Dual Setting Lightsaber

Dual-setting Lightsaber

Type:  Variable length Energy Sword

Skill: Setting 1: Lightsaber, Setting2: Lightsaber: Extended Lightsaber

Difficulty: Difficult (setting 1), Very Difficult (setting 2)

Damage: 5D (setting 1), 4D (setting 2)

Notes:  +1D to parry others wielding lightsabers or melee weapons, but not to parry blaster bolts (in setting 2).

Must state setting to be used at the start of the turn.

            This is a rare and unusual variation on the normal lightsaber, in that it had two different settings.  In the first, it has the normal length, but more powerful, as the traditional lightsaber.  In the second setting, the blade losses about 15% of it's power, but doubles in length.  This extra length is useful for keeping others at a greater distance, but makes it much more unwieldy to deflect blaster bolts and attack. 

            For these reason, it used primarily by young, reckless Jedi, who eventually decide to keep it in its first setting, or going to a traditional saber.  It was, however, popular with some Jedi who rode into battle on beast back.  The dual nature of the blade often gave it a stunning blade-within-a-blade appearance, with one color forming the core, and a second, clearly different one forming the outside sheath.  Less than two hundred examples were ever made.