Maggotkin of Nurgle – Spoilpox Scrivener, Herald of Nurgle
4" 5 5+ 2 The querulous Spoilpox Scriveners are charged with overseeing Plaguebearers in their endless tallying of plagues and poxes – and taking note of any daemon who lags behind in their work. Their quills, plucked from the wings of tortured Lords of Change, scratch out an endless judgemental refrain. This scribbling is interrupted only by nasal browbeatings or sneezes that spray forth showers of vile slime. Some lunatic fancy of Nurgle saw him craft the Spoilpox Scriveners with a pervasive allergy to the stuff of reality, ensuring that their mood is constantly foul and spiteful.
Scriveners are not the most martial of daemons, but they are still figures of despised dread to their Plaguebearer underlings. Nurgle’s tallymen stand firm and fight all the more determinedly under the gaze of these Heralds, else they risk being marked for forcible transformation into the lunatic, hideously cheerful Heralds known as Sloppity Bilepipers. The irony is that the Scriveners are often commanded to work in tandem with the Bilepipers, together motivating the Plague Legions through a mixture of threat and obnoxious whimsy. The grating antics of Nurgle’s jesters ensure that Scriveners are forever on the edge of murderous apoplexy, glad of any opportunity to let their tentacled jaws snap at enemies in a fury. | ||
| RANGED WEAPONS | Rng | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | ||
| Disgusting Sneezes [Shoot in Combat] | ||||||||
| Disgusting Sneezes Shoot in Combat | 7" | D6 | 2+ | 4+ | - | 1 | ||
| MELEE WEAPONS | Atk | Hit | Wnd | Rnd | Dmg | |||
| Distended Maw | ||||||||
| Distended Maw | 3 | 4+ | 3+ | 1 | 2 | |||
BATTLE PROFILE
Unit Size: 1 Points: 100
Base size: 40mm
Can be reinforced: No
Regiment Options: Any DAEMON
This HERO can join an eligible regiment as a Plague Scion.
 Once Per Turn (Army), Your Hero Phase |
KEEP COUNTING, I’M WATCHING YOU: Spoilpox Scriveners are responsible for making sure that the Plaguebearers of the tallybands do not shirk their duties.
Declare: Pick a friendly Plaguebearers unit wholly within 12" of this unit to be the target.
Effect: Roll a D6. On a 2+, pick 1 of the following effects to apply until the start of your next turn:
Tally of Blows: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
Recorded Stamina: Add 1 to save rolls for the target.
Effect: Roll a D6. On a 2+, pick 1 of the following effects to apply until the start of your next turn:
Tally of Blows: Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of the target’s melee weapons.
Recorded Stamina: Add 1 to save rolls for the target.
KEYWORDS | HERO, 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
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 collatedShooting attacks
Shooting attacks are made with ranged weapons. The target unit(s) must be within a distance equal to the Range characteristic of the weapon being used and visible to the attacking model. Models cannot make shooting attacks if their unit is in combat, unless otherwise specified (see 20.0 Weapon Abilities).The DAEMON keyword is used in the following Maggotkin of Nurgle warscrolls:
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.Those HEROES can join an eligible regiment as a Plague Scion.
Shoot in Combat
This weapon can be used to make shooting attacks even if the attacking unit is in combat.