Maggotkin of Nurgle – Harbinger of Decay
8" 7 3+ 2 While Nurgle is often described as a god of pestilence, his true sphere is that of despair. The Harbingers of Decay are prime vectors of this doom-bringing. Misery exudes from these hooded figures like a miasma; with a single desolate word, they wrack a foe with crushing regret. Harbingers do not manipulate corrupt magics in the fashion of a sorcerer. Rather, they serve as conduits for Nurgle’s own essence in the realms, summoning epidemics of woe through guttural invocation and grisly sacrifice.
A Harbinger will channel malignant energies through a series of dreadful omens, each serving as ritual accelerants to magnify their god’s influence. Known collectively as the Seven Strokes of Doom, there is little uniformity in how these omens manifest. Tales are told of bells that drone night and day with no obvious source, fresh water congealing to pus and bile, and livestock simply collapsing before rapidly succumbing to decay. Only the first and final signs are consistent – the former being the Harbinger looming upon the far horizon, and the latter manifesting as the champion returning with scythe or grim tocsin held aloft, summoning epidemics of rust and decay to overcome the enemy. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Grim Rotsword or Plague Scythe [Crit (Mortal)] | |||||||
| Grim Rotsword or Plague Scythe Crit (Mortal) | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 1 | 3 | ||
| Daemonic Mount’s Flyblown Bite [Companion] | |||||||
| Daemonic Mount’s Flyblown Bite Companion | 2 | 5+ | 3+ | - | 1 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 170
Base size: 90 × 52mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Rotbringer Lord, Any ROTBRINGERS
 Once Per Battle (Army), Enemy Hero Phase |
KNELL OF DOOM: The ominous toll of the Doom Bell is enough to give pause to even the bravest warriors.
Declare: Pick up to 3 enemy units within 24" of this unit to be the targets.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1" from the Move characteristic of each target and subtract 1 from run rolls and charge rolls for each target.
Effect: Until the start of your next turn, subtract 1" from the Move characteristic of each target and subtract 1 from run rolls and charge rolls for each target.
 Your Hero Phase | 4 |
OMENS OF DECAY: Harbingers of Decay are diseased prophets, able to divine omens through grisly rites and observing the spread of sickness.
Declare: Pick a visible enemy unit within 12" of this unit to be the target, then make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Subtract twice the current battle round number from the target’s control score for the rest of the turn. If the chanting roll was 10+, this ability affects all enemy units within 12" of this unit.
Effect: Subtract twice the current battle round number from the target’s control score for the rest of the turn. If the chanting roll was 10+, this ability affects all enemy units within 12" of this unit.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
KEYWORDS | HERO, PRIEST (1), CAVALRY, WARD (5+) |
| CHAOS, MAGGOTKIN OF NURGLE, ROTBRINGERS |
Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Rotbringer Lord.
The ROTBRINGERS keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
18.1 Ward Saves
Units with the WARD keyword have the ‘Ward Save’ passive ability. The number after the WARD keyword indicates the ward value for the ward save. If a unit had WARD (5+), for example, its ward value would be 5. If a unit has more than one ward save, only the ward save with the lowest value applies to it; the other has no effect. Passive |
WARD SAVE: Whether through their uncanny reflexes, unnatural toughness or a source of mystical protection, these warriors can avoid otherwise lethal attacks.
Effect: In step 1 of the damage sequence (see 18.0), make a ward roll of D6 for each damage point in this unit’s damage pool. If the roll equals or exceeds this unit’s ward value, remove that damage point from the damage pool.
The HERO keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
• Rotigus
1.0 Wizards and Priests
WIZARDS are special units that can cast spells, and PRIESTS are special units that can chant prayers. Spells and prayers are powerful abilities that can have a dramatic impact on the battle.
The WARD keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
• Rotigus
The CHAOS keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
• Rotigus
The MAGGOTKIN OF NURGLE keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
• Rotigus
The ROTBRINGERS keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
Army List
Warscrolls collatedHit Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Hit characteristic, the attack scores a successful hit: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified hit rolls of 1 always fail. If an unmodified hit roll for an attack made with a weapon is a 6, that attack is a critical hit.| Critical hits have no effect on their own but often trigger additional effects (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities). | ||
Crit (Mortal)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack inflicts mortal damage on the target unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that weapon and the attack sequence ends.32.2 Objective Control
At the start of the first battle round and at the end of each turn, follow this sequence for each objective in an order chosen by the active player:- Starting with the active player, each player determines the control score of each of their units that is contesting that objective. A unit’s control score is the combined Control characteristics of all the models in that unit that are contesting the objective. Some abilities modify a unit’s control score, but it cannot be reduced to less than 1.
