Yeah, block and deflect plus skill focus UtF is what makes Jedi so ridiculous at low levels in SWSE.  Eventually, at high levels, defenses catch up, but that's a long, long ways from now.<br/><br/>One fix I've seen proposed in the past is to make skill focus only able to add half your level.  Looking at Merryn, that would drop her UtF skill by a whole 1.  Not a big difference.<br/><br/>Hmmm... you could make it a single talent which, when armed with a lightsaber, lets you calculate reflex with with Charisma instead of Dex, or some variation on that.  Do that for one attack a turn, maybe?  That would make Merryn's reflex defense 27, which is a bit lower than her current average UtF roll.  But it screws up the ones after it.<br/><br/>You could make it based on attack instead.  Possibly using Charisma instead of Str or Dex?  That would drop it by quite a bit, but it'd still be an extra defense layer.  Maybe reduce the penalty for multiple attempts from -5 to -2, and remove it for the lightsaber form.<br/><br/>Or, like you did, just do a flat -5.  Whatever the case, I'll be happy so long as I get my interaction/scenery chewing!<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>KirbysFolly, if you could go ahead and move us in with the others, I'd appreciate it.  And I'd like to again reiterate my admiration and approval of how you're playing Nory, especially as regards Kailen.