Light Bow

Lightarrows (lightbows)

Skill: Bows (as for bow/crossbow type)

Power used: Force archery

Difficulty: as per bow type +5 (no possibility to accidentally damage yourself, though)

Damage: 3D [+ 1/2 Control]

Notes: you can't parry with arrows (obviously), but you can shoot them to deflect shots aimed at anyone (using 1/2 of Sense). Also, when deflecting a shot aimed at him, a Jedi may shoot at the attacker deflecting blaster bolt in flight and hitting him with his arrow. However, this stunt is pretty difficult to pull off (add +5 to deflect difficulty and +10 to attack difficulty). Also, the Jedi may try to control where the shot will go, but this is terribly difficult, even for experienced Jedi (use 1/4 of Control and add +5 to "to hit" difficulty for deflected shot). Also, if the Jedi deflects a shot aimed at a target outside of short range, he must use TK to speed the arrow up (make a Moderate telekinesis roll). Please note that this gives no increase in damage, as it is not Strength-based...

Description: Lightarrows must be made using Ilum crystals (no place for power source), and the lightblade is rather weak and short (about 3-5 centimeters). Lightbows (as they were called by ignorants) were mainly used by Factotums for target protection (esp. if the target did not want a Jedi protection, so nobody could be near him and deflect the bolt with his saber). Some warriors also used them, but this was very rare... The most famous lightbow-using Jedi was Tell, a blind Warrior with no hands. He used a crossbow with a special durraloy bow, which had a pull of over 500 kgs. He cocked and aimed it with telekinesis... And he used lightbolts only for target protection, because arrows shot from  his crossbow were so powerful he had no need of some lightblade fixed on them...