Dark Imbuement
Nightsister MagickDark- Cost
- 2 FP
- Activation
- Bonus Action
- Range
- Self
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
Effect
As a Bonus Action, you channel Dathomir's dark ichor into your weapon or fist. The next time you hit with a melee attack this turn, the target takes an extra 1d8 Force damage.
At the Table
A Nightsister acolyte, locked in a vibroblade duel on a Dathomiri ridgeline, spends a Bonus Action to channel the dark ichor into her blade. She still has to land the strike, but when her melee attack connects this turn, the blow tears an extra 1d8 Force damage straight through her foe's guard. At just 2 FP and Self range, it's a cheap, brutal opener to layer onto the hit you were already going to make.
In the Lore
Nightsister Magick draws on the dark "ichor" — the sorcerous power woven through Dathomir and channeled by clans like the Nightsisters under Mother Talzin. The witches were known for empowering weapons and warriors through ritual and chant, and Talzin's protégée Asajj Ventress carried that Dathomiri training into her career as an assassin and dark warrior. Imbuing a strike with raw dark-side energy fits the tradition's hands-on, combat-forward sorcery, distinct from the cooler discipline of formal Jedi or Sith teaching. In current canon, figures such as Morgan Elsbeth and the Great Mother Nightsisters of Peridea keep this ichor-fueled magick alive.