jedi in a forgotten realms setting

[HomerJS]

Welp my gaming group decided to do somethign very off the wall and mess around. Im allowing characters form Starwars, Everquest, and Forgotten Realms. Right now the only problem I am having with rules is this. Does a Jedi's lightsaber deflect a +1 arrow or greater.

I really would like some opinions about this and especially from people they may have tried this. Im really on the fence on this one.

 

[Azlan]

What "plus" is a Jedi's lightsaber equivalent to? Surely, it is not a normal weapon or even a masterwork one.

If a lightsaber was equivalent to, say, a +2 weapon, then it could deflect arrows of +2 or less.

Myself, I'd goes so far as to say a lightsaber is a +3 or +4 weapon; perhaps a Keen or Brilliant Energy blade, or some derivation thereof. I mean, a lightsaber in a D&D world would be a relatively powerful weapon.

 

[RandomNPC]

I'm not familiar with what the star wars books have to say, but if I were doing this I would treat the light saber as granting the deflect arrows feat and have the jedi make a reflex save DC 20 to deflect the arrow, if the arrow is magical the DC goes up the same amount as the enchantment, if attempting to deflect a +5 arrow the reflex save needs to beat a 25 DC. Or maybe grant a class ability such as "Armed deflection" meaning they can use deflect arrows with the lightsaber only, the only reason I would worry about how you state this is when considering prestige classes.