Plague Surgeon

Characteristics

Abilities

Tainted Narthecium

While this model is leading a unit, in your Command phase, you can return 1 destroyed Bodyguard model to that unit.

Inflamed Infections

At the start of the Fight phase, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of this model. Until the end of the phase, each time this model makes an attack that targets that unit, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit. If that unit is below Half-strength, an unmodified Hit roll of 4+ scores a Critical Hit instead.

Host of the Hybridised Pox

(Once per battle, per army) In your Command phase, you can use this ability. If you do, select one of the **Plagues** listed in **Nurgle’s Gift** (see Codex: Death Guard). Enemy units within **Contagion Range** of this unit also have the effect of that **Plague** in addition to your army’s chosen **Plague** until the end of the battle.

Rejuvenating Swarm

Attacks that target this unit with a **S** greater than this unit’s **T** have ‑1 to **wound rolls**.

Daemon Weapon of Nurgle

Each time the bearer makes a melee attack, an unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.

Furnace of Plagues

Add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of the bearer's melee weapons, and the bearer's melee weapons have the Devastating Wounds abilty.

Lord of the Walking Pox

If the bearer is leading a ^^**Poxwalkers**^^ unit, and is in Strategic Reserves, for the purposes of setting up that unit on the battlefield, treat the current battle round as the third battle round.

Revolting Regeneration

The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.

Eye of Affliction

Ranged weapons equipped by model's in the bearer's unit have the [Ignores Cover] ability while targeting an Afflicted enemy unit.

Talisman of Burgeoning

While the bearer is leading a ^^**Poxwalkers**^^ unit, add 1 to the Toughness characteristic of ^^**Poxwalkers**^^ models in that unit.

Witherbone Pipes

While the bearer is leading a ^^**Poxwalkers**^^ unit, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit, and each time that unit takes a Battle-shock or Leadership test, add 1 to that test.

Sorrowsyphon

While the bearer is leading a ^^**Poxwalkers**^^ unit, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of the bearer's Plague Wind weapon. Each time the bearer makes one or more attacks with a Plague Wind weapon, after the bearer's unit has resolved its attacks, D3 Bodyguard models from the bearer's unit are destroyed.

Face of Death

At the start of the Fight phase, each enemy unit within Engagement Range of the bearer's unit must take a Battle-shock test.

Vile Vigour

While the bearer is leading a unit, add 1" to the Movement characteristics of models in that unit and you can re-roll Advance rolls made for that unit.

Warprot Talisman

Once per battle, at the end of your opponent's turn, if the bearer's unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, you can remove it from the battle field and place it into Strategic Reserves.

Helm of the Fly King

While the bearer is leading a unit, models in that unit cannot be targeted by ranged attacks unless the attacking model is within 18".

Arch Contaminator

While the bearer's unit is within range of an objective marker you control, each time a model in the bearer's unit makes an attack, you can re-roll the Wound roll.

Bilemaw Blight

At the start of your Shooting phase, until the end of the phase, add 12" to the Range characteristics of the bearer's Plague Wind weapon.

Shriekworm Familiar

Once per battle round, you can target the bearer's unit with the Fire Overwatch Stratagem for 0CP.

Tendrilous Emissions

While the bearer is within 3" of one or more friendly ^^**Death Guard Vehicle**^^ units, the bearer has the Lone Operative ability, and each time one of those ^^**Vehicle**^^ units makes a ranged attack that targets an enemy unit visible to the bearer, re-roll a Wound roll of 1.

Final Ingredient

Once per battle, after the bearer's unit has fought, if one or more ^^**Character**^^ models were destroyed by those attacks, select one Plague. Until the end of the battle, if an enemy unit is Afflicted, that unit has the effect of the selected Plague in addition to any other.

Visions of Virulence

While an enemy unit is enfeebled by the bearer's Pestilent Fallout ability, that unit is also Afflicted.

Needle of Nurgle

Each time the bearer uses its Tainted Narthecium ability, you can return up to D3 destroyed models to the bearer's unit (instead of 1).

Cornucophagus

In the Declare Battle Formations step, select one Plague. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy is within Contagion Range of the bearer, that enemy unit has the effect of that Plague in addition to any other.

Beckoning Blight

Each time a ^^**Plague Legions^^** unit from your army is set up on the battle field using the Deep Strike ability, if it is set up wholly within 12" of the bearer, it can be set up anywhere that is more than 6" horizontally away from any enemy models, instead of more than 8".

Fell Harvester

Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer's melee weapons.

Entropic Knell

In the Battle-shock step of your opponent's Command phase, each enemy unit within 6" of the bearer that is below its Starting Strength must take a Battle-shock test, subtracting 1 from that test.

Tome of Bounteous Blessings

Each time a ^^**Plague Legions^^** unit within 12" of the bearer takes a Battle-shock test, add 1 to that test and, if that test is passed, one model in that unit regains up to D3 lost wounds (if that unit is a ^^**Battleline^^** unit and that test is passed, up to D3 destroyed models can be returned to that unit instead).

Slitherswift Limbs

Add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for this model's unit.

Veil of Flies

Models in this model's unit have the Stealth ability.

Febrile Vitality

Add 1" to the Move characteristic of models in this model's unit.

Billowing Miasma

Add 6" to this model's Contagion Range.

Grossly Swollen

Add 2 to this model's Wounds characteristic.

Leprous Insensibility

This model has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.

Writhing Tentacles

Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of melee weapons equipped by this model.

Touch of Rot

Improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by this model by 1.

Plaguesight

Each time this model makes an attack that targets an Afflicted unit, you can re-roll the Hit roll.

Leader

While a Bodyguard unit contains a Leader, it is known as an Attached unit and, with the exception of rules that are triggered when units are destroyed (pg 12), it is treated as a single unit for all rules purposes. Each time an attack targets an Attached unit, until the attacking unit has resolved all of its attacks, you must use the Toughness characteristic of the Bodyguard models in that unit, even if a Leader in that unit has a different Toughness characteristic. Each time an attack successfully wounds an Attached unit, that attack cannot be allocated to a Character model in that unit, even

Nurgle's Gift (Aura)

If your Army Faction is DEATH GUARD, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of one or more ^^**Death Guard^^** units from your army, it is Afflicted. CONTAGION RANGE 1st Battle Round: Contagion Range = 3" 2nd Battle Round: Contagion Range = 6" 3rd Battle Round Onwards: Contagion Range = 9" Contagion Range cannot be greater than 12" after modifiers. **AFFLICTED** During the Declare Battle Formations step, select one of the Plagues below. Until the end of the battle, while an enemy unit is Afflicted, subtract 1 from the Toughness characteristic of models in that unit, and that unit ha

Points

• 1 model50 pts

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