Alternative Appendages - Table Technician #7

[@SeanicalMan]

Imagine having a weird crocodile arm that makes you do wild magic surges.

[@youcantbeatk7006]

Yeah image. _That's pretty original. What's your inspiration?_

[@danylerasu4917]

Okay, but. What if. And hear me out. Put it on a monkey

[@ambitiousjokester]

DragonSlayer Keegan now this is innovation

[@camramaster]

I got that reference!

[@lizzarddoggo8775]

And what if that arm slowly took control of you and made you more chaotic evil if you got stressed. Again though, totally original idea, no clue where i got

[@frankficcle7081]

Magic smagic, give me a peg leg, a hook and a glass eye and I'll have those scallywags begging for mercy.

[@Nitram4392]

*Yarrr intesifies*

[@chibibuu]

I'm sad there wasn't a Mr. Krabs "Arr ar ar ar ar" in your comment lol.

[@oligb1469]

Those artificer when they give you that anaesthetic you see the word "placebo" written on it make a dex save to avoid gangrene.

[@kylestanley7843]

How does one dodge gangrene? :p

[@oligb1469]

@@kylestanley7843 Where they cut the limb off

[@Babbling_Wizard]

Perfect for warlock or Sorcerer

[@erikhanseisenheber]

You mean sterilizer/sanitizer, right? Anesthetics are what knock you out. Also it would be a con save. Ye ye I know it's a joke, but I was very confused for a hot second when I first read it.

[@catnivalmew9609]

So when will we be getting a table technician book.

[@JP.calamity]

This almost made me yell ”Shut up and take my money!” Its 23:05. I have neighbors. I almost memed awake my neighbors. (would still pay for a book though)

[@wolfashb4n370]

Part of me wonders if the enjoyment of the videos would be lost with a book version now. Still it'd be cool to have an actual book.

[@Spicybees_]

@@wolfashb4n370 maybe once hes gotten a books worth of videos he could condense them into paper/pdf form? that's what I'd prefer

[@connierule3902]

The table technical manual?

[@LordMaster1231]

A book would be cool if he made it in context with his D&D characters and videos, so maybe if it was written as an in universe thing with illustrations and the like of places and people and maybe short stories to contextualises them?

[@ashb712]

A third category, "Organic" would indeed be pretty cool, infact idk why you didn't just make that a part of this if you already thought it through. Maybe you have to go out into the wilds and expose yourself to a symbiotic parasite that will take your arm's place, and give abilities in exchange for nutrients. Depending on where you go to find it, It could be a beastial animal and pet-like once you master it, _or_ sentient, able to talk and have it's own alignment and agenda (esp if its an extraplanar entity, cursed, or created by otherworldy races like ilithid, devils, or aboleths). Maybe a powerful druid, dryad, sylvan or Fey nature spirit can bond your stump with a living plant that takes the shape of a new arm with utility and powerful abilities. However abusing those powers risks the plant growing a little too far into your body every time, unless you take steps to maintain a perfect harmony with the plant taking root in you. The possibilities are endless and a perfect fit for players who whos characters are either all about weird entities, or all about animals/nature! Existing npcs already in your campaign like important druids, nature clerics, deities and even Archfey Warlock patrons could be the one to bestow the new limb, to make for an especially cool story moment.

[@romaindubray2325]

Organic could delve into actual transplants too ! Which would have higher risks short term but in turn would be an option will less weaknesses in the long run. Say you survive the danger of undertaking a surgical operation and/or magical grafting process, after some (probably long rather than short) getting used to, your limb could simply end up being a no downside replacement, or a lateral move in terms of utility.

[@Da_Shark]

Don't forget the edgy favorite "sealed within my arm is the arch demon insert name here"

[@ashb712]

@@romaindubray2325 thats a wonderful idea for DMs worried about giving their players something too strong or weak. Avoids the main hassle of balancing while still giving the player an character arc/development plot piece.

[@Olimar92]

The most common organic alternative might be an aberration. Magical plant or cloned limbs would be from the normal world, but might cost a lot. The Black Market is great for cheap stuff that you might regret.

[@Shy__Idiot]

it could be used with warlocks pretty well

[@bionicdragon5]

0:20 "And that's how I lost my medical licence."

