Lightsaber features

Boomer · Captain Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 688 Location: Terra Sol

I go with something similar to the LightSaber color rules from Dark Forces 2 multiplayer.

In that game, in Multiplayer, if Lightsabers were allowed you picked the color. There were the three slider bars, and the blade was one solid color. You could have pink lightsabers, gold, silver, white, and even black.

Black was a very difficult one to explain. It was simply cancelling out/blocking light, we said.

Think about it though, what if there were only three crystals? Red, Green, Blue... thos primary colors of light are all that are needed to begin a mix n' match to whatever color you want.
Now, i cannot see how a full removal of the crystals will result in you even having a lightsaber, let alone a Black Lightsaber blade.

But by controlling the amount of Red, Green, and Blue, you can literally any color. So long as it is one color, no lava sabers, or invisible blades.

But still, you could have BLACK LIGHTSABERS in that game. It was wild. They are the only color I cannot really allow in my games. Nor can I explain them.
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Maximilian Bernas · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject:

I have a jedi from Bimmisari. He has an Amber colored saber (Bimms wear saffron colored stuff predominantly) and the crystal is natural (such a color in nature is all too common).

White sabers are all colors. Ever seen a prism? White light is simply all the colors together. White should be fine Black, on the other hand, is the absence of light and would be more difficult to explain.

Amber is cool. Even a young Yoda used it in some fan art:

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Tahlorn · Lieutenant Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 98

My two cents:

It's a game. Let the players have the colors as they want, unless it seems stupid (lava lamp) or powerful (UV) to you as the GM. Unique equiptment is one of the things that helps one personalize thier characters, making it what they want. So let them have thier fun.

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Endwyn · Commander Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 481

I really don't care since the color is such a trivial detail. (I wouldn't allow clear because the PC would try to abuse it like it was invisible.) But white and black I would consider if a player wanted it.

In reality however, those colors wouldn't be possibe as saber colors as they are described in the game books. It's stated somewhere that the crystal has to be monocromatic. (Which means one color.) White and black of course being the presense and absense of all color would not be monocromatic. I don't have an issue with colors like green because they inhabit the spectrum and not the end cap of the range, or the absolutes. But in reality you can easily pick apart all of the "super-science" behind a lightsaber. If green is a combination of colors, what's wrong with a color that is by definition all colors? If two's fine, why not all? If you can have all colors, why not the absence of color? Ect.... You can even pick apart other stuffs. So I say, if a pc wants it, talk to them about it. Regardless of what they want, it's not really unreasonable to allow white and/or black - but they are definalty going to be rare (since they aren't seen anywhere in the EU), so as long as the PC's willing to quest, why not let them find something rare that has little game effect, a cool story effect, and makes everyone happy? JMO
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Morpheus Grifullkin · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Who cares if white was not in the movies or games. Game Masters have the right to decide to put any lightsaber color in there sessions of SW. My jedi has black lightsabers, those were'nt in the movies or games.
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Jedi Skyler · Moff Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440

Again, it all comes down to what the GM is going to allow. The best GMs are going to allow something reasonable, as long as the player can come up with a halfway (ok, maybe three-fourths of the way) plausible reason as to why this item can exist. Also, the GM might even work with the player to come up with said reason. If they can arrive at a consensus, then usually the item will be allowed. If the explanation is shaky, either disallow the item or allow it with some drawbacks. Perhaps make them spend extra CPs to bring it up to the level they want, or simply to have it in the first place.

Doo Doo · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:57 am Post subject:

My thinking is, that the color of the blade is the color of the crystal, or a combination of crystals (eg, blue + yellow = green). If you don't want the players to have a certain color, don't let them find the crystal in game. Some colors like black or invisible would just be stupid. Others just wouldn't fit. Who agrees that a brown saber would look anti-climactic?

Jedi Skyler · Moff Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440

I wouldn't want a brown lightsaber... there's way too many bad jokes that would come from that... Shocked

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Jedi Skyler · Moff Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440

Well, I wouldn't necessarily call a black saber silly... not like a baby poop yellow saber, or a pink saber, or a brown one. Nope; black would be pretty cool in comparison...

KageRyu · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:05 am Post subject:

CAPTAININSANO · Cadet Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 7

The first thing that comes to my mind as to why there are no white lightsabers in the movies is the fact that they would be hard to see. I mean have you watched the old movies on VHS in a while? Kind of grainy. Plus colors are cooler. Really.
In general I only think of color of the lightsaber as important in two cases. The fact that the bad guys have red sabers is pretty closely tied to the anger and passion, while the lighter colors are geared more towards calm. And the other idea that strikes me is that Obi Wan and Anakin fight each other with the same color in Episode III.

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Jedi Skyler · Moff Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440

Actually, Lucas cleared that up in an interview. Originally, ALL lightsaber blades were to be white, case closed. But when they started filming, they WERE very hard to see against the backgrounds, so they went to colored blades.

KageRyu · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject:

Yes, but Lucas said in "another" interview, he always intended for there to be only two lightsaber colors: Green, and Red. We know, however, there are also Blue and Purple lightsabers. So, how many DSPs does Lucas have for deception? I lost count.
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Jedi Skyler · Moff Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 8440

Well, if you want to be technical, he wouldn't get any. A Jedi SHOULD prefer deception over physical violence. They should try any and ALL methods of getting through a situation before resorting to violence. The drawing of a lightsaber is actually a failure to resolve the situation peacefully. So for deception, no DSPs.

However, for doublespeak, about five. His character's in grave danger of falling to the dark side... Laughing

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