Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 21:43:10 -0400
From: QKumber1@aol.com
Subject: MORE SWRPG PLEASE!
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Subj:	How 'bout a litle more SWRPG??
Date:	95-08-19 20:17:03 EDT
From:	QKumber1
To:	Jae+sw-rpg@dryca

Once more, the QKUMBER has arrived to enlighten and entertain, but seriously,
how about a little more actual RPG posts?  You may or may not have seen any
of my posts but I'm ju' trying to bring back more of the actual point of this
mailing liist.  Even though I'm a newbie to this list, from what I can see
you guys (well, some of you.) are also trying to do the same thing.  People
should do more stuff like TAFS, ya' know?  This place would be really cool if
lots of people posted stats and other stuff that others can use in their
game... Oh, yeah, just in case.  For those of you who use AOL 2.5 you should
read and write your mail off-line.  This would be a lot easier for you guys
who currently don't do that.  You'd have smaller bills to pay and you could
write more without worrying.
     Well, since I've just said all that stuff, I'd better follow up with
something, or it would seem like a lot of BS, sooooo... ::DRUM ROLL PLEASE::
     The Light Boomerang (whatta' ya' want?  It's not that easy to just come
up with ideas.  WELL FINE!!!!)  This is just an idea I had while watching
Mad Max (I think).  There was this small child with a wicked, double edged
blade boomerang.  She used a gauntlet to catch and throw it, but it was way
cool!  I mean it chopped off people's heads and limbs and then came right
back to her!  So I figure, what the hell:

SCALE: Character
SKILL:  Light Boomerang
RANGES: See Below
DAMAGE: 5D
COST: Unavailable for sale
NOTE:  If attacker misses the throw or catch difficulty by more than 10
points the boomerand either is activated too early and inflicts damage on the
throwers hand, or isn't caught, and inflicts damage randomly).

The Light Boomerang is thought long gone.  It was once, during the time of
the Old Republic, a highly prized weapon.  But its technology and use has
been forgotten by all but a few.  The Light Boomerang, like its counterparts
the light whip and light sabre, uses crystal and mirror technologyto create a
lighter than air field of great power around the main core of the boomerang.
When not activated, this weapon looks like a tiny (1mm in thickness) metal
boomerang, but with no curves or bends that a proper boomerang would have.
Rather than the typical 1-3 crystal lightsaber, the Light Boomerang is laced
in extremely small, and painstakingly cut parts of crystal.  It can only be
activated telekenticaly, otherwise the user's fingers would be instantly
removed upon activation.  The user throws the boomerang, using his control
and alter powers to steer, activate, and return it to their hand.  Attempting
to use this weapon without intense training is suicidal. 
CONTROL SENSE AND ALTER POWER
SKILL: Light Boomerang
CONTROL DIFFICULTY: Moderate
ALTER DIFFICULTY: Easy
This Power may be kept "up"
EFFECT:  To use a Light Boomerang at all, a Jedi must have and be properly
trained in this skill.  This Skill allows the user to direct his Light
Boomerang to its intended target and from its intended target back to the
user himself.
     This power, like Lightsaber Combat, must be called upon at the
begginning of the battle.  It can remain up until the Jedi using the power
drops it, is stunned, or injured.  If it has been dropped, the Jedi may
attempt to bring it back up.
       If the Jedi is successful in using this power, he may add his control
to the damage of the Light Boomerang.  If the Jedi is successful in his alter
roll he has successfully turned on the boomerang when it is not in danger to
him (roll this after he initiates attack), and adds his alter to the skill
roll of Light Boomerang Combat.
  
Ranges: 2-4 (moderate)/-20 (difficult)/21- (very difficult).  But for every
multiple target after the 3rd (that would be a total of 4 targets), subtract
-2D rather than -1D.  This represents the more difficult it is to hit and
have it ricochete and return.  When attempting to throw the boomerang at more
than one person, add the difference in the range between targets to the
range..  So if a Jedi threw his boomerang at three different people, the
first standing 10 meters away, the second 15, and the third 20: The skill
roll would be difficult. (10+5+5).  If he threw it at 4 people, one standing
10 meters away, the other 11, the other 15, and the other 20, the target
number would be difficult again (10+1+4+6).  
     Also, the same thing is done when the Jedi attempts to ricochete the
boomerang backwards.  i.e. he throws it at a target 20 meters away and wants
it to ricochete to another taget 10 meters away the difficulty would be
Difficult (20+10).

In order to catch the Light Boomerang an Alter Roll (easy) must be made to
turn it off, and a Light Boomerang skill (Difficult) must be made to catch
it.
     
        Well, there it is.  It's a little sketchy but I liked the idea so
hey.  If you find any problems with the system, indescrepancies, or that I
completely screwed it up and it makes no sense (which you will undoubtedly
find), just write a message.  Well, I'll write you guys later... 

                         QKUMBER1