[@Cob-Kay]

I've had a character sitting around for ~2 years now with a detachable Mimic as a prosthetic arm. They're a Changeling, and they keep the fact that their arm is a Mimic a secret. To everyone else, the arm just looks like an animated hunk of wood.

[@aileenzhao7951]

Oh my god that sounds so cool

[@treebeast2516]

So incoming wild magic artificer wearing a plague doctor outfit to sell wacky limbs to players

[@alberttrita5858]

Ah yes, the plague fellow.

[@lucieeatssnekkers2756]

In my current campaign, one of my players is a dwarf ranger that recently lost his arm to an exploding dungeon and has it replaced by a sekiro-type grapple arm. It is magically powered though, so I should consider a beholder perhaps...

[@camramaster]

Just up add another, low-level being to each encounter. I would recomend a small magical cockroach (flavorwise, part of an infestation perhaps?), to give a reason to both use it and not to use it, as the infestation may find this tasty.

[@akumamatata3408]

Aww yeah, a video on prosthetics. I love having fun with all this sort of stuff.

[@Babbling_Wizard]

In pathfinder, I would love to have mechanical arm to create a magical shield and produce a animagic field

[@ta_chan7468]

0:16 What ?. Never get your *blank* by a goblin before ?

[@indigocactus3089]

Arm replaced, yep, nothin to see here

[@monkeykingw]

And now Artificer's Armorer Subclass basically removes the need as your armor automatically gives you new limbs to replace the old ones while you wear it. Course, homebrew can spice that up and yadda yadda yadda

[@techwizsmith7963]

Right, that one specific ability from that one subclass that only affects its user replaces this. While it would be cool if the armorer could make the armor for someone else, I feel like that would be broken as heck

[@clickpause8732]

Step 1: grow living plant arm (use a spell that makes plants grow into the desired shape) Step 2: Awaken spell Result: living sentient plant arm bonded to host Why would you want this? Good question. Of course, at this level, regeneration is probably the more logical option.

[@Nukestarmaster]

Can regeneration give you arms beyond your initial 2? No it can't.

[@techwizsmith7963]

There's a common magic item that's a plant pot that growns an awakened shrub, getting that at a lower level before you have access to regeneration is totally doable. Using xanathar's crafting rules, it'll only cost a few week, 50 gp, and a minor adventure unless you agree with the houserule that common magic items don't need a special ingredient

[@herickkenalgin4473]

Merle

[@drecknathmagladery9118]

how about grafted on extra limbs would they count as alternative appendages also prehensile tails are considerd limbs as well my younger brother played a mad scientist/doctor/engineer? a while back his character would perform experimental surgeries on himself and on fellow party members going as far as to rip out the heart of a god and replaceing his own with it he also claimed he managed to forge and create soul contracts which he made his party members and even a few very powerfull npcs sign in effect binding them to him he would go as far as grafting extra limbs and appendages onto himself to make himself all the more efficient at his experiments and also he played the demon contracts under the guise they where essentaily waivers that kept him safe if anything went wrong he was chaotic neutral my point is you don't need to loose a limb to have one of these

[@Tekker2234]

i feel like he just made the medic from team fortress 2

[@camramaster]

I want my extra limbs.

[@Arenuphis]

@@camramaster give me time to get the neural engineering needed scienced up We're gonna need some direct connectors to a new area of the motor cortex or something

[@noahcarlton4625]

One got a 3rd wooden arm for my dragonborn fighter wizard, later got some wooden wings reckon awesome

[@SrTNick1]

tfw I realize that my character's ancient dwarven magical metal arm won't function in an antimagic field. and last session we found out we're getting hunted by a magic hating antimagic using cult. uh oh.

[@microwave._.]

Updates?

[@_lucas_2066]

Updates?

[@SrTNick1]

@@_lucas_2066 Man I'm a year late cause I didn't see the first reply lol. We finished that campaign but among other things relating to the cult we; were ambushed while staying at an inn and narrowly defeated the two magic hating barbarians via the party rogue scoring big sneak attack DPS on them, hunted down the spell-arrow archer who was causing the antimagic fields and interrogated him to find out they were the cult of a demon lord and get some leads, do some urban adventuring to find said cult's hideout which included busting a Darklands based slave trade ring and selling copious amounts of limes, and eventually clearing out the cult's hq as a big dungeon and defeating the banished demon leader trying to get back in her boss's good grace. As we leveled the party sorcerer started doing Counter Magic stuff to keep us out of any antimagic field days and after the inn ambush we were very cautious in picking our fights and area management.

