1: Exalted Synapse: Extends synapse range by 6" (making it 18") Also, tyranid models within 6" improve their Feel No Pain roll by 1. Units without it gain Feel No Pain (6+).

2: Master of the Swarm: All termigant, hormagaunt, and gargoyle* broods purchased (so no tervigon shenanigans), when destroyed, are automatically restored to full strength and placed into ongoing reserves. These new units have exactly the same upgrades and are still considered to be a part of their respective Force Organization Chart locations for purposes of scoring and Victory Points.

3: Choked Skies: Any non-tyranid flier or swooping flying monstrous creature has it's movement impeded. Fliers that move more than their minimum distance must take a dangerous terrain test, and swooping flying monstrous creatures must pass a grounding test

4: Gestalt Conscious: Once per game, all tyranid units within 18" may use the warlord's leadership for any leadership or morale tests they are need to make. In addition, they may also choose to use the warlord for drawing line of site, be it for shooting (affects cover) or assault. This effect lasts until the beginning of the player's next turn.

5: Voracious Hunger: The warlord and any tyranid unit within 6" may re-roll Sweeping Advance check. Any unit successfully swept by a unit affected by this ability awards an extra victory point. However, units that are successful may not consolidate after combat, as they are busy devouring their fallen foes.

6. No idea. Seriously. Imagination train didn't just derail, it crashed into a ravine.

*Only if warlord is Jump Infantry/FMC

Swarmlord may re-roll result, but must accept second

Aura of despair: Enemy characters in a challenge must pass a leadership test, even if they would normally automatically pass, if failed they cannot attack. The warlord also causes fear, if they do so already, the test must be taken on a -1.

 Kain wrote:
Mutations (mucks around with your statline) and a crap ton of options should also make a return.

For example, Improved depth perception for improving BS by 1 so your flying dakkarant can get more hits off.

The swarmlord and tyrant guard should at least get options for wings, armored shell, and regeneration.

 Kain wrote:
Calgar does. You can have artificer or terminator armor or a power sword.

Not like anyone goes for the sword.

Also the Swarmlord is spawned with different bodies. Logically his form would be modified by each hive fleet that creates him to suit a need. Armored shell and regeneration would be for pushing into heavily fortified areas, while wings would be to lead an aerial assault for example.

Also, on the subject of artillery, here's some improvements for the Biovore.

In addition to the current spore mine it can take:

.Acid spore mine 10 points: S5 Ap3 - Has armorbane (No blast though)
Frag spore mine 5 points: S4 Ap4 Small blast: Rending
Toxin spore mine 5 points: S1 Ap4 Poisoned(4+) Large blast.

And it can take skyfire and interceptor for five points each (obviously you'd need an acid spore mine for this to be worthwhile though!)


A bigger version that launches meiotic spore mines (the bigger FW ones) would be like so.

Organi-vore

WS 3, BS 3, S 5, T 5, W 3, I 1, A 1, Ld 5, Sv 5+

Wargear: Largely identical to the Biovore except with a meiotic spore launcher instead, which is identical to the spore mine launcher with the exception of launching at a range of 96' instead of the biovore's 48' and as it fires the meitoic spore, it has S5 Ap3 large blast.

Acid spore mine 10 points: S6 Ap2 - Has armorbane (No blast though)
Frag spore mine 5 points: S5 Ap3 Small blast: Rending
Toxin spore mine 5 points: S1 Ap3 Poisoned(4+) Large blast .

And it can take skyfire and interceptor for five points each (obviously you'd need an acid spore mine for this to be worthwhile though!)

Still thinking on what a pyro version of this would be like.

Flakvore

First seen in the ranks of Hive Fleet kraken, the Flakvore is a derivative of the Biovore genus that is has been adjusted for the purpose of dealing with aircraft, firing specialized spore mines that possess hard chitin rather than fragile skin to allow for increased penetration, these organisms explode once they sense that they are near their target, spraying shrapnel to increase the chances of successfully hitting, or can be set by the will of the hive mind to only explode after penetrating a target to increase the likelihood of defeating heavy armour at the cost of accuracy. Notably, due to the extremely high velocities at which they launch their projectiles in order to reach and destroy high flying bombers, they are quite fearsome ground vehicle hunters, their mines being quite capable of piercing through a tank.

