Sungmanitu Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 I need some advice creating a constriction ability for a snake character using entangle, or is there some other power I should use to do this. 6E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Why not just CSLs with Grab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 hour ago, L. Marcus said: Why not just CSLs with Grab? With Extra Limb (tail). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 The big thing with constriction is the squeezing, not so much for damage as for preventing breathing. I think that while there are ways to simulate that kind of thing, the route to go is the extra limb, grab and choke hold. Obviously the choke is not round the neck, it is, instead, a full body strangle, but it will engage the rules in the same way... Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 15 hours ago, Hyper-Man said: With Extra Limb (tail). 46 minutes ago, Doc Democracy said: The big thing with constriction is the squeezing, not so much for damage as for preventing breathing. I think that while there are ways to simulate that kind of thing, the route to go is the extra limb, grab and choke hold. Obviously the choke is not round the neck, it is, instead, a full body strangle, but it will engage the rules in the same way... Doc ?????????????????? Given that a snake has FEWER limbs than the normal allotment, for what reason would it be given the Extra Limbs power? Am I missing something? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says I must be overlooking something, I often do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 I was imagining a character with the lower torso of a snake and upper body of a humanoid. Example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Legion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 ha! I wasn't thinking straight. I was not thinking of whether the snake had limbs or not, simply using the extra limb to demonstrate that using its body to constrict a victim would not interfere with the normal use of any other limbs the character might have. I am now wondering how to model a snake with no limbs but able to constrict and hold an opponent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhoffmann Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Doc Democracy said: ha! I wasn't thinking straight. I was not thinking of whether the snake had limbs or not, simply using the extra limb to demonstrate that using its body to constrict a victim would not interfere with the normal use of any other limbs the character might have. I am now wondering how to model a snake with no limbs but able to constrict and hold an opponent... Hero System Bestiary page 483 has the Constrictor Snake. The relevant parts are basically: Coils: +15 STR, Only With Grab And Squeeze (-1) and Physical Complication: Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I gave a recent vampire who transformed into a giant snake martial arts with martial grab and crush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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