Star Wars Lightsaber Form Benefits

From OakthorneWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Forms-chart.jpg

Lightsaber Forms and Training

The following are special benefits that represent the complex and intense schools of Martial Arts developed for use with the Lightsaber. There are three broad Benefits: Student of the Form, Master of the Form and Specialized Training. When you purchase these Benefits, you may select any Form or Training that you meet the requirements for, and thus these Benefits that can be purchased multiple times, each time selecting a different Form or Training. These broad Benefits provide the following effects:

  • Benefit: This is an effect, similar to a standard Martial Benefit.
  • Stance: If the Benefit includes a Stance, you may assume the Stance to gain its effect. In general, a Character may only benefit from one Stance at a time. You may assume a Stance at the Start of your Combat Turn. In general, the Stance provides a systemic benefit under specific circumstances, but usually also applies some form of drawback or restriction. It should be noted that each Stance includes a visual description, to include the standard grip on the lightsaber. This information is provided for purely aesthetic reasons and characters are welcome to employ their lightsaber as they see fit.
  • Maneuvers: These are modified actions or benefits that apply in specific circumstances, but in general have a Cost associated with them, usually in the form of Stamina Damage, which must be paid and in effect inflicts "damage" to a character, or requires the Character to take a Point of Fatigue. You may employ any Maneuver from any Form you know, regardless of the Stance you are in, however, if you are not in the Stance from the Maneuver's Form, you suffer a -1D to any Test required by that Stance. In addition, if you employ a Maneuver which can be sustained through multiple Combat Rounds, you immediately lose the effect of the Manuever if you change Stances.
    • This -1D penalty can be mitigated through the Hybrid Form Martial Benefit.
    • This -1D penalty is never applied to Form Maneuvers gained from Specialized Techniques, unless otherwise noted.

Form I: Shii-Cho • The Determination Form

Shii-Cho was the first combat art form developed by the Jedi. It was derived from numerous forms of archaic swordplay and, as such, encompasses various sweeping slashes and parries. At its core, it is designed to teach a Jedi the basics of swordsmanship and is therefore simplistic in its design. It excels at dealing with multiple foes in both defense and attack. Its applications are, however, somewhat limited when facing a single opponent. Because of its focus on simple moves and practiced posture, the form also suffers from a lack of mobility.

Student of Shii-Cho

  • Requirements: Fighting 3 (Lightsaber 1B), and Will 3
  • Benefit: Duelists reduce the Training Requirement of Lightsabers by ½ his Ranks in the Will Ability.

Stances

  • Defensive Neutral: A defensive posture that places the Lightsaber in a two hand-grip on the dominate side, held up in a vertical parry/ready position. The feet are kept either with the dominate foot held back or feet evenly spaced.
    • By remaining Stationary, the Jedi may add +1 to his Combat Defense for each opponent he faces, up to his Ranks in the Sense or Control Specialty (whichever is higher). Opponents wielding multiple weapons count as a single opponent for each weapon they use when determining the applied modifier. The Jedi loses this bonus if he moves or is forced to move.
  • Offensive Neutral: The Saber is held in a two-hand grip, centered at waist level, with the blade pointing up and out. Feet are kept shoulder width apart and squared to the opponent.
    • So long as the Jedi does not move, when he takes the Aim Action, in addition to the +1B, the duelist also adds his Ranks in the Control Specialty to his Fighting Test result.

Maneuvers

  • Center of Being: Cost: None Effect: You may take the Catch Your Breath Action using your Will in place of your Endurance
  • Disarming Slash: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Maneuver that is a Disarm Action) Effect: When you take the Disarm Action, the Duelist may add his Ranks in the Alter Specialty as a bonus to his Fighting Test Result.
  • Sarlacc Sweep: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: When taking the Divided Attack Action, you may add your Ranks in the Control Specialty as additional Bonus Dice to distribute on your Attacks.

Master of Shii-Cho

  • Requirements: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 3B), Will 4, and Student of Shii-Cho
  • Benefit: You may ignore -1 or -1D Penalties from Fatigue, Injuries or Wounds, up to ½ your Ranks in the Will Ability.

Stance

  • Flowing River: A Master of Shii-Cho may now move a number of yards equal to his ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty before being denied the Combat Defense from Jedi Defensive Neutral Stance or losing access to the additional modifier from the Aim Action while in the Offensive Neutral Stance.

