Star Wars – Talents of the Galaxy
Active Talent – Stunning Blow
- Source: Edge of the Empire – Core Rules (sw-ffg-ee-cr-153)
- Specialisations
- Fantasy Flight Games Rules
- Genesys Rules
- Design Details
- Content Updates
When making Melee checks, the character may choose to deal damage as strain instead of wounds. This does not ignore soak.

Specialisations
You can only take this talent once per tier, and it counts as being taken in all other specialisations in that tier.
Specialisation – Enforcer (Investigator)
Based on Star Wars Edge of the Empire – Dangerous Convernants – Hired Gun – Enforcer p 28
- SW Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will) Knolwedge – Underworld (Int), Streetwise (Cun)
- SR Career Skills – Brawl (Br), Coercion (Will) Knolwedge – Shadowrunners (Int), Streetwise (Cun)
- Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
- These skills become additional Career skills.
- Level 1 Talents – Fearsome (PR), Intimidating (AR), Street Smarts (PR), Toughened (PR)
- Level 2 Talents – Durable (PR), Intimidating (AR), Talk the Talk (A), Toughened (PR)
- Level 3 Talents – Defensive Stance (AR), Intimidating (AR), Loom (P), Stunning Blow (A)
- Level 4 Talents – Fearsome (PR), Second Wind (A), Street Smars (PR), Walk the Walk (A)
- Level 5 Talents – Black Market Contacts (AR), Fearsome (PR), Intimidating (AR), Natural Enforcer (A)
(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent
Specialisation – Gadgeteer (Crafting)
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 – Stunning Blow – 15 XP
- Activation – Active – Incidental
Genesys Rules
In the Genesys system this becomes a Tier 3 talent.
- Talent Tier 3 – Stunning Blow – 15 XP
- Activation – Active – Incidental
- Ranked – No
- When making Melee checks, the character may choose to deal damage as strain instead of wounds. This does not ignore soak.
Design Details
Content Updates
- 2022-08-14 – Linked to the Enforcer tree.
- 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), Cutting Question, Defensive Stance (R), Dodge (R), Expert Tracker (R), Fearsome (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), In the Know (R), Intimidating (R), Iron Body (R), Lethal Blows (R), Machine Mender (R), Outdoorsman (R), Overwhelm Defences (R), Parry (R), Point Blank (R), Positive Spin (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), Positive Spin – Improved, Precise Aim (R), Quick Draw, Quick Strike (R), Second Chances (R), Spare Clip, Strong Arm, SurSwift
Tier 3 – All-Terrain Driver, Anatomy Lessons, Armour Master, Bad Motivator, Bad Press, Double or Nothing, Enduring (R), Field Commander, Fortune Favours the Bold, Grapple, Heighten Awareness, Loom, Offensive Driving, Precision Strike – Improved, Skilled Jockey (R), Sniper Shot (R), Speaks Binary – Improved, Street Smarts – Improved, Stim Application, Stunning Blow, Talk the Talk, Targeted Blow, Unarmed Parry, Well Rounded (R)
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, Stim Application – Improved, Stunning Blow – Improved, Tinkerer (R), True Aim (R), Unrelenting Skeptic, Walk the Walk
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, In the Know – Improved, It’s Not that Bad, MASTER (Doctor, of Shadows), NATURAL (Brawler, Charmer, Doctor, Enforcer, Hunter, Marksmen, Negotiator, Outdoorsman, Rogue, Tinkerer), Reconstruct the Scene, Reroute Processors, Shortcut – Improved, Soft Spot, Stim Application – Surpreme, Superior Reflexes, Supreme Precision Strike, Unrelenting Skeptic – Improved
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