Control Difficulty: Moderate: 1D max charge
Difficult: 2D max charge
Very Difficult: 3D
Heroic: 4D
Game Note: Control dice equals damage
Required Powers: Emptiness or Rage, Absorb/Dissipate Energy
Effect: Through total concentration, a Jedi is able to deliver a single, devastating blow to an opponent. It takes one action for every die of charge before the strike to charge a fist or any other striking body part i.e. foot, knee, elbow, or forehead. Upon a successful hit the damage is delivered. This can also be used with brawling parry.
Background: A Force punch or Force charged strike was an application of Force push where the user would augment their striking strength, in the form of a punch or blow in close hand to hand combat. Vestara Khai while fighting the red-haired female assistant of High Lord Ivaar Workan; grabbed her by the chin and used a Force punch to the throat to kill her in 44 ABY, and later Saba Sebatyne delivered a Force-enhanced double punch to an avatar of Abeloth, striking her in the mouth and through both sets of her fangs shortly before killing her. Mace Windu was a master of this ability, using lightning fast jabs to decimate an army of Battle droids during the Battle of Dantooine. Darth Plagueis during his fight against Maladian assassins used Force-enhanced blows to snaps necks, smashes skulls and windpipes, and plunges his fists through armored torsos in blinding motion.