Form Maneuvers

  • Crashing Wave: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever that is a Disarm Action) Effect: Disarm Actions count as Lesser Actions instead of Greater Actions.
  • Flash Flood: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: Your Divided Attack action now also counts as a Maneuver Action against each of your opponents. For this purposes, you reduce each opponent’s passive Fighting result by your ranks in the Sense Specialty.

Form II: Makashi • The Contention Form

Makashi was the second form to be developed and places its emphasis on dueling single opponents. While technically designed to fight duelists wielding lightsabers, it functions remarkably well against any melee opponent. The form refined the maneuvers and strikes from Shii-Cho, relaying on precision to negate an opponent’s defenses, while using as little energy as possible to counter attacks. It does not, however, provide any benefit against opponents at range.

Student of Makashi

  • Requirements: Fighting 4 (Lightsabers 2B), Student of Shii-Cho
  • Benefit: Disarm attacks made against you now require Three (3) Degrees of Success instead Two.

Stance

  • Perfected Balance: The practitioner of Makashi rely on precise footwork to maintain balance, while exercising economy of motion. The blade is often held in the dominate hand at the waist, forward and up or down at a 45o angle --- though a two hand grip may become required against opponents who attack with great force. Its movements are traditionally forward or backward in a straight line.
    • At the Start of the Combat Round, before any Characters have acted, you may nominate a single melee opponent. Anytime your nominated opponent takes a Greater Action against you, you may choose to give ground. If you do, you increase your Combat Defense against them equal to your Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Sense Specialty, and move a number of yards equal to that amount, however in your next combat turn, you may not take a Greater Action.

Maneuvers

  • Contentious Opportunity Cost: None Effect: Anytime you make a Fighting Test against your nominated opponent, you increase your Test Result by your Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty.
  • Riposte: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: When you take the Counterattack Action and are attacked by your nominated opponent who then fails to inflict Damage, your Counterattack gains a number of Bonus Dice equal to your Control Specialty.

Master of Makashi

  • Requirements: Fighting 6 (Lightsabers 4B), Student of Makashi
  • Benefit: When attacked through the use of Force Powers, Makashi Masters may increase their Combat Defense or any Passive Ability Result by their Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty. This bonus is applied against both Melee and Ranged opponents.

Stance

  • Endless Circle: By shifting their footwork side to side as well as back and forth, the Makashi Master may now effectively face multiple opponents simultaneously.
    • Masters of this Form may now nominate a number of opponents equal to their Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty.

Form Maneuvers

  • Refined Feint: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: Against any of your nominated opponents, you may take the Distract Action as a Free Action, and add your Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty, to your Test Result. You may only perform this Form Maneuver once each round.
  • Manipulative Maneuver: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: Against any of your nominated opponents, you may take the Maneuver Action as Free Action and increase Fighting Test Result by your ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Alter Specialty. You may only perform this Form Maneuver once each round.

Form III: Soresu • The Resilience Form

This form is the ultimate expression of dedication to defense. Masters of this form are considered to be effectively impervious to nearly all forms of attack, both in melee combat and at range. Equal parts combat art as much as combat methodology, Soresu teaches its practitioners to provide total defensive coverage while expending as little energy as possible. Because of this reliance on pure defense, the form lacks any strong attacks and is designed to simply wait for opponent to become exhausted or frustrated and leave themselves open to attack.

Student of Soresu

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 2B), (Quickness 2B), and Student of Shii-Cho
  • Benefit: You increase the Defensive Bonus of your Lightsaber by +1. In addition, you retain +1 of this Bonus even when attacking.

Stance

  • Calm in the Storm: The blade is held in a two-hand grip at waist level, held diagonally across the body. The torso is brought forward and the legs bent in a mid-crouch to reduce the area presented to an attack.
    • You increase your Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Quickness Specialty up to your Ranks in the Sense Specialty. In addition, you gain an additional +1 for each opponent, after the first, which attacks you. However, anytime you make an Attack against an opponent, other than through the use of the Counterattack Action, you lose this Bonus until the Start of your next Combat Turn.

