REX's Game -- Force Powers & Anti-Dark Jedi Weaponry
The Force is your ally, and on the Dark-Side, it gives you great power! But use that power wisely, whether in combat or not, for it may consume you, and mutate you to a creature lost in the great Darkness...
To help us demonstrate these powers, the Jedi Tanlee will be modeling them, and the Dark Jedi Galder will be giving you examples of Dark-Side powers, and a bunch of flunkies will get in the way.
Force Push - Knock down and/or push (multiple) targets away from you, useful for almost anything. Example: Tanlee is being attacked by three flunkies armed with stun batons. They approach, but she extends her hand and sends them flying back. Movie Reference: Obi-Wan uses push to knock down three battle droids on the droid control ship.
Force Pull - Like the above, but knock down and/or pull targets towards you, and also disarm an opponent. Example: Tanlee sees a flunky aiming at her with a heavy repeater. She uses the Force to pull the gun from his grip and it flies to her. Movie Reference: Luke pulls his lightsaber to him out of the ice in the Wampa cave on Hoth.
Force Jump - A Force-enhanced jump that can reach new heights. The highest known Force jump by a Jedi was recorded at 40 meters in height. Example: An important flunky takes an elevator and is reaching the 4th floor of a building, with Tanlee on the 2nd. She powers up her jump and leaps to the 4th floor, catching the flunky just in time. Movie Reference: Yoda performs a series of stylish jumps when fighting Dooku; the Jedi leap platforms a few times while fighting Darth Maul.
Force Speed - Enhance the speed at which you run for short bursts of time. Example: Running at standard speed, a group of flunkies are catching up to Tanlee, and she only has a few more meters to go. Seconds before they catch up, a burst of Force speed gets her to salvation and she closes the blast door behind her. Movie Reference: Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon sprint away from the droideka's heavy blaster fire.
Force Dodge - When fired at and mutliple bolts fly towards you or you can't block the shot, use the Force to move your body at incredible speeds to dodge them. Example: Tanlee is shot at by a disruptor rifle sniper and her body blurs momentarily to avoid being fried, her body going from standing to leaning far to the right. Game Reference: Kyle Katarn sometimes automatically blurs and speeds up to avoid sniper fire in Jedi Outcast.
Absorb/Dissipate Energy - Can be used for a number of things, namely blaster bolts and Force lightning; blocks them safely and can even be used against opponents. Example: A flunky fires a shot at Tanlee with a blaster pistol, and the bolt is dead on. Not wanting to take out her lightsaber, she extends her hand and focuses, and the bolt explodes harmlessly against her palm. Movie Reference: Han Solo shoots a few shots at Vader, the Sith Lord merely extending a hand and blocking the shots.
Charged Strike - This is a strange and violent power that is not commonly used at all. Mostly used by Dark Jedi, it charges up a physical attack to give a more powerful blow from a punch, kick, or a melee weapon (axe, stun baton, etc.). Does not work with lightsaber. Example: Galder is fighting a flunky that just happens to be Wookiee, and is therefore much stronger than him. Galder pulls back his fist, and used Charged Strike, planting his fist in the Wookiee’s stomach and sending him through a wall. Movie Reference: Not used in films.
Bolt of Hatred - The Force-user creates in his hand a radiant sphere of pure hatred which he can hurl at any target within his line of sight. Example: Galder is out of ammunition, and his lightsaber throw is likely not to hit the flunky 40 yards away. He pulls back his hand, palm open, and a red sphere of utter hatred and energy forms in his hand. He releases it and hits the flunky as if using a blaster. Movie Reference: Not used in films.
Telekinesis - This power allows the Jedi to levitate and move objects with the power of his or her mind alone. If used successfully, the object moves, as the Jedi desires. Telekinesis has a wide variety of uses, the most common of which is moving items from one place to the next. Example: Tanlee needs to get her droid across a gap that she just jumped. She concentrates, and her droid soon floats through the air, following her across. Movie Reference: Luke uses telekinesis to lift rocks and try to get his ship out of the Dagobah swamps; Vader uses telekinesis to pummel Luke with machinery.
Telepathy - If the Jedi successfully projects his thoughts, the target "hears" his thoughts and "feels" his emotions. The target understands that the thoughts and feelings he is experiencing are not his own and that they belong to the user of the power. If the Jedi doesn't "verbally" identify himself, the target doesn't know who is projecting thoughts to him. This power can only be used to communicate with other minds, not control them. Example: Tanlee is held captive, and her mentor is down the street from the building she is held hostage in. She concentrates and gets a message to her mentor, “Master Jovan, this is Tanlee, I am held captive in the building nearby, free me.” Movie Reference: Luke uses telepathy to contact Leia on the Millennium Falcon when hanging over the great abyss of Bespin clouds.
These are powers that even the worst Force-users can achieve, though more experienced Force-users, such as the Jedi Force and Marauder Force templates, are supremely better at such things.