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Lightsaber Forms and the Fallanassi

By Rodney Thompson and JD Wiker

DESIGN

RODNEY THOMPSON AND JD WIKER

Variant Lightsaber Forms

Though the seven lightsaber forms discussed in the Hero’s

Guide are the most commonly accepted ﬁghting styles, a

few other styles exist that are considered fringe and are not

formally recognized as full-ﬂedged forms.

Sokan is a style that focuses on mobility and evasion as a

part of lightsaber dueling. Originating during the great wars

with the Sith Empire, the style often led to lightsaber duels

that spanned large amounts of terrain as they ran their

course. In the time just before the Clone Wars, Sokan

warriors integrated many elements of Master Yoda’s highly

kinetic use of Form IV into their own ancient techniques to

create a blend of styles that relies on mobility and agility.

The style encompasses everything from quick, darting

movements to smooth tumbles and strikes that arc toward

the vital areas of an opponent’s body.

The variant form known as Shien is a rarely seen style

that, while effective, is almost a topic of controversy among

lightsaber masters due to the drastically different grip

taught by practitioners of the form. The style calls for the

Jedi to hold the lightsaber horizontally with the tip of the

blade out away from the body, and all strikes are made by

sweeping the arm forward as though throwing a punch

while whipping the blade forward quickly in a broad arc. Adi

Gallia was one of the few Jedi around the time of the Clone

Wars known to actively practice the form, as was the Anzati

Jedi called Nikkos Tyris.

Another uncommon form called Niman is a style often

taught in the Jedi Order but rarely mastered by more than a

few Jedi each generation. Niman teaches the use of two

lightsabers simultaneously, which can be used as a pair of

offensive weapons, or as an offensive weapon and a parry-

ing blade. Many Jedi study the basics of Niman, and such

rudimentary training has often been the edge needed to

prevail over a foe.

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Sokan Mastery (Force Feat)

You are skilled in Sokan lightsaber combat, using your

mobility and agility to penetrate an enemy’s defenses.

Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +8, Dodge, Exotic

Weapon Proﬁciency (lightsaber), Mobility, Spring Attack.

Benefit: When wielding a lightsaber you may move

through, within, or away from a threatened area without

drawing an attack of opportunity a number of times as

determined by the following table:

Jedi Level

Times Per Day

1st–5th

6th–10th

11th–15th

16th–20th

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Shien Mastery (Force Feat)

You are skilled in Shien lightsaber combat and practice an

unorthodox method of holding the lightsaber to perform

long, sweeping strikes to take down several enemies at a

time.

Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +8, Cleave, Exotic

Weapon Proﬁciency (lightsaber), Great Cleave, Power Attack.

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Benefit: You may make a single extra Attack of

Opportunity each round when wielding a lightsaber.

Special: When using the Cleave or Great Cleave feats

with a lightsaber, you may take a 2-meter step between

each attack a number of times equal to your Dexterity

bonus.

The Fallanassi constantly keep watch for anyone or

anything that might threaten their privacy. Their efforts

were successful until, out of necessity, they were forced to

contact Luke Skywalker. Graciously, Master Skywalker

recorded minimal information about the Fallanassi in his

report back to the New Republic and, aside from their sheer

existence, revealed almost nothing about their ways or

powers.

Niman Mastery (Force Feat)

You are skilled in Niman lightsaber combat and can wield

two lightsabers simultaneously with great speed and

deadliness.

Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +8, Ambidexterity,

Exotic Weapon Proﬁciency (lightsaber), Improved Two-

Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Fighting.

Benefit: When ﬁghting with two lightsabers, the off-

hand lightsaber is always considered a light weapon for the

purposes of determining the penalty for ﬁghting with two

weapons.

Special: A character with this feat using the Off-Hand

Parry feat with a lightsaber gains an additional +1 bonus to

Defense.

Fallanassi Philosophy

To the Fallanassi, the Force is a ﬂowing river rather than an

energy ﬁeld. They believe they must immerse themselves in

this river rather than attempt to use the Force like a tool,

and this means of accessing the White Current has affected

every aspect of their lifestyle and philosophy.

Above all, the Fallanassi treasure their privacy and take

great measures to preserve it. They believe in keeping to

themselves and allowing the galaxy to move around them

without ever being moved themselves. They are paciﬁstic

and almost never raise a hand, much less use the Force,

against another being. The Fallanassi have a reactive, rather

than proactive, outlook on the universe and are content to

go about their daily lives in isolated communities while the

galaxy changes and progresses around them.

