Guard Shoto
Lightsabers- Damage
- 2d4Energy / Slashing
- Range
- 5 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg
- Size
- Small
- Attack ability
- DEX or STR
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
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About the Guard Shoto
Shorter than a standard blade, the shoto is the companion of the second hand, built for the tight defensive lattice of two-saber fighting. Jar'Kai practitioners paired the compact hilt with a full-length weapon, the shorter reach trading raw power for a blur of close deflections and quick ripostes. Ahsoka Tano's white shoto and Asajj Ventress's curved pair are the images most conjure, but the form is ancient, its logic rooted in the geometry of covering the angles a single blade leaves open. A guard shoto in particular is weighted toward parrying, its emitter shroud built to catch and turn incoming strikes. Alone it is a modest weapon; in a trained off hand it closes the gaps that would otherwise be fatal.
Lightsaber guides
- Lightsaber colors & their meanings — what each blade color means, plus the kyber crystal & KOTOR crystal system.
- Lightsaber forms — the seven combat forms and how each one plays.
- Lightsaber crystals & upgrades — every crystal, emitter, lens, power cell, and grip.