- Each player adds up the control scores of all of their units contesting that objective. This is their army control score for that objective.
- The players compare their army control scores for that objective. If one player’s score is higher, that player gains control of that objective. Once a player gains control of an objective, it remains under their control until their opponent gains control of it.
| Sometimes objective markers get accidentally nudged while you are moving models around. This is perfectly fine - just remember to put them back in their proper positions when determining objective control. | ||
Companion
Unless otherwise specified, this weapon is not affected by friendly abilities that affect weapon characteristics or the attack sequence, except for those that apply negative modifiers to it (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).6.0 Visibility
A target model is visible to another model (which we’ll call the ‘observing model’) if you can draw a straight line through the air (whether horizontal, diagonal or vertical) from any point on the observing model to any point on the target model that does not intersect any objects except for other models in the observing model’s unit. A target unit is visible to an observing unit if at least 1 model in the target unit is visible to at least 1 model in the observing unit. A model is always considered to be visible to itself.
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| In some cases, it might not be immediately clear whether a model is visible. If so, stoop down to get a look from behind the observing model. If any part of the other model is visible, even if it is just the tip of a spear, then that model is visible for rules purposes. | ||
7.0 Combat Range
Each model has a combat range that extends 3" horizontally from its base and any distance vertically from that circle to form a cylinder. The combat range of a unit extends 3" horizontally and any distance vertically from every model in that unit. Units from opposing armies that are within each other’s combat range and that are visible to each other are in combat with each other. When a unit that is not in combat enters the combat range of a visible enemy unit, it moves into combat.
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
A model is considered to be in combat with an enemy unit if that unit is within the model’s combat range and visible to it’
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17.2 Mortal Damage
Some abilities inflict mortal damage. If an ability inflicts mortal damage on a unit, add that number of damage points to the unit’s damage pool for that ability (see 18.2 Allocating Damage).
Universal Core Abilities - Movement Phase
 Your Movement Phase |
NORMAL MOVE: The warriors advance across the battlefield.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE |
| Your Movement Phase |
RUN: The unit rushes into position.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
Effect: Make a run roll of D6. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic added to the run roll. That unit cannot move into combat during any part of that move.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RUN |
| Your Movement Phase |
RETREAT: The fighters disengage from combat, though at the cost of lowering their defences.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is in combat to use this ability.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
Effect: Inflict D3 mortal damage on that unit. That unit can move a distance up to its Move characteristic. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units but cannot end that move within an enemy unit’s combat range.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, RETREAT |
14.3 Charge Phase
| Your Charge Phase |
CHARGE: With a mighty battle cry, the warriors charge into combat with the enemy.
Declare: Pick a friendly unit that is not in combat and has not used a RUN or RETREAT ability this turn to use this ability. Then, make a charge roll of 2D6.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
Effect: That unit can move a distance up to the value of the charge roll. That unit can move through the combat ranges of any enemy units and must end that move within 1/2" of a visible enemy unit. If it does so, the unit using this ability has charged.
| KEYWORDS | CORE, MOVE, CHARGE |
3.0 Prayers
The declare step of each prayer will tell you to make a chanting roll of D6. On an unmodified chanting roll of 1, the prayer fails, its effect is not resolved and you must remove D3 ritual points from the PRIEST using the prayer.On an unmodified chanting roll of 2 or more, pick one of the following:
- Give a number of ritual points to the PRIEST equal to the chanting roll (ritual points can be accumulated over multiple turns).
- Add the PRIEST’s ritual points to the chanting roll. If the chanting roll equals or exceeds the prayer’s chanting value (at the top-right corner of the prayer), it is answered: resolve the effect of the prayer, then reset the PRIEST’s ritual points total to 0.
EXAMPLE PRAYER
 Once Per Battle, Your Hero Phase | 7 |
RESURRECTION: A fallen hero is brought back from death, their vitality fully restored.
Declare: Make a chanting roll of D6.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
Effect: Pick a friendly INFANTRY HERO that has been slain and return them to the battlefield. Set up that HERO wholly within 3" of this PRIEST.
| KEYWORDS | PRAYER |
The CAVALRY keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls: