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Offline Sanctaphrax

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #60 on: June 11, 2011, 03:47:15 AM »
Hm. Okay.

Sounds good to me.

And if the argument's fine by you, then I guess I shouldn't complain.

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #61 on: June 12, 2011, 10:57:34 PM »
Good point.  The stats I posted are no refresh/equipment lightsabers.  All manner of Force powers are necessary for deflecting/redirecting shots, dealing with radiating heat, or learning an advanced lightsaber form.

For me the whole "lightsaber cuts through metal like butter" falls apart when Luke gets a tag in on Vader's arm in ESB.  He had the opening and swung hard. Lo, the arm remained attached...

In every star wars system jedi can absorb/dissipate energy.  Easily explained.  Lightsabers still nuke most things.

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #62 on: June 13, 2011, 01:20:36 AM »
In every star wars system jedi can absorb/dissipate energy.  Easily explained.  Lightsabers still nuke most things.

Too true. In I, Jedi, Corran's family is really good at that. Heck, he saw a "flashback" of his grandfather absorbing all the energy from a Sith's lightsaber, and using that energy to TK him to death. Granted, he absorbed the energy after it was stabbed through his chest, so it was his final hurrah, but still.

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #63 on: June 13, 2011, 03:43:29 AM »
Too true. In I, Jedi, Corran's family is really good at that. Heck, he saw a "flashback" of his grandfather absorbing all the energy from a Sith's lightsaber, and using that energy to TK him to death. Granted, he absorbed the energy after it was stabbed through his chest, so it was his final hurrah, but still.

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #64 on: June 13, 2011, 04:01:02 AM »
I think most of the books are as good or better than the films, I can't think of many book which where  as bad as the prequel trilogy.
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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #65 on: June 13, 2011, 04:59:43 AM »
Not many books, maybe, but there are some...  :o

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Re: statting a lightsaber
« Reply #66 on: June 13, 2011, 07:41:31 AM »
Having read through this discussion, I think I can safely say that if a player wants to have a lightsaber, I would restrict him to the stunts shown by them in the original 3 movies.  This discussion has been a bit of an eye-opener.  Just because I have what I think is a firm idea of what a concept can do, that doesn't mean that everybody else will have the same concept of it!