Sever Force

Control Difficulty: Difficult.

Sense Difficulty: Varies (see below).

Alter Difficulty: Target’s Control or Willpower roll.

Special: Anyone using this power must spend 1 Force point.

Required Powers: Affect Mind, Battle Meditation, Concentration, Emptiness, Force Harmony, Force of Will, Life Detection, Life Sense, Projective Telepathy, Receptive Telepathy, Sense Force, Sense Force Potential.

Game Note: A force user using this skill will be able to hide from other force users tapping into the force to seek them out.

Effect: A Force ability existed that allowed Force-sensitive individuals to close or suppress one’s connection to the Force. The effects of Sever Force are not permanent but force powers will diminish over time if not used. The amount by which the character using Sever Force makes his Alter skill roll determines how effective this power is at severing his target’s connection to the Force. If successful, the target of this power must roll a Control check each time he attempts to use a Force power. The base difficulty of this roll is detailed on the following chart:

Background: A Force ability existed that allowed Force-sensitive individuals to close or suppress one’s connection to the Force. The former Jedi Caleb Dume severed his connection to the Force in the aftermath of the Great Jedi Purge in order to remain hidden from the newly established Galactic Empire and start his new life as Kanan Jarrus. Likewise, former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano distanced herself from the Force, trying to prevent herself from accessing her Force abilities in order to hide and also to avoid the pain of her past life as a Jedi. After Jarrus embraced his role as a Jedi Knight in service of the Spectres, he would be blinded by the former Sith Lord Maul on Malachor. In the aftermath of the injury, Jarrus claimed he had distanced himself from the Force.

After she was captured by the Inquisitorius, Jedi Knight Cere Junda escaped the Fortress Inquisitorius by using the dark side of the Force. After that, she suppressed her connection to the Force for fear of falling to the dark side.

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker used this ability during his exile on Ahch-To. According to the Jedi Master, it was far more difficult to block out the Force than learning to feel it, and it took Skywalker years to master the discipline. However, the Force still tried to reach Skywalker through dreams and even sometimes reached him when he was awake, despite his efforts, offering messages or warning. Later, his apprentice Rey would travel to Ahch-To with the intent on replicating her master’s deeds in exile, but was convinced to rejoin the fight against the First Order by Skywalker, who had since died and become a Force spirit.