Maneuvers

  • Deflecting Slash: Cost: 1 Stamina (the Cost is spent once when the Counterattack is Declared) Effect: When you take the Counterattack Action, you may attack any adjacent opponent instead of the source of the Attack against you. Damage from this attack does not benefit from additional Degrees of Success.
  • Circle of Shelter: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: When you take the Dodge Action, you may substitute your Fighting (Lightsabers) In place of Agility (Dodge) to determine your Combat Defense for the Round. In addition, you may also add your Ranks in the Quickness Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Sense Specialty, as additional Bonus Dice to this test. In subsequent rounds, you may continue to use this Form Maneuver, at no cost, so long as you take no other action.

Master of Soresu

  • Requirement: Fighting 5 (Lightsaber 3B), (Quickness 3B), and Student of Soresu
  • Benefit: You increase the Damage and AR provided by the Dangerous Weapon Quality by 2.

Stance

  • Gathering Storm: In this variant stance, the body is turned sideways to the direction of attack, reducing the profile. The Blade is again held in a two-handed grip, but above the head, pointed downward and across the body.
    • As Calm in the Storm, however, when you take the Dodge Action, it also count as taking the Aim Action. You may retain Bonus Dice up to your Ranks in the Sense Specialty, until you make an attack.

Maneuvers

  • Blade Wall: Cost: 1 Stamina (this cost must be paid at the start of your Combat Turn each Round this Form Maneuver is used). Effect: When you take the Circle of Shelter Form Maneuver, so long as you are between the attackers and their targets, you may apply your Combat Defense to a number of characters equal to your Ranks in the Alter Specialty. This effect lasts until the end of the Current Combat Round.
  • Blaster Redirection: Cost: 1 Fatigue (Paid once when the Counterattack is declared) Effect: While taking the Counterattack Action, if your opponent is using an Energy Range Attack at Close Range, and does not successfully inflict damage, you may make a Fighting (Sense) as your counterattack, even though they are not in melee range. The Base damage of this attack is the Base Damage of the attack that was made against you.

Form IV: Ataru • The Aggression Form

A bold form, requiring great mobility and focusing on continued offense. Unlike Soresu, which focused on economy of motion, Ataru teaches broad, kinetic strikes – often augmented by force assisted acrobatics. As it is an offensive form, Ataru places heavy emphasis on its strikes, often at the cost of defense. The form, however, is not completely devoid of its defensive motions, and clever practitioners can use their acrobatic maneuvers to help protect them from retaliation, if at great cost. It excels against single opponents in melee combat, but offers little protection against multiple enemies or ranged attacks. The form also teaches versatility, and unarmed attacks and dual wielding are not uncommon.

Student of Ataru

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 2B), Agility 2 (Acrobatics 2B), Acrobatic Dodge, Student of Shii-Cho
  • Benefit: If you Attack following any movement, you are considered to have the Higher Ground and thus gain +1B to your attack. If you already have the High Ground, you increase the bonus gained to +2B.

Stance

  • The Hurricane: In this stance, the Jedi grips his weapon in with both hands and holds it high in preparation to attack. The legs are bent, with the dominate leg often held outward, giving their leaps additional force.
    • Whenever you Attack, you add your ranks in the Acrobatic Specialty to your Fighting Test Result, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty. However time you are attacked by a Character after the first, you reduces your Combat Defense by 2.

Maneuvers

  • Hawk-Bat Swoop: Cost: 2 Stamina Effect: When you take the Charge Action, you may move up to your full movement, Attack and then MUST move your full movement away from your opponent. This REQUIRED second movement is reduced by your Ranks in the Sense Specialty, however the Duelist may still choose to move any amount up to his full movement if he so desires. The attack made during this Charge adds your Ranks in the Control Specialty as additional Bonus Dice.
  • Saber Swarm: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: You may take a Standard Attack that is also considered a Maneuver Action. When making this test you may add your Ranks in the Alter Specialty to the Attack Roll as Bonus Dice.

Master of Ataru

  • Requirement: Fighting 5 (Lightsaber 3B), (Acrobatics 3B), Student of Ataru
  • Benefit: When you Charge, you increase your Base Damage by your Ranks in Acrobatics instead of the usual +2.

