Using the Force

Force Skills

    The power of the Force can be used in countless ways, but in general they fall into three skills, Control, Sense, and Alter, or combinations of those three.

    Control is the Force user's ability to control his or her own body.  It allows access to the internal well of Force energy, learning harmony with and mastery over the functions of the body.

    Sense teaches the user to sense the Force in other things beyond the body.  The user learns to feel the bonds that connect all living things and gains the ability to understand how all things are interconnected.  Sense governs powers such as detecting danger and learning information about the world around the user.

    Alter  is one's ability to change the distribution and nature of the Force.  A Force user who has mastered Alter  can move physical objects with their minds, can help others control their own Force, or can manipulate the Force in the bodies of others.  This skill can be used to change the perceptions of others and make them come to incorrect conclusions.

Force Powers

    Each Force skill governs a multitude of powers.  A character rolls the appropriate Force skill (or skills) when trying to use a particular power; the Gamemaster uses the description of the power to determine the difficulty for the task.  Some of these powers require the character to know certain other powers to learn the ability (listed under Required Abilities).

    Many of these powers use a combination of the three Force skills.  When such a power is used, calling upon each Force skill is a separate action.  The user may roll each skill in consecutive rounds at no penalty, or may attempt to fully activate the power in one round, incurring normal multiple action penalties.

    Some of the powers may be sustained, or operated constantly without having to make a new power roll every round.  This is referred to as keeping a power "up".  If the power can be kept up, the power description will state this; otherwise the power can only be activated for the round in which it is used.  If a player wishes to keep a power up it must be announced when the power is activated.  If the character is successful, the power remains activated until it is deactivated intentionally or if the character suffers a stunned or worse damage level.  While the power is up, the character suffers multiple action penalties, however it only counts as one action.  (I do not believe it is fair otherwise.)

Relationship

    Some powers are affected by the character's relationship to the target of the power.

Proximity

    Some powers are affected by proximity - the farther away a target is, the harder it is for him to be affected by a Force power.

The Dark Side

    The Dark Side of the Force is seductive and powerful.  Considering the environment of Imperial Entanglements you will be tempted to embrace the Dark Side and eventually be consumed by it.  However, you may still play a Dark Jedi or Sith who is not yet entirely consumed by the Dark Side even though you are following that path.  Your level of "evilness" is measured by the number of Dark Side Points you have earned.  Each time you earn a dark Side Point the GM will roll 1D; if the roll is less than the character's number of Dark Side Points, the character has turned to the Dark Side and is considered "consumed".  Consumed characters play by slightly different rules than "unconsumed" characters, which use the standard rules.  Dark Side Points are gained by taking actions fueled by anger or hatred, committing acts of extreme evil or atrocity even if no direct emotions are felt, failing to take action due to blatant disregard for life, and by quite simply Calling on the Dark Side.

Unconsumed Characters

Consumed Characters

Calling Upon the Dark Side

    Characters, Force-sensitive or not, may call upon the Dark Side, especially when angry, aggressive, desperate or otherwise out of balance.  (Note that individuals who refuse to believe in the existence of the Force will not be able to call on it.)  The character automatically receives a Dark Side Point, whether the attempt is successful or not.  The character has opened himself up to anger, fear and hate; whether he benefits from this anger is irrelevant.
    It is easy to call upon the Dark Side of the Force, at first.  If the character is Force-sensitive, the difficulty is Easy, otherwise it is Moderate.  If the actions are not intended to bring harm or pain to other beings, increase the difficulty by two levels.  If the character is consumed by the Dark Side, the difficulty is reduced by one level and if the character is acting out of anger, hatred, fear or any other Dark Side emotion the difficulty is further reduced at the GM's discretion.
    Each additional time the character calls upon the Dark Side during an adventure, the difficulty is increased by +3.  The difficulty resets when the adventure is completed.
    The character rolls either his Control  or Perception  when calling upon the Dark Side and if they succeed they are awarded a Force Point that must be spent immediately.  This bonus is cumulative with any other Force Points which  have been spent that round.
    If the character fails in an attempt to call upon the Dark Side, it demands something instead, 1D character points.  If the character does not have enough points, it will take 1D from an attribute or Force skill (player's discretion).  If any attribute or skill is reduced to 0D, the character is consumed by the Dark Side and dies.