D&D 4E 4e handelling of multiple limbs

[Phasics]

With multiple attack from BAB being dropped how will multiple limb critters be handelled both for Monster and PC ?

Simplest example of something that could be a PC race would be a critter with 2 legs and 4 arms.

A Hydra would be a good monsterous example to use.

 

[Incenjucar]

This is a pretty vital thing for my homebrew... so I share your curiosity.

I'm not sure they really need to do anything different here, though.

They'll probably just make sure minion monsters have a managable number of limbs, or that they use them in concert.

Perhaps identical attacks can be combined to count as one step up on the damage and to-hit scale. Something like an angry kitty of doom doing Bite/Claw/Claw 1d6/1d4/1d4 vs. Bite/Claw+Claw (+1 hit) for 1d6/1d6.

 

[vagabundo]

I'm guessing they will abstract the limbs a little, give some sort of combined attack/damage and then give something extra in the form of some powers.

Something someone with less limbs would not be able to do.

I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Stalker0]

I'm guessing they may have powers based on the multiple legs.

Like:

Distracting Strike:

You use your many limbs to attack from different angels, confusing your enemy. You may make a single attack against an opponent. For this strike, you have combat advantage against that enemy.

Something to that effect.

 

[Jinete]

I hope the rules will define the type of action it takes to switch weapons/items/wizard implements from hand to hand. Also, I hope they define how one character gives/throws something to another character.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

With multiple attack from BAB being dropped how will multiple limb critters be handelled both for Monster and PC ?

Simplest example of something that could be a PC race would be a critter with 2 legs and 4 arms.

A Hydra would be a good monsterous example to use.

I think "Multiattacks" are still in, just not the iterative attacks of 3.x.
It's less a problem for monsters, and more a problem for PCs.
Judging from Starwars Saga Edition, it might be possible to take feats that allow you to use your limbs more effectively and gain extra attacks.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

I would guess that Hydras will be treated as a more literal case of "Many monsters in one". Compared to a Dragon or Beholder, the model is much easier to apply. I also suspect it will be worked out differently than creatures that simply have a multi-attack.

Pretend the Hydra is 5 to 12 monsters with one body and one pool of hit points. Another working model could be "Attack each PC within reach 1 + (1 / 3) heads, and grant an immediate counter attack every time a PC inflicts damage"

I also think that the Hydra will still end up having some clunky rules tacked on to allow a PC to target a particular head.

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