Stance

  • Gale Force: In this variant Stance, the body is held forward at a slight angle and the blade is held in a two-hand grip, pointed upward, on the dominate side.
    • As Hurricane, but your unrelenting attacks make it difficult for opponents to recover. Each Degree of Success you score against your opponent during any Attack, that inflicts Damage, increases the Target of any test they make by one step until the start of your next action.
  • Thundering Advance: This stance requires the use of a second saber. A saber is held in each hand, the blades held up, pointed forward and parallel to each other. The dominate hand is kept at shoulder height, while the second hand is held at waist level. The feet are kept wide with the dominate foot back, in a slight crouch.
    • Whenever you attack, you always add your secondary weapons Off Hand value to your Base Damage, but this does not cause attacks that are not Greater Actions to become Greater Actions. As normal, you are denied the second weapons defensive bonus.

Maneuvers

  • Endless Assault: Cost: 2 Stamina Effect: You launch a Reckless Attack at your opponent, and are allowed to make a Movement as part of the attack. Each subsequent round that you continue to Recklessly Attack the same opponent, you may convert an additional Bonus Die into a Test Die, up to a maximum equal to your Ranks in Acrobatics or Control, which ever is lesser. This effect continues until you take any action other than Reckless Attack. (Explaination: You convert 1 Bonus Die the SECOND round, 2 Dice the Third round, and so on).
  • Falling Leaf: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: You leap into the air, twisting and spinning. You may make a Divided Attack, but may direct the attacks against the same target.

Form V: Shien Variant • The Perseverance Form

This traditional form was developed to answer the lack of offensive capability of Soresu. While still considered a defensive art, Shien teaches its practitioners to create and exploit openings in the opponents defense, while maintaining their own. Shien focus is against ranged opponents, and is weak against enemies in melee range.

Student of Shien

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 3B), (Dodge 2B), Student of Soresu
  • Benefit: Whenever you take the Counterattack Action, attacks you make as a result of that action have their Base Damage increased by your weapons Defensive Quality Rating.

Stance

  • Unending Shield: This stance is visually almost identical to the Calm in the Storm Stance.
    • Against non-adjacent opponents, you increase your Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Dodge Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Sense Specialty.

Maneuvers

  • Barrier of Blades: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever that is a Dodge Action) Effect: When you take the Dodge Action, you may your Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty to your Dodge Test Result. In addition, you may also move a number of yards, equal to your Ranks in the Jump Specialty.
  • Shien Deflection: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: When you take the Counterattack Action, you may make attacks against Ranged opponents as if they were melee opponents. The Base Damage of this Attack is the Base damage of the attack made against you. In addition, you may immediately move a number of yards, toward the source of an attack, equal to your Ranks in the Dodge Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty.

Master of Shien

  • Requirement: Lighting 6 (Lightsaber 3B), (Dodge 3B), Student of Shien
  • Benefit: You now increase your Weapons Defensive Quality rating by your Ranks in the Dodge Specialty.

Stance

  • Spitting Spinetusker: In this Stance, the saber is held in a two-handed grip, at head level, with the blade angled up and back. The dominate leg is kept back and turned to the side.
    • As Unending Shield, however any Character that attempts to attack you with a Range weapon, but fails to inflict any Damage, immediately suffers their weapons Base Damage.

Form Maneuvers

  • Aegis: Cost: 2 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Maneuver that is a Dodge Action) Effect: When you take the Dodge Action, you may add your ranks in the Sense Specialty as Bonus Dice to your Test.
  • Determined Advance: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: When taking the Cautious Attack action, you gain your Ranks in your Alter Specialty as additional Bonus Dice. In addition, you may also move up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty in yards.

Form V: Djem So Variant • The Dominance Form

While Shien was developed to answer attacks made by blasters, Djem So was designed to answer attacks made by melee opponents. Its primary goal is to overwhelm an opponent by sheer brute force, knocking their defenses aside with massive counter attacks. Like it’s sister form, Shien, Djem So suffers against attacks made by other sources, in this case blasters and other forms of ranged attack. Because of its focus on aggression and dominance, conservatives within the Order are often wary of its use. Finally, the form suffers for a lack of mobility, as its maneuvers and strikes require bracing to achieve the desired effect. Like Ataru, the form is physically demanding, requiring the user to put as much energy into each attack or parry as possible.

Student of Djem So

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 3B), (Strength 2B), Student of Soresu
  • Benefit: When wielding a Lightsaber Two-handed, you may substitute your Athletics for Agility when determining the weapons base Damage.

