Force Wave
KineticUniversal- Cost
- 3 FP
- Activation
- Action
- Range
- 15 ft radius
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 5+
Effect
As an Action, you slam the Force outward in all directions. Each creature of your choice within 15 ft of you must make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier). On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 + your Wisdom modifier bludgeoning damage, is pushed 10 ft directly away from you, and is knocked Prone. On a successful save, it takes half damage and is not pushed or knocked Prone.
At the Table
Boxed in by four battle droids closing on all sides, your Guardian spends 3 FP and slams the Force outward as an Action. Every droid within 15 ft has to make a Strength save against your DC of 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier; three of them blow it, eating 2d6 + your Wisdom modifier bludgeoning, getting hurled 10 ft back, and clattering Prone on the deck. The fourth makes its save, so it only takes half and keeps its footing, but now you've blasted yourself a path through the encirclement and put three enemies flat on their backs.
In the Lore
Force Wave is the wide-area cousin of the classic telekinetic Force Push, a staple of the Alter discipline used to repel groups of foes rather than a single target. In Legends it is described as one of the most powerful applications of Force Push — a telekinetic explosion that pulses outward and hurls back everything in its radius — and notable practitioners include Galen Marek, who cleared whole rooms with concussive Force pushes. In the Knights of the Old Republic games "Force Wave" is the top tier of the Push/Whirlwind/Wave power line, knocking back and stunning everyone around the caster. Because raw kinetic force is a neutral application of the Living Force, both Jedi and Sith cultivate it, though aggressive practitioners favor it as a crowd-clearing battlefield tool. It pairs the brute concussive shove with a sweep that leaves attackers scattered and prone, buying space when a lightsaber wielder is surrounded.