Are bird's wings explained somewhere better in the rules? I haven't gotten around to reading the book yet.
The explaination is odd to me. Say you have an Eagle. You're choices are have glide, some kind of flight, vestigal wings or no wings. So if you take vestigal wings you get -10 BIO-E but if take no wings or tail you get -20 BIO-E. Why do you get more BIO-E for having no disadvantages?
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I know you are losing their main avain capabilities. I don't know that anyone making a bird would ever choose to do that but the rules should still make sense.
I wouldn't interpret not have vestigal wings as losing the limb entirely. But even if you did, some birds have advantages by not taking vestigal wings. I don't have the book in front of me but if I remember correctly when I checked last night Eagles would gain 5 BIO-E by getting extra limbs and not taking vestigal wings and tail. Owls would break even so why bother with the disadvantage.
I wouldn't interpret not have vestigal wings as losing the limb entirely. But even if you did, some birds have advantages by not taking vestigal wings. I don't have the book in front of me but if I remember correctly when I checked last night Eagles would gain 5 BIO-E by getting extra limbs and not taking vestigal wings and tail. Owls would break even so why bother with the disadvantage.