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Below you will find several

Detachments you can select from to use in games of Warhammer 40,000, as described in the Core Rules (see the

step). If you are playing a Crusade battle, see the equivalent step in the

section of the main Crusade rules. Each Detachment is a themed fighting force that focuses on one particular combat style employed by the Death Guard - the rules they include are as follows:

The Detachment rule listed here will apply to either your whole army or to particular units within it. If any additional restrictions or benefits apply to a Detachment, they will be listed here. This can include units your army either must include or cannot include, as well as additional keywords some of your units may gain.

When mustering your army, your chosen Detachment enables you to upgrade

using the Enhancements listed here, as described in the Core Rules (see the

step). If you are playing a Crusade battle, you can instead use the

Requisition to give your

Enhancements, as described in the main Crusade rules.

Your chosen Detachment gives you access to the Stratagems listed here in addition to the Core Stratagems listed in the Core Rules. During the battle, you can spend

(CP) to use these Stratagems. You can find out more about how to use Stratagems

.

Nurgle’s Gift (Aura)

The Death Guard are warriors of the Plague God Nurgle. Their bloated bodies are riddled with corruption, and their mere presence causes the foe to sicken and wither in the grip of supernatural diseases while the battlefield falls to rot and ruin around them.

If your Army Faction is

, while an enemy unit is within Contagion Range of one or more

models from your army, it is Afflicted (see below).

Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle:

During the

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 has the effect of your chosen Plague.

Skullsquirm Blight

This horrifying affliction sees the minds and senses of the victim gnawed gradually away from within.

Each time a model in this unit makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Rattlejoint Ague

Limbs shuddering with fever palsy, bones turned brittle as glass, these warriors can barely act to defend themselves.

Worsen the Save characteristic of models in this unit by 1.

Scabrous Soulrot

Victims of this insidious ailment become glassy eyed and morose as their very animus and essence decay.

Worsen the Move, Leadership, and Objective Control characteristics of models in this unit by 1 (this rule can only worsen a model’s Objective Control characteristic to a minimum of 1).

The daemons of Nurgle are not native to realspace, but instead must be summoned through the rotting veil by way of generous sacrifice and acts of foul worship.

When mustering your army, unless specifically stated otherwise, you cannot select

as your

.

Many Death Guard vectoriums boast a mix of heavy infantry, armoured might and twisted champions of supernatural disease. Led by a mighty Lord of the Legion - or sometimes even a thrice-favoured Daemon Prince - such warbands accumulate the favour of the Plague God with every repulsive feat of conquest. Their festering star rises as they do, and the diseases that sing through their bloated bodies wax fat with power. Their weaponised maladies roll before them like a rancid flood, surging through the enemy ranks to leave the mightiest warriors shuddering and sweating as buboes erupt from their flesh. Even the battlefield itself sickens at the touch of such corrupt beings: greenery rots and runs into lakes of bubbling slime, mud churns with pus-moist larvae as long as a Human arm, ruins fur with mould and begin to crumble, while vehicle wrecks rust and the bodies of the fallen bloat and burst to spray infectious filth. Amidst such riotous putrefaction, the warriors of the Death Guard drone their praises to Nurgle and fight all the harder.

As the foul tendrils of the Death Guard quest further across the battlefield, they infest even the most secure, holy and heavily warded sites with supernatural disease. To fight amidst such foulness is a virtual death sentence to the foe, win or lose.

If you control an

at the end of your

and a

unit from your army (excluding

units) is within range of that objective marker, that objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase. In addition, until you lose control of that objective marker, it has the

ability as if it were a

model from your army.

Enhancements

• Daemon Weapon of Nurgle 10 pts

Be it the Seeping Blade, the Talon of Befoulment or even the dreaded Axe of Putrescence, this weapon contains a malevolent daemonic entity whose mere touch rots and sickens the foe.

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

• Furnace of Plagues 25 pts

This champion’s body blazes with fever as a cornucopia of supernatural diseases churn and roil within. Mere proximity to them is enough to trigger an infectious outbreak of daemonic viruses.

DEATH GUARD model only. Add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of the bearers melee weapons, and the bearer’s melee weapons have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.

The unfettered energies of Nurgle’s realm gush from the Warp like foulness from a punctured boil, earthing themselves in the fabric of realspace through this champions repulsive body.

DEATH GUARD model only. 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.

• Revolting Regeneration 20 pts

The more wounds blasted and gouged into this champion’s flesh, the more clotted matter, squirming vermin and gangrenous slime spurt forth to coagulate and seal the most grievous hurts.

DEATH GUARD model only. The bearer has the Feel No Pain 5+ ability.

Stratagems

PUTRID DETONATION

Virulent Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Bloated with putrefaction and swilling with infectious poisons, the demise of this hulking entity is as revolting as it is explosively hazardous.

WHEN: Any phase.TARGET: One DEATH GUARD VEHICLE or DEATH GUARD MONSTER model from your army with the Deadly Demise ability that was just destroyed. You can use this Stratagem on that model even though it was just destroyed.EFFECT: Do not roll one D6 to determine whether mortal wounds are inflicted by your model’s Deadly Demise ability. Instead, mortal wounds are automatically inflicted. In addition, any enemy units that suffer mortal wounds as a result of this Stratagem are Afflicted until the start of your next turn.

DISGUSTINGLY RESILIENT

Virulent Vectorium – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Those favoured by Nurgle are inured to pain, their rotting bodies shrugging off all but the most traumatic damage with ease.

Your opponent’s

or the

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Until the end of the phase, each time an attack is allocated to a model in your unit, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.

PLAGUESURGE

Virulent Vectorium – Epic Deed Stratagem

The foul miasma around the Death Guard swells and thickens, boiling outward like putrid smog.

Your

.

Your

that is on the battlefield.

Until the start of your next Command phase, add 3" to the

of models from your army.

LEECHSPORE ERUPTION

Virulent Vectorium – Epic Deed Stratagem

Billowing from this warrior's wounds come clouds of parasitic spores that settle on the foe and drain their vitality, stealing it for the one who spawned them.

Your

.

One

model your army that has lost one or more wounds.

Select one enemy unit within 3" of your model. Roll a number of D6 equal to the number of wounds your model has lost: for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers one

(to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds) and your model regains 1 lost wound (to a maximum of 6 lost wounds).

OVERWHELMING GENEROSITY

Virulent Vectorium – Wargear Stratagem

Unholy filth gushes from Nurgle's faithful into their guns until the armaments threaten to burst like bloated corpses.

Start of your

.

One

unit from your army.

Select one enemy unit

to your unit. Until the end of the phase, each time a

unit from your army selects that enemy unit as the target of any ranged attacks, you can re-roll the dice to determine how many attacks a weapon equipped by a model in that unit makes.

CREEPING BLIGHT

Virulent Vectorium – Wargear Stratagem

Those in the grip of Nurgle's unholy plagues become weaker by the moment, barely able to lift their weapons, let alone defend themselves from the attacking Death Guard.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack that targets an

unit, you can re-roll the

and you can re-roll the

.

