Lightsaber Combat Question

[Revenant]

So, I've begun running d6 SW again. Apparently it's more popular than d20 in our little group; something I was a bit shocked at.

We had an issue last night with Lighsaber Combat and I wasn't sure what was accurate and I'm hoping you can help me with it.

I'm sure you all know this stuff, but to prevent confusion I'm listing the facts as I had them, to help you better understand where my mistakes may have been made, if any:

1. Liana, our Expelled Jedi Consular, has Sense 4D and Control 3D.

2. When you parry the result becomes the opponents new target number.

3. Liana rolled 33 on her parry with Lightsaber Combat active.

4. The book states: "The Jedi may also attempt to control where deflected blaster bolts go; this is a "reaction skill" and counts as an additional action.

5. She makes a Control roll to control the blaster bolts.

Now when we were ambushed by a squad of Storm Troopers we ran into a problem. She rolled a 33 for her parry and I got confused.

Is every blaster bolt you parry a separate parry roll? If so this would override what the rules say about parries and dodges.

Is the Control roll after the deflection affected by a MAP or do you use your full pool?

Now, I'm not sure if I'm right, but this is how I handled it: Every Storm Trooper that failed to over come 33 had a blaster bolt deflected back at them and Liana rolled her full control pool to hit them.

I thought she would lay waste to them, but out of 5 the shots that came her way she only hit with two of them. It seemed okay to me.

Did I do it right?

[Darth Ginzain]

Aye. Every attack directed at Liana needs to roll a 33 to hit. As far as directing where the attacks go that's a control roll. Now the problem is this. Since directing where the blaster bolt goes is an action, that has to be declared. Each directed deflection thus imposes a MAP. To direct 5 bolts would be a MAP of 5, 1 more for the parry, and 2 more for keeping lightsaber combat up. That's 8 MAP's or -7d off all actions. With only 3d control she'll never hit anything. With only a 3d control Liana simply can't parry with lightsaber combat running and redirect. A single redirect would be 4 actions and -3d. Unless she blows a force point.

[Gry Sarth]

Exactly. Being a "prequel jedi" in the WEG system isn't easy at all. A moderately experienced jedi character can't expect to be able to to all the cool things. That's HARD. Deflecting blasts back at opponents is VERY HARD. Not even a master can manage to deflect the blasts of 5 opponents shooting at him simultaneously. Come to think of it, isn't that how Ki-Adi-Mundi died?
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[Revenant]

I thought reaction skills didn't need to be declared. I know the MAP would continue to stack, but she has to declare deflections?

[Darth Ginzain]

If she doesn't care where the deflection goes it's only a parry. But if she wants it to hit a spefic spot then yes, it's an action and has to be declared.

[Gry Sarth]

You don't necessarily have to declare "5 blast deflects" at the beginning of the round, but you have to declare the number of actions you will take that round, 6 in that case, plus the 2 from Lightsaber Combat.
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[garhkal]

[Jedi Skyler]

[Revenant]

Ki-Adi-Mundi died because he was supposed to. Had he been meant to live through the scene he would have parried every blaster shot and defeated every clone trooper all with a broken ankle and a severed hand. For this reason, I find it difficult to use the movies as a referance.

Shame too, I liked Mundi.

However, thank you all for the assistance. I thought the deflection was part of the 'reaction skill' so I wasn't counting it as an action. I am now wiser.

[TheDoctor]

Just for personal taste, although all of you have assessed the rules correctly, in a situation like this I usually say bugger to the rules and judge a resolution according to what would be both realistic and entertaining.

Since a Control of 3D indicates a rather novice Jedi, there is no way this Jedi would be able to redirect ALL FIVE bolts, but I might call it that one or two were redirected towards the attackers, and maybe one or two could hit something by accident for comedic effect (say the groin of a nearby statue for instance).
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[Revenant]

[Golbez]

There is always the deflected bolt flying into another delectable surface and rebounding to hit a stormtroopers rifle right in the barrel

[TheDoctor]

[garhkal]

[Revenant]