--- In imperium_40k@..., wayne summers <hondocit@y...>
wrote:
> Hello and thanks for the reply the parts of the rules that got me
thinking are conventions of imperium and as you described that when
using one arm the str char is halved and further on in the weapons and
equipment section it mentions that a chars encumbrance valve is based
on the characters str characteristic x 2 so therefore i presume a char
with only one arm would have a reduced encumbrance value am i wrong?

You are, yes. :-)

But I see where you got it from. The actual quote is:

"It is worth noting that a character's Strength score is his total
strength, and when counting the strength of one arm (e.g.
arm-wrestling, using a weapon one-handed), the Strength characteristic
should be halved."

This should only really apply to characteristic tests using the arms,
and to one-handed weapons - the intention of the examples was to
illustrate these two sets of circumstances. (Although play will
probably throw up other circumstances as well, I suppose, but GMs can
deal with these on a case-by-case basis.)


Just as a side-note, under the logic of halving your Strength for
losing an arm, this means that 25% of a person's weight is in each
arm. (A person's Encumbrance - as opposed to Carrying Capacity - is
equal to their Strength plus their Toughness.)

It's best just to modify damaged characteristics when they would be
affected, rather than permanently, unless -every- circumstance in
which that characteristic could see use is somehow debilitated by the
injury.