Confusion over Power Armor and Hands


Rules Questions


So I’m a bit confused with your hands and there usage in power armor.

It reads: “Ranged weapons can be installed in most powered armor. The maximum number is equal to the powered armor’s weapon slots.” (Core 204)

It also reads: “Powered armors of Large or greater size use their own arms and hands, rather than allowing the user to manipulate objects or weapons with their own hands. Operating such a suit of powered armor requires all your hands to be free (within the armor’s cockpit) and allows you use of all the armor’s hands. Large and bigger suits of powered armor have two arms and hands unless specified otherwise. Powered armors of Medium or smaller size allow the operator to use its own limbs (however many that is), and does not require any hands be free in order to operate the functions of the powered armor.” (Armory 74.)

So, let’s say we have a standard Vesk wearing Laborer Frame (Medium sized) Armor. The armor would allow him to mount 2 ranged weapons to it. Because it’s a medium sized power armor. Use their own limbs.

My question is:
- Does he still have access to his free hands?
- Like, could he also wield a two-handed advanced weapon with his hands while wearing the power armor?
- If the vesk wore a Large sized Power Armor, would he still have access to his own hands? Would he be able to have weapons mounted onto the power armor. And wield a two handed weapon with his power armor hands?


Yes, yes, no, yes.

Though, there might be a weird case where the vesk chooses to stop operating his large armor to retrieve a serum of healing and drink it while chilling inside but not operating his armor... I'm less certain there.


Garretmander wrote:

Yes, yes, no, yes.

Though, there might be a weird case where the vesk chooses to stop operating his large armor to retrieve a serum of healing and drink it while chilling inside but not operating his armor... I'm less certain there.

Yeah I think with the whole using items while wearing heavy armor. I'll probably just handwave that. Cause I don't want to get in debates with "Are you holding onto the items on your person or on your power armor?" Unless you know, while in the power armor. They are wearing a glove of storing or attached a serum of healing to a gear clamp onto there light armor.

Fair enough, a player (Vesk) made a Soldier- Armor Storm. And was confused if they could use there hands or not. Which the wording in Armory, made me a little bit confused too.

Thank you.

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