Visibility is what your eyes can physically track. Beyond this point, when your opponent is moving at their fastest, you cannot physically see them. It is as if they are teleporting or invisible. As such, this could be seen as one’s maximum cut off point as to what they can actually beat in a fight. As seen below, Low C is typically the speed at which people can begin disappearing from the eyesight of most. 

The visibility does has a catch. Someone can move faster than you can see, but they still have to stop to hit you. If their attacks are weak and cannot damage you, just can beat them when they stop moving!

Keep-Up is one's ability to comfortably defeat someone at their best. In a raw, physical combat contest, people above your Keep Up will likely overwhelm your defence. I could physically keep up with Bruce Lee, but will I be able to do so in a comfortable way in a combat scenario? Probably not…

It should be noted that the Keep Up is NOT YOUR LIMIT. Using the Force, using the environment, playing the battle smart, having a buff, weakness in your opponent; all of these things can turn the tide of a battle. Furthermore...

In a combat scenario, it is possible to go past one’s Keep Up through determination and pushing one’s self. However, this doesn’t last very long and is likely to leave one physically and emotionally exhausted after doing so, and extremely open to attack. So, be wary. 

Contextually, it is up to the Dungeon Master presiding over the battle to decide how long this lasts and the effects of doing so, depending on the context of both battle and character. 

This act of a temporary speed increase will be expanded on below...

There's a new speed system in town, one that works through the logic that your character should naturally get faster as they get stronger. Thus, this will work off a system similar to that of the Group Training system. 

Every time you move up the Tier List through means of training or feats (so rewards for challenges that move you up don't count), or you rank up any ability to Proficient or higher; this accumulates points. 

Once you gather enough points, you can expend them for that character. And one of these things you can purchase is an increase to your speed; though you can purchase other things such as a high-risk high-reward roulette spin, or a task skip, strength increases, durability increases, and more. But for now, the system just covers speed, and will potentially be updated to include these other things later.

The system is designed to reward players for their progress, and allow characters to scale in natural capability according to their strength; and it means that players aren't limited to a particular placement until they have to wait for a speed buff to be deigned upon them. 

More details on this can be found:

HERE

Temporarily is the speed increase one gets from techniques. Force Valour, Force Rage, the use of Stims etc. will all temporarily buff your speed tier. However, there is a catch. 

If you go faster than your keep up limit, you’re going to get exhausted much faster. And if you go above your visibility limit without increasing your visibility, you’re going to not be able to see where you are going. Not even with Force Sight. 

In terms of abilities, The Mastery and Extreme Mastery allows one to use a speed technique in combination with another efficiently

• Yoda has The Mastery in Force Valour, so he could use Force Speed in combination with it efficiently

• You can combine any ability at any level, but if one or both or whatever is below Extreme Mastery, it will be energetically draining (especially based on the demand of the ability itself)

When increasing your speed through a technique, it is a REQUIREMENT to state what the speed change is, i.e. “Malak uses Force Rage to go from Middle C speed to Middle B speed”. Not doing so will render the action void. The only exception to this rule is the DM DM’ing the combat scenario in question. 

If you are ever confused, feel free to reach out to #StemmedAxis06 or ask for help in <#rp-discussion>. The user-base is sure to help!

One must specify for every action. The selection is:

• Visibility

  • Will increase Visibility by one level

    • • Two levels at Extreme Mastery

• Keep-Up 

  • Will increase Keep-Up by one level

    • • Two levels at Extreme Mastery

• Strength

  • Will move you up one Strength Bracket to a maximum of Superhuman (or, if one is Beyond Peak Human or above, +2 Tier, i.e. if Superhuman, than Extreme is the limit, etc) 

    • • Two Strength Brackets at Extreme Mastery

• Durability

  • Will move you up one Durability Bracket to a maximum of Superhuman (or, if one is Beyond Peak Human or above, +2 Tier, i.e. if Superhuman, than Extreme is the limit, etc) 

    • • Two Durability Brackets at Extreme Mastery

To note:

• Upgrading the ability allows one to either stack the same attribute multiple times, or use multiple

  • • Proficient

      • • Can simultaneously use two attributes

    • Highly Proficient

      • • Can simultaneously use two attributes, or stack the same one twice

    • Mastery

      • • Can simultaneously use three attributes, or stack the same one twice

    • Extreme Mastery

      • • Can simultaneously use three attributes, or stack the same one thrice

    • The Mastery

      • • Can simultaneously use four attributes, or stack the same one four times

    • The Master

      • • Can simultaneously use four attributes, or stack the same one five times

• This ability cannot be used in combination with other stat enhancing abilities. 