The armoured might of the Death Guard has warped and corroded over the millennia, but it remains prodigious. Formed into grinding spearheads and smog-belching batteries, squadrons of ancient battle tanks and Daemon Engines mass their blunt and brutish power before unleashing it on the foe. Their onslaught is heralded by a rain of rust-pocked artillery shells, alchemical munitions and brittleglass plague-spheres hurled from infernal field guns and towering Daemon Engines behind the lines. The foe cower beneath this explosive deluge, many torn apart by thunderous detonations or eaten away by whirling spore clouds. Amid the devastation surge reaper colonies of Plague Marines mounted in Rhinos and Land Raiders. These warriors are masters of capitalising upon their foes’ dismay and horror, tearing the guts out of the most formidable defence lines even as carrion-feeding war engines close in to finish off knots of resistance. Many a siege has been swiftly broken in this way by the fall of Mortarion’s Hammer.

In the wake of preparatory bombardment by artillery weapons both forbidden and foul, the surviving foe are left reeling amidst clouds of plague smog. With their flesh running like tallow and their weapons rusting in their hands, they will be hard-pressed to fight back.

At the start of the

, select a number of enemy units more than 12" away from every model from your army that is on the battlefield. Until the end of the battle round, those enemy units are

. The maximum number of units you can select in this way depends on the battle size, as shown below.

Enhancements

Peering at the world through this bloated yellow orb, the bearer of this vile gift sees the souls of the sickened burning bright as targeting flares no matter how their victims try to hide.

DEATH GUARD model only. Ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [ignores cover] ability while targeting an Afflicted enemy unit.

This foul sorcerer has been blessed with a unique affliction that allows them to inflate their body like a repulsive bellows before vomiting forth a pressurised torrent of filth that would do any Great Unclean One proud.

Mortarion’s Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Firing diseased submunitions or belching swarms of daemonic parasites from its hull, this war engine befouls the battlefield as it advances.

End of your

.

One

unit from your army.

Select one

within 24" of and

to your unit. Until the start of your next turn, enemy units are

while they are within 3" of that terrain feature.

RELENTLESS GRIND

Mortarion’s Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

When the armoured vehicles of the Death Guard advance, they plough through - or straight over- anything that stands in their way.

Your

or your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a

,

or

, it can move horizontally through

.

DRAWN TO DESPAIR

Mortarion’s Hammer – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Those who languish in misery or cower in terror make themselves easy targets for the Death Guard.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a

enemy unit (excluding

) within your opponent’s deployment zone, you can re-roll the

.

FONT OF FILTH

Mortarion’s Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

As though afflicted with some awful vomiting sickness, this vehicle's weapons retch an endless stream of fire at the enemy, heaving themselves empty even as it storms into the enemy lines.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the

ability.

EYESTINGER STORM

Mortarion’s Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Swarms of these revolting insects burrow hives into the hulls of Death Guard vehicles. Drawn to sickened prey, they boil forth in buzzing masses and descend on the foe, spreading panic and horror.

Your opponent’s

.

One

unit from your army.

Select one

to one or more models in your unit. Each

enemy unit within range of that objective marker must take a

. Enemy units affected by this Stratagem do not need to take any other Battle-shock tests in the same phase.

STINKING MIRE

Mortarion’s Hammer – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Attempting to counterattack Death Guard can leave foes floundering amidst bubbling filth.

Start of your opponent’s

.

One

unit from your army.

Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy unit selects your unit as the target of a charge, subtract 2 from the

(this is not cumulative with any other negative modifiers to that Charge roll).

There are many ways to worship Nurgle: the brewing of virulent plagues, the foul perversion of the surgeon’s craft, sharing the abundance of unfettered sickness with armies of foes; the champions of the Death Guard practise these and many other expressions of the Plague Lord’s faith. A vectorium rich in these diabolical madmen can unleash the full horror of the Legion’s alchemical, biological and sorcerous weapons. Foul Blightspawn lumber amidst their comrades, their excremental reek heralding the jetting corrosive sprays of their weapons. Noxious Blightbringers toll their tocsins of misery, battering the foe with entropic shock waves even as Biologus Putrifiers caper through their ranks to fling brittleglass alembics and jab the needles of their injector pistols into promising victims. All the while, the droning count of the Tallymen booms out through rusted vox-emitters, and Plague Surgeons ply their macabre trade, even as their fellow Plague Marines storm relentlessly forward over the withered and maddened remnants of the foe.

A spirit of competition infects Nurgle’s champions when they fight alongside one another. With each vying to outdo the others in virulence, the foes are subjected to a riotous string of nightmarish outbreaks amongst their ranks.

At the start of the

, you can select one of the Plagues listed in

. Until the end of the battle, that is your chosen Plague instead of any previously chosen Plague.

Enhancements

Be it the eye of a Kroot or a Space Marine’s hearts, ground Ork tusk, or something unnameable wrenched from within a Tyranid’s corpse, this champion needs just one more ingredient to perfect a powerful new plague.

Champions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Employing their unique gifts, this champion enhances the weapons of their comrades with even greater levels of infectious malevolence.

Your

or the

.

One

from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack, an unmodified

of 5+ scores a

.

MALIGNANCE MAGNIFIED

Champions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem

The vile talents of such plague specialists act like a filth-smeared lens, focusing and intensifying the infectious gifts of Nurgle.

Your

or the

.

One

from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is below its

, you can re-roll the

and you can re-roll the

.

GROTESQUE FORTITUDE

Champions of Contagion – Battle Tactic Stratagem

After their champion calls down the blessings of Nurgle, these warriors can fight on no matter the catastrophic, often gruesome, damage done to them by the foe.

Your opponent’s

or the

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Until the end of the phase, add 2 to the Toughness characteristic of models in your unit.

RABID INFUSION

Champions of Contagion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The combined talents of these Death Guard champions drive their followers into a foam-jawed fury, be it through injection with a curdled cocktail of stimms or immersion in a fug of infectious agents.

Start of the

.

One

unit from your army that includes two

models.

Until the end of the phase, your unit has the

ability.

MOBILE VECTOR

Champions of Contagion – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Nurgle's champions move through the Death Guard ranks like squirming parasites.

Your

, before the

.

One

unit from your army that is not leading a unit.

Select one other friendly

unit (excluding

units and

that already have two

units or one of your

units leading it] within 2" horizontally and 5" vertically of your unit that your unit can lead (as described in the Leader section of its datasheet]. Your unit attaches to that unit as a Leader. Change that unit’s

accordingly.

DEATH’S HEADS

Champions of Contagion – Wargear Stratagem

It takes much effort and sacrifice to fashion the disgusting explosives known as death's heads, but the results are spectacularly horrible.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that is not within

of one or more enemy units and has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Select one enemy unit (excluding

) that is within 8" of and

to your unit. Until the start of your next turn, that unit has the effect of all Plagues (see

).

