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Consider that each one of these scum is worth three to you: one more on your side, one less on your foe’s side, and one more worker in your ordnance smithies.”  \nMagnate-General Constantine Beaumont, 231st Viscount of the Argentium IV General Staff  \nThe Kroot are expert jungle-fighters and trackers, who can be found fighting as mercenaries across the Ultima Segmentum and beyond. The majority of Kroot warriors fight as mercenaries in the armies of the Tau. Their integration into the Tau empire requires them to provide troops to the Tau military, and furthermore attempts to prohibit them from fighting alongside the armies of other races.  \nKroot evolution depends on their absorbing the genetic traits of other races, selectively inheriting the most desirable. They do this through eating specific prey animals to ensure that the next generation take on certain characteristics of that animal. Unfortunately, the Tau insistence that the Kroot fight exclusively for them would lead to a disastrous stagnation, as they have absorbed the traits of most of the creatures from within the Tau region. To collect as wide a range of characteristics as possible, they secretly despatch entire armies of mercenaries to fight alongside other  \nraces in order to expose themselves to creatures and environments not found in Tau space.  \nThe result is that each of these mercenary bands develops separately to the mainstream of Kroot society. When they periodically return to the  \nKroot home world of Pech, they bring with them a wealth of new traits to be absorbed by the race at large. These itinerant bands often appear radically different from the standard Kroot, having absorbed all manner of outlandish genetic data.  \nKROOT SOCIETY  \nKroot society is based on the and each mercenary army mirrorsin its organisation. The kindred the battlefield role of a squad, but represents something far more fundamental. A kindred is an family group, who develop together under the direction of the Shaper; individual who is able to guide the group down a particular evolutionary path by determining their diet.  \nSenior Shapers form councils, role is to oversee a group of  \nthus insuring a level of homogeneity within the species. An individual as the Master Shaper, who sits at top of this pyramid-shaped organisation and guides it in all matters, leads each council. Kroot mercenary armies are led by Master Shapers who seek the infinite the galaxy, leading their kindreds every warzone imaginable in an to absorb the abilities of the lifeforms occupying those war-torn areas.  \n\n| kindred, this\u003Cbr>fulfils\u003Cbr>extended\u003Cbr>an\u003Cbr>whose\u003Cbr>kindreds,\u003Cbr>known the\u003Cbr>variety of into effort | |\n| --- | --- |\n\n16 KROOT MERCENARIES  \n| \u003Cbr>KROOT MERCENARY SPECIAL RULES |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| There are two ways to use Kroot Mercenaries in your games of Warhammer 40,000 . The first way is to use a number of Kroot squadsas auxiliaries to your main force. In order todo this you must first have filled all of the compulsory force selection criteria applicable to the mission with your main army. Furthermore, you may not include more Kroot squads than you have Troops choices in your own army. For example, in a Standard Missions game you must take an HQ and two Troop choices for your army before filling any additional force organisation slots with Kroot Mercenaries. In this example, you could choose any two Kroot Mercenary squads.The following armies may NOT make use of Kroot Mercenaries:\u003Cbr>Space Marines, Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Tau, Tyranids.\u003Cbr>After all compulsory slots have been filled the following units may be added to your army from the Kroot Mercenaries list:\u003Cbr>0-1 HQ choices\u003Cbr>0-1 Elites choices\u003Cbr>0-2 Troops choices\u003Cbr>0-1 Fast Attack choices\u003Cbr>0-1 Heavy Support choices\u003Cbr>In games of 2,000+ points, instead of making the above additions, a second detachment may be chosen from the Kroot Mercenary li","cbCaiunkqXGJY4Ta","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiunkqXGJY4Ta","pdf",373938,"English","# Kroot Mercenaries\n## Kroot society and evolution\n## Using Kroot Mercenaries in games\n## Strategy Rating and key special rules\n## Fieldcraft, Infiltrate, and Eaters of the Dead","[{\"question\":\"What are the two ways to use Kroot Mercenaries in Warhammer 40,000 games?\",\"answer\":\"You can use Kroot squads as auxiliaries to your main force, or field a Mercenary Kroot army on their own. Each option comes with different restrictions and playstyle guidance.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factions are not allowed to make use of Kroot Mercenaries?\",\"answer\":\"Space Marines, Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Tau, and Tyranids cannot make use of Kroot Mercenaries.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Strategy Rating work when fighting with a Kroot Mercenary army alone?\",\"answer\":\"When fighting on their own, use a D6 roll to determine Strategy Rating: 1–3 gives 1, 4–5 gives 2, and 6 gives 3.\"}]","KROOT MERCENARIES - Warhammer 40,000 - Gameplay and Rules Overview | PDF",1791331112]