[@kevinbarber2795]

Here’s a magical and living mix: a small fire elemental becomes you’re new arm. Pros: it’s a fire elemental; it can burn stuff, change shape, etc. Cons: Well, ITS A FIRE ELEMENTAL; also, assuming it’s still conscious, you might need to get it to like and listen to you. Good luck with that.

[@tyrannosaur219]

Honestly, for the longest time I’ve had this idea for a Fighter-Battlemaster character with a mechanical prosthetic arm that has a large flail instead of a hand, and some abilities branching off from that to tie in with or play off of their Battlemaster maneuvers. This video really helped rekindle that idea and helped me think up ways to balance the thing, so thanks!

[@scumbad7953]

Oh wow here I though slapping a wand in the stump on a wizard's wrist was good enough

[@LaraTF1080]

THAT… Works incredibly well with the campaign I'm building as one of the main minions of the BBEG DOES HAVE a prostethic arm!! Thank you!! This is a lot of help!! :3

[@AnnoyedDragon]

Parasitical/living limbs sounds its own category.

[@powerhouseofthecell9758]

When I heard the phrase "Alternative Appendages" I was imagining a video about races without human-like arms, and how they can be effective adventurers.

[@phrogy_1992]

2:02 something about that d4 looks off

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

nah, looks fine to me.

[@duralireha]

@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter One side is 2 and the other is 1. Should be the same all three sides.

[@planetfall5056]

It looks like it a square pyramid instead of a triangular one.

[@lizzarddoggo8775]

Valve: you must be seeing things, look, 1,2,4, its a perfect d4

[@techwizsmith7963]

@@lizzarddoggo8775 take a look at the 2. What's right next to it? It should be a 2 as well, but it's a 1 like the one to its left

[@romulusnuma116]

I love the idea of a living limb that you have to pet to keep it happy

[@professornope4792]

I’d “code” these like TF2 weapons. EX: Lover’s left arm Lore: the severed arm of a loved one attached to their lover + take 1 proficiency from the loved one that requires a hand - disadvantage while using the arm for proficiency as the arm is blind

[@NICK....]

Beholder's telekinesis tentacle for an arm, discuss

[@markzofcin9003]

Imagine being a warforged and getting an organic living appendage replacement, I know what character I'm building next

[@youcantbeatk7006]

Can we please get an HD version of the image at 4:26 for meme purposes please?!

[@tethren_]

Thanks so much my bard had his entire arm blasted off

[@Oh-hi-their-have-a-cookie]

Shop open Pirate: give me a cannon leg You: I"ll have what he having

[@eryvac0074]

I had a fighter who lost an arm, and I got a runestone (small stones in our campaign which have cantrips infused into them) which he wore as a necklace. The cantrip on the stone was mage hand, which he used as a normal hand for the campaign since (you can't use mage hand to attack, but you can use it as the second hand to support a greatsword)

[@DragonaxFilms]

I love the idea of emotionally caring for your own pet squid arm.

[@nes819]

Sounds like my "Gobblinpachworks" They are fast scrapworkbuilds wich create +1 gear (non magical) wich break after the first critt.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Bard: "Tentacle limbs?" *snap* "Oh, it appears as though my arm was broken by a dragon." Party: "Tf are you talking about?" Bard: "He was very small, and invisible, and retreated at the speed of light."

[@Matt-md5yt]

This topic is one of my favorites, glad you covered it

[@Sagetower7]

I enjoy the GURPS system for its modularity in scenarios like this. You can create prosthetics for many different settings and fine tune things like fine motor skills that are normally lacking in real life prosthetic.

[@MrWerwoolf]

You brain is interesting, I love how you organize ideas in light set of rules.

[@joaodeaquino5453]

Man, thank you for this vid! I’m planning a mix of Fantasy and Sci-Fi campaign and I had the idea of prosthetic limbs once. You just gave me the mechanics I would need to gift my players with some boosts after a ferocious battle!

