Biovores

The Tyranid bioform called the Biovore (Tyranicus patris-boletus) is a powerful “living artillery” weapon for the Tyranid swarms. Deep within its squat, lumpen form, the Biovore nurtures a clutch of Spore Mines — living bombs that cloud the battlefield and cover enemies in acids, poisons and pieces of chitin. Biovores thump forward in battle, bony protrusions on their forelimbs anchoring themselves into the ground as they release their vile payload from a dorsal aperture by means of a powerful, shuderring muscle spasm. As the Spore Mine is flung through the air, its internal gas bladder inflates and it floats down towards ground level. A Biovore can fire three types of Spore Mines: fragmentation, bio-acid or poison.