Exalted General - /exg/

Is there any benefit mechanically for extra arms?

Tempted to make a Zenith Sorcerer seeking to emulate the Sun

yes, in GURPS

you need to eat more though

Who was that one DC character who's only power that he had a single extra arm?

I think he was a minor villain

this is now a gurps thread

Never played, what mechanical effect?

And what level working would you guys peg his anima being permanently visible at?

You get all the benefits of two extra arms

You can hold more things, get more actions etc...

It has some disadvantages, ESPECIALLY if you're playing in a setting where you're dirt poor. The extra calories you need make it really easy to starve to death. Plus, it's a bitch when you're calculating balance and whatnot. It's also really easy to fall when you swing with with both sets, and you lose some oomph if you don't roll you're balance correctly. Though, if you're good at calculating square roots its trivial. The quadratic equations for determining how much water you need a day get wayyy more complicated though.

.........are you sure these two games are compatible. Quadratic math for water consumption sounds very un-exalted

Though, if you pick up ambidextrous and use two shields, one on each side of you, you're virtually indestructible in lower tech settings. Use a spear in one hand and a shortsword in the other, and you're a one man phalanx. Add eyes on the back of your head, and nothings getting past your defenses. Throw in that one trait that gives you the genetic deformity that pugs have that gives them extra muscle (cant remember the name), and you're fucking stoppable and can kill everything around you until you die from calorie exhaustion

Eating before and during combat with the second stomach trait solves that easy though

As opposed to IRC, Play-by-post, or something like that? Half the group is people I know IRL, even, we just all live in different states now.

Who said they were compatible?

By the way, the actual answer to your question is found in the supernatural merits list.