[@colinowen8234]

When do we get the third party “Moduland” supplement with all of this stuff and examples and us being able to support you and some of your sick art work?!?!

[@PieMasterBob]

Heck yeah! Arms n' Legs!

[@youcantbeatk7006]

Why not eyes?

[@ericpeterson8560]

You cant beat K What about El’arzak’ax, my prosthetic demon eye?

[@youcantbeatk7006]

@@ericpeterson8560 How do you expect me to know about your own personal creations?

[@ericpeterson8560]

You cant beat K it’s a joke, nvm

[@squeethemog213]

This mechanic sounds awesome! Can't wait to see how this plays out in my game :D

[@racekitty]

I had a druid that flavored regenerate as a tree like plant growing as replacement limb it was pretty cool I only gave it a weakness to intense fire which after would grow back with enough sunlight. The only mechanical befit it gave was +1 to unarmored AC

[@ASquared544]

Now I want to make a character who has 3 different prosthetic: Mechanical (which requires regular maintenance), magical (which tends to be a bit unstable and is susceptible to certain Magic’s), and as mentioned in another comment, organic (which constantly needs to be kept in check, either because it keeps trying to take over the body or because it’s sentient and won’t always obey commands). I feel like it could be really cool balancing the different advantages and disadvantages of these different appendages. Maybe one of them replaced or supports an internal organ, while one replaces an arm and another replaces a leg. I feel like that could be really interesting. If it needs to be balanced further, each one could require attunement so in order to fully function you lose the ability to attune to other magic items

[@TheArklyte]

Trying to be creative with artificial limbs, I see? *Adeptus Mechanicus wants to know your location.*

[@ruskazann2172]

Now I want to create a character that is slowly turning themselves into a warforged.

[@ogrefeet6077]

0:31 Kanekuo whenever he gets to draw goblins or kobolds

[@LadyRenaissanceYouTube]

This fucking ROCKS. You actually inspired me to write a character with a prosthetic that acts as a ‘recalling weapon’. Where the arm disappears, can punch a dude like forty feet away, and then be recalled back to your body. Thanks!

[@Kanekuo]

This passes the "Totally 100% Sick Incredible" test. You're in..

[@tomisabum]

Super cool! Glad you turned around and explored living options again; I'm a sucker for biotechnology and eldritch stuff like that. A good drawback to that would counting, for the purposes of spells and abilities, as having the aberration or fey racial type in addition to your original racial type. Or any other type as relevant! This system could work really well as a way to give people Warlock-like invocation stuff related to game events, temporary or otherwise.

[@tonytot8357]

As a disabled person this means so so much to me. It's so refreshing and amazing to see people start to move out of the stereotypical perfectly able bodied players and move into more realistic ones. I would love to see how this type of mechanics work with other types of disabilities like spell components needing a verbal component being done through hand or drawn signs instead or a visually disabled player depending on other senses or magical tools. I really hope this video starts to get people excited about including disabled players in their games bc it's a big creative tool ppl are afraid to use bc they think less of disabled ppl Edit: comment chain just proves my point about the think less of disabled ppl. Everyone act surprised.

[@Olimar92]

Just poke around the D&D subreddits, you'll find people hate even discussing disabled characters. Their usual answer lands somewhere in the "They wouldn't be able to do very well." In a world where anyone can complete a ritual to get a tiny beast to do things for them. Disabilities can make good characters by showing someone who wants to fight a Dragon even though they aren't as capable as everyone else. I have found a couple of home brew about this type of thing, and WotC has prosthesis for limbs and eyes.

[@oligb1469]

'ay there fellow disabled person! If ya don't mind me askin' what your disability? (Pardon if its forward but when someone stares at my leg it makes things awkward and complex I don't really understand why there's such a stigma too it). I lost my left leg and knee too a boar while hunting couple years back. D&D augmented limbs and spells would be sick af!

