>How about when both participants use lightsabers?

I suppose that would be OK, since you could then have a duel; however, it does raise the collateral danger level considerably. It's not all that likely to come up, though - when was the last time you saw a Jedi Knight, let alone two in the same place?

>As for the rest of the question... what I was wondering, basically,
>was if there were any limits on gross mis-matches of weaponry (such as
>battleaxe vs. switchblade). Now that I think of it, though, I figure
>they probably either play such things by ear, or else (with the single
>exception previously noted) trust people to know what they're doing in
>that regard.

Again, it hasn't come up - who the hell duels with a battleaxe? A bat'leth, maybe, if we had any Klingons...

(Hmm. A teenage Klingon. There's something we haven't seen... )

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