I was merely looking through the several books, and besides the fact that you can hold a blaster in each hand, you could also wield them on your wrist using the weapon attachment.

However, what's the usefulness of that?

I'm assuming the PC can hack a computer while firing? Or set up explosives? but how well can you do that while firing a gun from your arm??

Also, an idea I got from the dangerous covenants book, Multi-wield, how would that work? I'm not talking about dual-wielding, that's boring. Like having a wrist blaster on each arm and then holding a blaster in each hand, with the armor attached weapon as well.

I know even assuming it was allowed, you'd have to roll 2 adv to activate each weapon, with 5 blasters, thats 10 adv, basically impossible.

I was merely looking through the several books, and besides the fact that you can hold a blaster in each hand, you could also wield them on your wrist using the weapon attachment.

However, what's the usefulness of that?

I'm assuming the PC can hack a computer while firing? Or set up explosives? but how well can you do that while firing a gun from your arm??

I think it really comes down to the GM and how they interpret what you’re trying to do.

As written, I think that the purpose was to allow you to fire your blaster at someone without having to drop whatever else it might be that you hold in your hand(s). So, you could keep holding onto that holocron or talisman, and still fire your blaster at them with that same "hand".

It would potentially allow you to walk into a scenario where the other side says you can’t bring in weapons, so you hold up your hands and show them being empty. When you get closer and they have let their guard down, you can surprise them by firing your wrist blasters at them.

The wrist-mounted blaster is also something that you can’t just easily drop. Someone could chop your arm off, but disarming you in combat would be more difficult than it would be with a hand-held blaster.

All that said, IIRC the wrist blaster only allows you to use a weapon of Silhouette 0, so basically a holdout blaster. It’s not like you’ll be able to get anything of any significant size or damage in there.

Also, an idea I got from the dangerous covenants book, Multi-wield, how would that work? I'm not talking about dual-wielding, that's boring. Like having a wrist blaster on each arm and then holding a blaster in each hand, with the armor attached weapon as well.

I know even assuming it was allowed, you'd have to roll 2 adv to activate each weapon, with 5 blasters, thats 10 adv, basically impossible.

Yeah, I wouldn’t think that would be so useful. Maybe I’m wrong, but don’t think you’d be activating those multi-wielded weapons very often.

It's useful if you have a 2-handed melee weapon, but still want to be able to fight at range. Also useful if you're using a 1h melee weapon and a riot shield.

Alternative super bizarre uses: Dual-wielding 1 hand-held pistol & 1 wrist-mounted pistol whilst holding a 1h melee weapon/riot shield in the off hand, or dual-wielding pistols whilst carrying a 2h melee weapon like a vibro-ax.

All that said, IIRC the wrist blaster only allows you to use a weapon of Silhouette 0

Just checked, you can apply Wrist Mount to any Ranged (Light) weapon or the Hands-Free Weapon System armour mod to any encumbrance<4 Ranged (Light/Heavy) weapon.

It's useful if you have a 2-handed melee weapon, but still want to be able to fight at range. Also useful if you're using a 1h melee weapon and a riot shield.

Alternative super bizarre uses: Dual-wielding 1 hand-held pistol & 1 wrist-mounted pistol whilst holding a 1h melee weapon/riot shield in the off hand, or dual-wielding pistols whilst carrying a 2h melee weapon like a vibro-ax.

Okay, so those are some pretty cool uses!

Just checked, you can apply Wrist Mount to any Ranged (Light) weapon or the Hands-Free Weapon System armour mod to any encumbrance<4 Ranged (Light/Heavy) weapon.

Cool. Thanks for the confirmation!

I was thinking together with the pistol grip in the same book, you just might be able to be pretty scary with some of the combinations...

So I guess it WOULD be possible, just not very effective. :/ Oh well.

Thanks for the confirmations,

Talking about wrist mounted weapons, the wrist flamethrower Jango uses on Mace Widu on Geonosis how would it be represented in game terms? Cause the wrist mount only allows for ranged light, but the flamethrower uses gunnery if i remember well

Talking about wrist mounted weapons, the wrist flamethrower Jango uses on Mace Widu on Geonosis how would it be represented in game terms? Cause the wrist mount only allows for ranged light, but the flamethrower uses gunnery if i remember well

It would probably have to be some smaller version of the flamethrower. There isn't such a piece of equipment in the available books (yet), but the Bounty Hunter splatbook might just introduce something since it's such an iconic piece of gear.

If you need one in the meantime, just look at the flamethrower stats in the core rules and reduce them to a level that feels appropriate for a smaller weapon. Maybe add some Limited Ammo quality, or have it run dry on 3 Threat like a heavy blaster pistol to simulate the smaller fuel container.

There's a mod for an underslung flamethrower in the weapon section.

Yeah, I'd use the underslung flamethrower with a house ruled wrist mount mod

That spounds like a good solution, and probably adding a limited ammo 3 quality or the 3 threat running dry rule would balance the fact that the underslung flamethrower has better stats than the normal weapon.

I'd go with limited ammo. Three net threat doesn't happen all that often and with upgrades and abilities its easy to negate.

Wrist-mounted weapons should be useful for those Aqualish with fins for hands. Who are in the same book, right?

Wrist-mounted weapons should be useful for those Aqualish with fins for hands. Who are in the same book, right?

Technically speaking, those Aqualish are unaffected by the finned hands, Apparently they don't swim any better than Aqualish with hands but neither are the penalized when using handheld gear.

And IIRC they just have webbed fingers, not actual fins.

And IIRC they just have webbed fingers, not actual fins.

Yeah, they're not like these guys;

And IIRC they just have webbed fingers, not actual fins.

Yeah, they're not like these guys;