[@youcantbeatk7006]

You have a very distorted look on the world. People include disable player/main characters in their stories less because it adds baggage that most people don't want to deal with and it can make some of your characters extremely underpowered. How the hell would deaf or blind people even be common outside of slums in a mid to high fantasy setting when first level healing spells exist? How the hell would a blind or deaf person play D&D? Even if there was a braille translation a blind person probably wouldn't find much enjoyment in the game when they can't visualize the world and a deaf person would require either an entire group who knows sign language or would just be forced to play online via text. How the hell is this video going to make more disable people included, just how? It's also extremely insulting to call able body people unrealistic when there are billions more "complete" people with usable vision and hearing than there limbless, blind, and deaf people combined. It's not a stereotype when it's rounded to 99.75 percent of the population you're talking bout

[@oligb1469]

@@youcantbeatk7006 Whoa that it what 9 lines of whatever the hell like ya make some sound points but just let the games and their characters be who they want to be, try what they want to try people often overcome challenges don't ask me how IDK. Oh also "Complete" mind your words because BOY WHERE I'M FROM TALK LIKE THAT GETS YOUR RING FINGER CUT OFF, Anywho two-legger let people try whatever they want, you have questions (Most of which are rhetorical) and your phrasing could be better also both you and Tonytot have said some... Things that can come off as being a bit of a bastard but hay I'm able bodied I can do all you can do even with one leg down.

[@thepotatogod3600]

@@youcantbeatk7006 You have some reasonable points, but holy shit does the way you said that make you sound like an asshole. Yes, giving your character a disability comes with some nerfs, but it's *very* easy to fit it in in most scenarios, and it can come with some upsides as well. Let's say your character is deaf. Instant disadvantage on perception checks that rely on hearing, of course, but maybe that comes with an advantage on saves against being charmed or frightened by verbal spells and noises, and half damage on sound based attacks? You could be playing an economically low-level ex-soldier who lost his hearing in a war, or a struggling new wizard that blew out his eardrums with a botched spell, or any number of other things. I do agree as well that playing with distorted players comes with it's own troubles as well, but those reasons are not reasons to exclude someone from the fun, creative, and *inclusive* game that is D&D. If this is genuinely how you think, getting upset that someone dared to assume that disabled adventurers could exist, then maybe you yourself should stop playing D&D for awhile, since I know I don't want to be seated at your table.

[@red_comet_3326]

Man now I want a magical intestines that let me belch fire, or a monster stomach that makes me resistance to acid damage and immune to poison

[@Matt-md5yt]

go with troll bits

[@KageRyuu6]

So like: Springs can make you jump higher and possibly run faster, but they're also not the most stable of things, so you suffer massive penalties in rough terrain. Also as a safety mechanism most prosthesis are designed to fall off or break before they can deal damage to their user.

[@tylerm6191998]

I'm liking the idea of an Organic arm, I already have an idea for a "Venom" style arm. It would not only be alive but sentient with its own thoughts feelings and goals, it could even be its own separate character depending how you're playing. It would provide increasing power in exchange for more control over its host which could provide an interesting gameplay dilemma where the host character has to balance the arm being powerful without it taking them over complely, maybe killing the character, and being too resistant to the point that the arm is worthless or worse just pops off in search of a more compatible host.

[@kylestanley7843]

Reminds me of the eye and hand of vecna.

[@wolfenrichtophen6010]

*hardcore fantasy realism exists* time for roleplay of lost limbs. having a prosthetic player sometimes have them relapsing nightmares about losing their limb

[@kittyornstein]

I actually rolled up a character for a new campaign that's missing her right arm for a new campaign 2 weeks ago. She's an artificer with the armorer subclass so when her power armor is activated it acts as if she still had her arm.

[@VYxFrost]

thank you so much! Not only is this video awesome with all your best in it, but I tend to run games where people lose limbs...like, all the time XP so getting a second opinion on fantasy prosthetics is awesome!

[@beastwarsFTW]

Also there is the 4th option of mundane replacement limbs like a hook hand or peg leg. The limb has little to no maintenance needed and is non-magical but it has a major drawback like "you can only use your arm weapon or "your speed is reduced".

[@wrencormier513]

I had a prosthetic arm for 1 of my characters, it was a arm made of fire 1d6 fire punch and it shot magical slugs which sang in perfect harmony. No damage. Actual slugs like the animal. I had a firearm which shot slugs. It made me happy

[@thisrandomdude2880]

I was thinking of a warlock patron that's a living arm from which you fire all of those eldritch blasts. You're not doing any of the magic, this thing's doing it, and if you don't cater to its needs and demands, you ain't doing any more magical shit. I was inspired by a french comic series where a dude loses his arm and it gets replaced by a demoness with amnesia called Amy, and he's just one of five extremely interesting main characters! It was love at first sight, and I feel like this would fit in so well with D&D.