There are many ways for the daemons of Nurgle to burst the bounds of reality and fight alongside the Death Guard. Sometimes, they are conjured by the concentration of sickness and misery unleashed by Mortarion’s sons. At others, their Tally bands may be summoned by a champion of the Death Guard reading aloud from the mouldering pages of one of the seven Books of Woe or through a ritual offering of diseased or despairing souls. Regardless of how these entities find their way to the battlefield, they plague all living things. The mere sight of Great Unclean Ones a stomping into battle like swaying mountains of rotted flab can be enough to blast the sanity of the foe. The onset of gruesome Plaguebearers, fleshy avalanches of spiteful Nurglings, bounding packs of Beasts of Nurgle, and thrumming swarms of Plague Drones proves impossible for even the most resolute enemy to halt. Even should some brave victims stand their ground, they will not last long before the ferociously infectious attentions of these befouling entities.

Reality rings like a struck bell as it rebels against the sheer wrongness of Nurgle’s daemons. Borne upon these jarring waves of metaphysical disease, magnified and redoubled with every dolorous peal, the Plague God’s myriad infections spread and multiply all the faster.

While a

unit from your army is within 7" of one or more

units from your army, that

unit has the

ability.

While a

unit from your army is within 7" of one or more

units from your army, add 3" to that

units

.

You can include

units in your army, even though they do not have the

. The combined points cost of such units you can include in your army is:

• Incursion: Up to 500 pts
• Strike Force: Up to 1000 pts
• Onslaught: Up to 1500 pts

No

models from your army can be your

.

Enhancements

This unclean gift infects its host with animaluminescent fungus. Once their spirit is riddled with incorporeal mycelia, it begins to glow. This sickly radiance acts like a guiding lantern to the daemons of Nurgle, who follow its glare into realspace.

DEATH GUARD model only. Each time a PLAGUE LEGIONS unit from your army is set up on the battlefield 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 all enemy models, instead of more than 9".

This repugnant daemon weapon extrudes swaying tendrils with lamprey maws to strike at the foe.

DEATH GUARD model only. Add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons.

Every booming peal of this cursed bell spreads rot, lesions and buboes across the foes’ bodies, sending them fleeing in terror and disgust.

Tallyband Summoners – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

There is no simple way to wholly cleanse a Nurgling infestation once it has taken root.

Any phase.

One

unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can target that unit with this Stratagem even though it was just destroyed.

Add a new unit to your army identical to your destroyed unit, in

, at its

and with its full wounds remaining.

You can only use this Stratagem once per battle.

CLUTCHING CORRUPTION

Tallyband Summoners – Battle Tactic Stratagem

The daemons of Nurgle grasp their victims tightly with rotting talons and coiling tentacles, their clutch as inescapable as entropy itself.

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit that is within

of one or more

units from your army, you can re-roll the

.

ALL IS ROT

Tallyband Summoners – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Death Guard warriors open fire into foes already embattled by Nurgle’s daemons, knowing that no matter who they hit, all will wither and rot.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that is within

of one or more enemy units.

Until the end of the phase, enemy units are not considered to be within Engagement Range of your unit for the purposes of selecting targets of ranged weapons. Until the end of the phase, each time an enemy model loses a wound, while that model’s unit is within Engagement Range of your unit, roll one D6: on a 5+, your unit suffers 1

after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks.

FLESHY AVALANCHE

Tallyband Summoners – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The ephemeral structures of realspace have no power to halt the onset of Nurgle's Great Unclean Ones; they crumble, rot and burst apart before their unholy bulk.

Your

or your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to move or charge this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time your unit makes a

,

or

, it can move horizontally through

.

AVATARS OF DECAY

Tallyband Summoners – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Countless diseases blossom in the unreal flesh of Nurgle's daemon childer, manifestations of his blessings to be spread to all.

Your

.

One

unit from your army.

Until the end of the phase, while an enemy unit is within 6" of your unit, that enemy unit is

.

MIRESLICK

Tallyband Summoners – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Beneath the tread of Nurgle’s daemons, even ferrocrete or plasteel soon turns to a quagmire of rotting matter, in which their unlucky enemies begin to sink and become trapped.

Your opponent’s

, when an enemy unit (excluding

and

) is selected to

.

One

unit from your army that is within

of that enemy unit.

Until the end of the phase, while an enemy unit is within Engagement Range of your unit, each time that unit is selected to Fall Back, it must take a

. If that test is failed, that unit must

this phase instead.

Many vectoriums unleash heaving swarms of Poxwalkers to soften up and encircle their foes. The first the enemy knows of such an onslaught is the stink of diseased flesh upon the air, mingled with the agonised groans of countless plague-ridden mutants. Then they come - spilling from doorways and windows, boiling up from sewer outlets, trench networks and subterranean transit networks, crawling out of vehicle wrecks and rising from carrion heaps; thousands upon thousands of Poxwalkers converging on the foe at a stumbling yet relentless pace. Engulfed in a sea of grasping hands, biting maws and bloated flesh, even the finest strategies of the foe falter and fail. The enemy finds themselves forced into a battle for survival as they strive to fend off the Poxwalkers closing in from every side. It is at this point that the Death Guard themselves strike. Off balance, broken into desperate pockets and running low on ammunition, the foe has little hope of standing against this second, more punishing onslaught.

No matter how many Poxwalkers the enemy gun down or tear limb-from-limb at close quarters, more groaning mutants keep coming from every side.

In your

in each of the following

, depending on your chosen battle size, add a new

unit with a

of 10 to your army, in

.

units from your army gain the

keyword.

Enhancements

This sinister artefact emits a reedy dirge to which Poxwalkers seem drawn and by whose mournful notes they appear energised and lent an echo of purpose.

Shamblerot Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Those infected by walking pox may fall as though fatally wounded, but they soon rise again.

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

After the attacking unit has fought, roll one D6 for each model from your unit that was destroyed as a result of those attacks: on a 6, the attacking unit suffers 1

. If your unit is not destroyed after the attacking unit has fought, enemy models destroyed as a result of this Stratagem count as enemy models destroyed by an attack made by a model in your unit for the purposes of the Curse of the Walking Pox ability.

SMEARED WITH FILTH

Shamblerot Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Hacking a path through a horde of Poxwalkers leaves aggressors coated in infectious matter.

.

One

unit from your army that was just destroyed. You can target that unit with this Stratagem even though it was just destroyed.

Select one enemy unit that made one or more attacks that targeted your unit this phase. Until the end of the battle, that enemy unit is

.

GNAWING HUNGER

Shamblerot Vectorium – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Gripped by a sudden, monstrous hunger, the Poxwalkers surge forward in a ravenous mass.

Your

.

One

unit from your army.

Until the end of the turn, add 1 to the Move characteristic of models in your unit, and add 1 to the Attacks and Strength characteristics of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit.

HIDDEN AMONGST THE DEAD

Shamblerot Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Another wave of Poxwalkers rises from the battlefield’s carrion heaps.

The

of your

.

One

unit from your army that is in

and that is not an

.

Until the end of the phase, models in that unit have the

ability.

SHOCK AND HORROR

Shamblerot Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Already dismayed by this living nightmare, the enemy falters before another sudden onslaught.

Your

, just after a

unit from your army ends a

.

That

unit.

Each enemy unit within

of your unit must take a

, subtracting 1 from that test.

