Combat Arm Rules Unclear

[derslap]

Combat Arms give a rating of 15 STR and allow for using Bulky and Very Bulky weapons. Is this intended? It seems extremely powerful and I can't think of a reason to not pick them up ASAP.

Also, when your arms give 15 STR does that mean all attacks made with those arms are treated as STR 15? And do those arms lose stats when you take damage? Does this interact with bulky on weapons?

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

You overall STR doesn't change, so I would say that damage does not get to come off of the STR 15. You get the DM+4 for the Characteristic for any actions where arm strength would reasonably be the "part" of your STR characteristic that you are using.

Arm Wrestling: Use STR 15
Swinging a Sword: STR 15
Kicking in a Door: Normal STR