Yeah, I don't see Kroot appreciating weasel-words. Sure, they're relatively technologically primitive, but an entire culture founded on the principles of mercenary employment has to be very, very good at ferreting out that sort of trickery, in a Shakespearean fashion of "first, kill all the lawyers" (then eat them).<br/><br/>Heck, it's actually one of the Kroot bloodlines you can choose:<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">CUNNING HYBRID<br/>Upon entering the Koronus Expanse, the Kroot soon<br/>encountered the devious alien merchants known as the<br/>Stryxis. They were delicious. Shapers who have directed their<br/>Kindred to feed upon Stryxis notice a proclivity for cunning<br/>and deviousness in later generations of Kroot.<br/>Benefits: The Kroot gains +10 Int, a +5 bonus to Barter and<br/>Deceive Tests, and a +1 bonus to Initiative.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>