So one of my players has made the suggestion of wanting an Ezra (kid from Rebels) style lightsabre blaster.

I'm not 100% thrilled on the idea as it kinda feels like a weapon everyone would want if they could but as I said to him I'm happy to mull it over.

So I thought I'd see what people thought of my creation.

Blaster-Sabre Hilt

Hard points: 2 (enough for the crystal)

Sabre mode:

Damage: 5

Crit: 2

Breach 1 & Sunder

(Fairly standard just -1 dmg)

Blaster mode:

Damage: 5

Crit: 3

(Toying with the idea of making it stun only as Ezra's seems to be)

Player can switch between blaster and Sabre mode as an incidental.

All checks made using the Blaster-Sabre have their difficulty increased by 1 automatically.

On the roll of a despair or 3 threats the power coil fails and will need to be replaced (hard mechanics check) before the weapon can be used again.

Adds 1 setback dice to perception checks made to identify it as a lightsabre rather than a blaster.

For the blaster, I would make it Inaccurate 2 and short ranged since it lacks any sights. Ezra is a kid so Disney won't let him kill that's why he has stun only. I would let the player have the blaster be one setting only and they get to choose between Stun or Lethal.

I would drop the additional difficulty for using the Blaster-Lightsaber, since the Blaster should be the only one getting the Inaccurate rating. There are weapons that are both melee and ranged like the Mon Cala Blaster-Spear, so I wouldn't do the power coil fails. Instead, I would make it that whenever he gets threats that the weapon is out of energy and the energy cell needs to be recharged.

I would recommend using the setback dice to determine if it's a blaster or a lightsaber since it looks almost like a standard staple/nail gun.

I did my own take on Ezra's blaster-hilt lightsaber over on my blog (link in my signature).

I did provide it with 3 hard points (enough for a crystal and one attachment) and treated the blaster portion as a light blaster pistol (Damage 5, Crit 4, Medium Range, and no hard points) as there are several scenes that Ezra's shooting somebody from a distance I'd say was longer than short range; he just built his to use stun only where a PC building their own can have stun as an option instead of being required. I also set it at Encumbrance 2 as it's fairly bulky and not as easy to conceal as your traditional basic lightsaber hilt. Also didn't see a reason to gimp the damage of the lightsaber blade; the blade on Ezra's is probably smaller to account for his much shorter stature in comparison to Kanan or other adults, and I suspect that if the show runs long enough to see him get a (much-needed) growth spurt, we'll see the length of the lightsaber blade grow as well.

the blade on Ezra's is probably smaller to account for his much shorter stature in comparison to Kanan or other adults, and I suspect that if the show runs long enough to see him get a (much-needed) growth spurt, we'll see the length of the lightsaber blade grow as well.

I would apologize, but I'm not sorry

the blade on Ezra's is probably smaller to account for his much shorter stature in comparison to Kanan or other adults, and I suspect that if the show runs long enough to see him get a (much-needed) growth spurt, we'll see the length of the lightsaber blade grow as well.

I would apologize, but I'm not sorry

Just so long as you don't get it twisted... (hate when that happens!)