Editing Scavvies (section)

==Necromunda Gangs==
Due to the nature of their environment, Scavvies must group together in order to survive. Yet due to the isolation and their anti-social behaviours, these groups invariably consist of several families that are severely inbred, no doubt increasing their rate of degeneration.

Yet loyalty to their family is not a common trait held by Scavvies, and thus the group is held together through a combination of brute force and underhandedness by the strongest male of the pack (ie: the gang leader) who has to pass Leadership Tests after every battle or some of its members will wander off.

Scavvies do not organise themselves well enough to occupy or operate any territory that they might inhabit, which may or may not be a result of their lack of education. Thus any location that they move their base camp to will quickly accumulate garbage and filth as they fling food scraps all over the place and have not quite figured out how to use the plumbing and flush toilets and the like. In gameplay terms any territory they hold onto becomes '''Scrofulous Wastes''' immediately after they capture it, rendering them a one-time influx of cash as they steal anything not bolted down, and apply a layer of fecal matter to anything that is. After that, no-one else would want to capture any territory back from them.

Also, most of the Scavvy leaders have the foresight to bring support with them whenever they go into battle and will round up even less fortunate hive dwellers and goad them into battle as fodder:

===Followers===

====Scavvy Dogs====

Wild animals inhabit the underhives, and just like humanity have not been untouched by their environment. Scavvy Dogs are like the Scavvies themselves in that they are twisted and degenerated from their natural state and also much like Scavvies they are ruthless survivors.

Packs of these dogs prowl the underhives in search of weak prey and can be a terror to unarmed communities though they can also provide the vital function of consuming the dead in an environment with no interest in funereal rites.

Occasionally a Scavvy leader will "befriend" a pack of these wild dogs and bring them into battle. Although this level of domestication is of the lowest sort and its loyalty is entirely up to the dog remaining fed.

In game terms, they've actually got pretty good statlines, just very few special rules that make them interesting.

For an IRL equivalent, go to a music festival or better yet find out where the crust punks live in your city. There will be [[Dice|1d4+1]] Scavvy Dogs per crew.

====Plague Zombie====

Even Necromunda has not been untouched by the [[Zombie Plague]] although it is uncertain whether anyone realises that this is the touch of Chaos or not, though considering the sheer number of diseases existing in the 40k universe it might not even be a [[Nurgle]]-based plague; the Scavvy rules simply tell that it was "mysterious," besides, Necromunda hasn't really had a history of being invaded by Chaos that we know about. Although the plague has long since passed it has not been purged entirely. Small handfuls of directionless zombies can still be found in the lowest reaches, feeding on animals or dead things.

Scavvies have learned to utilise these unthinking creatures by rounding them up and pushing them towards their enemies. This is a potent tactic as although the zombies are not the strongest of adversaries, they have no fear or sensation of pain and may yet pass on their plague to their unfortunate victims if they wound them in close combat, where after the battle the survivor must take a check to find out if he has contracted the plague or not... most of the time they are just sick and get over the illness over a few days (ie: the next battle in game-time) but if they are really unlucky they'll just get removed from play and possibly even attack their former gang-members... causing a domino effect of plague.

This can be [[TPK|absolutely amazing if it knocks out an entire gang after only a single wound]] but it's actually mathematically unlikely.

====Ghouls====
Ghouls are [[Grimdark|cannibals]] plain and simple. Who knows what causes them to fall that far from society, but this is 40k and [[Grimdark|poor people get desperate]].

Despite this, Ghouls may not originally have been poor Scavvies at all and may have come from further up the social ladder, particularly if they have a hard-on for [[Slaanesh]] and figure that eating people might be a cool new experience. That's the sort of thing that leads to mental derangement so they would invariably find their way to the bottom of the hive and share the same spaces as the Scavvies.

Particularly clever Scavvy groups can entice the Ghouls into battle the same way that they do the Dogs... by waving fresh body parts and calling ''"here ghoulie ghoulie ghoulie"''.

====Scalies====
:''see main article: [[Scalies]]''
Essentially what you get when an [[Ogryn]] suffers mutation. Some mutations may stabilise within populations and create an entirely new form.

Scalies are so named due to their thick reptilian-like skin which grants them a built-in 5+ armour save and they also cause ''Fear.'' They are particularly massive, immensely strong (S5/T4/W2) and have the unique ability to regenerate from almost any debilitating injury and will re-grow lost limbs if given enough time.

However, Scalies are so obviously divergent from baseline humans that it is unlikely that they would be tolerated by any Imperial citizen. Furthermore, their voiceboxes have also mutated to the degree that they can no longer communicate in human languages and so their intentions and origins are almost impossible to determine. It is suspected that they live in hidden tribes in only the most polluted locations of the hive where no human can travel.

Despite all of their physical enhancements, they are dumb as door-posts and are completely incapable of command, above and beyond their inability to talk, so if the gang-leader dies, they are never counted as eligible candidates to replace him.

===Unique Weapons===
Scavvy gangs get a number of unique weapons unavailable to other gangs, mostly because they have to patch their own weapons together from scrap anyway, quite literally the ''only'' advanced weapons on their wargear lists are [[Autogun]]s.

However, their own wargear ''(and approximated 7th Ed conversion)'' consists of:
*'''[[Blunderbuss]]''' ''(9", S3, AP-, Assault 1, One-Use)'' - the "signature weapon", is basically a tube stuffed with rusty nails, shrapnel and small rocks, along with a small explosive charge to actually fire the weapon. They actually take forever to reload, despite individuals often carrying full pockets of rubbish that can be fired away.
*'''[[Harpoon Gun]]''' ''(24", S6, AP4, Heavy1)'' - carried by Scalies only since they are so huge, they are like giant harpoon guns that work in a very unique fashion. A model wounded by the projectile is flung D6" away from the firer, where if he interacts with another model, the hit is resolved against that model at -1 strength and is flung back the remaining distance, and this continues until there are no more targets struck or the full distance is covered.
*'''Discus''' ''(12" S-User, AP-, Assault 1)'' - another Scaly weapon, for when they want to pretend to be Xena: Warrior Princess. They fling sharpened hub-caps or gaskets at the enemy, and with their immense strength are actually capable of bisecting people.
*'''"Tox Bomb"''' ''(6", S1, AP-, Assault 1, Blast, One-Use, Poisoned 4+)'' - these "bombs" are more like sealed pots containing whatever icky shit that the Scavvies can find lying around and decide would be useful by throwing at their enemies.