Maggotkin of Nurgle – Poxbringer, Herald of Nurgle
4" 5 5+ 2 Poxbringers are the most numerous of Nurgle’s Heralds and the foremost of his Plaguebearers. Their status is marked by the rotting crowns of horn and antler that sprout from their being, as well as the godly diseases that swell their form. Amongst the Plague Legions, Poxbringers serve as ever-dedicated captains, ensuring that the trudging Plaguebearer masses carry out the will of the Great Unclean Ones and are constantly corrupting new lands in Nurgle’s name. In order to see this done, they wield not only their rusted Baleswords but also magics that see plague-growths burst pleasingly from within a mortal form.
Diligent as they are, Poxbringers can be entrusted to pull themselves away from the delights of Nurgle’s Garden to see to the god’s business in reality. They are dutiful servants all, whether answering the summons of some mortal cult or overseeing the progress of a long-planned infection. On occasion, a Poxbringer may be entrusted with more specific duties still: Wretch Gab’larr, who won great renown in the many wars with the forest-dwelling Sylvaneth, is tasked with observing the effects of plagues on newly discovered creatures and reporting any especially intriguing corruptions directly to the Grandfather. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Balesword [Crit (Mortal)] | |||||||
| Balesword Crit (Mortal) | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 120
Base size: 32mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: Any DAEMON
This HERO can join an eligible regiment as a Plague Scion.
 Reaction: You declared a FIGHT ability for this unit |
CAPTAIN OF THE PLAGUE LEGIONS: Poxbringers lead their fellow Plaguebearers into battle and ensure that the orders of the Great Unclean Ones are followed to the letter.
Effect: Pick a friendly Plaguebearers unit that has not used a FIGHT ability this turn and is within this unit’s combat range to be the target. The target can be picked to use a FIGHT ability immediately after the FIGHT ability used by this unit has been resolved. If it is picked to do so, add 1 to hit rolls for the target’s attacks for the rest of the turn.
KEYWORDS | HERO, WIZARD (1), INFANTRY, WARD (5+) |
| CHAOS, MAGGOTKIN OF NURGLE, DAEMON |
3.1 Regiments
Armies are made up of one or more regiments, each of which is led by a HERO. You must have at least 1 regiment in your army, and you can include a maximum of 5 regiments. To add a regiment, pick 1 HERO from your faction, then pick up to 3 non-HERO units to accompany them.Each HERO’s battle profile lists which units can be added to their regiment, and each non-HERO unit’s battle profile lists any relevant keywords it has. The battle profiles of some HEROES (such as named characters) may say that they can be added to the regiment of another HERO.
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 WIZARD keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
The INFANTRY keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
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
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.The DAEMON keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
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.
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Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Plague Scion.
13.1 Fight Abilities
Abilities with the FIGHT keyword follow a different sequence to other abilities. When the players are using Combat Phase
abilities as described in 13.0, they cannot use FIGHT abilities.After the players have finished using
Combat Phase
abilities that are not FIGHT abilities, they must alternate picking 1 eligible unit to use a FIGHT ability, starting with the active player. Each unit in combat must use a FIGHT ability if it is able to.Once a player has no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, the other player continues to pick units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability, one after another, until there are no more units that are eligible to use a FIGHT ability.
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