Psychic Charge
Force power · At-will · Dark
power-typeForcelevel0alignmentDarkconcentration
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Vicious Mockery — It's your Vicious Mockery — a cantrip-style at-will that hits a foe and deals psychic damage, except SW5e gates the damage behind the target speaking and bolts it onto a melee weapon attack instead of a ranged taunt. ✨
Strike a foe and seal its mouth — if it speaks before your next turn, it takes 1d8 psychic damage.
ControlDamage
●○○breadth · only punishes verbal actions
TargetingSingle
Use whenthe enemy relies on verbal components, commands, or spellcasting
ScalingAt 5th level adds 1d8 psychic on hit and speech-trigger damage rises to 2d8; both increase by 1d8 at 11th and 17th.
!A dark-side power — repeated casting carries a corruption cost; most enemies are not penalized by being unable to speak.
psychiccontrol-conditionmind-affecting
Pairs withdark-side melee build · caster-denial strategy · Denounce for combo debuff
As part of the action used to cast this power, you must make a melee weapon attack against one creature within your reach, otherwise the power fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and its mouth is covered by a violet veil until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly speaks before then, it immediately takes 1d8 psychic damage, and the power ends.
This power's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 psychic damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for speaking increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.
- Casting Period
- 1 action
- Range
- Varies
- Duration
- 1 round
- Concentration
- No