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. Only works on one attribute until Highly Proficient, of which the selection is:

• Visibility

  • Will increase Visibility by two levels

• Keep-Up 

  • Will increase Keep-Up by one level

• Strength

  • Will move you up one Strength Bracket to a maximum of Superhuman

• Durability

  • Will move you up one Durability Bracket to a maximum of Superhuman

Reaching Highly Proficient allows you to enhance two attributes at once. Reaching Extreme Mastery allows three. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Must specify for every action.

• Mastery -  Will increase movement speed by one tier and visibility by one tier

  • • For example, going from Low B to Low A in both movement speed and visibility

    • The principle is the same as below, but one now has a visibility increase as well. The world around one does not seem blurred.

    • The technique can be used without dashing and merely increasing visibility, but one must note that their limbs will not physically be moved faster to keep up with what they can now perceive 

• Proficient - You can increase your movement speed by 1 Level. 

  • • For example, Low B to Middle B. 

    • However, this is not combat viable unless one is doing a dash attack, this is merely for running and movement from point A to point B. 

    • Furthermore, at this level, the world around one seems blurred, i.e. it does not increase visibility. 

Only can be used on others, not on yourself

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

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

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

  • • For example, going from Low C to Middle 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

You cannot use this ability on someone who is a lower number tier than you due to passive force barriers. This does not affect visibility.

• Mastery - Will allow you to decrease your opponents Keep Up limit by one tier 

  • • If your opponent could previously keep up with High A speed, they now can only keep up with High B speed

• Proficient - Will allow you to decrease you opponents Keep Up limit by one level

  • • If your opponent could previously keep up with a Low B speed, they no can only keep up with the speed of a High C

You cannot use this ability on someone who is a lower number tier than you due to passive force barriers. 

Force Slow is a mental ability, but affects a target both physically and mentally. 

• Mastery - Your opponents speed decreases by one tier (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • If your opponent had a speed of Low B, then after being slowed, they would have a speed of a Low C as well as the corresponding Keep Up and Visibility

• Proficient - Your opponents speed decreases by one level (Visibility and Keep Up)

  • • If you opponent had a speed of Low B, then after being slowed, they would have a speed of a High C as well as the corresponding Keep Up and Visibility

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