The Mastery - Increases by two tiers (Visibility and Keep Up)

• For example, go from Low C to Low A 

Mastery - Increases by one tier (Visibility and Keep Up)

• For example, going from Low B to Low A

Proficient - Increases by one level (Visibility and Keep Up)

• For example, going from Low B to Middle B

When one exits Force Rage and if they have not fallen to the Dark Side, the user is extremely susceptible to manipulation and mind-altering techniques; and a non-Fallen user will not be inclined to engage in combat due to moral contemplation.

• Force Abilities are stronger and faster with Force Rage.

• The Mastery - Increases by two tiers (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, go from Low C to Low A 

• Mastery - Increases by one tier (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, going from Low B to Low A

• Proficient - Increases by one level (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, going from Low B to Middle B

Increases the speed and strength of Force Abilities, as well as the speed of the user. However, the user is completely blood-lusted and will attack anyone on sight, also prone to being manipulated easily and removes the Mental Shielding skill for the duration. Cannot exit the technique until all around the user is destroyed

• Proficient - Increases by one tier (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, go from Low E to Low D

• Mastery - Increases by two tiers (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, go from Low E to Low C

• Extreme Mastery - Increases by three tiers (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, go from Low E to Low B

• The Mastery - Increases by four tiers (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, go from Low E to Low A

Must specify for every action. Not a combat viable ability unless doing a dash attack. 

• Skilled - Increase movement speed to the level of your Combat Speed

• Proficient - Increase movement speed to a +1 level of your Combat Speed

• Highly Proficient - Increase movement speed to +2 levels of your Combat Speed

• Mastery -  Increase movement speed and Visibility  to +3 levels of your Combat Speed

• Extreme Mastery - Increase movement speed and Visibility  to +4 levels of your Combat Speed

• The Mastery - Increase movement speed and Visibility  to +5 levels of your Combat Speed

• The Master - Increase movement speed and Visibility  to +6 levels of your Combat Speed

Only can be used on others, not on yourself

• Proficiency - Will increase allies speed by one level (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, going from Low C to Middle C

• Mastery - Will increase allies speed by two levels (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • For example, going from Low C to High C

Vaapad forms a superconductive loop with your opponent's Dark Side, bolstering your capability in combat.

This occurs through 2 methods:

1. Feeding of the user's own darkness. This should be seen as a zen equivalent of standard Force Rage.

2. Forming a Superconductive Loop with a Dark Sider. This adds more speed to the user, and if the opponent's speed still exceeds this limit, Vaapad can match the user to this level.

Vaapad cannot be used in conjunction with other speed modifiers. 

Specific value increases can be found below:

Vaapad Speed System

This ability is countered by Force Resistance and does not affect Visibility. 

Drain is a concentration ability, thus it cannot be used while performing other combat actions. Drain can also be used to replenish the user's Stamina reserves. 

• Skilled - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by one level while this ability is active

• Proficient - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by two levels while this ability is active

• Highly Proficient - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by three levels while this ability is active

• Mastery - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by four levels while this ability is active

• Extreme Mastery - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by five levels while this ability is active

• The Mastery - Decrease your opponent's Keep Up by six levels while this ability is active

Force Slow is a mental ability that affects a target both physically and mentally.  It is directly blocked by Thought Shield and other psychic mental defences.

For every level of Mental Shielding the opponent has above the skill level in Force Slow/Affliction/Plague, this ability loses capacity. Those with Extraordinary Willpower can also counter this ability to some degree. 

Force Slow Speed System

These techniques do not make you move faster. If someone were to teleport behind you, their body would still move at their assigned speed. You can just move from one place to the other instantaneously plus the time it takes to actually start the teleportation process

Shatterpoint

• The Mastery - Increases Visibility by two tiers

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a High A

• Mastery - Increases Visibility by one tier

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a High B

• Proficiency - Increases Visibility by one level

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a Low B move

Forced Shatterpoint

• The Mastery - Increases Visibility by one tier

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a High B

• Mastery - Increases Visibility by 2 levels 

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a Middle B

• High Proficiency - Increases Visibility by one level

  • If you can only see a High C move, you can now see up to a Low B move

This ability cannot be stopped through conventional means, though it's effectiveness can be reduced through Force Resistance ).

This ability bolsters the speed/capabilities of the user while simultaneously lowering that of the individual affected.

This is a concentration-based ability, in that the user must disengage from combat to use it before re-engaging.

Consume Essence System

The speed at which one's lightsabers can move with Telekinetic Lightsaber Combat changes with skill level:

• Proficient = Sabers move at +1 level above base speed

• Highly Proficient = Sabers move at +2 levels above base speed

• Mastery = Sabers move at +3 levels above base speed

• Extreme Mastery = Sabers move at +4 levels above base speed

• The Mastery = Sabers move at +5 levels above base speed

• The Master = Sabers move at +6 levels above base speed

Reaching Highly Proficient in Teräs Käsi provides the user with a +1 speed addition to their flat, base speed. 

