Force Barrier
EnergyLight- Cost
- 2 FP
- Activation
- Action
- Range
- 20 ft
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
Effect
As an Action, you project a shimmering wall of Force within 20 ft on a point you can see, forming a barrier that fits in a 10 ft by 10 ft area. The barrier lasts until the start of your next turn. • Creatures fully behind the barrier gain +2 AC against ranged attacks that pass through it and have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against area effects that originate on the opposite side. • Any energy damage that passes through the barrier is reduced by half.
Force Surge
Spend extra Force Points at cast time to amplify this power. See the Force Surge rule for the general mechanic. Cannot be combined with class-trait FP-burn enhancements on the same cast.
- Width+5 ft per side · max 25×25 ft at +3 FP all-width
- Duration+1 round · max 4 rounds total at +3 FP all-duration
At cast time, the player allocates +1, +2, or +3 extra Force Points across the two vectors in any combination. Examples: (+1 width, +1 duration) = 15×15 ft for 2 rounds; (+0 width, +3 duration) = 10×10 ft for 4 rounds; (+3 width, +0 duration) = 25×25 ft for 1 round.
Range stays 20 ft regardless of FP. Damage-protection mechanics (+2 AC against ranged through it, half energy damage through it) are unchanged. Cannot be combined with class-trait FP-burn enhancements on the same cast.
At the Table
A Padawan pinned at the end of a catwalk hears blaster bolts chewing the railing apart. She spends 2 FP and throws up Force Barrier 15 feet ahead, a shimmering 10-by-10 wall across the choke point, then ducks her squad behind it. For the round, the troopers firing through it are answered by +2 AC, and when a grenade lands on the far side everyone behind the wall rolls Dexterity saves with advantage. One bolt punches through anyway, but as energy damage crossing the barrier it's cut in half before it ever reaches her shoulder.
In the Lore
Defensive Force barriers belong to the protective, life-affirming side of the Force tradition, drawing on the Control and Alter disciplines and long associated with Jedi who favored shielding allies over striking foes. In Legends lore, telekinetic Force barriers and protection bubbles (sometimes called the Force shield or "wall of Force") were taught as ways to deflect blaster fire and turn aside energy; Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order even trained its youngest students to wrap themselves in a shimmering Force barrier, with his niece and nephew, Jacen and Jaina Solo, learning to do so as small children. Onscreen, the same protective impulse appears when Force-users brace against incoming energy with a raised hand to hold an attack at bay. The technique sits squarely in the guardian tradition: a power of patience and protection rather than aggression, well suited to a wall that blunts incoming fire.