Holocron

Friendly Fire

Tech power · Level 5
power-typeTechlevel5concentrationtrue
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Confusion — It's basically Confusion — an AoE save-or-attack-everything-around-you effect — but it only hits droids/constructs, uses an Int save (boosted by a pilot's Int), and lets the target re-save each time it takes damage rather than rolling a random-behavior table. ✨
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Force droids in a 30-foot sphere to save (Int) or attack random targets for 1 minute; each time they deal damage they may retry the save.
ControlDebuff
●○○breadth · droids and constructs only
TargetingArea
Use whenfighting a group of droids or piloted vehicles where confusion sows chaos
ScalingFlat — no higher-slot scaling.
!Requires concentration; targets with non-incapacitated pilots add the pilot's Intelligence modifier to the saving throw.
mind-affectinganti-droidcontrol-condition
Pairs withanti-droid encounters · Engineer or Mechanic archetype · powers that benefit from confused enemies
PlaystyleController✨

You scramble the targeting protocols of nearby machines. Each droid or construct in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you choose within range must make an Intelligence saving throw. If a construct has the 'Piloted' trait, and has a pilot controlling it that is not incapacitated, it gains a bonus to the saving throw equal to the pilot's Intelligence modifier. On a failed save, the target loses the ability to distinguish friend from foe, regarding all creatures it can see as enemies until the power ends. Each time the target takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Whenever the affected creature chooses another creature as a target, it must choose the target at random from among the creatures it can see within range of the attack, power, or other ability it’s using. If an enemy provokes an opportunity attack from the affected creature, the creature must make that attack if it is able to.

Codex
Casting Period
1 action
Range
120 feet
Duration
up to 1 minute
Concentration
Yes