Nightfall
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·Site lore
·Neutral
·Capstone Perk
Alignment
Type(s)
·Site lore
·Neutral
·Capstone Perk
Historical information
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Known Users
· Master Vollen Shai
Known Users
· Master Vollen Shai
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Battle Meditation
Excerpt · Applications · Limitations & Drawbacks · Learning · Intent
Battle Meditation is an enhancement to the standard uses of force enhancement and force meld. A user, by reaching into a deep well of the force and thereby extending out the users focus and skill, could be used to affect and apply to whole armies or fleets at a time. Such an application of the force significantly bolstered allied morale, stamina, and overall battle prowess. Such a large application of the force means only the most powerful of force users could come to master this ability, and then only after much study and reflection.
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▵Known Applications
By reaching out with the force over such a wide range, users of Battle Meditation could enhance the skill, focus, stamina, and morale of their allies in a combat scenario, allowing them to effectively work as one, and come to victories that otherwise might have been impossible. This means that whenever those allied with a practitioner of Battle Meditation, who has fully entranced themselves to achieve the proper focus, need to roll a combat dice, they immediately gain +25% (of the maximum positive amount) modifier towards a positive result.
If the practitioner has not or cannot find a way or location to maintain this focus, then they alone gain a +20% to combat rolls, given their own personal focus and skill that would be required to achieve the ability in the first place.
▵Limitations and Drawbacks
While such a skill was invaluable in battles ranging from skirmishes to even larger scale conflicts, where cohesion and collective effort was key, when alone such Battle Meditation could take little effect, the user both bolstering and drawing from their allies in order to feed the force energy that surrounded them.
To see the full effect a user must be fully engaged in a meditative state, otherwise they can only grant themselves a smaller benefit from their enhanced focus.
▵Learning
A great deal of internal reflection and understanding of the force is required to manifest even a smaller usage of Battle Meditation, let alone the battle changing effects that are only capable of being brought into effect by the most powerful of force wielders.
Though used in earlier times, few tomes and scriptures contain mention of it now, and fewer still any guidance on how to manifest it.
▵Intent
To act as a Capstone Perk for Vollen Shai, though I am leaving it open for any other force-weilding level 4's to use as their capstone if they'd like to.
This write-up was based off the Legends power that is yet to be canonised this timeline, so this also serves as a write-up for that force power as well, and I think fittingly restricts it, given its power in some Legends media. Equally it could provide interesting flavour and story prompts in a variety of scenarios, especially larger battles.
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