Stance

  • Kryat’s Crest: In this Stance, the Jedi holds the saber in a powerful, two-handed grip directly above the head. The blade is pointed downward and away from the body.
    • So long as you do not take a Move Action during your turn, your attacks reduce your opponents Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Stregnth Specialty.

Form Maneuvers

  • Falling Avalance: Cost: 2 Stamina Effect: You may add your Ranks in the Strength Specialty, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty, as Bonus Dice to your Fighting Tests. In addition, your attack gains the Staggering Quality.
  • Fluid Riposte: Cost: 1 Fatigue (Spent when the Counterattack is Declared).
    • Effect: Any attack made using Counterattack is considered a Maneuver Action and the Fighting Test gains a number of Bonus Dice equal to your Ranks in the Alter Specialty.

Master of Djem So

  • Requirement: Fighting 6 (Lightsaber 3B), Athletics 5 (Strength 3B), Student of Djem So
  • Benefit: When wielding a weapon two handed you replace the Defense Quality Rating of that Weapon by your Ranks in your Strength

Stance

  • Kryat’s Claw: The Jedi holds the in a two-handed grip at the waist on the dominate side with the blade pointed up and away from the body. The dominate foot is kept back allowing for powerful upward or vertical parries.
    • As Kryat’s Crest, however any Character that attempts to attack you with a melee weapon, but fails to inflict any Damage, immediately suffers your Lightsabers Base Damage. This damage is in addition to any other Damage they might automatically take, such as from the Dangerous Quality.

Maneuvers

  • Explosive Onslaught: Cost: 2 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever that is a Reckless Attack Action) Effect: You may take the Reckless Attack Action, your attacks are now Powerful.
  • Overwhelm: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Cost is paid at the time of the Attack, in addition to any other Costs.) Effect: Anytime you make a Fighting Test that was modified by or included your Strength, the attack is also considered a Disarm.

Form VI: Niman • The Moderate Form

Developed by Masters who were concerned with the emphasis of aggression by many of the lightsaber forms, Niman instills in it’s students a respect for moderation. Further, as it was designed to be a focusing tool for the use of force powers while in combat, with an emphasis on telekinetics. It was derived from the existing lightsaber forms, hoping to balance their strengths and weaknesses and provide overall versatility. As it’s foundation came from traditional two blade fencing, Niman also provides a foundation for Jer’Kai training.

Student of Niman

  • Requirement: Fighting 3 (Lightsaber 1B), Telekinesis Force Power, Student of Shii-Cho
  • Benefit: Whenever you use a Force Power against an opponent in Combat, you add your Ranks in Lightsaber Specialty to your Test Result.

Stance

  • Determined Diplomat: The body is held erect, with the blade in a one hand grip at shoulder length, pointed upward and back, in the dominate hand. The other hand was kept close to the chest. Feet were placed shoulder-width apart, even with one another.
    • You always apply your Weapons Defensive Quality Rating to your Combat Defense regardless if you attack or not. In addition, you increase your Fighting Test Results by your weapons full Defensive Quality Rating.

Maneuvers

  • Pull Closer: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: Prior to your attack, you may cause an opponent to move toward you a number of yards equal to your Ranks in Presence. If this distance exceeds their Ranks in the Agility Ability, you may add your Ranks in the Alter Specialty to your Fighting Test Result.
  • Pushing Slash: Cost: 2 Stamina Effect: When you take the Force Push Action per the Telekinesis Force Power, against an adjacent opponent, your Knockdown is also considered an attack which inflicts your weapons Base Damage, You may add your Ranks in the Lightsaber Specialty as Bonus Dice to your Force Push Test.

Master of Niman

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 2B), Student of Niman
  • Benefit: When you take the Catch Your Breath Action, if you achieve four Degrees of Success you also regain 1 spent Force Point.

Stance

  • Twisting Vision: The saber is held in a two-hand grip at head level, with the blade held up and turned slightly inward. The feet are kept slightly apart with the dominate leg slightly forward for added stability.
    • As the Determined Diplomat, but all Force Powers that are Greater Actions are now Lesser Actions.
  • Classical Stance: This stance requires the use of a shoto short blade. The Primary saber is held above the head in the dominant hand – parallel to the ground. The secondary shoto is held at chest level in the off hand, parallel to the primary blade, just under the chin. The body is kept centered toward the opponent, but the waist is twisted and the dominate leg is held back in a semi-crouch.
    • As Determined Diplomat, except You may substitute your Offhand weapons Defensive Quality Rating for its Offhand Quality Rating when making a Two-Weapon Attack.

