Ways to get extra hands

[The Gilded Duke]

Right now I'm looking on different ways to get as many hands as possible. If they are claws they also must be usable as hands for what I have in mind. I'm trying to work on a soulbow who uses multi-weapon fighting.

So far Thri-keen seems like a good base for it, but I am sure there are ways to get even more hands quicker.

[TheLogman]

I believe the Blessing of the Grillion is a spell that grants extra arms, and since I think its a spell, it can be made into an item as well.

[The Gilded Duke]

Know what book or spelllist that one is in?

[TheLogman]

3rd Level Spell I believe, from Savage Species. It lasts 10 minutes per level, it is on both the Cleric and Wiz/Sorc spell lists, is a transmutation spell, and has verbal, somatic, and material components.

It would cost around 30,000 gp for a Use-Activated ring of Girallon's blessing, 6,000 gp if that ring had only 1 use per day, and it's 750 gp per potion of Girallon's blessing.

[Feralgeist]

or, a much cheaper and easier way, get it permanencied.

[TheLogman]

That would cost more than the ring with three uses a day, but if you wanna walk around with that many hands all the time, the DM approves, there's a Wizard/Cleric of THAT high a level, and you need the hands at all times, perming it would be a wise decision.

[The Glyphstone]

Until you bite a Dispel Magic in the face, then it's gone forever...

[Reinboom]

3rd Level Spell I believe, from Savage Species. It lasts 10 minutes per level, it is on both the Cleric and Wiz/Sorc spell lists, is a transmutation spell, and has verbal, somatic, and material components.

It would cost around 30,000 gp for a Use-Activated ring of Girallon's blessing, 6,000 gp if that ring had only 1 use per day, and it's 750 gp per potion of Girallon's blessing.

It was reprinted (and officially 3.5) with spell compendium.

[Stormcrow]

But for the fact permanency applies to a specific list of spells.

[jjpickar]

What about grafts? I don't recall any prohibition on adding more arms that way. Two enervating arms please.

[brian c]

Best ways to get extra arms would be to be Thri-Keen. If you just want an extra limb, kobolds can have prehensile tails (Draconic Tail, RotD and Prehensile Tail, Savage Species).

[AtomicKitKat]

Heh. Only just noticed I spelled it "Ocopus Drummer". No wonder I never found it on Google.

Grafts gone wild!

Insectile Template adds arms that can't be used to attack, although you might argue that they count as "extra hands" for reloading or "extra strength bonus"(as per Savage Species) purposes. Arachnid Creature template in Underdark gives more arms, but I think you might have to backdoor by way of Primeval(Frostburn), since it only applies to animal/magical beast(I think)/aberration. Song and Silence has the classic Fang of Lolth, which should convert all non-attacking arms into useable claws(based on the wording, which says something along the lines of "you gain claws at the ends of your arms". It's 3.0 though.

[Icewalker]

Make your DM let you play a Marilith Demon. (Not positive if they kept that name from 1st to 3rd edition). six arms ftw?

I've got a marilith monk in an old 1st edition campaign, I forget exactly the number, but with 6 arms (triple open hand) and a tail, all of which end up doing d4s of damage, if I hit with everything I deal either 96d4 or 98d4, I forget.

[Rockphed]

Make your DM let you play a Marilith Demon. (Not positive if they kept that name from 1st to 3rd edition). six arms ftw?

I've got a marilith monk in an old 1st edition campaign, I forget exactly the number, but with 6 arms (triple open hand) and a tail, all of which end up doing d4s of damage, if I hit with everything I deal either 96d4 or 98d4, I forget.

There is still a Marilith, and it is still a Demon. It even manages to have 6 arms. Six arms and way too skimpy of an outfit for the win!

[Fax Celestis]

1. Thri-Kreen race (Unapproachable East, MM-II, XPH)
2. Marilith race (MM-I)
3. Girallon Arms soulmeld (Magic of Incarnum)
4. Demonbinder warlock PrC (Drow of the Underdark)
5. Girallon's Blessing spell (Spell Compendium)
6. Diopsid race (Dragon Magazine Compendium)

[SalientGreen]

Play Spiral.

[StickMan]

Arrow Demon from the second or third monster manual has 4 arms and has powerful build for bows.

[Chineselegolas]

There is an item in savage species called something along the lines of 'Arms of the Naga', which gives you two extra arms. Don't have the book with me atm, but I remember it is atleast a couple thousand gold though

[tahu88810]

Being a totemist from Magic of Incarnum would help.
There is the Girallon-Arm manifestation you could use...