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Life Drain


PVP FREQUENCY
Discouraged

ALIGNMENT
Dark Side of the Force
CONCENTRATION
Very High

STAMINA DRAIN
N/A


DESCRIPTION
Life Drain - also known as Force Drain - is a sinister ability, granted by the dark side of the Force, used for offensive, defensive, and supplementary purposes. Weaker forms of this ability allow for the draining of Force energy from a single target. It was described as an ability that, at its zenith, destroyed connections to the life around and within the victim.

An ancient dark side technique, made prominent by ancient Sith Lords, Force drain—in its most basic form—allowed the practitioner to draw upon (rather than send one's own energy through) the connections in the Force to drain and feed upon Force energy from other beings. Such energy can then be used to heal injuries or replenish stamina equivalent to the amount of Force energy drained.

The effects on the victim were almost universal: since it was a technique that relied on sapping them their Force energy/stamina, victims would often feel as though their strength and stamina was evaporating away. The acceleration of fatigue was often a direct result of this. The longer the technique was applied to them, the more drastic the effects were on their body, until extreme pain set in and, given long enough, even death.

No matter how talented one was with the ability, Force drain was not lethal unless constant concentration was applied. This was because it required the user to actively draw upon their victim's connections to the Force to drain them of their Force energy. A lapse in concentration would break their ability to siphon energy from such connections, thus breaking the effects of the technique.

The greatest drawback of Force drain was the effect it had on the user. Those who used this ability had to temper their use, as relying upon it had the adverse affect of opening up their own bodies to being consumed by the dark side itself. The more a Force user used this ability, the more of their body was eaten and withered away by the dark side, until it consumed their physical form entirely. The strongest dark siders could resist physical decay, but were still beset by a terrible, unquenchable hunger (which required them to hunt for more victims to use the technique on); but those not strong enough to resist the technique's terrible effects saw their bodies decay until death took them.

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To flesh out Force powers to comply with the site's new rules without a level system. This is a guideline and should not be used for rule lawyering. Credit to @Malon for portions of the original write-up.

 
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