Maneuvers

  • Tidal Wave: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: When you take the Divided Attack Action as part of a Force Push, your attack gains the Fast Quality
  • Mediator’s Meditation: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: Your first use of a Force Power in Combat is not considered an Attack, and you may therefore make a second attack with a Force Power. This test, however, is made at -1D.

Form VII: Juyo • The Ferocity Form

This martial form combines and yet is distinctly different from all other forms. It is an oddity of Jedi training, as the practitioners of this form must embrace their emotions and aggression to fully make use of its tenets. Its attacks are launched in short staccato bursts, and assisted by advanced force empowered acrobatics. But unlike Ataru, whose movements are long and graceful, Juyo employs complete randomness in its applications. Those that utilize this form must allow themselves to be swept up in the excitement and thrill of battle, and this draws them dangerously close to the temptation of the Dark Side.

Student of Juyo

  • Requirement: Fighting 4 (Lightsaber 3B), Agility 4, Will 4, any two Student of the Form Benefits.
  • Benefit: You may add your Ranks in the Agility Ability to the results of ANY Fighting Test.

Stance

  • Malignant Grace: The saber is held in the dominate hand, above the head in a horizontal guard, with the open hand held across the body pointed downward. The body is quarter turned such that the shoulder of the open hand is pointed toward the opponent.
    • After a successful attack, your opponent suffers a -1D Penalty for each Degree of Success you scored on their next Test. While in this Stance, however, you reduce your Combat Defense and Intrigue Defense by 3 or your Passive Result by 4 for any Force Power used against you.

Maneuvers

  • Assured Strike: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: You may reduce the Base Damage of your Weapon to grant you a Bonus Die to your Fighting Tests on a One (1) for One (1) basis, up to your Ranks in the Control Specialty.
  • Vonskr’s Ferocity: Cost: 2 Stamina Effect: When you take the Reckless Attack Action, you add your Ranks in the Will Ability, up to your Ranks in the Alter Specialty, as Bonus Dice to your Fighting Test. In addition, your weapons gains the Powerful and Vicious Qualities.

Master of Juyo

  • Requirement: Fighting 6 (Lightsaber 5B), Will 5, Student of Juyo, 1+ Dark Force Point
  • Benefit: When you successfully Distract an opponent, you gain +1D to your Fighting Test as if they were surprised.

Stance

  • Raging Rancor: In this stance, the blade is held in a one-hand grip and is kept in constant motion around the body. The legs are positioned as required to facilitate this movement.
    • As Malignant Grace, but in addition, you reduce the penalty to your Combat Defense from taking the Reckless Attack Action by a number of points equal to your Ranks in the Control Specialty if made against the opponent who suffered the -1D penalties.

Maneuvers

  • Renewed Fury: Cost: None Effect: Following an opponent’s attack, you may immediately take a Catch Your Breath Action as a free action. In your next combat round you may not take a Greater Action.
  • Swift Flank: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: When you take the Charge Action, if your Fighting Test Result is greater than the targets Passive Awareness, they lose their Awareness from their Combat Defense for that attack.

Specialty Techniques

The following are Techniques that augment lightsaber fighting forms, but are not full forms themselves. These differ from full forms in that they do not have a Stance, and there is only a single level of mastery. The Maneuvers these Techniques teach are not assumed to belong to any given Form; thus, they never suffer the typical penalty for using a Maneuver when not in the proper Stance.

Technique: Dun Möch

A battle technique that was originally developed by the Sith, but modified and adapted by the Jedi. This specialized training teaches the Duelist to use insults, threats, or taunts to distract an opponent, instill doubt and drain an enemy's will to fight. Masters of this technique have been known to drive an opponent to surrender or to guide their opponent into specific actions during a fight.

  • Requirement: Cunning 4, Persuasion or Deception 4 and Will 4
  • Benefit: When you take the Distract Action, your target is your opponents Intrigue Defense instead of their Passive Will.

