Crafting a Lightsaber
The lightsaber is the symbol of the Jedi, the guardians lightsaber. This takes a month of work, minimum, and a
of peace and order in the galaxy for a thousand
generations. It is a spiritual weapon, and each Jedi must
eventually craft their own lightsaber as a rite of passage.
What’s more, this attunes the Jedi and the lightsaber,
creating a bond between bearer and weapon.
A Jedi’s mentor provides his or her or its padawan
{learner with their first lightsaber. This lightsaber is
considered to be semi-attuned to the padawan, and they
suffer not penalties or detractions for using it. But later, as
the master feels they are ready, they are tasked with
finding their Khyber crystal (or sometimes, a crystal of a
different sort, see below). This always takes the form of
kind of vision quest wherein the young Jedi is tested.
They would do well to heed to lessons of their master.
In order to craft a lightsaber, the first thing that must
be is that the character must have all three Force
Attribute: Control, Sense, and Alter. All three of these
abilities will be needed to create and attune the lightsaber.
Secondly, the character must undergo the Trial of the
Crystal at a location where the Khyber (or other) crystals
can be found. This always takes the form of a vision
where the Jedi must come to terms with some part of
themselves. Only by succeeding in this will their crystal
be discovered. At this time, the crystal always appears
perfectly clear, without any color of any kind.
Thirdly, the character must gather all of the parts
needed to make the lightsaber. This list is made up of: the
power cell, handgrip, activation plate, safety, emitter
matrix, recharge socket, focusing lens assembly, power
conduit, and focusing crystal lenses (usually one to three).
Most of these parts can be engineered or created out of
raw materials, or scavenged out of old parts for
everything from a glow rod to a blaster. But sometimes,
getting some of these parts can be a quest in and of itself.
Force Points may only be spent on the Control, Sense,
and Alter rolls, but not on the rolls for the actual
construction of the saber. This is because the construction
of the lightsaber itself is seen as a dedication to the task at
hand, and not reliant on the Force to augment your
abilities. It is important to note that while the lightsaber is
being constructed and attuned, any Force Points spent to
augment rolls are gone. This is in no way intrinsically a
chance to fall to the Dark Side, but it is not something that
will return the Force Point or gain more. The one caveat
to this is that spending Force Points on these rolls does
not trigger the normal Exploding 6s rule. Any sixes rolled
when spending Force Points to create a Lightsaber are just
sixes. Character Points may be spent as well.
Once the character has all of the parts they need, they
must prepare the crystals and parts, and assemble the
lightsaber repair/engineering roll at a difficulty of Very
Difficult (21 – 30). The difficulty of this roll may be
decreased by one factor for each additional month that
the character spends constructing the lightsaber, to a
minimum of Easy (A successful roll means that the
lightsaber itself is constructed. A failure on this roll
simply means the character must spend an additional
number of days equal to 31 minus the result of their
lightsaber repair/engineering roll. At the end of this time,
they may attempt the roll again.
Once the successfully craft the physical form of the
lightsaber, the character must then spend a day in
meditation with the lightsaber in order to attune it to him-
or herself. During this time, the character must make rolls
using Control, Sense, and Alter. Control is used to
harmonize the self with the crystal(s), to harmonize the
self with the Force, and to imbue the self with the crystals.
First, the character must make a Difficult (16 – 20) Control
roll in order to harmonize with the crystal(s). If they fail,
they must wait until the next day to try again. Once they
succeed on this, they must then make a Difficult (16 – 20)
Sense roll in order to harmonize themselves with the
Force. Again, if they fail, they must wait until the next
day to try again. And finally, once they succeed on
harmonizing themselves, they must make a Moderate (11
– 15) Alter roll. Failure on this roll means that they must
start again from the beginning staring the next day with
attempting the first step again, and a Difficult Control roll.
However, success on this final roll means that not
only is the lightsaber constructed, it is attuned to the
wielder. Attempting to use a lightsaber you are not
attuned to in any way applies a -1D to all lightsaber rolls.
This penalty does not apply to a lightsaber willingly
loaned by another to the character, nor does it apply to a
lightsaber that character has crafted and attuned him- or
herself to.
This same process may be used to attune to a
discovered lightsaber. The character must spend a week
preparing both themselves and the lightsaber. Then, they
undergo the same Control, Sense, and Alter rolls process, at
the end of which, the are attuned to the lightsaber in
question, and no longer suffer that penalty. All of these
rolls are per lightsaber, whether it is a short lightsaber,
standard lightsaber, dual-bladed lightsaber, great
lightsaber, or what not. The exception to this would be a
separable dual-bladed lightsaber, as that is actually two
lightsabers that can be attached or detached at the
pommels.
As a note, lightsaber blade color is largely a function
of the character and how they engaged their trials.
Traditionally, a character that engages in behavior most
befitting the traditional Jedi Guardian often has a blue-
bladed lightsaber. A character that sees their role as more
of a Jedi Consular, who uses the Force to resolve issues
without extreme action often has a green-bladed
lightsaber. A character who sees themselves as a bulwark
against the Dark Side and works to hold the line between
the Light and the Dark often has a yellow-bladed
lightsaber. Other colors are possible, but the color red has
a particular meaning.
Red lightsabers are the mark of the Sith and the Dark
Side, and are created by torturing their crystal into
submission. They must undergo the same basic
mechanical process as the Jedi, but they instead focus on
the Dark Side. They pour the fear, hatred, and anger into
the crystal and harm it. Successfully doing this while
attuning the lightsaber by using the Control, Sense, and
Alter rolls, and spending a Dark Side point (and
immediately earning it back, as well as an additional
Dark Side point) causes the lightsaber to be attuned to
that Sith just as it would be for a Jedi, and the blade now
shines with a red light.
At the same time, a crystal may be healed by a Jedi
and purified. To do so, the Jedi must have no Dark Side
points of their own. They then spend the same amount of
time as above in order to make the Control, Sense, and
Alter rolls to attune the crystal. However, at the end of
this process, they must then make an additional Alter roll
at Very Difficult (21 – 25) difficulty and spends a Force
point. They immediately get that Force Point back. Failure
on this roll means they must start the process over from
the beginning again. But success on the roll means that
they have healed the crystal, and attuned it to him- or
herself.
Usually, Khyber crystals are used in this process.
However, there are some other crystals that may be used,
such as Adegan Crystals, synthetic crystals (-1D of
damage when using these, and they cannot be attuned),
or other rare crystal types that may be discovered, at the
GM’s caveat.