They have come to be feared by Imperial pilots and drivers and targeted with extreme prejudice whenever possible. One flaw with their morphology is that they contain such a volume of explosive mines within their bodies that if they are penetrated violently enough, they will explode with devastating consequences. Often, entire Flakvore batteries were destroyed by a single lucky shot, such as during now widely spoken of incident in the Battle of Octarius where a stray shot from a tankbusta veered away from the Carnifex the greenskin was aiming at and slammed into a Flakvore, the resulting chain reaction caused by the simultaneous destruction of thousands of Flakvores placed closely together created a crater at least five hundred meters deep and seven and a half kilometers wide, as well as wiping out countless millions of Tyranids in the cataclysmic explosion. Some Orks claimed that it rained bits and pieces of Tyranids for at least a day following the incident.

WS2 BS3 S4 T4 W2 I1 A2 Ld6 Sv4+

Cost: 95 pts (?)

Composition: 1-3 Flakvores

Weapons and Biomorphs:
Claws and Teeth
Flak spore launcher: Can be fired with either of the following profiles: Range: 30 ' (60' against fliers) S6 AP4 blast, Heavy 1, flak cloud (The blast may hit fliers, but the user must choose and declare whether the blast will only affect fliers or if it will only affect ground units), Rending, missile lock, Skyfire, Interceptor. Or Range 30 (60' against fliers), S7, AP2, Heavy 1, 5+ Rending, Skyfire, Interceptor
Armoured Carapace

Special rules:

Instinctive behavior: Lurk
Steady: If a flakvore foregoes moving for a turn, it may "Dig in" to grant itself the benefit of the twin-linked USR next turn, this benefit will remain as long as the Flakvore does not move, doing so also improves any cover save the Flakvore may have by one, if it does not already have a cover save, it gains a 6+ cover save.
Cook off: If a flakvore is killed with a weapon that would inflict instant death, place a large blast template over it with the following profile: S7 AP2, ignores cover,5+ Rending. Being killed by weapons with template, melta, and/or blast rules will also trigger this effect.

I'm tenatively placing these in the heavy support section. The addition of rending was made to better allow them to pierce vehicles (specifically heavily armoured aircraft) without giving them a high enough strength to overpower them against infantry. These were created more to evoke giant anti-aircraft guns like the famed 88mm or ww2 than the "more dakka" flak cannons put on half tracks that the Imperial Hydra and the Ork's flakkadakka gun are based off of.


What do you think?

Erinyes

Unit Composition: 1 Erinyes

Cost: ?? (I'll say 300 points for now)

Profile:

WS: 4
BS: 3
S: 6
T: 6
W: 4
I: 5
A: 5
Ld: 7
Sv: 3+

Unit type: Flying monstrous creature

Weapons and Biomorphs: Bonded Exoskeleton, Scything Talons (two sets), Bioplasma barrage, Scythe tail

Special Rules:
- Instinctive Behaviour – Feed
- Fearless
- Relentless
- Skyfall


Replace any set of Scything Talons with:
- Crushing Claws*, 10 points per model
- Stranglethorn Cannon***, 25
- Heavy Venom Cannon***, 25
- Impaler cannon***, 30 points per model.
- Twin-linked Devourers with Brainleech Worms, 15 points
- Twin-linkedDeathspitters with Deathscream Grubs***, 30 points

Take any of the following:
- Frag Spines, 5 points
- Adrenal Glands, 5 points
- Toxin Sacks, 5 points
- Regeneration, 20 points
- Armored Shell, 20 points
- Adamantium Tusks 15 points
- Mace tail. 15 points


*An Erinyes that takes two sets of Crushing Claws gains 2D3 additional attacks instead of the usual D3.
**An Erinyes with Deathscream Grubs fires it's deathspitters Strength 7, AP5, and assault 6.
*** An erinyes with two impaler cannons, stranglethorns, or heavy venom cannons may fire them independently of one another or together to benefit from twin-linking and rerolling to wound or penetrate.


Unit-specific Special Rules and weapons:

Skyfall: Upon vector striking or in situations where the Erinyes is entitled to hammer of wrath attacks, the Erinyes may roll d3+1 additional attacks to represent the fury of it's sudden impacts. But only if it is either swooping or gliding, a grounded Erinyes may not receive these bonuses until it takes to the skies again. When vector striking other fliers, the Erinyes also gets hammer of wrath bonus attacks.

