The Hollow — Trial of Spirit

GM-only positioning (place when the Keeper drops his guise, NOT at scene-open): the Keeper — a presence, no combat block; his 'attack' is the offer — stands on the shelf of black stone at roughly [7, 1]. The REFLECTION (the climax; built from the PLAYER'S OWN character — copy their AC, saves, attacks, and Force powers, give it triple the PC's HP and +1 to everything, and have it use the PC's best tricks a beat early) rises in the center at roughly [7, 6], BETWEEN the Padawan and the cave mouth (the only way out). This is a 1-on-1 duel with no other enemies. THE WIN CONDITION IS WILL, NOT DAMAGE: drop the Reflection to 0 and it reforms — it is beaten only when the Padawan refuses the Keeper and masters the darkness (the DecisionPoint in gm.mdx). Damage buys the upper hand for the choice, not the kill. Climax scaling (the '+2' fight): for a confident PC, when the Reflection first hits 0 the Keeper pours himself in — it stands back up at full HP as a TR 4 version (+2 instead of +1); soften by skipping phase two (TR 3, HP x2). The ONLY terminal failure in the adventure is the player CHOOSING to accept the Keeper here — never a die roll. Terrain: the dark-side pools (hazard) and the wound (the black drop, east) are hazards to fight around; the cold (frozen) presses on the will.