Prosthetic Limbs and the Combat Wheelchair

With the forging of the Warforged, many Forged Smiths found a similar process of manipulating Arfosian would be effective at making replacment limbs for individuals.

Yeah, sure I lost arm to a shark - you know what the worst part was? The shark didn't have the decency to eat the arm after chomping it off! Well, I don't want my old arm back if that shark isn't going to have any manners. This mechanical one works just fine.

— Arle of Atemkyst

Sit yourself down - yes, we have limbs, but those can be expensive, and if they're beyond repair, you can be stranded. Well, you're stranded no more with the wonders of the combat wheelchair.

The combat wheelchair is a controversial piece of modern technology - until chariot riders hit the fields of battle, armed with polearms and ranged weapons destroying forces.

Several arguments against the combat wheelchair mostly consist of the difficulty of navigating rocky terrain, or the fragility of the wheels. Most have a hard time arguing against the counter point of how most people can break or mangle their own legs on a battlefield and then be just as likely to struggle with continuing a fight.

Artificial limbs have advanced beyond wooden peg legs to functioning moving parts allowing an artificial hand to pick up swords - silverware is still a challenge, however. They are generally fragile once the casing is exposed, and while most armorers or smiths who can make a flat sheet of metal can patch casings, the limbs must be repaired by a Forged Smith.

The combat wheelchair has recently made a comeback with warforged-like technology used with artificial limbs, leading to the wheels being made to function more like treads, and new controlled directionality encased by carefully crafted runes, magic, and engineering.