking it and that can do the typing.
However I can imagine it being just as delicate in touch sensitivity as the data describes.
His reach with the trunk is going to be incredible as well as his ability to have a P.S. of 40. I can imagine him being able to reach up to something high above his head and pull himself up using the trunk alone! I call that amazing!
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
So just to be clear, I’m good to get the 15 point upgrade to the trunk, correct? I don’t want to make a mistake.
Purr
Kaerri's Man. =)
If you have the BIO-E for it, yes.
If you're asking in reference to the African versus Indian data, I agree with Kaerri's assessment. =)
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Ok. Cool deal. I’ll get the upgrade then.
Purr
Kaerri's Man. =)
Enjoy it! =)
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Looking forward to it!