SHAMBLING WALL

Shamblerot Vectorium – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Lacking even basic self-preservation instincts, Poxwalkers make excellent walking shields.

Your opponent’s

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks, and one friendly

unit within 3" of your unit and

to both your unit and the attacking unit.

Until the end of the phase, each time you would allocate an attack to a model in your

unit, if your

unit is visible to the attacking model and is an eligible target for that attack, no

is made for that attack; instead a number of

from your

unit equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack are destroyed.

The mightiest champions of the Death Guard are as formidable in battle as they are bloated with the infectious blessings of Nurgle. When they congeal into a unified fighting force, these dread warriors become the grim and relentless will of Mortarion made manifest. Such a vectorium is quite capable of conquering an enemy flagship or command fortress, launching assassination strikes against crucial enemy personnel or breaking into the most heavily defended sacred sites. It is not unusual for Mortarion’s champions to turn the course of an entire war with a single shock onslaught or immovable defensive action; this is most likely when the Daemon Primarch leads in person. With their gene-sire’s jaundiced gaze weighing heavy upon them, bands of Deathshroud and Blightlord Terminators tear an unstoppable path through the foe. Supported by hand-picked squads of Plague Marines, bellowing Helbrutes and twisted champions, they sweep aside all who stand in their path.

The plagues and parasites to which these elite warriors play host are amongst the most lethal in the galaxy. Moment by moment, even the most resilient foes sicken and wither in their presence until all that remains is rotted matter deliquescing sloppily from mouldering bones.

In your opponent’s

, roll 2D6 for each

enemy unit, subtracting 1 from the result if that unit is

. If the result is 6 or less, that enemy unit suffers D3

.

Enhancements

So grotesque and monstrous is this champion’s aspect that it fills the enemy with unreasoning dread simply to look upon him.

Death Lord’s Chosen – Epic Deed Stratagem

Death Guard warriors know to chant the sevenfold prayers to unleash Nurgle's bounty on the foe.

WHEN: Start of any phase.TARGET: One TERMINATOR unit from your army.EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, add 3" to the Contagion Range of models in your unit.

GRIM REAPERS

Death Lord’s Chosen – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Swollen with bitter arrogance, these warriors carve a path through their perceived lessers and leave them as worm food.

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets an enemy unit (excluding

and

) you can re-roll the

.

UNDYING SPITE

Death Lord’s Chosen – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Driven by bitterness and the putrid vitality of Nurgle's gifts, these warriors fight on for several moments, even after death.

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is destroyed, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6. On a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.

SIGNAL POX

Death Lord’s Chosen – Epic Deed Stratagem

Guided in by rasping jets of fumes sent up by this Lord of Virulence, plague-ridden artillery fire and airbursting spore-shells saturate the target zone.

Your

.

One

model from your army.

Select one

within 30" of and

to your model. Until the start of your next turn, while an enemy unit is within range of that objective marker, that unit is

.

MORTARION'S TEACHINGS

Death Lord’s Chosen – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Exemplifying the Daemon Primarch's doctrines on versatile heavy infantry tactics, these warriors position themselves and let fly.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the

and

abilities.

SICKENING IMPACT

Death Lord’s Chosen – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Employing their crushing bulk and contagious gifts, these Terminators slam into their victims and grind them into putrefying mulch.

Your

, just after a

unit from your army ends a

.

That

unit.

Select one enemy unit within

of your unit, then roll one D6 for each model in your unit that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit: for each 2+, that enemy unit suffers 1

(to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).

As the Death Guard stride inexorably towards their foes, the battlefield thrums and buzzes with the wingbeats of a trillion swollen flies. Bloated and mutated Plague Marines march beneath a pathogenic haze, striding forward slowly and purposefully, unleashing precise salvoes of diseased projectiles. The obscuring swarms foul the foe’s return fire, and whatever clots of contagion their desperate shots manage to clear away are filled moments later by yet more hovering vermin. Amidst the droning miasma, the Death Guard stride on, at one with the crawling and buzzing horror surrounding them. As the horrifying cloud washes over the enemy, their warriors retch and claw at their skin. The Plague Marines exploit the distraction ruthlessly, cutting down their stricken foes and leaving nothing but rotting corpses in their wake.

A cloud of winged insects descends over Mortarion’s pathogenic sons, obscuring their malodorous ranks and shielding them from the eyes and augurs of the enemy. Beneath thrumming storms of fat-bodied flies, Plague Marines stride towards their wavering foes until they are close enough to unleash punishing volleys of killing fire.

units (excluding

units) from your army that are not

within a

have the

and

abilities.

Enhancements

Festering swarms follow this champion to battle, and the drone of a billion flies invigorates his warriors’ rotting bodies, lending them fresh focus.

DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only. Ranged weapons equipped by models in the bearer’s unit have the [ASSAULT] ability.

• Insectile Murmuration 20 pts

The buzzing swarms respond to this champion’s will, sweeping down upon his chosen target, their crawling, biting and droning enfeebling the horrified foe.

DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only. Each time a model in the bearer’s unit makes an attack that targets a unit that is within Contagion Range of one or more DEATH GUARD units from your army, re-roll a Wound roll of 1.

• Rejuvenating Swarm 10 pts

With a hacking prayer to Nurgle, this warrior calls upon the swarm. Buzzing clumps of plague‑bearing flies settle upon his bloated form and vomit streams of rejuvenating contagion into festering wounds.

DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only. At the end of each phase, the bearer regains all of its lost wounds.

When this diseased pilgrim marches to sites of festering putrescence, Nurgle’s blessings manifest in a buzzing clot of darkness that falls like an enshrouding fog over them and their disciples.

DEATH GUARD INFANTRY model only. While the bearer’s unit is within range of one or more objective markers that you control, that unit can only be selected as the target of a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18".

Stratagems

NAUSEATING PAROXYSMS

Flyblown Host – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The contagion borne by the Death Guard and their attendant swarms of winged vermin triggers bouts of sickness and convulsion in those they encounter.

Start of the

.

One

unit from your army that is within

of one or more enemy units.

Select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of your unit. That unit must take a

, subtracting 1 from the result.

VERMIN CLOUD

Flyblown Host – Battle Tactic Stratagem

The storm of insectile contagion sweeps forward, dragging the Death Guard in its wake. None will escape the Plague God’s embrace.

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in this unit makes a

or

, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".

EYE OF THE SWARM

Flyblown Host – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The vermin swarms intensify as the Death Guard close in upon the enemy. As their foes clutch and tear their crawling skin, pitiless Plague Marines unleash volleys of point‑blank fire into their tormented foes.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit (excluding

) have the

ability.

DRONING HORROR

Flyblown Host – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Clouds of droning daemon flies sweep across the battlefield to envelop the enemies of the Death Guard. As their victims claw and scratch at the seething swarms, Mortarion’s sons pick off their targets at leisure.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a ranged attack, re-roll a

of 1. If that attack targets a unit within half range, you can re-roll the Hit roll instead.

ENERVATING ONSLAUGHT

Flyblown Host – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Swathed in a buzzing cloak of pathogenic decay, Nurgle’s chosen crash into the foe, disease dealing death as surely as fist, maul and blade.

