Solarian Powers Inspired by Tron

Solarian Powers Inspired by Tron

From the movie Tron Legacy

Continuing my theme of bringing more vehicle combat into Starfinder, today, I have some Solarian features inspired by Tron, light-cycle combat included. It occurred to me that some Solarian out there may have turned their Solar Mote into a projector. A major theme of the class is the control of photons or light. That opened up a basketful of possibilities that lead me to the abilities detailed below. I hope you all enjoy it.

Solarian Class Features

Solar Manifestation - Solar Projector

Mysterio from Spiderman: Far From Home

Your solar mote functions similarly to a holographic projector, but manipulates both light and gravity to manifest it’s “images.”

The basic function of the Solar Projector is to act like the spell Holographic Image with a spell level of 1 at first level. At third level and every 3 levels after, raise the spell level this ability uses by 1. The duration of this spell is are unattuned, or for 1 round.

Stellar Revelations

Available at level 2

Hardlight Fabrication – Photon

You use your solar projectors to create a piece of technological gear out of hardlight. It may be any technological item with an item level equal to your level or lower. It remains as long as you are photon attuned or 1 round. You may only have one such item created for each point of photon attunement you have.

Zero Point Power – Graviton

Each round that you are graviton attuned, your Solar Projector may draw power from the force of objects touching and being drawn together from gravity. You gain charges you can spend to power any gear that takes batteries equal to the number of attunement points you have. These points replenish up to your new attunement level each round, no matter how many you spent the last round. Alternatively, you may power a vehicle with this ability as long as you are graviton attuned. If powering a vehicle, you may not spend any points to power any other devices. This power does not function while you are under the effect of zero gravity.

Available at level 6

Light Cycles – Photon

You use your Solar Projector to manifest a Basic Enercycle made out of hardlight. It has E- and KAC equals yours, HP equal to 2x your level, and hardness equal to your level. It does not gain the broken condition and is only destroyed when it runs out of HP. Its collision damage is based on your level. The collision DC is equal to your Stellar Revelation DC. It gains a bonus to its speeds equal to +5/+25/+2 per additional Solarian level you have. It lasts until it is destroyed, you are no longer Photon attuned, or 1 round.

Personal Driving Surface – Graviton

Ghost Rider driving up a building

You may use your solar projector to change the direction of gravity’s pull on a vehicle or power armor you are in (operating or as a passenger) by up to 90 degrees allowing it to drive full speed up vertical surfaces. You can not increase this further than 90 degrees from the normal local gravity. The surface that is driven on must still be able to sustain the weight of the vehicle, or it will break as normal. When you use this power, the vehicle must transition from the normal gravity to the altered surface. To do this, the driver must make a piloting check equal to your stellar revelation DC. Failing this check causes the vehicle to crash. This only affects a vehicle or power armor you are in, other vehicles or power armor are still subject to normal local gravity. This power lasts as long as you are graviton attuned, you dismiss it as a move action, or 1 round.

Available at level 10

Solar Wall – Photon

Tron Legacy

You may use your solar projector to trail a wall of hardlight behind you as you travel. You may spend 1 resolve point to cause each space you exit during your turn to fill with this wall. Its height is equal to yours. If you are operating a vehicle or in power armor, it instead uses that item’s height. If you or your vehicle are more than one square wide, pick one square for the wall to be generated inside. This hardlight wall otherwise has the same statistics as a wall of force and is vulnerable and resistant to the same things. Any vehicle colliding with your Solar Wall takes damage equal to the collision damage of a vehicle of your level. Once generated, each square of Solar Wall remains in place until you are no longer photon attuned or for 1 round.

Spatial Cover - Graviton

You use your Solar Projector to bend space in your vicinity. Increase the amount of cover that everyone within 5 ft of you (yourself included) benefits from by 50%. If you are inside a vehicle when you use this power, it instead increases the amount of cover the vehicle provides to all its crew and passengers by 50%. This power lasts for as long as you are graviton attuned or for 1 round.

Available at level 14

Holographic Terrain – Photon

You may use your Solar Projector to alter the appearance of the terrain around you. This functions as a Holographic Terrain spell-like ability. It has a duration of as long as you are photon attuned or 1 round. Once you have used this revelation, you can’t use it again until the next time you regain Stamina Points after a 10-minute rest.

Gravitic Passwall - Graviton

Tron Legacy

Your Solar Projector can bend space/time in a way that lets you bypass energy barriers. This ability functions as a Passwall spell-like ability. However, rather than passing through physical barriers, it instead allows you to pass through energy walls like a wall of force spell, a wall of fire spell, etc. without suffering their effects. It may even penetrate force fields. Ones activated, the hole remains as long as you are graviton attuned or 1 round.

Available at level 16

Veil – Photon

You may use your Solar Projector to alter the appearance of the people around you. This functions as a Veil spell-like ability. It uses your stellar revelation DC. It has a duration of as long as you are graviton attuned, till you dismiss it, or 1 round.

Sympathetic Vibration – Graviton

You may use your Solar Projector to alter the gravity of a structure or item to cause it to begin collapsing. This functions as a Sympathetic Vibration spell-like ability. As long as you are gravity attuned, that structure continues to take the indicated damage each round. The ability ends when you are not longer graviton attuned or after 1 round.

Zenith Powers

Shadowy Fleet – Photon

You may use your Solar Projector to make a shadowy fleet appear high above and begin bombarding an area. This functions as a Shadowy Fleet spell-like ability. It does damage equal to the damage a solar weapon would deal at your current level. If you have a Solarian Crystal in your mote, it modifies the damage of this ability. It uses your stellar revelation DC.

Shrink Item – Graviton

You may use your solar projector to reduce the size and bulk of an item. This functions as a Shrink Item spell-like ability with a spell level equal to one third your Solarian level. If you target a vehicle with this ability, instead of its usual limits, you may affect one unoccupied vehicle that is your size category or smaller, plus one size category higher for every spell level higher than 1^st.

Tron Legacy

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