Saber Barrage
KineticUniversal- Cost
- 4 FP
- Activation
- Action
- Range
- Melee reach
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 10+
Effect
As an Action, you unleash a rapid sequence of three enhanced lightsaber strikes against one or more creatures within reach. Each attack uses your normal attack bonus and deals normal lightsaber damage plus your Strength or Dexterity modifier and your Proficiency Bonus. You may divide the attacks among different targets within reach.
At the Table
A Jedi Sentinel, level 12, gets swarmed by three battle droids on a narrow gantry. She spends 4 FP and her Action on Saber Barrage, unleashing three enhanced strikes. She splits them one per droid, rolling her normal attack bonus against each. Every hit lands normal lightsaber damage plus her DEX modifier and her Proficiency Bonus, and all three droids spark and drop before they can fire back.
In the Lore
Saber Barrage isn't a named Force power so much as the iconic flurry every great duelist eventually masters: the rapid, overwhelming chain of cuts that turns a single swing into three. Echoes of it run through every aggressive lightsaber tradition, from the relentless Ataru leaps of duelists like Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn to the ferocious Form VII attacks Mace Windu was renowned for — the older Juyo "ferocity form" and his own Council-sanctioned variant, Vaapad. In Legends combat lore, such enhanced strike-sequences blend bladework with the Force, letting a wielder draw on Control and Alter to push the body and weapon beyond ordinary speed. As a Universal technique here, it suits Jedi and Sith alike: any sufficiently disciplined warrior who has bonded with the blade and the Force can learn to make one motion become a barrage.