Maneuvers

  • Manipulate Cost: None Effect: As a Lesser Action you may attepmt to manipulate your opponent into an action of your choosing. First, nominate an Action you wish your opponent to take, then Test Deception or Persausion (with the appropriate Intrigue Technique Specialty applying) against your opponents Intrigue Defense. This inflicts Influence to thier Composure with a base Influence equal to your Presence, modified by Degrees of Success as Normal. This damage can be mitigated by Disposition and Frustration as normal. Once your opponent has taken more Influence than their Composure, they must perform the nominated Action during their next Combat Turn. During their turn, your target may attempt to recover from your influence by spending a Greater Action and testing Will (Higher of Control or Dedication applies) against a Challenging (9) Difficulty. Each Degree of Success allows the targeted character to regain composure equal to 1/2 their Ranks in Will.
  • Drain Resolve: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: As a Greater Action, you may take the Manipulate Maneuver as above, however, if you score Three(3) Degree of Success or more, your target also causes one of his Force Points to now be considered spent for the reminder of the Encounter. These points return during the Resolution Step of the Combat after all other effects have been resolved.

Technique: Jar'Kai

This series of techniques teaches the Duelist the mastery of Dual Blade combat, and allows it's incorperation into other fighting styles and Forms.

  • Requirement: Athletics 4, Awarenes 4, Fighting 4
  • Benefit: You reduce the training requirement of your offhand weapon to 0.

Maneuvers

  • Twin Strike: Cost: 1 Fatigue (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever that are attacks) Effect: When you apply your off-hand weapon's Off-Hand Damage modifier, you may also add your 1/2 your Ranks in the Fighting Ability as well. As this counts as a Two Weapon Attack, the attack becomes a Greater Action. Attacks that are already Greater Actions can benefit from this Form Maneuver.
  • Cross Block Guard: Cost: 1 Fatigue Effect: When you are attacked, if your opponent fails to inflict Damage, you may immediately make a Disarm Action against them. In your next Combat Turn you may not take a Greater Action.

Technique: Juya-Kas

Juya-Kas was developed following the Exar Kun's Great War, and allowed it's practicioners to make effective use of interesting properties of Saberstaves. Due to the nature of Saberstaves, it is almost required for users of that weapon to be training in Juya-Kas to be combat viable.

  • Requirement: Athletics 4, Agility 4, Fighting 4
  • Benefit: You may now treat your Saberstaff as two weapons for the purpose of effects that require such armament.

Maneuvers

  • Twirling Strike: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever or Action) Effect: You may ignore your weapons Slow Quality when taking another Action.
  • Dominating Defense: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever or Action) Effect: So long as you do not take a Greater Action, you may add your Defensive Quality Bonus to your Combat Defense until the Start of your Next Combat Turn. This Form Maneuver can only be used once each Round. --- Note: This is not the same as saying that you RETAIN the Bonus, thus you may gain the Bonus a second (or even third) time depending on your Stance and Benefits.

Technique: Lus-ma

Developed milennia ago, Lus-ma teaches the Duelist to take advantage of what is normally considered dangerous feature of the Lightsaber; its gyroscopic effect. Artists that practice these techniques put their Lightsabers into a constant and dynamic - though controlled - rotation. (Design Note: This technique was only mentioned in one book, throughout in all of the Star Wars media, in reference to a arachic technique that Dooku taught to Grevious. Take then the interesting way that Grevious would using Sabers - twirling them like the blades of a blender - and my design of Lus-ma is born. This technique has no basis in Star Wars Canon).

  • Requirement: Awareness 4, Agility 4, Fighting 4
  • Benefit: You can never be denied your Awareness to your Combat Defense

Maneuvers

  • Spinning Strike: Cost: 2 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever or Action) Effect: When attacking you reduce your opponent's Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Agility Ability.
  • Whirling Defense: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any Maneuver Action or other Form Manuever that is a Maneuver Action) Effect: Any time you take a Maneuver Action against your opponent you add your weapons Dangerous Rating to your Test Result.

Technique: Saber Throw

As Jedi (and Sith) often avoid using ranged weaponry, duelists developed methods of turning their sabers into projectile weapons. This is often employed utilizing the Telekinesis Force Power.

  • Requirement: Agility 4, Awareness 4, and Marksmanship 3
  • Benefit: You suffer no Improvised Weapon penalties when throwing your Lightsaber. In addition you may now retrieve your Lightsaber using Telekinesis as a Free Action instead of a Lesser Action.

