Explain to me why Kroots are the coolest Xenos race in 40k
>>47094712
Because they are a race of cannibal mohican mercenaries who can free run through trees and cover like in assassins creed.
>>47094779
Also, lever action plasma rifles.
>>47094712
Because dey are brahs.
>>47094803
Neat, are there any more offical fluff about xenos aiding humans?
>>47094803
It would be pretty cool to show that fight on the tabletop. An unbound list consisting of the Obsidian Knight, a force from the /tg/ made Kroot Mercenaries codex, ratling snipers and one or two imperial guard platoons fighting against... I have no idea who made the mirror or how to represent them.
>>47094976
I guess either Necrons or Dark eldars can work
I was always hoping for a new separate codex for the kroot (they used to have one in the 3rd edition), but sadly it never happened.
>eat necrons
>get resurrection for 4+
What do Kroots feel about the other Tau client races? like vespids, Demiurgs, etc..
>>47095015
They do not give a fuck about most things actually. Or at least I never rear anything.
>>47094976
not ratlings, ratings. Navy sailors not hobbits.
>>47095121
Who said the ratings aren't ratlings?
>>47094712
Drop an 'o', drop the 't', then switch 'o' and 'k'.
>>47094996
They don't need a codex, GW just needs to pull its head out of its ass and release free supplement rules, including a Tau Auxiliaries supplement. It'd get people to actually buy the things.
>>47094712
they lay eggs
>>47095598
More like; They vomit eggs
>>47095598
They also reproduce via backrubs.
>>47095015
They probably feel they would be best served with some ketchup
>>47096086
Beat me too it. Damn.
>>47095598
>>47095608
More like one of their internal organs morphs into an egg that they then hawk up.
>>47094996
>eating a body made of living metal that probably teleports away before you even reach it
There seems to be a flaw in your plan, anon...
>>47097329
>>47094996
>976.M41 The Feast of Steel
>The Sautekh Dynasty expands into Tau space and invades the Kroot-held world of Caroch. Though the Kroot win the first engagements, their attempt to dine upon the living metal of their victims has hideous results as a nano-scarab plague sweeps through their ranks
A big one.
>>47094803
>Obsidian Knight
What or who is that?
>>47097480
This guy
>>47097480
>>Obsidian Knight
>What or who is that?
Eh is big and smacks tau and doesn't afraid of anything
>>47094712
They have:
Genuinely alien biology (what with the DNA absorption, weird musculature, reproduction via backrubs and regurgitating eggs...). Plus with their digitigrade legs, beaks, crests of quills and so on, they actually look inhuman and not cartoony.
A mindset that's weird enough that they aren't just 'humans plus X', makes sense for their role and biology, and is still vaguelly relatable
An aesthetic that's fairly unique in 40k (techno-primitive survivalists, with massai and native american influences)
An overall feel that's not massively overblown. Orks are a 'zomg so awesome jolly warfare ORKZ ORKS ORKZ IS DA BEST' caricature, eldar are elves in space with all the 'ancient noble beautiful beings who are smarter and prettier and more artistic and faster than you' mary sue shit, even if they also come in Clown-o-vision and edgy-o-vision. Tau, to be honest, come across as a mixture of 'basically modern humans' and techwankery. Wheras kroot are actually given some nuance and characterization beyond having to be the MOST AWESOME THING EVAR for the 40kids.
I dunno, I just really dig them. Their a bit of low-key weirdness in a setting where everything has to be over the top awesome.
