All monstrous creatures have the ‘move through cover’ special rule. 


Instead of firing a single weapon, monstrous creatures can fire two of their weapons once per Shooting phase. They must, of course, fire both of them at the same enemy target. In addition, monstrous creatures have the ‘relentless’ special rule.


Unless otherwise specified in their special rules, monstrous creatures cannot go to ground, voluntarily or otherwise. In addition, for a monstrous creature to be in cover, at least 50% of its body has to be in cover from the point of view of the majority of the firing models. Also, standing in area terrain does not automatically confer a cover save to monstrous creatures – the 50% rule takes precedence. Cover for them works exactly as for vehicles. As usual, if you cannot clearly tell if 50% of the model’s body is covered, modify its cover save by –1.


All wounds inflicted in close combat by a monstrous creature ignore armour saves, just like those from a power weapon. In addition, monstrous creatures roll an additional D6 for armour penetration (2D6 + Strength) when attacking a vehicle in close combat.

Profiles:

Unit	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Tervigon	3	3	5	6	6	2	3	10	3+

Abilities
Birthing Brood: During the movement phase, the Tervigon may return 2D6 destroyed models to a friendly Gaunt unit within 6".
Synapse Creature: Tyranids within 12" of a Synapse Creature gain Fearless - the units never fall back and automatically pass any moral or pinning tests. Tyranids within synapse range are immune to instant death caused by weapons with a Strength double the creature's Toughness. Note that this does not apply to Ripper Swarms. A Synapse creature is able to cause all Spore Mines within 24" to detonate in the Shooting Phase (Choose one mine in the cluster as the initial detonation point). Note that this counts as a shooting attack, so it may not shoot or use other psychic powers in the Shooting phase. Other creatures from the same brood may still fire at a different target is desired.

Birthing Brood:

During the movement phase, the Tervigon may return 2D6 destroyed models to a friendly Gaunt unit within 6".

Synapse Creature:

Tyranids within 12" of a Synapse Creature gain Fearless - the units never fall back and automatically pass any moral or pinning tests.

Tyranids within synapse range are immune to instant death caused by weapons with a Strength double the creature's Toughness. Note that this does not apply to Ripper Swarms.

A Synapse creature is able to cause all Spore Mines within 24" to detonate in the Shooting Phase (Choose one mine in the cluster as the initial detonation point). Note that this counts as a shooting attack, so it may not shoot or use other psychic powers in the Shooting phase. Other creatures from the same brood may still fire at a different target is desired.

Wargear
Spine Banks: A model with Spine Banks counts as being equipped with Frag Grenades and count as a Spinefist.

Weapons	Range	Str.	AP	Type	Notes
Spinefist	12"	S (Max. S6)	5	Assault X, Twin Linked	Ranged Weapon-Symbiotes