Shiva Arms: Practical or Just Fun? Options

[maine75man]

I've always had a thing for characters with extra arms. Don't know why but I do. My question is are there any good way's to build a character around the Shiva Arms meta-quality in 4E.

[maine75man]

I think I'll be making a four armed Naritaki physad pistol gunslinger. I tried to squeeze out a six armed character but it doesn't seem to work to pay for the surge characteristics and 25 points worth of ambidexterity. Even if it's legal by the rules thats a lot of points.

My Gm and I agree that specialization should usually add to the skill pool before splitting as per the faq. We're debating allowing the character to have a custom specialization in "Multi-Gun Mojo" which applies only when firing more then one gun at a time, and allowing that "special" specialization to apply post split.

Most other modifiers are going to be considered "dice pool modifiers" we will apply them after. None of us have the supplement with tracer ammo or red dot sights so we won't be worrying about them. My character should start with a Reflex Recorder and possibly Sync. She will also be running a rating 2 tacnet to make up for the loss of a smart gun bonus. (networked to her four droned smart guns via a skin link. Another potential rules stretch but both my Gm and I think it's a cool idea)

Starting out I'm going to be shooting for a pool of around 16 before splitting with post split modifiers around +3-6. Then if the character last long enough I'll be looking to add Adept Centering and item Attunement Meta-Magic.

[Mäx]

Reflex Recorder

This is added before the split, it's an actual increase to the skill, same as adept improved ability.