Your

, just after a

unit from your army makes a

.

That

unit.

Select one enemy unit within

of your unit (excluding

and

). Roll one D6 for each model in your unit that is within Engagement Range of that unit, adding 1 to the result if that model is not a

or

model: for each 5+, the selected enemy unit suffers 1

(to a maximum of 6 mortal wounds).

MYPHITIC INVIGORATION

Flyblown Host – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Daemon flies are drawn to and invigorated by the foul miasmas surrounding Myphitic Blight‑haulers. In the vicinity of these malodorous constructs, the swarms gather in densities great enough to form a living barrier to the foe’s attacks.

Your opponent’s

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that is within 6" of one or more friendly

units and that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than the Toughness characteristic of this unit, subtract 1 from the

.

you will find uniquely potent Battle Honours for

that run the risk of turning your powerful warriors into

.

The Death Guard are devoted in the service of Nurgle, and seek ever to increase his grip on the galaxy. The

frame a particular campaign for your army, as they seek to weaponise a plague and use it to conquer a world.

In

, you will find rules for tailoring the poisons and pathogens wielded by your army, allowing you to customise the way your units’

weapons work in your battles.

armies can attempt to achieve unique

in addition to those found in other publications. These represent the factions unique goals and their particular methods of waging war.

armies have access to a number of bespoke

in addition to those found in other publications.

As they gain experience and prowess,

units in your Crusade force can be given one of the

in this section instead of one presented elsewhere.

In addition to the Crusade Relics presented in other publications,

units can claim one of the Crusade Relics found

.

Here you will find three

representing goals you can set yourself when campaigning with your Crusade force. Once one is achieved, you could set yourself a new goal, or take the opportunity to start a new Crusade force.

Boons of Nurgle are a type of

that can be given to

models. Each time a

model from your army would gain a Battle Honour, you can choose for it to gain a Boon of Nurgle.

models cannot gain Boons of Nurgle, and no model from your

can have more than three Boons of Nurgle.

Each time a model gains a Boon of Nurgle, roll a

to randomly determine one from the table below. To do so, roll two D3 one after the other: the first result determines your ‘tens’ and the second your ‘units’. For example, if you roll two D3 and the first result is a 2 and the second is a 1, the D33 result is 21.

A model can have more than one Boon of Nurgle, but if you roll a result that duplicates a Boon of Nurgle a model already has, that model’s unit suffers Spawndom (see below). As with any

, make a note on a model’s

when it gains a Boon of Nurgle, and increase its

by 1.

There are significant risks to dedicating oneself to Nurgle and inviting the Plague Gods repulsive gifts. Many powerful champions have degenerated into swollen masses of rotting flesh, putrid muscle and screaming mouths, ending their Path to Glory as insane mutant aberrations. These mindless beasts are then herded together with other unfortunate Spawn and goaded towards the enemy to spread sickness in Nurgle’s name.

If a

unit from your Crusade force suffers Spawndom, remove that unit from your Crusade force, then add a new

unit to your Crusade force. The new unit has the same number of

,

and XP as the unit it replaced. If adding this unit would cause your

total to exceed your Crusade forces

, you must first increase your Supply Limit (such as by using the

requisition) or your unit is removed from your Crusade force and no new unit is added in its place.

Some plague champions obsess over perfecting Nurgle’s supernatural plagues as a form of worship, leading their warbands into campaigns of military conquest to facilitate their ritualised experiments.

If your Crusade force includes a

unit, and is not attempting to Concoct a Plague, it can attempt to Concoct a Plague.

When your Crusade force attempts to Concoct a Plague, you must first create the world your Crusade force will attempt to conquer. Each world has its own strengths and weaknesses for you to overcome, described by three characteristics: Fecundity, Population Density, and Vulnerability.

These characteristics are each measured on a scale of 1 to 6, and cannot be decreased or increased beyond these values, with the exception of Population Density, which can be decreased to 0. To create your world, you can either roll a D6 for each of these characteristics, or you can choose one of the example worlds (see below), which have fixed starting characteristics. Then add up your world’s characteristics to determine the world’s suitability score - this does not change during the attempt, and is just referred to if you succeed in your quest to Concoct a Plague.

For example, if you chose a hive world, at the start of the campaign your Plague Totals would be:Fecundity (3) + Rate of Reproduction (1) = 4Population Density (5) + Survival Rate (1) = 6Vulnerability (2) + Adaptability (1) = 3

After each battle, you will follow the Path of Contagion, where various factors will influence the characteristics of your world and your plague. You can also influence these characteristics using Agendas, Requisitions and even some Crusade Relics.

Your goal is to reach a total of precisely 7 for each of the three Plague Totals.

If you are attempting to Concoct a Plague, after each battle, use the following sequence.

Apply any characteristic changes to your world and/or plague as described by any

you used in the battle.

Check if you have managed to Concoct a Plague (see

).

Roll one D6, adding 2 to the result if you won the battle. On a 4+, you can choose one characteristic of your plague and add 1 to or subtract 1 from that characteristic.

Roll one D6: if the result is higher than the

characteristic of your plague, reduce the

characteristic of your world by 1.

Roll one D6: if the result is higher than the

characteristic of your plague, reduce the

characteristic of your world by 1. Once you have done so, if your world’s Population Density characteristic is lowered to 0, your quest has failed (see

).

Check if you have managed to Concoct a Plague (see

).

You can select one

unit from your Crusade force to gain 2XP. When you next create a world when you attempt to Concoct a Plague, each time you roll a D6 to determine a characteristic of that world, you can re-roll a result of 5 or 6.

You can select one

unit from your Crusade force to gain 2XP. In addition, you can select one unit from your Crusade force to gain one

(it must be a Battle Trait that unit can have).

You can select one

unit from your Crusade force to gain 3XP. In addition, you can claim a permanent

reward for your Crusade force from those listed below.

You can select one

unit from your Crusade force to gain 5XP. In addition, you can claim a permanent Blessings of Nurgle reward for your Crusade force from those listed below.

If your world’s

characteristic is lowered to 0, your quest to Concoct a Plague fails. Similarly, you can choose at any time to abandon your quest to Concoct a Plague. In either case, you are no longer attempting to Concoct a Plague, and are free to start concocting a new one.

If, when you check for a breakthrough, your three Plague Totals each equal 7, you have managed to Concoct a Plague. You gain the reward associated with your world’s suitability score, as shown on the table (see above). You are no longer attempting to Concoct a Plague, and are free to start concocting a new one.

Blessings of Nurgle

Burgeoning Fortitude

After each Crusade battle, you can ignore your first failed Out of Action test.

Eye of Nurgle

After each Crusade battle, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if you won the battle. On a 6+, select one additional unit to be Marked for Greatness.

Fecund Fervour

After each Crusade battle, each BATTLELINE unit that was part of your Crusade army and survived the battle gains 2XP.

Seeping Poisons

When a unit from your Crusade force gains the Weapon Modifications Battle Honour, you can choose for that weapon to gain [lethal hits] instead of randomly generating Weapon Modifications for that weapon.

