Holocron

Countermeasures

Tech power · Level 1
power-typeTechlevel1concentration
New in SW5eCountermeasures is a novel SW5e trick: you’re hidden from tech sensors and scanners, immune to homing rockets, and gear can’t be detected unless the caster makes a successful Intelligence save. Trackers have disadvantage on Survival checks to pursue you.✨
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Gain immunity to homing rockets, hide from tech location powers, and impose disadvantage on Survival checks to track you for 10 minutes.
DefenseUtility
●○○breadth · counter-tech niche
TargetingSelf
Use whenyou expect to be hunted, scanned, or targeted by homing attacks
ScalingFlat — no higher-slot scaling.
!Highly situational — only shines when enemies rely on tracking or homing-rocket tech.
stealthwarding
Pairs withinfiltration missions · Operative archetype · anti-tracking builds
PlaystyleScout✨

For the duration, you gain the following benefits:

  • You are immune to the homing rockets tech power.
  • You and objects you are wearing or carrying cannot be detected by tech powers that reveal your location, such as scan area or frequency scan, unless the caster makes a successful Intelligence saving throw.
  • Creatures have disadvantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track you.
Codex
Casting Period
1 action
Range
Self
Duration
10 minutes
Concentration
No