A new lightsaber idea

[Gry Sarth]

I, in fact, would have liked it very much if WEG had created proper stun rules to reflect what we saw in the film. That would make stun weapons only effective at extremely close ranges, which would negate the benefit it has of dropping someone down on a wounded result.
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[hazardchris]

I always assumed that the stun blots were less effective up close. Rancor Pit need to start working on a new house rule I think.

On a side note, it's amazing how a topic about a new lightsaber idea get transformed into a debate about the physics behind blasters set on stun.

[Boomer]

On top of that, if a stun bolt is supposed to be a spreading ring, that kills your range and increases chance to hit, how come that isn;t in the rules.

I have seen that as a house rule, but it just isn't in the normal rules. In the rules, the only thing that changes when you set your weapon to stun is that it now stuns, rather than kills.

On top of that, everyone keeps talking about how in the movie we see "The shot spread, the shot spread!" But remember, it shrank back down to just a point when it hit Leia.
It could very well have been we were watching the stun bolt from head on.

And I agree with the point Skyler brought up. Lightsabers can defect the wide arc of force lightning. In the game battlefront they deflect every spread shot weapon. Why would they be unable to deflect stun if in fact stun was a spread shot?
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[Jedi Skyler]

That's it, Boomer! Work with me!!!

[garhkal]

[Jedi Skyler]

I do remember the Jedi standing somewhat close... but here's yet another "devil's advocate" move...

Perhaps the Force Lightning acts like those glass globes that have the electricity generator inside, with all these arcs of electricity being projected out to the glass- but when you touch the glass, you attract the lightning (or at least several branches of it). If you put more than one finger on, or your whole hand, you attract more or all the electricity to one or two spots on the globe. Perhaps when the lightsaber successfully catches one branch of the lightning, all the rest get automatically drawn there, like a lightning rod...

Man, I just love throwing these opposing points out! hehehe

[hazardchris]

Well, we can't really count the whole "Dalaa shot Callista" thing.

Since in game terms she can't deflect Blaster Bolts anyways. This is one of those few issues that has never really been brought up in the Star Wars universe.

[Boomer]

[Hellcat]

[Jedi Skyler]

I read this a long time ago in the Essential Guide to Characters, I believe. I'll admit it's possible the stun setting might be extraneous data embedded in my brain after all these years, but the methods he used in combat I remember quite clearly. I'm also fairly certain that it had said something about a middle setting that didn't do any damage, but was still coherent and "solid," as it were. If anyone's got the Guide, I'm sure it'd make a great addition to the PDFs on RancorFiles...