Endless Harvest

After each Crusade battle, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1 additional Requisition point.

Vile Possession

Each time you add a VEHICLE unit to your Crusade force, add the DAEMON keyword to that unit’s keyword: (if it does not already have it) and that unit gains 6XP (immediately gaining the Blooded Rank); select one Battle Honour for it as normal.

Many are the alchemical poisons and weaponised pathogens with which the DEATH GUARD anoint their weapons, the Biologus Putrifiers and Foul Blightspawn working constantly to refine them.

If your Crusade force includes any

units, then as you progress through your Crusade campaign, you will have the opportunity to tailor the alchemical pathogens transmitted by your warriors’ weaponry.

Each

model in your Crusade force equipped with one or more

weapons can also gain abilities associated with your Crusade force’s Pathogen. When you create your Crusade force, your Pathogen has a Duration of 1 and no abilities, but after each battle you will have the opportunity to add to or change your Pathogens Duration and abilities using

and

.

Each time a rule tells you that you can Brew Your Batch, you can do one of the following:

• Add 1 to the Duration of your Pathogen (to a maximum of 5).
• Add a Property to your Pathogen, along with its associated Drawback (if any).
• Suppress a Drawback for a Property you have added to your Pathogen.

Each time you do one of these, keep a note of the current Duration of your Pathogen, which Property you have added to your Pathogen, or which Drawback you have chosen to suppress by marking the relevant sections on the

.

Each time you Brew Your Batch, add up the number of marks in the Duration, Property and Drawback sections of your

; this is your current Pathogen Potency. Your Pathogen Potency can never exceed 7 - if your Pathogen Potency is 7, you cannot Brew Your Batch. In this instance, you can instead Tailor the Toxins (see below).

When a rule allows you to Tailor the Toxins, reduce your Pathogen’s Duration by 1, remove a Property from your Pathogen or remove suppression of a Drawback. Each time you Tailor the Toxins, you can then Brew Your Batch.

In your

, you can declare that you will use your Pathogen. If you do, your Pathogen is active until you have reached the start of your Command phase a number of times equal to its Duration (or until you reach the start of your next Command phase, if your Pathogen has a Duration of 1).

While your Pathogen is active, each

model in your Crusade army equipped with one or more

weapons also has the abilities of each Property you have added to your Pathogen.

Some Properties have associated Drawbacks. While your Pathogen is active, each

model in your Crusade army equipped with one or more Lethal Hits weapons also has the Drawback of each Property you have added to your Pathogen, unless you have suppressed that Drawback.

When randomly generating a Battle Trait from this table, if your unit has no ranged weapons, or no ranged weapons other than Torrent weapons, if you roll a 4+, roll again until you roll a 1-3.

Infectious slop erupts from the bodies and weapons of these warriors with every blow. Amidst such a rain of vileness, finesse counts for little.

Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, you can ignore any or all modifiers to the Hit roll, to the Wound roll and to the Armour Penetration characteristic.

A miasma swirls around these warriors, swirling outward at their unspoken bidding to leave foes temporarily blinded by gluey tears as they cough up putrid gore.

Once per battle, when this unit is selected to make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, is set up on the battlefield, or declares a charge it can use this Battle Trait. Until the end of the turn, enemy units cannot use the Fire Overwatch Stratagem to shoot at this unit.

These lances and hooks of rotted bone jut from the Plague Marines' bodies to impale unlucky foes.

Each time this unit ends a Charge move, select one enemy unit within Engagement Range of it and roll one D6 for each model in this unit that is within Engagement Range of that enemy unit: for each 5+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

Swollen into lumbering hulks of flesh and rancid muscle, these warriors absorb weapon recoil effortlessly.

Add 1 to the Ballistic Skill characteristic of ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit.

Capering and jabbering, an infestation of Nurgle's plague mites tortures these warriors'foes and reveals their positions no matter how they try to hide.

Ranged weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.

These foul, frond-like growths help Nurgle's servants to sense and anticipate enemy movements.

Each time you target this unit with the Fire Overwatch Stratagem, hits are scored on unmodified Hit rolls of 5+ while resolving that Stratagem.

When punctured, these foul swellings spray warp-pus so infectious it can rot living flesh in seconds.

Each time a melee attack is allocated to this unit, after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, roll one D6 (to a maximum of six D6 per attacking unit): for each 5+, the attacking unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

As these daemons slouch back from combat, they retch up great clouds of infectious spores that choke, bloat and suffocate pursuing foes.

Each time this unit ends a Fall Back move, select one enemy unit that was within Engagement Range of this unit at the start of the phase. Roll three D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit suffers 1 mortal wound.

These daemons splatter their targets with leprously glowing soul-filth that marks the prey in the perceptions of other Nurglesque entities.

In your

, after this unit has shot, select one

enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. Until the end of the phase, each time a friendly

model makes an attack that targets that unit, re-roll a

of 1.

The hull of this vehicle has built up layers of encrusted filth and scabbed matter that soak up impacts.

Each time an attack targets this unit, if the Strength characteristic of that attack is greater than this unit’s Toughness characteristic, subtract 1 from the Wound roll.

This vehicle ammunition is so virulent that even a near miss is enough to sicken and kill victims.

Add 6" to the Range characteristic of ranged Lethal Hits weapons equipped by models in this unit. Roll again if your unit has no ranged Lethal Hits weapons.

These repulsive insectile limbs remain within the vehicle’s body until needed, at which point they slide forth from dripping burrows to hoist it high and bear it across the battlefield with a skittering gait.

Each time a model in this unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it can move through enemy models. When doing so, it can move within Engagement Range of such models but cannot end that move within Engagement Range of them, and any Desperate Escape test is automatically passed.

This region is rendered a more fertile bed where plagues can grow by liberally spreading infectious foulness and spore-thick slop across the battlefield.

At the start of the battle, select one

in your deployment zone, No Man’s Land, and your opponent’s deployment zone. At the end of your turn, for each of those objective markers, if one or more

units from your army are within range of that objective marker, no enemy units are within range of that objective marker, and that objective marker is not seeded, that objective marker becomes seeded and you select one of those units to gain 2XP.

At the end of the battle, if units from your army seeded two objective markers, roll one D6: on a 4+, add 1 to the

characteristic of your world. If units from your army seeded three objective markers, add 1 to the Fecundity characteristic of your world instead.

Even as the foe fights your warriors, they do not realise they participate in a field test of your latest brewed plagues. Those enemies that survive against the odds are judged hard enough to unknowingly bear the infection back to their comrades elsewhere in the war zone.

At the end of the battle, roll one D6 for each enemy unit on the battlefield, adding 2 to the result if that unit is below its

. If there are one or more results of 6+, add 1 to the

characteristic of your plague, and select one

unit from your army that was not destroyed. That unit gains 3XP.

The field of war is a veritable cornucopia of ingredients for the biochemical arts of the Death Guard. By reaping this feculent harvest, they refine their supernatural maladies further.

At the start of the battle, each

in No Man’s Land represents a Vector Target.