Maneuvers

  • Ranged Strike: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: Your Saber can now be utilized as a Range Weapon at Close Range. When attacking in this fashion, you may Test Marksmanship(Lightsaber) and may add your Ranks in the Alter Specialty to your Test Result.
  • Intercepting Block: Cost: 1 Stamina Effect: You can call upon your mastery of Saber Throw to aid in the Defense of others. As a Lesser Action, you may grant the effects of the Dangerous and Defensive Qualities of your Weapon to another Character within Close Range, but if you are wielding only one weapon with those Qualities, you lose them yourself. It should be the targeted Character is now considered to have these Weapon Qualities applied to them and they must follow any stacking requirements.

Technique: Sokan

Developed along side, and influenced by Ataru, Sokan teaches the Duelist to rely on his agility and athletics to seize advantageous ground in combat. Students of this Technique are capable of making the most out of Battlefield terrain.

  • Requirement: Athletics 4, Agility 4, Tactics 2B
  • Benefit: While in Combat, you may add your Ranks in the Tactics Specialty to any Athletics or Agility Test.

Maneuvers

  • High Ground Defense: Cost: None Effect: Anytime you have the High Ground, you may increase your Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Tactics Specialty. --- Note: you must ACTUALLY have the High Ground for this effect to apply, simply being considered to have the High Ground (such as through the use of Ataru) is not enough.
  • Unhindered Charge: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any Charge Action or other Form Manuever that is a Charge Action) Effect: When you Charge, you simply ignore Obsticles or any Battlefield Quality that would impact your movement.

Technique: Tràkata

This specialized training teaches its users to use a unique feature of the Lightsaber, its ability to be turned on and off quickly. By flicking the blade on and off, the Duelist can surprise and off balance their opponents on both attack and defense.

  • Requirement: Fighting 4, Deception 4, Quickness 1B, Sleight of Hand 1B.
  • Benefit: You may now add 1/2 you Ranks in the Deception Ability to your Fighting(Lightsaber) Test Results. In addition, you may increase your Combat Defense by the same amount.

Maneuvers

  • Pass the Blade: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever or Action) Effect: You reduce your Opponents Combat Defense by 1/2 your Ranks in the Deception Ability when attacking.
  • Unbalancing Block: Cost: 1 Stamina (Spent at the time of your Opponents attack). Effect: If an opponent Attacked and inflicted no Damage, they suffer a -1D Penalty during their Next Combat Turn.

Technique: Tusken Grip (Shien Reverse Grip)

This technique teaches the Duelist to use their weapon(s) in a variant reversed Grip, with the blade held pointed away from the hand along the underside of the forearm. This grip increases the difficulty of traditional Form Maneuvers, but conceals portions of the blade, and makes it difficult for opponents to predict your attacks. This technique is often called the Shien Reverse Grip as it is most commonly seen among Shien Duelists.

  • Requirement: Awareness 4, Fighting 4 and Quickness 2B
  • Benefit: You may employ your Weapons Defensive Quality bonus to your Combat Defense against opponents who attack from behind you, even if attack during that round. Tusken Grip radically alters how the blade is held and handled. As such, when employing your weapons using this Technique you are considered to be the wrong stance for any Form Maneuevers, this suffering a -1D Penalty to any Test associated with the Form Maneuvers. As normal this Penalty can be mitigated by taking the Hybrid Form Benefit. Unlike other Specialized Techniques and Lightsaber Forms, you may not employ the Form Maneuvers from the Tusken Grip if you are not utilizing the reversed grip.

Maneuvers

  • Reversed Slash: Cost: 1 Stamina (This Form Maneuver can be combined with any other Form Manuever or Action) Effect: When attacking you reduce your Opponents Combat Defense by your Ranks in the Quickness Specialty at the time of the Attack.
  • Fluid Defense: Cost: 1 Stamina (This cost is paid at the Start of your Combat Turn, at the same time that you select your current Stance) Effect: You increase your Weapons Defensive Quality Rating by your Ranks in the Quickness Specialty. This effect lasts until the Start of the next Combat Round.
Retrieved from "https://oakthorne.net/wiki/index.php?title=Star_Wars_Lightsaber_Form_Benefits&oldid=25900"