[@lordofmusic4207]

I think he has a thing for pillars and I think he would like the pillar men

[@Uatemysoul]

I had a wizard who lost all the fingers on his left hand. His hand was turned to stone and then broken. A few hours of work and he had it etched with a bunch of runes he would then stick his hand into sand, mud, whathaveyou and cast a spell that he created using a combination of Mold earth and mage hand. To create a functional left hand out of shifting sand or mud.

[@angelcakeart]

Mechanical limbs are always a lot of fun. I have a character (not a d&d character but fun nonetheless) who had both her arms destroyed in... an accident... And they were replaced with basically fully jointed mechanic arms. Since she fights a lot in her universe there are additions to the arms like fold out shields, metallic claws, a gun, etc... It sounds like a lot but scifi is like that. I love arm alternatives lol

[@mgimansss]

0:22 I like how the artificer's assistant is also afraid of her.

[@accountN6942]

Living limb: mimic Pros: can be turned into anything in a 1-1 foot cube at will and can produce a adhesive at will Cons: needs to be fed Everytime something hits you or the mimic you must roll a animal handling skill or it will disconnect and become a dense ball

[@arcanepretender1112]

Love your work bro, used your potion system in my last game and gotta say, changed my whole outlook on that sort of thing. I used to hate when players started asking about making potions, now I love it! After watching this I've mentioned that loss of limbs might be a thing in tonight's game...

[@DrgoFx]

I gave my Wizard a magic appendage once, it was basically this necrotic damage blast that cost a spell slot to use. Depending on what level the spell slot was determined how power the blast was. I don't recall the dice I used, but I think it was something simple like 1d8 per spell slot. He was being super utility base so I gave him this option as a means to give him some more offensive options when he prepared spells that weren't useful that day.

[@Thiccremoch162]

Watching this game me a great idea, the players I have often visit a chain store called the artificers slate where they can cash in magic items, parts of monsters, and other odds and ends. At this point the only one without one or more prosthetic or body mod is the warforged in the group. But when I heard the dispel magic weakness it made me think of a possible villain that has been following them and can deactivate all of their modifications.

[@Deathnotefan97]

I can see the "minus 5 to all movement" for getting a prosthetic leg as being a temporary drawback Like, after 1D4+1 weeks (or maybe 2D8+4 days, if that's too long for you) you finally become familiar enough with it that it now feels like a real leg to you, and you no longer suffer a movement penalty This creates a temporary challenge for the player, acting as incentive to not lose a limb in the first place, but in the even that they do, they are not punished for it permanently Alternatively, if the limb is mechanical, you could instead put in "recovery time" where instead of adding a temporary penalty, you instead have the player to rest for x amount of time as their body acclimates You can have it be a choice, take a penalty for x days/weeks, and keep questing, or recover for half that time, but in the process fail the time-sensitive quest you are currently on

[@chasenovak6015]

I actually made an artificer subclass very similar to this. It uses shit tons of gold to fill, “augment slots,” of which each pc has them and their number depends on their race (Halfling has three, human has 4, half Orc and dwarf have 5) you spend large amounts of gold and a few long rests to craft prosthetic limbs or something entirely different (For example replacing your left eye with a mechanical orb that has a targeting system and a 1 time use per rest laser attack, giving you a +1 to attack roles and a d8 radiant damage attack) it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever made and it’s super complex but the flesh welder is my baby.

[@pat120180]

This has given me a wondeful idea for a new character. A moderately famous artist/musician who lost their dominant arm. They are desperately seeking a way to regain their missing limb, when something calls to them and offers to given them a new, better, arm. In exchange for a new limb, the artist must bind themselves in service to the creature. They immediately agree, becoming a level 1 Warlock (probably either Archfey or Great Old One) who, due to their pride, must now do their patron's bidding if they wish to keep their new appendage.

[@jamesambrose6697]

My monk's hand was essentially bitten clean off. Go the simple solution. Hook monk.