At the start of your

, select one

unit from your Crusade army (excluding

units) that is eligible to shoot and is within range of one or more Vector Targets; that unit can attempt to exhume one of those Vector Targets. If attempted, until the end of your turn, that unit is not eligible to shoot or

. If that unit is within range of the selected Vector Target and no enemy units are within range of that Vector Target (excluding

) at the end of your turn, that unit gains 1XP (to a maximum of 3XP per unit).

At the end of the battle, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result for each successful exhumation attempt: on a 7+, add 1 to the

characteristic of your plague.

The great work of perfecting toxins and refining weaponised alchemy never ends for the twisted scientific minds of the Death Guard. With every gruesome observation scratched on mouldering parchment in a spidery hand, another step is taken towards malevolent perfection.

Each time a

unit from your army destroys an

enemy unit, add 1 to your research tally, and that unit gains 1XP (to a maximum of 3XP per unit).

At the end of the battle, if your research tally is 1-3, you can

. If your research tally is 4+, you can Tailor the Toxins twice.

.

FRUITS OF THE CAULDRON1RP

Just as Nurgle is said to hunch over his cauldron of poxes, endlessly inventing and perfecting his contagious brews, so too do his worshippers follow his divine example.

Purchase this Requisition at the end of a battle. You can

.

REMISSIVE RUSE1RP

Many warp-spawned plagues are in and of themselves daemonic, possessing enough rudimentary intelligence to know when to allow populations - and hope - to temporarily recover before striking anew.

Purchase this Requisition at the end of a battle, if you won that battle. Add 1 to the

characteristic of your world.

CAREFUL CULTIVATION2RP

Fevered activity fills the laboratoria of your plague champions as they sense pestilent perfection is almost within their grasp.

Purchase this Requisition at the end of a battle, before following the

. When you next follow the Path of Contagion, resolve the Cultivation step twice.

PUTRID ASCENSION2RP

For a chosen few, the Path to Glory ends in apotheosis into a mighty and malevolent Daemon Prince of Nurgle.

Purchase this Requisition when a

unit from your Crusade force (excluding

units) that has three

reaches the Heroic or Legendary

. Remove that unit from your Crusade force and replace it with one

or

.

In either case, the new unit has the same number of

and XP as the unit it replaced. The new model can keep any Boons of Nurgle the unit it replaced had, even though Daemon models cannot normally have Boons of Nurgle. Any

the replaced unit had are not retained. You cannot purchase this Requisition if doing so would cause you to exceed your Crusade force’s

.

WRETCHED MIGHT2RP

Even the most accursed and unworthy ofNurgle’s servants may know their god’s blessings for a time; their foul might increased before their unworthy bodies burn out in the grip of such supernatural malignancy.

Purchase this Requisition before a battle. Select one

unit from your Crusade army. Generate a

for that unit, even though

units cannot normally have Battle Traits. Until the end of the battle, that

unit has that Battle Trait.

BOUNTIFUL CENSER

Said to use the ever-regenerating heart of a Great Unclean One as its fuel, this smog-wreathed censer emits roiling clouds of sorcerous fumes. These cause grotesque bloating and swelling within the mightiest warriors and war engines of the Death Guard, an overabundance of blessed foulness leaving them ever on the verge of violently bursting.

Each time a friendly model with the

ability within 9" of the bearer is destroyed, the bearer can use this Crusade Relic. If it does, add 2 to the roll to determine whether

are inflicted by that model’s Deadly Demise ability. You cannot target that model with the

Stratagem.

GNAWING TOME

This malevolent book is bound in flayed maggots’ hides and penned in the blood of famine-starved mutants. It drinks in cruelty, hatred, despair and pain from the battlefield, and, as it does, new passages crawl across its pages to reveal daemonic plague lore to its bearer.

Each time an enemy unit within 9" of the bearer’s unit fails a

, roll one D6: on a 4+, you gain 1

.

FOULFORGED ARMOUR

Fashioned by witchsmiths in an unclean forge borne upon the back of a colossal plague toad, this armour is said to embody the timeless resilience of the Plague Planet itself.

The bearer has a Save characteristic of 2+.

ORB OF DECAY

Scores of terrible maladies are stored in this orb, collected from battlefields and conquered worlds the galaxy over. Its carrier can unleash them all at the right moment to overwhelm their enemies.

Once per battle, when you target the bearer’s unit with the

Stratagem, the bearer can use this Crusade Relic. If they do, until that Stratagem has been resolved, add 2 to the result of each dice you roll for that Stratagem.

CASKET OF CORRUPTION

No larger than an Imperial nobleman’s snuff box, this nightmarish artefact contains a pale green pearl said to have congealed in Nurgle’s own cauldron. The hyper-contagious energies it emits can wither forests, curdle oceans and rot entire worlds if concealed in the right place and given time to work.

The bearer has the

D3 ability. In addition, at the end of the battle, if the bearer’s unit is wholly within your opponent’s deployment zone, when you next follow the

, you can skip the Counteragents step.

PUTRID HEART

This parasitic daemon-organ squirms into its host’s body and melds with its biology before pumping corruption through every cell. One so blessed becomes an avatar of contagion made manifest, a seething nexus of infectious foulness whose presence few can long survive.

The bearer has the

ability. In addition, add 6" to the

of models in the bearer’s unit.

Chosen of Nurgle

Sevenfold are your blessings, for you serve Grandfather Nurgle and the Death Lord Mortarion well. Entire worlds have been transformed into putrid plague beds by your efforts. Planetary systems have soured in the grip of disease and misery, crushed beneath your armoured tread. With every victory, you court the mightiest blessings of the Plague God and draw closer to final triumph or utter damnation.

Introduction

A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.

Which units you are allowed to include in your army.

Any additional rules that will apply in the missions

step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.

Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.

Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.

Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.

Further Enhancements that you can give to

models from your army, beyond those(

), will be found here.

Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (

), will be found here.

The Death Guard are well-practised in shipboard warfare and punishing boarding actions. Spearing deep in the enemy vessel like the tendrils of some nightmare parasite, they spread corruption and entropy through foes and mechanical systems alike.

You can include up to one of the following units:

You can include up to one of the following units:

You can include up to three of each of the following units:

You can include up to one of each of the following units:

Steady and inexorable, the dark gifts of the Plague God seep from the Death Guard to corrupt all.

Units from your army with the Nurgle’s Gift ability retain that ability and gain this one.

When measuring your units’ Contagion Range,

and closed

are ignored. In addition, Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle as shown below, instead of as specified in the Nurgle’s Gift ability.

Seven by seven the enemy fall, reaped like blighted crops or rotted from within. Seven by seven their souls are offered up to the Lord of Pestilence.

For every seven enemy models that have been

, add 2" to the

of units from your army. Note that any increase to the Contagion Range of units from your army as a result of this rule does not take place while a unit from your army is attacking. In such an event, the increase will take effect after such a unit has finished making its attacks.

Foul Constitution

Rancid with might, feverish with unclean power, this warrior’s diseased body is as unnaturally resilient as it is unfeeling of pain.

Each time an attack is allocated to the bearer, subtract 1 from the Damage characteristic of that attack.

