Star Wars – Talents of the Galaxy
Passive Talent – Disorient
- Source: Edge of the Empire – Core Rules (sw-ffg-ee-cr-144)
- Specialisations
- Fantasy Flight Games Rules
- Genesys Rules
- Design Details
- Content Updates
After hitting with a combat check, the character may spend two advantages to disorient his foe. Disoriented targets add a Setback (Black) dice to all skill checks. The target is disoriented for a number of rounds equal to the attacker’s ranks..

Specialisations
You can only take this talent once per tier, and it counts as being taken in all other specialisations in that tier.
- Tier 2 Talents – Gadgeteer (tba)
Specialisation – Gadgeteer
Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook (sw-ffg-ee-cr-69)
- SW Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will), Mechanics (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag)
- SR Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will), Mechanics (Int), Ranged – Light (Ag)
- Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
- These skills become additional Career skills.
- Tier 1 Talents – Brace (AR), Defensive Stance (AR), Intimidating (AR), Toughened (PR),
- Tier 2 Talents – Disorient (AR), Jury Rigged (PR), Point Blank (AR), Spare Clip (P),
- Tier 3 Talents – Armour Master (P), Intimidating (AR), Stunning Blow (A), Toughened (PR),
- Tier 4 Talents – Deadly Accuracy (PR), Jury Rigged (PR), Stunning Blow – Improved (A), Tinkerer (PR),
- Tier 5 Talents – Armour Master – Improved (P), Crippling Blow (A), Natural Enforcer (A), Tinkerer (PR),
(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent
Fantasy Flight Games Rules
- Talent – Disorient – 10 XP
- Activation – Passive
- Ranked – Yes
- Trees – Gadgeteer, Scout
- After hitting with a combat check, the character may spend two advantages to disorient his foe. Disoriented targets add a Setback (Black) dice to all skill checks. The target is disoriented for a number of rounds equal to the attacker’s ranks.
Genesys Rules
In the Genesys system this becomes a Tier 2 talent.
- Talent Tier 2 – Disorient – 10 XP
- Activation – Passive
- Ranked – Yes
- After hitting with a combat check, the character may spend two advantages to disorient his foe. Disoriented targets add a Setback (Black) dice to all skill checks. The target is disoriented for a number of rounds equal to the attacker’s ranks.
Design Details
Content Updates
- 2022-06-27 – Linked in the Gadgeteer tree.
SW Talents
Tier 1 – Adversary (R), Bacta Specialist (R), Black Market Contacts (R), Brace (R), Bypass Security (R), Command (R), Convincing Demeanour (R), Defensive Stance (R), Dodge (R), Expert Tracker (R), Feral Strength (R), Forager, Frenzied Attack (R), Gearhead (R), Good Cop (R), Grit (R), Galaxy Mapper (R), Hard Headed (R), Hard-Boiled (R),Hidden Storage (R), Intimidating (R), Iron Body (R), Lethal Blows (R), Machine Mender (R), Outdoorsman (R), Overwhelm Defences (R), Parry (R), Point Blank (R), Precision Strike, Rapid Reaction (R), Rapid Recovery (R), Second Wind (R), Shortcut (R), Side Step (R), Smooth Talker (R), Stalker (R), Speaks Binary (R), Stimpack Specialisation (R), Street Smarts (R), Surgeon (R), Toughened (R), Up the Ante (R)
Tier 2 – Bad Cop (R), Bought Info, Confidence (R), Debilitating Shot, Deft Maker (R), Disorient (R), Durable (R), Eye for Detail (R), Full Throttle, Hunter (R), Jump Up, Jury Rigged (R), Knockdown, Martial Grace, Planet Mapper (R), Precise Aim (R), Quick Draw, Quick Strike (R), Second Chances (R), Spare Clip, Strong Arm, SurSwift
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Tier 4 – Blooded (R), Clever Solutions, Contraption, Deadly Accuracy (R), Double or Nothing – Improved, Field Commander – Improved, Hunter’s Quarry, Informant, Let’s Ride, Mind Over Matter, Nobody’s Fool (R), Overbalance, Redundant Systems, Speaks Binary – Supreme, Stunning Blow – Improved, Tinkerer (R), True Aim (R), Unrelenting Skeptic
Tier 5 – Amour Master – Improved, Bring it Down, Coordination Dodge, Crippling Blow, Double or Nothing – Supreme, Hard Headed – Improved, Heroic Fortitude, Hindering Shot, Hold Together, Hunters Quarry – Improved, Master of Shadows, NATURAL (Brawler, Charmer, Enforcer, Hunter, Marksmen, Negotiator, Outdoorsman, Rogue, Tinkerer), Reconstruct the Scene, Reroute Processors, Shortcut – Improved, Soft Spot, Superior Reflexes, Supreme Precision Strike, Unrelenting Skeptic – Improved
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