QUOTE (Karoline @ Mar 1 2010, 01:36 PM)
And as I said, people trying to balance have trouble keeping track of all the parts of them that are natural, so even if you've had the thagomizer your entire life that doesn't necessarily mean it would be very helpful in balancing.
P.S. One of the biggest problems people have, is actually using their feet to help balance themselves. And given that use of our feet to balance ourselves while walking is among the most natural things we do, you'd think this would make it easy, but people will consistently ignore advice about using their feet to help balance them.
Very good points, this is especially important whenever some new condition afflicts a character.
New Implant
Latent magician/adept gains magic ability
Latent Changeling/Drake/etc
Characters who are BORN with the ability/limb/etc would have no negative impact but if either character Loose/Gain ability/limb/etc they would suffer the same symptoms.
Someone relying on a heavy tail stickign out from their back will have serious balance problems the day the tail is cut off/removed - just as someone who gains a tail will have problems.
As an interesting note, just standing up and standing still takes 300 active muscles in your body. Now, they are all working in synch...then you add or loose 10% of those working muscles...