PS What have the play testers been telling you?

Kroot Rifles: I dislike how you change the guns from having true grit to counting as two close combat weapons I feel this is a little unrealistic and gives too much power to an already decent firearm.

Master shaman: I like the notion of a shaman character; in addition to having a witchblade give him a psychic power that allows for rerolling Ld test for nearby units - like the eldar powers of fortune or guide, but for leadership. And perhaps another that gives a save against psychic powers.

Prey Shaper: needs an addition rule to add flavor and tactical usability. Maybe give him a rule saying that you can place the stalker kindred within 6 inches of him like a teleporter homer instead of rolling for deepstrike or even giving them the ability to assault after Deep Striking– this would represent the Shaper using his scouting to aid the ambush.

Knarloc Riders – Give them flanking attacks that allow them to come in from a table edge adjacent to the enemy’s deployment edge - didn’t the original rules have them armed with hunting rifles?

Hounds: need a rule like “sic em boys” all hounds leave the unit and must advance on a chosen target unit attacking them if possible. The all hound unit benefits from rage, fearless, and furious assault – the benefits are lost if they manage to assault and destroy chosen unit, may then rejoin shapter and kroot handlers.

Fire power: The kroot list needs some anti-tank option that is also in keeping with their relative lack of technology. My ideas give the kroots the option to take demo charges and maybe a large one-shot Strength 8 Ap 4 Assault gun. The gun and charges probably could be limited to one specialized heavy squad and maybe some characters. Maybe allow Baggage Great Knarloc pack to recharge weapons.

why are great gnarlocs not MC's?
they are large enough.

neither gnarloc riders or trackers are any good in combat.
could allways give them the option for pistol + CC wep, or even a hunting lance of some description.

You might want to watch for Kroot list being over-reliant on scavenged equipment. I could easily envision lists where every single shaper is armed with an eviscerator and a plamsa/melta gun with the kroot being nothing more than meat shields.

The next version of the shaman that we have worked out after our own sites play tests will have the option to replace his Rifle with a "Shamans staff" Its a Psychich hood with a 18 inch range. We have also added a power that allows him to convert a single terrain feature within 12 inches of him into woods at the start of the game.

Hounds: need a rule like “sic em boys” all hounds leave the unit and must advance on a chosen target unit attacking them if possible. The all hound unit benefits from rage, fearless, and furious assault – the benefits are lost if they manage to assault and destroy chosen unit, may then rejoin shapter and kroot handlers.

We are still trying to decided if we still want to unclude the old "Release the Hounds" rule. Basically they cause a single hit per hound on a unit that manages to fall back from assult from a unit with hounds.

why are great gnarlocs not MC's?
they are large enough.

yeah we know. We have finaly managed to decide to allow the Great Knarlocs attacks to count as Power weapon hits. So they are not MC's but they are still dangerous with Power weapons and Rending combined.

warpcrafter wrote:I'm liking the Kroot bomb idea. The Orks have something similar but don't let it stop you.

As for a unit, have you looked into croot roughriders or something similar