Bio-plasma barrage: A shrieking discharge of lethal bioplasma fired forth from it's gaping maw which can be modulated by careful arrangement of several structures within it's throat to provide either a barrage of blasts, a long stream that burns through cover, or two lances than can penetrate even vehicle armor, this weapon has the following profiles. Rng 18', S7 AP2 Assault 3 Blast or S6 AP3 Assault Template Torrent 6', or Rng' 18 S8 AP1 Assault 2 Melta.

Scythe tail: An Erinyes may make 1d3+1 additional attacks while vector striking or assaulting at half strength.

Adamantium Tusks: Grants the rage and rampage USR.

Mace tail: As scythe tail, but at full strength and with only one attack.




Fluff: Sensing that it's airforce required greater firepower, the Hive Mind has produced the Erinyes to fulfill the role of ground attack and heavy air superiority, signified by it's shrieking roar that heralds a storm of firepower, the Erinyes serves as an intermediary for the larger Harridan and the smaller Harpy. Often described as a flying carnifex, the Erinyes is actually quite distinct,, created using genetics from multiple sources, including Space Marines, Orkoids, Exodite Dinosaurs and Dragons, and Kroot, the Erinyes can be likened to a somewhat fat six limbed dragon. While there are obvious traits from the Carnifex genus such as it's relatively powerful build, many alterations had to be made in order to make it flight worthy.

Specializing in tearing open tanks, the Erinyes can appear with little warning, devastate a vehicle or enemy monster, and then be gone before proper retaliation can be unleashed upon it. It's primary weapon is it's unusually modulable bioplasma and superheated gas production ability. It can fire off a barrage of explosive orbs, a potent stream that can sear through cover, or deadly beams that can strike through tank armor.

Against other aircraft, the Erinyes can prove to be a surprisingly deadly foe, unleashing that special brand of Tyranid overkill into the opposing flier. Against ground targets, it sweeps overhead, diving down before unleashing a terrible barrage of attacks.

 jifel wrote:
If Eldar get a knight Titan, I say we get a Harridan!

Heavy Support:

Harridan: Flying MC: 260
WS 1 BS 3 S 7 T 6 W 5 I 1 A 3 Ld. 10 3+ Armor save

Synapse, Shadow
Winged Monstrosity: Harridans must always start the game in reserve, and can never be grounded. They may also never choose to ground themselves willingly, and must always remain in Swoop mode. Harridans also may never contest objectives,but are still contesting for the purpose of Linebreaker.

Brood Mother: When a Harridan arrives from reserves, any Gargoyles in reserve automatically arrive. Any Gargoyles within 24" of the harridan count as being in Synapse Range

Starts with: Spore Mine cysts, (see Harpy) Stinger Salvo, Heavy Barbed Strangler

May exchange Barbed Strangler for:
Twin linked Impaler Canon +15
TL Heavy Venom Cannon +20
Twin-linked Devourers with Brainleech free

The Harridan may purchase Toxin sacks for +15 (which apply to vector strikes) and transfers these to Gargs within 12"

Regenerate: +30

Eldercaveman wrote:

So when are we going to stop beating around the bush and tackle the 3 units that really make us Nid players cry. Warriors, Carnifex' and Genestealers?

 Kain wrote:
As we all know, the Pyrovore is so terrible we all forgot it existed.

 McNinja wrote:

 Kain wrote:
As we all know, the Pyrovore is so terrible we all forgot it existed.

Well, I fixed the Flamespurt, now called the Flamespurt Cannon. Pretty much just gave it torrent. Though, the problem is that it is primarily an anti-horde unit, which the Tyranids don't need more of.

 Kain wrote:

 McNinja wrote:

 Kain wrote:
As we all know, the Pyrovore is so terrible we all forgot it existed.

Well, I fixed the Flamespurt, now called the Flamespurt Cannon. Pretty much just gave it torrent. Though, the problem is that it is primarily an anti-horde unit, which the Tyranids don't need more of.

What do you think of my add-ons?

And how to balance out the Erinyes' plasma breath of doom?