Fallanassi

The Fallanassi tradition is unusual in that its members do

not even acknowledge the existence of the Force as it is

thought of by the majority of the galaxy. Instead, they

believe in what they call the White Current.

The White Current is assumed by non-Fallanassi to be

simply another way of looking at the Force, as it exhibits

many of the same qualities. The Fallanassi, however, believe

that it has profoundly different properties. The Fallanassi

don’t even believe in channeling energy the way other

traditions tap into the Force, but rather “immerse” them-

selves in the White Current using passive techniques. The

concept of “using” the Force is almost completely foreign

to them, just as their analogy that dipping into the White

Current is like a swimmer diving into a rushing river is

incomprehensible to a Jedi.

According to all that’s known about the Fallanassi, the

tradition is very old, possibly older than the Republic itself.

However, unlike other Force traditions that attempt to

recruit new members to their organization, the Fallanassi

have dedicated themselves almost completely to hiding their

existence from the galaxy at large. As such, no records of

their existence were even written until Luke Skywalker

encountered them many years after the fall of the Empire.

Secrecy being one of their main concerns, the Fallanassi

rarely if ever take part in large-scale events that could possi-

bly uncover their existence. They avoid major events at all

costs and are as likely to turn their backs on any conﬂict to

protect their own interests as they are to ﬂee with every-

thing they own.

The Fallanassi are primarily Human, though non-Humans

have occasionally been brought into the fold. Their commu-

nities are small and scattered, and out of necessity the

entire group is mobile. They could almost be considered a

nomadic people, except for the fact that their movement is

not based on the expenditure of resources, but rather on

the preservation of their own secrecy.

Force Tradition

Nearly every member of a Fallanassi community is Force-

sensitive, and the knowledge and training associated with

the White Current is passed down from parent to child.

The tradition as a whole has no goals other than remain-

ing hidden and continuing its own line. This leads some

to believe that the Fallanassi are simply isolationists who

use their knowledge of the White Current as a means to

that end.

While this is somewhat true, the Fallanassi would argue

that their philosophy is the result of seeing the turmoil

brought into the galaxy by those who use the Force for

their own personal gain. While the Fallanassi do little

beyond teaching their own children and moving from place

to place, they have been known to send a single representa-

tive out into the galaxy at large to discern any threats to

their existence and report back if the need to change loca-

tion once again arises.

Training

Since immersing oneself in the White Current is a very

passive process, most early years of the Fallanassi training

revolves around letting go of one’s inhibitions and precon-

ceptions and learning to surrender oneself to the White

Current. Letting the ﬂow of the White Current envelop

oneself is a difﬁcult concept for many to grasp. As danger-

ous as the galaxy is, most beings are raised to believe that if

you do not have control over your own destiny, you will be

swept up in the destinies of others.

After immersion in the White Current can be achieved

with relative ease, students of the Fallanassi learn to use the

myriad techniques available to them in the protection and

concealment of the community. However, the training of a

Fallanassi is almost never complete, as the ebb and ﬂow of

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the White Current frequently takes one who has immersed

herself down paths of new knowledge and understanding.

Requirements

To qualify to become a White Current adept, a character

must fulﬁll the following criteria:

Skills: Affect Mind 4 ranks, Force Stealth 8 ranks, Illusion

6 ranks.

Feats: Alter, Control, Force-Sensitive, Sense.

Special: White Current adepts must be raised and trained

by the Fallanassi.

Force Powers

The most useful ability displayed by the Fallanassi is their

talent for complete immersion in the White Current. This

not only conceals them in the Force from other beings but

also hides them from sight as well, making them completely

invisible to the naked eye and to electronic sensors.

Fallanassi can create incredibly advanced illusions. The

White Current allows them to make reﬂections of them-

selves in the form of “doppelgangers”—illusory duplicates of

the Fallanassi who create them. Beyond that, the Fallanassi

teach some limited healing talents but abhor the use of the

Force to harm other living beings.

Game Rule Information

Vitality: A White Current adept gains 1d6 vitality points

per level. The character’s Constitution modiﬁer applies.

Class Skills

The White Current adept’s class skills (and the key ability for

each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Craft* (Int), Diplomacy (Cha),

Disguise (Cha), Hide (Dex), Knowledge* (any) (Int), Listen

(Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spot (Wis).

