Force Speed
KineticUniversal- Cost
- 2 FP
- Activation
- Bonus Action
- Range
- Self
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
Effect
As a Bonus Action, you surge with preternatural quickness. Until the end of your current turn, your movement speed is doubled and you have advantage on Dexterity saving throws. You do not provoke opportunity attacks from movement made during this turn.
At the Table
A Padawan, cornered on a narrow catwalk as battle droids open fire, burns 2 FP as a Bonus Action and surges into a blur. With her speed doubled she sprints the full length of the gantry, slipping past three droids without provoking a single opportunity attack, then dives for cover as a thermal detonator goes off, advantage on the Dexterity save carrying her clear of the blast. Because it costs only a Bonus Action, she still has her full Action to leap to the next platform and keep running.
In the Lore
Force Speed (sometimes called "burst of speed" or Force sprint) is a classic Control discipline of the Jedi and Sith alike, channeling the Force into the body to move at superhuman velocity. In Legends it features prominently in the Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi Knight games, where practitioners blur across battlefields and dodge blaster fire. Across both the Light and Dark traditions, Force-users have long drawn on accelerated, Force-enhanced movement to overwhelm opponents and close distance in a heartbeat — Yoda's blurring, rapid lightsaber duels are among the most iconic on-screen displays of this kind of Force-driven speed. As a body-enhancing Control technique, it is neutral to the Force itself, used by Light and Dark traditions equally.