What is the optimal number of limbs?

[PieCoNsUmEr]

Limbs are pretty useful, 2 arms two legs, simple, basic, boring. We all know that many forms of life are clearly underutilizing their limbed potential, we must fix this.

 

[The-Reader]

limb potential are abused when it comes to outer gods and eldritch gods if you count the tentacles as limbs.

 

[PieCoNsUmEr]

Well, to cover every need, 60: 3 legs, 2 wings, 6 arms, 3 tails, 35 trunks, 11 tentacles.

 

[PieCoNsUmEr]

But if taking a human base: 9.

• A crocodilian tail.
• Two legs.
• Two wings.
• Four arms.

 

[Dudealien]

Considering you’d often have a human base, I’d say:

2-4 arms
2 legs
2 wings
6-8 tentacles (must have)
2-4 antennae

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Moms should get two additional arms for every child they have.

 

[Echimera]

Would a prehensile tongue be counted as a limb in this case? If so I would add that to the suggestions above.

 

[CheekiBreeki]

For a normal human who is used to having 2 hands and 2 legs? That is also the optimal number. If you slap an extra pair of hands on a normal human, their brain might overload from the extra stress.

But for someone or something who can handle them? As many as Avalokiteshvara's.

 

[BigHoodieBoy]

1,000,000,000 pairs of legs and 3 pair of arms. Kinda like a human centipede.

 

[DarkeReises]

For a normal human who is used to having 2 hands and 2 legs? That is also the optimal number. If you slap an extra pair of hands on a normal human, their brain might overload from the extra stress.

But for someone or something who can handle them? As many as Avalokiteshvara's.

moar arm

 

[Asami_Shirogane]

2 legs 2 arms and a fluffy fox tail to go along with it.

 

[NotaNuffian]

I want nine heads for their brains. Eight other pairs of arms so as to make writing faster.

It would also help if they also possess personalities because then I can fully vocalize the voices in my head.

 

[EliseValkyria]

I don't know what to say about it. But the average human arm numbers is like 1.7 , and I don't know what to think about that either.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Two is best, else you'd be a filthy Xeno. That, or an amputee.

 

[AliceHealer]

But grimsby
But what sire?
8 legs
*inhales pipe*
Seven v-
*banned*

 

[PieCoNsUmEr]

Two is best, else you'd be a filthy Xeno. That, or an amputee.

So 2 legs no arms, 1 arm 1 leg, or no legs 2 arms?

 

[greyblob]

4 cuz that's all I have

 

[Agentt]

Limbs are pretty useful, 2 arms two legs, simple, basic, boring. We all know that many forms of life are clearly underutilizing their limbed potential, we must fix this.

5. 2 legs and 3 arms

 

[CL]

I would like to ask about your opinion of limbs that are not physical in nature, but psionic projections (Elfen Lied?).

 

[PieCoNsUmEr]

I would like to ask about your opinion of limbs that are not physical in nature, but psionic projections (Elfen Lied?).

Bit cheaty, often feels like the want to have their limbs and eat them too. And it’s often just like a scary arm, and not using the concept well like it being a full on meta-physical monster anchored in a body. Like imagine in elfen lied (I should make a thread about that manga/anime) instead of the horned girls having invisible arms, they had invisible ten legged tigger (or a Berserk apostle) that grew out from them and got like 8 meters long, that would make it so the “monster with the form of a little girl” point was stronger.