Force Skills
Force Skills
Teachers
A teacher must have at least 3D in the Force skill to be taught; the teacher's skill level must exceed the student's skill level.
A Jedi student must have a teacher to learn a Force skill. Learning a Force skill requires one week of intensive study and costs 10 Character Points. (The training time may be reduced one day per additional Character Point spent; the minimum training time is one day.)
The character gets the skill at 1D. (The character is also taught one Force power pertaining to the skill; see "Force Powers.")
A Jedi student will most often be taught control first, although some teachers begin instruction with the sense skill. Alter is usually taught last.
Example: Ana wants to learn the control skill. After finding a teacher, she goes through a week of intensive study and training, and spends 10 Character Points. Ana receives control at 1D and learns one control Force power.
Improving Force Skills
Use the following rules when improving Force skills (control, sense, and alter).
Character Point Cost
To improve a Force skill by one pip costs a number of Character Points equal to the current number before the "D." Double the Character Point cost without a teacher.
Training Time
• With a teacher: train one day per Character Point spent.
• Without a teacher: train two days per Character Point spent.
Training time may be reduced by one day for each additional Character Point spent (minimum of one day).
Force Powers
A character may be taught a new power each time a Force skill is improved one pip. The new power is chosen by the teacher and must use the improved Force skill (for instance, a Jedi improving control could not learn a power based solely on alter).
Example: Ana's control is 3D+1. Advancing control to 3D+2 under the instruction of a teacher costs three Character Points and takes three days of training. If Ana were to try to advance control to 3D+2 without a teacher, it would cost six Character Points and take 12 days of intensive study. When Ana improves control, she may learn a new control power; a power of her teacher's choosing.
The Three Force Skills
Control
Control is the Jedi's ability to control her own body. A Jedi with control can access her own internal well of Force energy, learning harmony with and mastery over the functions of her own body.
Sense
Sense teaches a Jedi to sense the Force in other things beyond her own body. The Jedi learns to feel the bonds that connect all living things and gains the ability to understand how all things are interconnected. Sense governs powers such as detecting danger and learning information about the world around the Jedi.
Alter
A Jedi with alter learns how to change the distribution and nature of the Force. Jedi who have mastered alter can move physical objects with their minds, can help others control their own Force, or can manipulate the Force in the bodies of others. This power can be used to change the perceptions of others and make them come to incorrect conclusions.
Other Skills
It is believed that the Jedi Knights once had skills and abilities far beyond what is currently known. If these powers existed, they were no doubt lost in one of the great Jedi purges during the Old Republic. It was whispered that the Jedi could alter the structure of the universe, live beyond death, and accomplish other miraculous feats. Now, however, these secrets, if they exist at all, await rediscovery…
The Lure of the Dark Side
When a character with Dark Side Points uses a Force skill, her skill roll gets a bonus of 1D per Dark Side Point. Characters who accept this bonus are particularly susceptible to its temptations and must be sure to act with the purest intent or they will receive more Dark Side Points and risk going over to the dark side.
A Jedi may refuse this bonus, but the difficulties of all Force powers should be increased by at least one difficulty level to reflect the intense concentration the Jedi must have to avoid the dark side's temptations.
A character who has gone over to the dark side (as described in Chapter Five, "The Rules") no longer receives this bonus.
Example: Ana has three Dark Side Points; she receives a bonus of +3D to all her Force skills. Later, Ana has removed a Dark Side Point and has only two left—she receives a bonus of +2D to her Force skills.
Source: REUP:151