Combat Skills and Specialization
posted by Chris on August 03, 2013, updated on 8.15.2019
Certain weapons require certain skills to use. The following chart breaks that down for some custom and rare weapons used in this campaign. Each weapon will often have their own side effects if a failure happens. All of the below can be used by just defaulting to dexterity, but a difficulty modifier will be applied because the character is using an unfamiliar weapon.
| Weapon |
Dexterity Skill |
| Beam/Phaser |
Blaster |
| Chemthrower/Flamethrower |
Flamethrower |
| Gyrojet ( Pistol or Rifle ) |
Missile Weapons |
| Lightfoil |
Lightfoil melee |
| Lightsaber |
Lightsaber melee |
| Lightwhip |
Lightwhip |
| Needler ( Rifle or Pistol ) |
Missile Weapons |
| Shuriken Caster ( Rifle or Pistol ) |
Missile Weapons |
| Vibrowhip |
Melee Combat |
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