Question about Types of Lightsabers

[DistortedTruth]

Is there a difference between a Short Lightsaber and a Lightsaber. Is one one handed and the other not?

 

I ask because I want my next character to be a dual lightsaber wielding jedi.

[LightningRocks]

I think that if you have a regular lightsaber in the main weapon hand, and a short lightsaber in the other hand, or "off-hand", you may get some sort of combat bonus. It reduces some penelty I think. If you have a regular saber in both hands, then it will either increase the penelty, or it wont change as opposed to having a regular saber and a short saber.

[pantherus]

This is due to the nature of the d20 rulesets which KOTOR is based on - this originally derived from the D&D rules that games like NWN work on.

 

With two-weapon fighting, you receive various penalties for the ability to wield two weapons. the two-weapon fighting feats deal with most of these, but you receive a penalty for using a 'medium-sized' weapon (like a lightsaber) in you off-hand. In D&D, this penalty is off-set by using a smaller sized weapon in this hand, usually a short-sword or a dagger. Thus was born the 'short lightsaber'. It does less damage than a normal lightsaber, but you get no additional penalty if you wield it in your off hand.

 

Does that answer your question?

[DistortedTruth]

Yes it does, thank you very much guys :D

[ghosta]

If you are a wepponmaster/marrader you can up duel weppon fighting to suppier duel weppon fighting III. If you used a ballanced weppon i.e.(short lightsaber) you actually git a bonus for using 2 weppons.

[DistortedTruth]

Thats what my new character was going to be, a weaponmaster. So your saying BASICALLY...if i use two Lightsbers I get a penalty, and if i use a Lightsaber in my main hand and a Short Lightsaber in my off-hand, I get a bonus. Is that what your saying?

[mr insomniac]

If you max out your two-weapon fighting feats, yes.

[pantherus]

For Weapon Master/Marauder - they can get two-weapon fighting bonuses so high that they can dual-wield normal sized sabers at no penalty. Since short sabers provide an off-hand bonus (as their way of computing the cancellation of penalty) you actually end up with a slight bonus.

 

But the bonus is so negligible at that stage compared to the damage potential you'd lose.

 

Using dual-sabers as a Weapon Master (or marauder) is about as mandatory as a Sith Lord using Force Storm

[DistortedTruth]

Which my Sith Lord uses . Thank you very much. I get it now

[pantherus]

My first KOTORII character was a female Guardian/Weapon Master - man she just mopped the floor with everyone

[DistortedTruth]

Yeah...see...I got impatient and didnt really pay attention to the story...so I lost the connection with my character and thus isnt as fun to play, so im just playing through this char and then making a Light Side Guardian/Jedi Weapon Master for my next character and pay attention to the story, lol.