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[wingsandsword]

Thanks, and is it possible to get and use a lightsaber if you are non-Jedi/Sith?

Well, it is just a weapon like any other. If you do not have the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber) feat you suffer a -4 penalty to all attempt to use one. Jedi and Sith gain this feat for free at 1st level.

Another character could learn to use a lightsaber (the GM would probably require you to actually have your character find one to practice with before allowing the feat), and if you took the feat you could eliminate the penalty. Jedi get a lot of bonuses to using a lightsaber though, including increased damage, so even if they selected the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber) feat, they wouldn't be as skilled with it as a Jedi of similar level.

You must be a Jedi, Sith or other force user (of a type that uses lightsabers, like an Emperor's Hand) to create a lightsaber. It requires spending a Force Point (a unit of power in the Force, a character normally has a handful of them), having all three basic Force Feats (Control, Sense and Alter), and a skill check with the Craft (Lightsaber) skill, the difficulty is quite high at low levels. Thus a Jedi or Sith must be well into their training to build a lightsaber.

If your character cannot make a lightsaber, he must find it in game. In virtually any era of Star Wars, this can be very difficult, with either the Jedi Order or the Imperial Inquisitors likely taking offense to this, and lightsabers are typically very hard to get, and most GM's would make it very difficult, dangerous, and expensive to get one.

 

[the_phoeneon]

Thanks a bundle! what about Twin Lightsabers? I would want one like the Double Helix on www.buystarwarsstuff.com wich is essentially a staff lightsaber that can disconnect and turn into Dual lightsabers...

 

[wingsandsword]

Thanks a bundle! what about Twin Lightsabers? I would want one like the Double Helix on www.buystarwarsstuff.com wich is essentially a staff lightsaber that can disconnect and turn into Dual lightsabers...

Double-bladed lightsabers are included in the rulebook, although for rules purposes it requires a separate Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Double-Bladed Lightsaber) feat to use a lightstaff, and neither Jedi nor Sith get this feat for free, so you would have to select it to be able to wield it without additional penalty. Strictly by the rules in the core rulebook, detachable lightsabers are not included, so you will need to talk about it with the GM of whatever game you are going to be playing with.

Also, using any attack usinig double-ended weapon (from double bladed lightsaber to a simple quarterstaff) in the d20 System suffers additional penalies in exchange for the second attack the weapon can perform.

All these questions are answered in the Star Wars RPG Revised Core Rulebook, I really do strongly recommend you go pick one up if you are planning on playing the SWRPG.

 

[the_phoeneon]

All these questions are answered in the Star Wars RPG Revised Core Rulebook, I really do strongly recommend you go pick one up if you are planning on playing the SWRPG.

I'm soposed to get them for my birthday, but its half-a-year away...