Holocron

Skill Empowerment

Force power · Level 5 · Light
power-typeForcelevel5alignmentLightconcentrationtrue
New in SW5eEssentially a temporary Expertise in one skill: you touch a willing creature and grant double proficiency on checks using that skill until the power ends. You must pick a skill the target is proficient in and not already doubled.
Touch a willing creature to double its proficiency bonus in one skill it is already proficient in, for up to 1 hour.
Buff
○○breadth · skill-check moments only
TargetingSingle
Use whenan ally needs a critical skill check in the next hour
ScalingFlat — no higher-slot scaling.
!Concentration for up to 1 hour — breaks if you cast another concentration power; also requires the target to already be proficient in the chosen skill and not already have doubled proficiency there.
psychicmind-affecting
Pairs withhigh-Wisdom allies needing Perception · Face-role characters before social encounters · Scout builds

Your power with the Force deepens a creature's understanding of its own talent. You touch one willing creature and give it expertise in one skill of your choice; until the power ends, the creature doubles its proficiency bonus for ability checks it makes that use the chosen skill.

You must choose a skill in which the target is proficient and that isn't already benefiting from an effect, such as Expertise, that doubles its proficiency bonus.

Codex
Casting Period
1 action
Range
Touch
Duration
up to 1 hour
Concentration
Yes