Maggotkin of Nurgle – Scourge of Ghyran Rotigus
6" 22 4+ 10 5+ The Realm of Life belongs to Nurgle, and the infamous greater daemon Rotigus Rainfather will drive all trespassers from his beloved Grandfather’s lands with feculent floods and cursed rains. Those foolish enough to land a blow on his blubberous mass are seized by tentacles that sprout from his arms and stuffed, screaming, into the seeping maw in his belly. | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
 Gnarlrod | |||||||
| Gnarlrod | 5 | 3+ | 2+ | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fanged Maw | |||||||
| Fanged Maw | 2 | 3+ | 2+ | 2 | 2 | ||
| Host of Nurglings [Crit (Auto-wound), Companion] | |||||||
| Host of Nurglings Crit (Auto-wound), Companion | 10 | 5+ | 5+ | - | 1 | ||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 430
Base size: 130mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: 0-1 Plague Scion, Any MAGGOTKIN OF NURGLE
Notes: This unit is legal for Matched Play for battles fought using the General’s Handbook 2025-26 battlepack.
 Passive |
BATTLE DAMAGED
Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Gnarlrod is 3.
Effect: While this unit has 10 or more damage points, the Attacks characteristic of its Gnarlrod is 3.
 Passive |
BEFOULED RAINFALL: Rotigus is constantly surrounded by a monsoon of disease and foulness.
Effect: Subtract 1 from save rolls for enemy units while they are within 6" of this unit.
 Your Hero Phase | 7 |
VIRULENT DOWNPOUR: With a guttural chant, Rotigus magnifies the storm, spreading Nurgle’s corruption across greater swathes of the battlefield.
Effect: Add 3" to the range of this unit’s ‘Befouled Rainfall’ ability for the rest of the battle. This unit can be affected by this ability multiple times and the effects are cumulative.
Then, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy unit within range of that ability.
Then, inflict 1 mortal damage on each enemy unit within range of that ability.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
| Passive |
BRINGER OF PLENTY: Rotigus is a masterful sorcerer, able to bind the energies of decay with a wave of his gnarled wand. His spells inspire grotesque fecundity and flesh-growth, stimulated through the arcane deluge.
Effect: Add 1 to casting rolls for this unit.
| Once Per Turn (Army), Any Combat Phase |
TENTACULAR GRIP: Rotigus’s arm tentacles are slow but incredibly powerful; should they take hold of an enemy, the victim will endure a crushing, slimy fate.
Declare: Pick an enemy unit in combat with this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a dice. If the roll exceeds the target’s Save characteristic, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
Effect: Roll a dice. If the roll exceeds the target’s Save characteristic, inflict an amount of mortal damage on the target equal to the roll.
| KEYWORDS | RAMPAGE |
KEYWORDS | WARMASTER, UNIQUE, HERO, MONSTER, WIZARD (2), WARD (5+) |
| CHAOS, MAGGOTKIN OF NURGLE, DAEMON |
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 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). | ||
The DAEMON keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
Wound Roll
Roll a dice. If the roll equals or exceeds the attacking weapon’s Wound characteristic, the attack successfully wounds: move on to the next step. If not, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. Unmodified wound rolls of 1 always fail.Companion
Unless otherwise specified, attacks made by this weapon are not affected by friendly abilities that modify hit rolls, wound rolls or weapon characteristics, except for those that apply negative modifiers (e.g. ‘Covering Fire’).Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Plague Scion.
Save Roll
The commander of the target unit rolls a dice, subtracting the attacking weapon’s Rend characteristic from the roll. Unmodified save rolls of 1 always fail. If the roll equals or exceeds the Save characteristic of the target unit, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends. If not, it is a successful attack: move on to the next step.The UNIQUE keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
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.If a rule or ability requires a target to be both within a given range of and visible to the unit using that ability, or to a model in that unit, both conditions must be met by the same model in the target. You could not, for instance, target a unit where one model is within range but not visible and another model is not in range but is visible.
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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).
2.0 Spells
The declare step of each spell will tell you to make a casting roll of 2D6. If the roll does not equal or exceed the spell’s casting value (at the top-right corner of the spell), the spell fails and its effect is not resolved.If the unmodified casting roll includes 2 or more rolls of 1, the spell is miscast: the spell fails, its effect is not resolved, D3 mortal damage is inflicted on the WIZARD that used it, and that WIZARD cannot use any more spells in that phase.
Enemy reactions can only be used if the casting roll equals or exceeds the spell’s casting value. So long as the spell is not unbound (see 4.0), then it is successfully cast: resolve its effect.
EXAMPLE SPELL
| Your Hero Phase | 6 |
MYSTIC SHIELD: The caster's allies are bathed in an unearthly glow that protects them from harm.
Declare: Pick a visible friendly unit wholly within 12" of this WIZARD to be the target. Then, make a casting roll of 2D6.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
Effect: The target has WARD (6+) this turn.
| KEYWORDS | SPELL |
The MONSTER keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
The WARMASTER keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
Crit (Auto-wound)
If an attack made with this weapon scores a critical hit, that attack automatically wounds the target. Make a save roll as normal.