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I had an idea for Kroot. We all know Kroot eat creatures to continue evolving. What if you could upgrade kroot based on what they have eaten for a points cost. Ex: Ork: 10pt per model increses toughness by 1. Or stats increase during game by killing units with the kroot. Thoughts?

Here is something for Independent Characters

Digestive Evolution: Kroot have an amazing ability to evolve and grow from the DNA ingested from fallen enemies. If a enemy is beaten in CC they gain special powers from the flesh of that beast they beat.
If this character kills a enemy model it gains the following bonuses for the remainder of the game.

Space Marine: They shall know no fear
Orks: +1 Attack, Waagh Special rule
Deamons: +1 Toughness
Chaos Marines: +1 STR
Tyranids: Rending
Dark Eldar: Fleet, Night Vision
Eldar: Gains the Doom Psychic power from Eldar Codex
Imperial Guard: +1 Leadership. Max of 10
Sisters of Battle: Shield of Faith
Tau: Inspiring presents

Field Gen wrote:Here is something for Independent Characters

Digestive Evolution: Kroot have an amazing ability to evolve and grow from the DNA ingested from fallen enemies. If a enemy is beaten in CC they gain special powers from the flesh of that beast they beat.
If this character kills a enemy model it gains the following bonuses for the remainder of the game.

Space Marine: They shall know no fear
Orks: +1 Attack, Waagh Special rule
Deamons: +1 Toughness
Chaos Marines: +1 STR
Tyranids: Rending
Dark Eldar: Fleet, Night Vision
Eldar: Gains the Doom Psychic power from Eldar Codex
Imperial Guard: +1 Leadership. Max of 10
Sisters of Battle: Shield of Faith
Tau: Inspiring presents

Good idea!

Seems like a good idea. I would let someone use it.

sounds pretty cool, but i do have a few problems with it, mostley just logical things. Like kroot woulden't instantly evolve by one snack. and that would make kroot a much better unit which would up their point cost a lot.

Kroot don't evolve of morph so quickly, the Shapers need to direct them after he has a look at what they've got, experienced Shapers might even outright forbid his warriors from eating something like a Chaos Marine, especially the bigger, meaner ones. I'd prefer if they were just able to to upgrade with a small set of abilities.

or like your plan, just take an enemy rule off them, maybe they can increase 1 stat after a fest if the enemy is better in that stat.

I wonder if it would look cool to see a Kroot decked out with a Tyranid extended exoskeleton (yet still having a regular skeleton).

Field Gen wrote:Daemons: horriffic mutations

fixd

Eldar: Gains the Doom Psychic power from Eldar Codex

This is the only one I have a problem with.Makes no sense fluff wise.Just make all eldar give them fleet.

What if they eat necrons?
I mean, if you're hungry enough you are going to eat some nicely cooked and seasoned living metal

Eating a necron could give them +1 armour save to a maximum of 3+

Its a good idea but I think it should only effect stuff like strength defense etc

Fluffwise its only a Kroot's offspring that benifit from the meals of its predecessor.

The ability would have to be one purchased in the unit entry.



I think this is a better chart.

Adaptations. A kroot kindred may purchase up to 2 of the following upgrades. upgrades only effect Kroot, Kroot Hounds and Krootox are uneffected.

5 pts a model(Space Marine): +1T and +1Ld

3 pts a model(Ork): Furious Charge

3 pts a model(Eldar): +1I

3 pts a model(Scourges): Change unit type to Jump Infantry

3 pts a model(Ogryn): +1Str

See the old chapter approved for fielding an entire kroot mercenary army- it had pretty much this exact device.

Yeah, you guys are pretty much attempting to re-invent the wheel here. GW came out with evolutionary adaptations in the Kroot Mercs list long ago. Also, some of the suggestions here are flat out ridiculous and contradictory to established fluff.

You cant eat necorns they are pure metal and thus would gain nothing because they have no dna anymore.