When facing against a Force User, Teräs Käsi-based attacks move at the following speed levels (cannot be used by Force Users themselves):

• Proficient

  • • +1 level to Keep Up 

• Extreme Mastery

  • • +2 levels to Keep Up

• The Master

  • • +3 levels to Keep Up

Void Sage was an ability that allowed a Void Being to find an interim between their organic and true form, and for non-Void Beings, a means to channel the Void into their being directly, as opposed to serving as a conduit.

Void Sage required a 10-minute meditation process to enter, wherein the user had to remain perfectly still and calm, keeping their mind completely empty. If the user was interrupted or fails to meet these conditions, and does not instantly drop the process (which will also provide the drawbacks of Void Sage), they will either instantly reach the last level of Void Sickness or vanish from existence entirely. 

Force Users using this technique would be completely cut off from the Force, even for the time after the ability drops. The physical backlash until the user reached the level of Mastery would also cause them complete paralysis after usage. 

The process lasts 30 minutes, though those with Mastery or higher can extend that time, to detrimental consequences they lost upon reaching that level of skill in the ability. 

• Skilled 

  • • +2 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

• Proficient

  • • +3 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

    • Strength Increase

• Highly Proficient 

  • • +4 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

    • Strength Increase

• Mastery

  • • +5 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

    • Strength Increase

    • Sensory Ability

• Extreme Mastery

  • • +6 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

    • Strength Increase

    • Sensory Ability

• The Mastery

  • • +9 levels increase to Visibility and Keep Up

    • Strength Increase

    • Sensory Ability

Air Walking was the ability that allowed the user to step on the air itself.

The ability provided the user with a movement speed at different levels, as well as the ability to use kick-based attacks at higher speed.

• Skilled 

  • • Natural movement speed at -3 levels of Keep Up 

• Proficient

  • • Natural movement at -2 levels of Keep Up 

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +1 levels of Keep Up 

• Highly Proficient 

  • • Natural movement speed at -1 level of Keep Up

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +2 levels of Keep Up

• Mastery

  • • Keep-Up becomes flat speed

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +3 levels

• Extreme Mastery

  • • Natural movement at +1 level of Keep Up

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +4 levels

• The Mastery

  • • Natural movement at +2 levels of Keep Up

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +5 levels

• The Master

  • • Natural movement at +3 levels of Keep Up

    • Air Walking-boosted kicks at +6 levels

Nightsister Enhancement was a less-potent form of other Force Enhancement abilities, but had the benefit of being a passive Battle Meditation, providing a larger buff to allies. 

However, the ability required the user forming a deep connection with those they wished to enhance, which could have extremely negative effects for either user. 

The first of which being that any damage the targets of enhancement take is also received by the caster. 

The second being that if the caster was defeated without severing the connection, a dangerous magick surge would occur within the enhancement target. 

Lastly, the connection could be exploited in a manner similar to other such connections, wherein the link could be hijacked by an external Force User/psychic to breach past Thought Shields and other such defences that would normally be impenetrable. 

• Proficient

  • • Provides +1 level to Keep Up and Visibility to both target and caster

    • Can form a single connection

• Mastery

  • • Provides +2 levels to Keep Up and Visibility for the caster

    • Provides +4 levels to Keep Up and Visibility for targets

    • Can form up to five connections

• The Mastery

  • • Provides +3 levels to Keep Up and Visibility for the caster

    • Provides +6 levels to Keep Up and Visibility for targets

    • Can form up to ten connections

Feast of Blades (formerly known as Reverse Vaapad) gains speed for every Force User in direct proximity with the user. The ability is a ritual that requires concentration and prep until Extreme Mastery, after which it only requires the latter. Cannot form connections with allies. 

It cannot be used in combination with other speed enhancement abilities. 

Feast of Blades gains speed based on the tier of the opponent being connected to, with each speed buff gained individually based on the number of opponents the user can succeessfully form connections to:

Feast of Blades System

Full Body Concentration is a vampiric technique that overrides the brain's muscular limiters via self-biting and forced brain chemistry alteration, granting access to the full physical limits of the body. 

This massively boosts strength, durability, and speed. Sustained use tears muscle fibre faster than regeneration can repair it, progressively damaging the user. This technique also lowers Mental Shielding due to blood lust caused by starvation. 

Cannot be combined with other physical enhancement abilities. Nullifies added regeneration when used.

• Proficient

  • • +1 level to Strength, Durability, and Speed

    • Lowers Mental Shielding by 1 level per 32 user actions

• Mastery

  • • +1 tier to Speed, Strength, and Durability

    • Lowers Mental Shielding by 1 level every 3 user actions

• The Mastery

  • • +2 tiers to Speed, Strength, and Durability

    • Lowers Mental Shielding by 1 level every user action