[@sintonel133]

one of the super important npcs in my current campaign has a mechanical hand because his real one was lost in conflict with a snotty noble. in the back of that hand is an ancient magical crystal that symbolises what his organization works for but also gives him a colossal AC. the hand itself, though, is pretty bad. its slow, squeaky, and difficult for him to maneuver. luckily enough, one of our... louder(in the best way) party members is proficient in tinkering, so when they cross paths again it'll be pretty interesting to see how things go.

[@pitviper6652]

I’m super happy every time I see you upload, and I’m proud to see AJ Picket gave you a shout out and link during one of his livestreams

[@Sarriuz]

Why is this so *good!!!!* I love this entire system.

[@gamingpandabamboo9843]

It’s been 3 years but my character FINALLY lost an arm, back for my rewatch

[@glabnartheviewer1578]

i really like the idea of a pet arm you have to feed and maintain

[@gelbadayah.sneach579]

I need this in my games! Thanks! I made a gnomish artificer/alchemist when I got the Eberron book (Doctor Donella Wizzlebock) who made biotech artificial limbs by growing them in vats and then grafting them to the patient.

[@megadragonking546]

I think an interesting topic that you might be able to tackle would be a guide on how to Homebrew certain monsters as a playable race or character. For instance, a character I'm running is an old Shield Guardian mixed with a warforged. The abilities of a shield Guardian, with the stat blocks of a warforged. Of course that's just an example, it's a very interesting concept that I think you might be able to do a lot with.

[@MrBiscuitThief]

I lovd this and if any of my PCs lose a limb this will be implemented~~ thank you Kane~!

[@Master_E444]

I actually had a cool idea for a Mechanical One awhile ago that could be powered up with some magical fuel to make it more powerful. It essentially had a sort of ‘gasoline’ power source that let the user fire a tony stark style palm blast. The fuel could be stored inside it and was insulated to protect from Leakage. That’d be one way I give a powerful ability, it requires a certain fuel source (Spell Slots, external resources, Etceteras) or has limited uses for a Recharge Time as it draws in loose unused magical energy. Personally I also like the Living Appendage idea the most since it has some basis in reality (Mutualistic Symbiosis) and could provide some cool ideas. Is the Appendage a Familiar summoned by a 1 Armed Wizard or Warlock? Is it an Alien creature with no hostile intent but is required by its biology to attach to someone? Is it actually a part of you that grew out due to a magical mutation or experiment that eventually gained sentience? Is it a swarm of thousands of microscopic puppies who all huddle together and see you as mix between their Alpha and God? The potential is vast.

[@robertmorris7112]

I once had a character who had a wise cracking demon as an arm. The arm unfortunately didn’t stay around for too long but it was really fun to work with.

[@TheMalici0usM0nk3y]

Had one character concept where, as a thematic means of multi-classing into Draconic Sorcerer, gets a slain dragon’s severed arm grafted onto his own. Because of ‘Maaaagic’ the arm resizes to fit proportionally.

[@danieldeak9141]

I just had an idea. A Parasite that can be used As a prosthetic limb. It could work by interweaving itself with the nerve System of the host, feeding off of the tiny electric signals that nerves emit. As a tradeoff it completely replaces any missing limb.

[@blockprime3006]

I had a system where a limb grants a temporary bonus to ac, anything that hits in this bracket does actually hit the player but has the option for it to hit the arm, the arm then takes the damage (this dosent work with psychic damage) the arm then has its own hit dice and hit points the hit dice are d6, and depending on the type has bettween 1-3 hit dice, if the appendage goes bellow one quarter of its hp it ceases to function, with arms this means you only have one arm, and with legs this halves your movement and gives dissadvantage on acrobatics if the leg goes above the knee, to repair the arm you spend half an hour to restore one hit dice to your arm to do this requires tinkerers tools or the mending cantrips. If a limb is lost or reduced to 0 hp then it is broken beyond normal repair, and a new one must be built from at least 30 gold's worth of mechanical parts sutch as gears pulleys strings, metals and joints. Plus ten gold worth of materials to add an extra hit dice by reinforcing or armouring the limb. For each hit dice the limb has you gain a temporary AC bonus of +1 to a total of +3 this temporary AC is is negated if a sheild is worn on the appendage arm. If you have multiple prosthetics the AC bonus does not stack, however the two limbs both have individual hp, if a limb is attacked then the player may chose which limb takes the damage (within reason) limbs that are reduced to 0 hp cannot take damage for you. Limbs can be customised with special features each limb can have as many features as could logically for on their, which items are integrated are down to DN discretion but common examples include a built in tool, a built in weapon, a limited use atack or spell or a storage compartment for small objects.

