# Prosthetic limbs and Chainsaw arms

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [June 9, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671 "2013-06-09T05:07:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671/1 "2013-06-09T05:07:44Z")

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So, you step on a bear trap, or run over a land mine. You’re doomed, right? You’re a gimp. Forever slowed down. But what if there was another way? What if you could make something useful out of those limbs? What if you could pull an Ash, and attach a chainsaw, or a shotgun to the stump? Or just make a pegleg out of some wood. Maybe craft an artificial hand out of electronics with sufficiently high skill. Such would be awesome.

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**Author:** ![halberdsturgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@halberdsturgeon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/halberdsturgeon)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671/2 "2013-06-09T05:10:24Z")

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Swear I’ve seen the chainsaw prosthetic suggestion multiple times now.

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**Author:** ![TaintedHolyWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TaintedHolyWater](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaintedHolyWater)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671/3 "2013-06-10T01:36:02Z")

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Or you could drag your crippled ass to the hospital and offer yourself upon the alter of defiance get strap in for a computerized surgery that’ll fix your arm/leg. BUT doing so means finding and clearing a hospital. I recommend doing so before you actually need it.

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671/4 "2013-06-10T04:25:48Z")

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Well, the way I was thinking, prosthetic limbs wouldn’t give you back 100% mobility, but instead like, 90 or 80 percent.  
And chainsaw arms would be awesome. We already have a sort of if you ask me out of place X-men reference in the adamantium claws. A chainsaw arm would be a fitting homage.

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**Author:** ![TaintedHolyWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TaintedHolyWater](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TaintedHolyWater)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/prosthetic-limbs-and-chainsaw-arms/1671/5 "2013-06-10T04:50:01Z")

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I guess (80-90% is still rather high) it could work but I just don’t want the characters becoming freakish metal mutants… I retract my previous statement on the grounds that they already are.