* This skill actually encompasses a number of unrelated skills. Each time

this skill is learned, a speciﬁc category must also be chosen. Examples

include Craft (tools) and Knowledge (alien cultures).

Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modiﬁer.

Force Tradition Feats

The following feat is associated with the Fallanassi Force

tradition.

Doppelganger (Force Feat)

You can create an illusory duplicate of yourself.

Prerequisite: Force-Sensitive, Alter, Control.

Benefit: You can create an advanced illusion (as per the

Force skill Illusion) that moves, acts, sounds, and behaves

like you. To create the doppelganger, make an Illusion

check. The DC is determined as normal.

Unlike a normal illusion, you have a special connection

with the doppelganger. You see what your doppelganger

sees, you hear what your doppelganger hears, and you can

speak through its mouth.

You can pick up an object using the doppelganger; doing

so is a free action and requires a successful Move Object

check. Also, you may redirect any Sense-based skill checks

made against the doppelganger to act as though they were

made against you directly. For example, a Telepathy check

directed at the doppelganger can be directed toward you

instead.

Class Features

The following are features of the White Current adept pres-

tige class.

Starting Feats

The White Current adept gains the following feat:

Weapon Group Proﬁciency (simple weapons)

Immersion

Starting at 2nd level, a White Current adept may vanish

from sight and from Force-based detection as a full-round

action. To do so, the White Current adept must succeed at a

Hide check, opposed by the Spot checks of those who

would normally see her. The White Current Adept gets a

bonus to her Hide check equal to her level in this prestige

class. The immersion ends if she touches (or is touched by)

another living being, makes a noise (or otherwise announces

her presence), disturbs an object, or attempts to affect her

environment.

Immersion costs 2 vitality points per round.

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White Current Adept

Prestige Class

Among the Fallanassi are those who excel at immersing

themselves in the White Current, rising to high status within

their communities. These adepts are quite powerful in their

own way but use their abilities for the good of their people

rather than their own personal gains. Though a few

Fallanassi have fallen to the dark side and chosen to use the

White Current for selﬁsh reasons, the elders take great

precautions in training their offspring while continuing their

own education at the same time.

Read/Write Fallanassi Script

The Fallanassi use a unique form of script for leaving

hidden messages that is visible only to Force-users. At 3rd

level, the White Current adept may read and write in the

secret script of the Fallanassi. By making a See Force check

(DC 15) and spending 1 vitality point, the White Current

adept may write a short message (50 words or less) on a

T ABLE 1: T HE W HITE C URRENT A DEPT

Base

Fort

Ref

Will

Defense

Reputation

Level

Attack

Save

Special

Bonus

1st

Starting feats

2nd

Immersion

3rd

Read/write Fallanassi script

4th

Hidden powers

5th

Immerse another

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solid object. Any Force-user making a See Force check (DC

15) can see the message, but only those with this ability can

read it.

About the Authors

Rodney Thompson is a freelance writer and developer from

Chattanooga, TN. In addition to working on the Star Wars

Roleplaying Game line, he is a member of the

Spycraft/Shadowforce Archer Design Team for Alderac

Entertainment Group and full-time webmaster of the

SWRPGNetwork website. Rodney’s work also appears in the

pages of Dungeon/Polyhedron magazine for both the Star

Wars and d20 Modern games.

JD Wiker worked in Wizards of the Coast’s RPG R&D

department on the A LTERNITY line, including the

D ARK *M ATTER campaign setting, before joining the ﬂedgling

Star Wars Roleplaying Game design team. Some of JD’s

Star Wars titles include the core rulebook, The Dark Side

Sourcebook , The New Jedi Order Sourcebook , and the

Power of the Jedi Sourcebook . JD is currently freelancing,

while also working as president of The Game Mechanics, a

d20 design studio.

Hidden Powers

The White Current adept must be able to maintain the

secrecy of her community’s existence while still delving into

the source of her abilities. Once per day, she may use one

Force skill while remaining under the effect of Force Stealth.

Using the Force skill does not make it impossible to mask

connection to the Force, and her use of Force Stealth is

unaffected by the use of the Force skill.

Immerse Another

At 5th level, when using the immersion class ability, the

White Current adept may apply its effects to one other

being in addition to herself. She must be in physical contact

with the other being. The vitality point cost of the immer-

sion is doubled.

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