[@Tuxlion]

reminds me of my first character, a dwarf barbarian/artificer who worked better when drunk, his left arm was replaced with a mechanical arm with a crossbow attached to it, there was no downside cause I figured that the downside of being able to only fire bolts would be enough. it worked well actually

[@macuma5533]

If Kenshi has teached me something is that mechanical limbs are simply the best option.

[@luckycyber2456]

So in my campaign I have a shop called the Oiltorium. In it is a bunch of oil themed items. Including in that us a prosthetic arm that allows you to light a finger like a candle. Or even fire a small glob of oil for a small amount of fire damage

[@csolace5131]

God those this make playing warforged feel good.

[@gillesstephany5460]

i really loved this :) my current character is an aasimar paladin/ranger and she was born without any arms so he has prosthetics. totally sharing this with my dm to work out any details now!

[@Attaxalotl]

My kobold artificer actually has something kinda like this! He's not missing any limbs, but he does have what's basically the Clutch Claw from Monster Hunter.

[@faustuscashews8434]

Thanks to this video it actually inspired me to have a prosthetic for my character - altho it doesn't do anything since I'm quite bug brained and won't be able to keep up with it if it does anything big - however I'm still going to have fun!

[@lexsamreeth8724]

One of my earliest characters in Pathfinder got his left arm cut off while dueling the god of tyranny. He woke up with a demon grafted to the stump, which promptly tried to choke him to death. The arm granted him a claw attack, natural armor, and a boost to his already ridiculous strength, but it had to be healed with negative energy, and occasionally it would try to attack me.

[@xpl0si0nman20]

Four minutes ago? How fun! If possible can we get a video on the Demon Lords? They're some of my favorite bosses in all of DnD, not even including stats. They're just interesting in style.

[@LunarTales]

My current Kobold Artificer has a prosthetic arm, and though it has not become an issue- I fully anticipate the DM using it against me at some point. Also good thing to know- there is a basic prosthetic that I have worked with and helped assemble in real life that while not impressive- it is good enough to get a solid grip on things like shields and swing around with some care. It is actually the type of prosthetic my character uses within the campaign- and one I could say he would have been able to make with a bit of help.

[@jjthegamer1016]

This video reminded me of Merel from The Adventure Zone.

[@kre8or465]

Make a magic limb with back-up mechanical mechanisms. Like, it uses magic for fine-tuning and for most spell casting, but in case of emergency (like fighting a beholder) it also just has a straight up tiny high-power crossbow built into it, as well as mechanisms to allow it to still function in an anti-magic field.

[@justjoking5252]

Question: If you are a warforged, would this process be easier or harder?

[@kylestanley7843]

For mechanical or magical, easier; for organic, harder

[@strangent404a7]

@@kylestanley7843 a reverse cyborg sounds interesting, and disturbing

[@kylestanley7843]

@@strangent404a7 Oh god

[@kholtonthebarbarian2590]

@@strangent404a7 chaotic evil warforged artificer who works to become a reverse robot, basically a “flayed one” from warhammer.

[@onewhosaysgoose4831]

@@strangent404a7 Pinocchio just wanted to be a real boy.

[@lorebooks5230]

Definitely going to incorporate something like this for a standard of my game, you're the best, Kane, ilu.

[@ScottB1775]

This would be great for a campaign that uses the optional dismemberment rules. I really like the organic/symbiotic relation with a sentient creature idea.

[@VitorOliveira-sk8dz]

Get your character some mind flayer flensing claws They are weapons that double down as prosthetics

[@pericoel21]

This is a DM must watch video

[@stuthepan4110]

my kobold artificer has slightly enchanted hand braces because he basically burned his hands to an unusable crisp. they give him advantage on slight of hand/tinkerer's tools checks, but when they aren't on for whatever reason, he has disadvantage with anything to do with his hands.