# Broken Arms Don't Affect Melee Speed

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**Created:** [September 18, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arms-dont-affect-melee-speed/10553 "2015-09-18T22:36:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-arms-dont-affect-melee-speed/10553/1 "2015-09-18T22:36:21Z")

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Version 0.C stable.

I have two broken arms.  
I am wearing an arm splint (which encumbers both arms–would be nice if I had to splint each arm separately, but that’s a minor thing).  
Total encumbrance on both arms is 7.  
(No other body part is encumbered.)

Arm encumbrance affects ranged attack accuracy. It does not affect melee attacks.

Which means that I can walk around with two broken arms in splints and be just as effective in melee combat as I am when I’m perfectly healthy.  
That doesn’t seem right.

Perhaps arm encumbrance above some threshold should adversely (and severely) affect melee attack speed?