The Queen of Naboo Padmé Amidala is here to serve the public in the We Are Brave: Squad Pack for Shatterpoint!
If you want to see the core set and where you can grab yours, you can check that out here. For now, though, let’s check out the new rules for Queen Padmé Amidala from the We Are Brave squad Pack Expansion for Star Wars Shatterpoint, revealed by Atomic Mass Games.
Let’s take a look at the expansion itself first, which you can order here, or if you’re reading this after 9/1/2023, you can pick it up from your favorite local store!
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So far, we’ve only got rules for the Queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala.
Regardless, it will be exciting to see what the queen and her handmaidens will bring to Shatterpoint!
Padmé Amidala We Are Brave Rules for Star Wars Shatterpoint!
Despite her youth, Queen Amidala has proven she has the power of presence to enforce Royal Command, inspiring loyalty and coordinating the advance of forces under her leadership. There is a distinct and satisfying playstyle found in deploying Queen Amidala alongside her Royal Bodyguard Sabé and her Handmaidens. They move smoothly into position, focusing on safeguarding their queen, then engage in battle with natural synchronicity, employing a variety of coordinated actions to support one another.
Accordingly, Queen Amidala has her own distinct Coordinated Fire, able to inflict automatic damage on a nearby adversary as a Reactive ability whenever one of her Handmaidens attacks such a foe. And she is indisputably a Crack Shot with her concealable blaster pistol, making highly accurate attacks when using a focus action (thanks to Sharpshooter 2), and also gaining a Dash to better get into position prior to firing. But her strength as a strongly supportive leader is best demonstrated by her being a Servant of the People. This Identity ability offers different benefits depending on Padmé’s Active Stance, either facilitating the seizure of Active objectives by allies even when they are wounded (under Faith in Diplomacy) or augmenting their attacks (when engaging in Aggressive Negotiations).
Padme’s Servant of The People ability being able to switch depending on what stance she’s in adds another layer of decision that can help serve you at different points in the game.
In addition, her Coordinated Fire ability gives her handmaidens a heightened combat efficiency, similar to that of the Clone Troopers.
The difference between her stances is subtle but each offers distinct benefits, particularly when paired with Servant of the People. As the name suggests, Aggressive Negotiations is the more offensive Stance, giving slightly higher ranged attack dice, a Ranged Expertise Chart with critical strikes, and a Combat Tree with higher damage potential.
It’s hard to go wrong with this Stance, which is likely the mainstay when combat heats up. Its Combat Tree allows her to trade some damage output to Expose the foe and possibly Heal and Reposition, or to focus on inflicting harm and gaining up to two Shoves.
Faith in Diplomacy is only slightly less aggressive, giving up critical strikes in the Ranged expertise Chart but still having solid benefits, with a few additional tactical options in its Combat Tree.
In this Stance, Padmé can gain up to three Shoves, one very early, as well as the chance to Pin and Disarm her foe. The truth is this Stance’s damage output is only slightly less than with Aggressive Negotiations. One noteworthy aspect of Faith in Diplomacy is the slightly greater Healing potential in its Defense Expertise Chart, though losing some strike mitigation.
There is much to consider when looking at Padme’s different stances. In addition to what’s above, one cool thing of note is that both of her stances offer healing through her defensive training, which can lead to her being pretty hardy!
To end things off, these units are dropping in the Clone Wars Era, which is important to remember when you’re building your squad.
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