Shii-Cho – Momentum Flow
Lightsaber FormUniversal- Cost
- 1 FP
- Activation
- Free (part of attack)
- Range
- 5 ft radius
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
Effect
When you hit a target with a melee lightsaber attack, you may immediately make a second attack against a different creature within 5 ft. This second attack is made with Disadvantage.
At the Table
A Padawan is swarmed by three battle droids in a cramped hangar bay. She lands a clean lightsaber slash on the first droid, then spends 1 FP to let Momentum Flow carry the blade onward—immediately striking a second droid standing within 5 ft, this swing rolled at Disadvantage. It's a free part of her attack, so her action economy is untouched, and the cascading cut buys her the opening she needs to break out of the encirclement.
In the Lore
Shii-Cho, "the Way of the Sarlacc," is Form I—the oldest and most fundamental of the seven classic lightsaber forms, taught first to every Jedi youngling in the Order. Its wide, sweeping arcs are built for facing multiple opponents at once rather than dueling a single foe, which is exactly the flowing, target-to-target momentum this power captures. Kit Fisto was a noted practitioner of Form I, and the form's broad, instinctive strokes appear throughout Jedi training in the films and The Clone Wars. Because it is the universal foundation rather than a specialized art, Shii-Cho is favored by no single side and underpins the practice of essentially every saber wielder.