Force Deflection
EnergyLight- Cost
- 2 FP
- Activation
- Reaction
- Range
- Self
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 5+
Effect
As a Reaction when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack, you catch the incoming bolt or projectile on a cushion of Force. Halve the attack's damage. As you turn it aside, you may make a Use the Force check against the original attack roll; on a success you redirect the shot at another creature within 30 ft, which is hit for the attack's normal (full) damage. Unlike a lightsaber's deflection, this needs no blade in hand — only the Force.
At the Table
A Padawan is cornered on a catwalk as a bounty hunter squeezes off a blaster bolt — and the hit lands. She spends 2 FP and throws up her hand as a Reaction, catching the bolt on a cushion of Force and halving the damage before it can sear through her. Then she rolls Use the Force against the hunter's attack, beats it, and flings the same bolt back across the gantry into a stormtrooper 25 ft away, who takes the shot at full damage. No lightsaber, no blade — just open palm and will.
In the Lore
Turning aside blaster fire is one of the most iconic feats of a trained Force-user, usually pictured with a lightsaber — but redirecting bolts with the Force alone belongs to the rarest masters. In Legends, deflecting and even returning blaster fire bare-handed was a recognized Control-discipline power; figures like Yoda and Grand Master Luke Skywalker are shown catching or absorbing energy with the Force itself. It draws on the same defensive instincts the Jedi cultivated for centuries — the Soresu mindset of patience and protection turned inward, trusting the Force to intercept what the eye cannot. As a defensive Light-side application, it reflects the Jedi ideal of survival and turning an enemy's aggression back on itself rather than striking first.