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A group of enigmatic Dathomirians enter Star Wars: Shatterpoint in this pack! Mother Talzin leads one of the largest Nightsister clans on Dathomir, offering her Force-sensitive witches and assassins to those seeking hired killers.

This pack gives players a full squad of Mother Talzin, two Nightsisters, and Talzin’s eldest son Savage Opress to test their skills against Jedi, Sith, or whatever other enemies may cross their path. No matter if these characters are fighting together as a squad or joining other characters, this pack also contains all the Stat, Order, and Stance cards players need field them in their games of Star Wars: Shatterpoint!

Mother Talzin & Nightsister Acolytes Rules Shade Into Star Wars Shatterpoint!

The nature of Mother Talzin’s power is demonstrated in her Life Drain Reactive ability, where she siphons the life force from injuries done to her enemies to partially heal the ally who inflicted the harm. She reserves the Wrath of the Great Mother for those wounding those under her protection, enabling her to Dash into position and retaliate at range. Mother Talzin is a potent supportive leader who rewards tactical play while also serving as a singular threat her foes cannot ignore.

Mother Talzin is never content to sit back and watch while her subordinates fight in her stead. Both her Stances demonstrate she is a potent and aggressive Force wielder. She does not need to wield a lightsaber to enter melee, instead summoning a Conjured Blade of rending energy that she wields with her mind. She can be even more deadly at a slight distance, unleashing dark Magicks. 

Mother Talzin’s Life Drain reactive ability seems pretty good for making your Dathomirian-based squads that much hardier.

Even with costing two force points, Manipulating Hand looks like it would be really good at contesting and defending points.

Talzin’s Wrath Stance is a well-balanced and versatile, though best used in melee, amplifying her Melee stats at the expense of slightly diminished Ranged Attack and Ranged Damage dice. This Stance’s Melee Attack Expertise Chart is strong, with an emphasis on Critical results and the Combat Tree provides decent damage as well as early opportunities to Disarm, Heal, or activate her powerful Manipulating Hand, and at the higher end Heal herself, and to possibly Strain and Expose the foe. 

One could argue Talzin’s true power is shown by her Great Mother stance, which greatly augments her ranged Magicks, but still allows her to be lethal in melee as well. While this Stance has a stronger Ranged Expertise Chart and Ranged dice, the Melee ones are only slightly diminished, and the Combat Tree offers devastating damage potential. This tree also offers up to three Shoves, and the options to Pin, Expose, or Reposition, if raw damage is not the priority. This tree can enable her to shift the balance of power on an Objective token or isolate a priority target for destruction. Mother Talzin’s impressive Mystic Defenses are equally potent in either Stance and she is more durable than some might expect from someone so focused on unleashing devastating magick.

While not looking insane at first glance, Mother Talzin’s stances look really promising. Her Wrath stance offers the ability to activate her Manipulating Hand three hits in, and her Great Mother stance is loaded with damage!

Nightsister Acolyte Rules

Maneuverability is one of the hallmarks of the Nightsisters, as demonstrated by their Acrobatic Advance, by which they draw on the Force to Jump to better positions while simultaneously proving difficult to hit. Using this ability lets them gain Hunker tokens, which are augmented by the Darkness and Shadows the Acolytes manipulate to obscure their exact positions. Nightsister Acolytes benefit from the Coordinated Fire Reaction ability which can Expose the target during another unit’s attack. Armed with bow and blade, the Acolytes are effective either up close or at a distance, but are deadliest with their bows, with higher Ranged stats in their Shadow Hunters Stance. Their Night Hunter Innate ability makes ranged attacks on enemies already engaged with other members of their clan even more lethal.  

Two innate abilities and a force-based jump and hunker? It looks like the Nightsister Acolytes have a lot going on in their base kit.

The Stance’s Combat Tree is simple but tactically versatile, offering decent damage and options to Pin, Shove, or Expose a foe, or to potentially provide minor Healing and a Jump to either evade or move to a better position. These Nightsisters are aggressive, and their training does not offer substantial defense, particularly in melee, but they prefer to eliminate adversaries before they can be engaged when possible. 

For a supporting unit, the Nightsisters are also packing quite a bit of damage into their stance card.

Savage Opress Rules Rage Into Star Wars Shatterpoint!

Furious Rush allows him to draw on the dark side to gain additional movement, moving even more rapidly if he has been injured. This is because, to Opress, Pain is Weakness and he is inured to such sensations even beyond ordinary Nightbrothers, who are notoriously resistant to all sorts of pain. This innate ability lets him endure less damage from attacks and to ignore the first Shove to which he is subjected, making it a challenge to slow his implacable advance. He seems an Unwitting Brute when he Dashes forward alongside the leader whom he has been told to serve whenever an allied Separatist or Dathomirian Primary Unit starts its activation while he is nearby.

Well, if you want a character to rush forward and get into the thick of it, this is the model for you! With Dark Fury and Overpowering Monster, once he gets there, he will do plenty of damage.

Savage Opress always fights with Unchained Rage, a Stance that demonstrates his brutal effectiveness in melee but also how heedless he is regarding his own defense. He wields his Double-Bladed Lightsaber like a demon, particularly when using Overpowering Monster to benefit from a strongly damaging Melee Expertise Chart. His Combat Tree allows Opress to focus almost purely on dealing damage, often his preference, though he is not without cunning and can choose to trade some damage output to Expose, Strain, and possibly Disarm his adversary. With enough success, he can enact Dark Fury on his foe as a free Active ability in addition to his lightsaber onslaught, potentially causing even greater harm. 

He really is mainly a beat stick, with his stance focusing almost entirely on damage output. And with seven attack dice, Dark Fury, and Overpowering Monster, he’s really going to put the hurt on your enemy!

To end things off, these units are dropping in the Clone Wars Era, which is important to keep in mind when you’re building your squad.

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