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Shortened Lightsaber damage and uses?
« on: May 30, 2017, 07:56:35 pm »
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In the novel 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye', Luke presses a couple of buttons on his lightsaber and the blade is only about 6 inches long. What kind of damage would that do? And what could you use that for?

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Re: Shortened Lightsaber damage and uses?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2017, 10:16:35 pm »
Mechanically, it sounds like something one of the Lightsaber Form Powers might provide a decent representation.  I don't know the reference (and Luke is basically a god who can do everything and anything in much of the EU which is entirely inappropriate for the RPG) but I really can't see it as some kind of lightsaber variation or modification that would normally give some kind of advantage.
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Re: Shortened Lightsaber damage and uses?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2017, 02:57:40 pm »
Found this on a page for WEG Star Wars. Although it still doesn't give any idea of damage.

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Jedi Knights often use their lightsabers in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings, such as microcuts in delicate equipment or fighting in a confined space like a turbolifts. Lightsabers with this enhancement allow the Jedi to be more versatile with their weapons by adjusting the blade to fit the needs of the moment. In theory, a saber with this modification is able to produce a blade only millimeters long - but such constructing the mechanism for such precise control is extremely difficult, even for Jedi masters. The much more practical size, in both terms of usage and construction is the three to six inch range. The upper limits of the blade length is, also in theory, unlimited. However the constraints on this end are not so much mechanical limitations, but practical usage limits. Using a forty foot lightsaber is . . . difficult at best. Beyond three or four feet, and the weapon becomes unwieldy, even for the most trained Jedi.

Variable Blade Length

Difficulty to build: Difficult Lightsaber Repair roll
Cost to build: 2,400 Credits standard
Time to complete: 40 hours
Notes: Allows the blade from adjust in range from roughly three inches to several feet in length.
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Re: Shortened Lightsaber damage and uses?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 05:08:56 pm »
I don't see why it would deal less damage, and I don't see much use for it, except for fluff. Maybe it could reduce the TWF penalty ?
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Re: Shortened Lightsaber damage and uses?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 09:37:55 pm »
It sounds a lot like the dual-phase lightsaber (JATM) except instead of making the blade longer which gives you reach w/ a REF penalty against melee attacks from adjacent opponents you want to make the blade shorter.  I guess maybe you could treat the shorter version as the short lightsaber (2d6 damage but it actually is a light weapon for mediums sized characters) which is similar to how the miniaturized upgrade (S&V 41) would really treat a lightsaber.  The only possible benefit I see is that perhaps you could use the weapon when Grabbed (SECR 153) without the -2 penalty and to deal damage when using Grappling as described right below Grab.
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