Telepathy
MindUniversal- Cost
- 1 FP
- Activation
- Bonus Action
- Range
- 30 ft
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
Effect
As a Bonus Action, you project a simple thought, image, or brief phrase into the mind of one creature you can see within 30 ft that shares a language with you. If the creature is willing, it can silently reply in kind until the start of your next turn. If the creature is unwilling or hostile, it may make a Wisdom saving throw (DC = 8 + your Proficiency Bonus + your Wisdom modifier) to block the contact. This power does not allow you to read thoughts or memories, only to send and receive intentional messages.
At the Table
A Padawan and a smuggler are pinned at opposite ends of a hangar, comlinks jammed. For 1 FP as a Bonus Action, the Padawan projects a single image — "the fuel line, shoot it" — into the smuggler's mind across 25 feet. Because the smuggler is willing, she silently fires back "on three" until the start of the Padawan's next turn, all without a sound the stormtroopers can hear. Later the Padawan tries it on a captured bounty hunter: hostile and unwilling, he rolls a Wisdom save (DC 8 + Proficiency Bonus + Wisdom mod) and shuts the contact out — and either way, the power only sends intent, never reads what the hunter is actually thinking.
In the Lore
Wordless mind-to-mind contact is one of the most iconic and widely practiced Force abilities, sitting in the classic Sense discipline of Jedi training. In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke calls out to Leia across Cloud City as he hangs beneath the city, and Leia senses him and turns the Falcon back to save him — a hallmark of Force-sensitives who never formally train. The Jedi treat telepathy as everyday battlefield and council communication, while it also surfaces in the deep Force-bond between Rey and Kylo Ren in the sequel era. As a Universal power, it favors no side: both Jedi and Sith use directed thought-sending to coordinate, command, and reach across distances where words would fail.