Fountaining Filth

Bloated fit to burst with noxious corruption, this champion’s straining body is like an overfilled pressure vessel ready to explode like a diseased warhead.

Vectors of Decay – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Even the slightest weakness is enough for the foulness of the Death Guard to find a way in.

Your

or the

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot or fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes an attack that targets a unit within

of one or more units from your army, a

is scored on an unmodified

of 5+, instead of only a 6.

GROTESQUE DEMISE

Vectors of Decay – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Many of the plague weapons and revolting diseases unleashed by the Death Guard inflict endings so hideous that the mere sight of them is enough to send unharmed enemies fleeing in horror.

Your

or the

, just after a

unit from your army (excluding

and

units) has shot or fought.

That

unit.

Select one enemy unit that had one or more models

as a result of those attacks. That enemy unit must take a

.

INFESTATION

Embarked Regiment – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The taint left by the servants of Nurgle is not easily scoured from the stuff of realspace.

Start or end of any turn, when an enemy unit attempts to Seize an

you have

.

One

unit from your army (excluding

and

units) within

of that objective marker.

Roll one D6: on a 5+, until the end of your next turn, that objective marker remains Secured by your army and you are considered to control it, regardless of how many enemy models are within range of it.

You can only use this Stratagem once per

.

SEEPING CORROSION

Vectors of Decay – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Crawling tendrils of foulness spread through the voidship at the touch of the Death Guard, poisoning and rotting luckless foes.

Your

, when a

unit from your army (excluding

and

units) attempts to open a

.

That

unit.

Select one enemy unit within 1" of your unit and on the opposite side of that Hatchway from your unit, and roll one D6: on a 2-4, that enemy unit suffers 1

; on a 5+, that enemy unit suffers 2 mortal wounds. Until the end of the phase, if an enemy unit attempts to prevent that Hatchway from being opened, when

, you can re-roll your result.

Under the corrupting influence of Nurgle’s worshippers, voidships can sicken just like living bodies. Corridors awash with chanting, diseased cultists, chambers and vital systems clogged by rancid entities and plague-spawned filth, even the most redoubtable warship can sicken and die.

You can include up to one of the following units:

You can include up to one of the following units:

You can include up to three of each of the following units:

Steady and inexorable, the dark gifts of the Plague God seep from the Death Guard to corrupt all.

Units from your army with the Nurgle’s Gift ability retain that ability and gain this one.

When measuring your units’ Contagion Range,

and closed

are ignored. In addition, Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle as shown below, instead of as specified in the Nurgle’s Gift ability.

Like a virus seeking fresh hosts, the unclean worshippers of the Plague God spill through the ship’s corridors on the hunt for untainted souls.

Each time a

unit from your army makes a

:

Pox-Bearer

This foul champion is a living vector for the spread of the walking plague, a suppurating nexus of filthy unlife that cannot be cleansed.

Unclean Uprising – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Like fever heat bursting into unclean flame, the diseases infesting these Poxwalkers flare with sudden infectious vitality.

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.

Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of melee weapons equipped by models in your unit by 1.

PATH OF PESTILENCE

Unclean Uprising – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Long have lurking cultists planned the uprising and prepared the route for their plague-blessed masters to process to victory.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase and is not within

of one or more enemy units.

Select one closed

within 1” of your unit. Your unit can attempt to operate that Hatchway.

Until the end of the turn, your unit cannot attempt to

again.

THE DEAD RISE

Vectors of Decay – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

What appeared moments before to be a mere carrion heap suddenly lurches into foul and grinning unlife.

Your

, at the start of the

.

One

unit from your army that is in

.

Until the end of the phase, your unit has the

.

You can only use this Stratagem once.

SHAMBLING ONSLAUGHT

Unclean Uprising – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Relentless, untiring, the plague-rotted hordes press forward in a tide of grasping hands, stinking bodies and gnashing, splintered teeth.

Your opponent's

, just after an enemy unit is selected to

.

One

unit from your army within

of that enemy unit.

After that enemy unit ends that

, if your unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, your unit can make a

.

Spearheading assaults onto enemy voidships or digging in to defend the most vital of their own plague ships’ systems and chambers, these chosen of Mortarion are as indomitable as they are foul. No foe can long endure their feculent ferocity.

You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):

You can include up to one of each of the following units:

Steady and inexorable, the dark gifts of the Plague God seep from the Death Guard to corrupt all.

Units from your army with the Nurgle’s Gift ability retain that ability and gain this one.

When measuring your units’ Contagion Range,

and closed

are ignored. In addition, Contagion Range changes over the course of the battle as shown below, instead of as specified in the Nurgle’s Gift ability.

The combined plague blessings of so many champions of the Plague God is universally contagious, a dreadful omnirot that infests flesh, metal and even the minds and souls of its victims.

Each time an enemy unit is selected to perform a

, if that unit is within

of one or more units from your army, that enemy unit must take a

. If that test is failed, that Tactical Manoeuvre has no effect (that enemy unit is still eligible to shoot and

this turn as

).

In addition, in your

, roll one D6 for each

that is within Contagion Range of one or more units from your army and is

by your opponent’s army: on a 5+, that objective marker is no longer Secured by your opponent’s army.

Miasmic Odour

An omnipresent reek of decay wreathes this dark champion, mingling with swarms of parasitic plague flies and turgid clouds of infectious spores.

Add 3" to the Contagion Range of the bearer.

Disgusting Reinvigoration

Grotesque maws and stabbing probosces burst from this champion’s bloated form to consume and corrupt the very life essence of their victims.

Each time the bearer destroys an enemy model with a melee attack, roll one D6: on a 5+, the bearer regains one lost wound (to a maximum of two lost wounds per phase).

Stratagems

ALLIES OF ENTROPY

Arch-Contaminators – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

The foul vitality that flows through these warriors is slow to depart, even in extremis.

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.

Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit is

, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6: on a 4+, do not remove the destroyed model from play; it can fight after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, and is then removed from play.

SEED OF CORRUPTION

Arch-Contaminators – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Like infectious spores contaminating their victim, the warriors of the Death Guard teleport into battle then dig in as their foulness slowly spreads around them.

Your

.

One

unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.

If your unit was

on the battlefield this turn, it can perform a

this phase as if it was not set up on the battlefield this turn.

CORROSIVE CURSE

Arch-Contaminators – Strategic Ploy Stratagem

Mere proximity to these repulsive plague champions is enough to see vital systems rust and crumble as the taint of Chaos consumes them.

Start of your

.

One

unit from your army that is not within

of one or more enemy units.

Select one

within

of and

to your unit. That objective marker is

by your army.

You can only use this Stratagem once and, until the end of the turn, your unit is not eligible to shoot or

.

CLOUD OF FLIES

Arch-Contaminators – Battle Tactic Stratagem

Plague flies engulf these warriors in a storm of buzzing wings and pustulent bodies, soaking up incoming enemy fire and obscuring the Death Guard elite from the foe.

Your opponent’s

, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.

One

unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit's attacks.

Until the end of the turn, each time an attack targets your unit, subtract 1 from the

.