Editing Empire Ascendant (section)

====Force Powers====

=====Initial Force Powers=====
Whenever a character gains their first 1D in any of the three Force Skills -- Control, Sense, and Alter -- they receive any three Force Powers of their choice covered by that particular skill.  If a character beings with 1D in multiple Force Skills, and chooses a Power that utilizes multiple Skills, note that this counts as a choice for '''BOTH''' Skills.

=====Learning Force Powers=====
Rather than have a laundry list of prerequisites, as 2nd Edition has for various Force Powers, I will run things a bit looser.  Any Force Powers can be learned in-game (so long as you have dice in the governing Force Skill), but they require a teacher, or significant training time to unlock, and have a ''Learning Difficulty''.  The Force-user must make an appropriate roll with a TN of 5, modified by +5 for each listed prerequisite (i.e., a Power with no prereqs would be TN 5, one with 2 listed prereqs would be TN 15).

The actual roll varies based on the situation, though it will usually default to the governing Force Skill.  Other appropriate rolls might be Perception (for mind-affecting powers), Strength/Stamina (for physically-enhancing or telekinetic powers) or Knowledge (for altering others).

The time it takes to learn a power is variable as well, though down-time can often be assumed to include some amount of training.  Powers with generally lower difficulties to successfully activate tend to only take a few weeks of study with a teacher, or a month or two without.  Comparatively harder powers take proportionally more time.  No amount of time, teacher training, or dice rolls allow a character to avoid spending the requisite Character Points to learn new/higher level Force Skills or Powers.

=====Extended Example of Force Powers=====
For example, Roark Garnet starts the game with Control 1D.  He may choose any three Control Force Powers, say Absorb/Dissipate Energy, Concentration, and Control Pain.  As soon as he gains 1D in Sense, he could choose three new powers immediately, but they have to be Sense Force Powers.  If he wanted to learn Lightsaber Combat (a Control and Sense Force Power), he'd have to do so in-game using the Learning Difficulty rules and possibly rolling his Lightsaber skill to learn it, as well as either having a teacher or spending weeks or even months practicing.

But, if Roark started the game with 1D in both Control and Sense, he has 6 Power choices: 3 in Control and 3 Sense.  If he were to choose Lightsaber Combat (again, both a Control and Sense Force Power), that would count as 1 of his Control choices '''AND''' 1 of his Sense choices, leaving him only 4 Powers left (2 in Control, 2 in Sense).