There's a scene in SWTOR where a Jedi blocks a lightsaber attack with her hand, Tutaminis (force abilities for energy absorption). Would this just be the protect power, what career and specialisation would be suitable?

Would love to make a force user that uses force and his own abilities and not a fancy glow stick with super power gem

Maybe you could also use the force to push the saber away from you.

Would love to make a force user that uses force and his own abilities and not a fancy glow stick with super power gem

That's basically the view I had of Yoda and Palpatine: If you have a high enough mastery of the force you stop using lighstabers alltogether and only wield the force. For a powerfull ally it is .

(Then the prequels ruined that for me...)

Blocking a lightsaber with your hand:

Talisman of Iron Fists: Your character gains the Cortosis Quality, granting the cortosis quality to your armor and brawling attacks. F&D CRB. (relics and holocrons, equipment)

Warden (of the sky): Guardian unarmed combat specialization revealed to be in the guardian splatbook. More information next year.

There's also a talent you can commit FR into to increase your soak...

The talisan of the Iron Fists sounds cool, but I bet its $$$$$ in credits and next to impossiable to find.

The talisan of the Iron Fists sounds cool, but I bet its $$$$$ in credits and next to impossiable to find.

Compared to lightsaber crystals? The game just doesn't have much wiggle room past Rarity 10.

There's a scene in SWTOR where a Jedi blocks a lightsaber attack with her hand, Tutaminis (force abilities for energy absorption). Would this just be the protect power, what career and specialisation would be suitable?

Would love to make a force user that uses force and his own abilities and not a fancy glow stick with super power gem

That looks like the Protect power to me. Ye olde Absorb/Dissipate Energy power.

-EF

Protect encompasses the Tutaminis ability, absolutely. The power is broader in scope than simple energy absorption, but it totally works for what Satele Shan does up top there, as well as Corran Horn's signature ability of Legend.

Protect encompasses the Tutaminis ability, absolutely. The power is broader in scope than simple energy absorption, but it totally works for what Satele Shan does up top there, as well as Corran Horn's signature ability of Legend.

Which makes Corran a FR3 Starfighter Ace...

Protect encompasses the Tutaminis ability, absolutely. The power is broader in scope than simple energy absorption, but it totally works for what Satele Shan does up top there, as well as Corran Horn's signature ability of Legend.

Which makes Corran a FR3 Starfighter Ace...

As if he wasn't enough of a Marty Stu in the first place

Protect encompasses the Tutaminis ability, absolutely. The power is broader in scope than simple energy absorption, but it totally works for what Satele Shan does up top there, as well as Corran Horn's signature ability of Legend.

Which makes Corran a FR3 Starfighter Ace...

As if he wasn't enough of a Marty Stu in the first place

At least he's a decently written one...

One other thing to remember is Satele there is pretty **** powerful. She goes on to become head of the Jedi Order during a period of The Old Republic where force users were much more common. She's certainly got protect tricked out, and a LOT of force dice behind that hand.

And even then, the damage one does take narratively could be from the rest of the combat; just that one particlar time she turned a fatal blow into a inconvience since a single dice roll is meant to reflect a scene's worth of fighting rather then a single strike.