Absorb/Dissipate vs. Light Sabers?

[werelyn]

I run a 2ed RE Star Wars game and one of my players is adamant that absorb/dissipate can be used to resist light saber damage.

The book does not explicitly allow or disallow this, so I'm looking for some feedback.

I'm inclined to say no because there are already many ways that a Jedi can resist damage from a light saber. However, I want my game to be internally consistent, and since a light saber is technically an energy weapon, the power should be applicable.

Thoughts?

[cheshire]

Well... absorb/dissipate energy doesn't really help you resist the damage as such. It's one of those things that's an all or nothing deal. If you manage to absorb the energy, then you manage to absorb it all. If you fail your roll, then you just attempted to catch a lightsaber in your hand, and lost it and everything else in the lightsaber's path. I say let him try with a GM warning that this is not a good idea. If he fumbles his roll, and the character dies, then what can you say? You warned him.
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[Esoomian]

In one of the Star Wars books (sadly I forget which one) there is an example of this power being used in this way Corran Horn's ancestor used this power (or one very much like it) to drain all the energy from a lightsaber effectively disarming an opponant.

It didn't prevent enough damage to stop him dying however.
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[garhkal]

Big thing i can see here, is would it also absorb the additional damage from the control addition if they have LS combat up, OR just the base damage of the lightsaber.
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[cheshire]

Damage is damage. If control is added to your damage roll, then you might be trying to absorb 8D, 9D, or 12D of damage.
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[ZzaphodD]

Isnt the base difficulty Moderate, lets say an average 13. On top of that is the damage roll, lets say an even 35 for 10D damage. Just roll 48+ on your C/D Energy test and youll be fine...

[cheshire]

I hope someone has banked a lot of Force points.
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[bobenhotep]

way too much morphy can happen on that one
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[Raven Redstar]

I could see a master doing it against an apprentice for training. You've got someone with something like 13D control rolling vs someone with 2-3D, shouldn't be that bad.

[cheshire]

Let's pray the master doesn't roll a 6 on the Wild Die, while the apprentice rolls a 1.

"Crap. I loose more apprentices that way. Okay, next in line!"
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[Raven Redstar]

I meant the master soaking, besides, you can also drop damage with lightsaber combat, so a master can drop the damage to 1D, either way it works.

[werelyn]

Thanks for the insights guys. I think I'm going to allow it, just to see what happens if or when it doesn't work...

[cunning_kindred]

I actually had a character do this in one my stories. It came out of the blue. He was facing off against the big bad of the game and he suddenly just said he was going to try to absorb the blade. It worked... amazingly (the difficulty was astronomical, although he was spending a Force Point).

The rather goofy expression on my own face was taken by all to be the Grand Inquisitor's expression when her blade went off. There was much amusement. I ruled that it had absorbed only the energy in the blade at the time and shorted the weapon*. She could just turn it back on again with her action but it gave the player the vital moments he needed and turned the tide of battle. It was very cool and the player in question still boasts about the time he successfully absorbed all the energy from the Grand Inquisitor's lightsaber.

*I would say that you would need something a little more powerful to actually drain the power cells on the lightsaber though.

[garhkal]

I saw it attempted in another game i was a stick jocky for the group (L-19 freighter), but the guy bombed the roll and got sliced in half.
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[atgxtg]

The coll thing about this is that abuse seems unlikely, considering what happens when the character fails.

I rather try to disarm the opponent with Telekensis. If I;m going to play a longshot, thn I might as well play one that will protect me from be sliced in future rounds. Besides, then I can use the lightsaber to defend myself.