Dvorgite Skinner

Dvorgite Skinner

A weird, weird-ass weapon wielded largely by the Kroot.

The Dvorgite Skinner is one of the primary weapons used by the Kroot Heavy Gunner, with the other being the Londaxi Tribalest. We ain't joking when we meant that this is one of the weirdest if not the weirdest weapon ever used by the Tau.

Resembling like a giant hand-held solar dish. The Dvorgite Skinner is a weapon that charge biological material to create a searing stream of energy. So it is essentially a gun that shoots out explosive farts that somehow transmutes itself into a laser-like directed energy weapon. Yeah, GeeDubs didn't really clarify how exactly, this gun works. Like, seriously, what they meant by 'biological material' has never been elaborated upon, less so on how said biological material can turn into a 'stream of energy'. More questions are even brought up on what type of process is needed to trigger such a bizarre mechanism.

So congrats Tau, you managed to have a weapon that can give a Dark Eldar's collection of misery a run for its money.

Like the Londaxi Tribalest, the Dvorgite Skinner isn't actually a Kroot weapon. It is in fact a exotic weapon manufactured by the aforementioned Dvorgite race which has a habit of raiding Imperial mining asteroids during the Nachmund Rift War, and has a reputation of being ferocious creatures whose blood-parties have come into conflict with other space faring races, including Craftworld Aeldari. It is unknown if the Dvorgite is an actual Tau client race or just so happens to be another mercenary race that the Kroot occasionally trades with.

Crunchwise, thankfully the tabletop is far more easier to describe this weapon than the fluff. The Skinner is a 6 dice, 2+ to hit, 2/3 damage with a 6" range, AP2, Torrent and Cumbersome. This means it’s basically an armour piercing flamer, and great for hosing down armoured targets, especially if they’ve clumped up. In the tight confines of a Space Hulk, you can really rack up some damage with that. Compared to the Londaxi Tribalest, the Dvorgite Skinner has a short range, but high accuracy and attacks, as well as the fact that it can spread to other enemies nearby to the initial target.

Weapons of the Tau Empire
Sidearms:
	Ballistics:	Kroot Pistol
	Directed-Energy:	Pulse Pistol
Basic Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Kroot Scattergun - Kroot Rifle - Krootbow
	Directed-Energy:	Pulse Blaster - Pulse Carbine - Pulse Rifle
Special Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Accelerator Bow - Kroot Bolt Thrower - Kroot Gun Kroot Hunting Rifle - Londaxi Tribalest - Rail Rifle
	Directed-Energy:	Ion Rifle - Neutron Blaster
	Other:	Dvorgite Skinner
Battlesuit Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Airbursting Fragmentation Projector - Flechette Discharger - Heavy Rail Rifle - Missile Pod
	Directed-Energy:	Burst Cannon - Cyclic Ion Blaster - Cyclic Ion Raker - Fusion Blaster - Fusion Cascade Fusion Collider - Heavy Burst Cannon - Phased Ion Gun - Plasma Rifle
	Incendiary:	Tau Flamer
Heavy Battlesuit Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Fragmentation Cluster Shell Launcher - High-Yield Missile Pod
	Directed-Energy:	Heavy Burst Cannon - Ion Accelerator - Ionic Discharge Cannon Long-Barrelled Burst Cannon - Pulse Submunitions Cannon Pulse Submunitions Rifle
	Incendiary:	Phased Plasma Flamer
Vehicle-mounted Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Railgun - Seeker Missile - Smart Missile System
	Directed-Energy:	Ion Cannon - Tau Plasma Cannon - Pulse Bomb Generator Quad Ion Turret - Fusion Cannon
Super-Heavy Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Cluster Rocket System - Destroyer Missile - Heavy Rail Cannon Array Heavy Railgun - Nexus Meteor Missile System
	Directed-Energy:	Ar'Ka Cannon - Fusion Eradicator - Pulse Blastcannon Pulse Driver Cannon - Pulse Ordnance Multi-Driver Tri-Axis Ion Cannon
Ship Weapons:
	Ballistics:	Torpedo - Starship Railgun - Heavy Starship Railgun Gravitic Launcher - Warsphere Missile Pod
	Directed-Energy:	Cutting Beam - Heavy Ion Cannon
Non-Firearm Weapons:
	Melee Weapons:	Bonding Knife - Equaliser - Honour Blade - Onager Gauntlet
	Grenades & Explosives:	EMP Grenade - Photon Grenade