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Exopheric wrote:

oldone wrote:As a player of both armies this is a fairly interesting topic but my one problem is, What would this pet do apart from going around your home attacking anything and everything. next personly i wouldn't trust a living weapon (all tyranids are weapons that we see) that will turn on me the moment that its friend tell its minds back.

But that's the point, from a Dark Eldar perspective. Dangerous pets are just so much more THRILLING, and handling one makes a statement about your power and badass-itude.

Exactly, and since I doubt the Hive Mind can penetrate the webway them reverting back to it's control should be a problem. Without it, they are simply beasts, and any beast can be taught to follow the carrot or run away from the stick. With Dark Eldar I imagine it would be the stick.

Also, who is claiming that Hormogaunts reproduce?

The last paragraph of fluff on pg. 38 Emperors.

TheRedDevil wrote: The last paragraph of fluff on pg. 38 Emperors.

Thanks I'll check that when I have the chance. Can't see a real reason for the Hive Mind to have its front-rank troop to reproduce.

Tyranids also have an extreme tendancy to mutate into something else. A relatively simple organism may mutate in order to breed more of its kind, they're just too unstable to be used in war or kept in mass.

I'm loving the idea of a dark eldar having a pet nid it would kind of be like an ork warboss having an attack squig if i come into some money at somepoint i might try to make that

This is a minor creature like? something small like say a gaunt
and not a Fex?

If yes I totally can see it

surely if a synapse critter was captured the DE would plant a implant to break the bond with the hive mind... and then the critter would proberly evolve away from the original design...

But synapse creatures are usually massive, and extremely aggressive. I doubt a carnifex would make a good pet. I also doubt its mind could be enslaved by the DE. If the Dark Eldars get their hands on a big synapse creature, they would probably keep it for big, spectacular executions or gladiator fights. A bit like this scene from Star Wars:

Laodamia wrote:But synapse creatures are usually massive, and extremely aggressive. I doubt a carnifex would make a good pet.

carnifexs are not synapse... they are as thick as two short planks