Overwhelm Emotion (from the Force Exile Tree) says that you can add force dice to rolls on certain social roles. Influence uses a different mechanic and says to make a Force Use Roll. Do they stack? If not it seems strange to have it on the tree and the power.

Thoughts?

From the "The Force" section in the first post:

Overwhelm Emotions

Question asked by Jamwes:
Is there "double-dipping" in EotE for talent Overwhelm Emotions and Force Power Influence Control upgrade for adding white pips to some skills? Overwhelm Emotions adds a Force Die per Force Rating while Influence allows an Influence Power check as part of the dice pool.

Am I correct with my understanding of how these work with Force Rating 1? If I roll a Coerce check I add a force die (from Overwhelm) as well as a power check (from Influence). The net result is a skill check with 2 force dice.

Answered by Sam Stewart:
No, you cannot "double dip" in this case. You must choose one or the other.

The reasoning behind this is likely that you're already using your force dice as an action in conjunction with this social check. So doing otherwise would be similar to trying to do two actions in one.

If not it seems strange to have it on the tree and the power.

It's in the tree because it's supposed to be a cheaper, specialized, and in some ways weaker, form of the Influence power. There's actually a fair number of these across the Force and Destiny specializations.

That's what I thought and hoped. Thank you.