Slow
MindUniversal- Cost
- 2 FP
- Activation
- Action
- Range
- 30 ft
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 5+
Effect
As an Action, you cloud the reflexes of a creature you can see within 30 ft. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier). On a failed save, its movement speed is halved, it has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it cannot take Reactions until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it suffers no effect.
At the Table
A clone trooper is sprinting for the detonator across the hangar, and your padawan is too far to stop him in melee. You spend 2 FP and reach out with Slow as your Action, forcing a Wisdom save (DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier) from 30 ft away. He fails: his speed is halved so he can't close the gap, he can't take Reactions to cover your advance, and with disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws he's a sitting target when your companion's grenade lands at his feet. Until the end of his next turn, the galaxy's fastest soldier is wading through molasses.
In the Lore
Slowing an enemy's reflexes draws on the Alter discipline, the advanced branch of Force use that lets a practitioner act upon the world and other beings rather than merely sense it. Where raw telekinesis seizes a body outright, this gentler application clouds a target's mind and coordination, dulling both thought and motion. It is kin to the dreaded Force stasis, the Alter power by which figures such as Darth Vader pinned foes in place mid-stride, holding even fellow Force-users immobile. It also echoes the old Sith art of Force slow, a dark-side technique chronicled in Legends-era teachings around the days of the ancient Sith and Dark Jedi, which fogged a victim's senses until they moved and reacted as if mired. Because clouding another's coordination serves both the battlefield Jedi and the predatory Sith, SWURPG treats it as a Universal application: a Consular might use it to disarm a foe without bloodshed, while a Sith Lord uses it to render prey helpless. Where it strays toward outright domination of another's body, it edges into the gray territory the Jedi cautioned against and the Sith embraced.