Multiple double weapons - possible?

[Lorimo]

Hi there!
I'm already posted this question on official WotC board, but may be you, guys, can help me too. Or even better

Intro:
Someone got a character - thri-kreen. In MM2 (and Savage Species) written that he can dualwield 2 gythkas at once "because of four arms". Sword&Fist, however (in the Extra Limbs section) states that NOONE can dualwield two double weapons, regardless of their arms.

Question:

1) Where rules for dualwielding (and may be multiwielding) for double weapons stated?

2) If situation in example is possible (and it IS possible - it written!) - where stated rules for penalties?.

//I hope text above is still readable - my English is $%^&
(you know what i mean )

Tnanx in advance.

P.S. Is there email address of WotC "rules support" exists?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Why shouldn't he? He's got 4 arms, needs 2 for a double weapon each, and that should mean you can use two of the buggers.

 

[gtJormungand]

A thri-kreen who has Multiweapon Fighting and Multidexterity only has a -2 penalty to each attack. The rules for double weapons says:

from SRD
Double Weapons
A character can use a double weapon to make an extra attack as if the character were fighting with two weapons. The penalties apply as if the off-hand weapon were light. If the character does not elect to take the extra attack, the character is not penalized for fighting with two weapons.

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Because you still have only one main weapon, all the other heads are considered off-hand and, therefore, light.

 

[drnuncheon]

Why shouldn't he? He's got 4 arms, needs 2 for a double weapon each, and that should mean you can use two of the buggers.

Because they get in each other's way. Speaking as someone who's done a little bit of training with a bo, if I had an extra pair of arms weilding another staff I wouldn't have been able to do half of the things that use of the weapon requires.

J

 

[Hypersmurf]

Sword and Fist, as he points out, specifically states that someone with four arms can use two two-handed weapons - one in both left hands, one in both right hands - but not two double-weapons, because they have to be held cross-body and thus get in each others' way.

-Hyp.

 

[Lorimo]

Because you still have only one main weapon, all the other heads are considered off-hand and, therefore, light.

No way! For double weapons only one end of the weapon considered "light". Another one - just "one-handed".

And imagine a creature with 8 or more hands (may be even thri-kreen Fang of Lolth :/ ) with lots of double weapons. I can't understand the fighting technique of such monster.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Well, probably this creature would automatically bestow an insanity effect upon you (or, if you use D20 CoC, Sanity Loss).

 

[Darklone]

Reminds me of the three handed greatsword (used by humans with two arms and one foot hopping on the second). Laughing damage to anyone with line of sight 1d8/round.