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Icon Bearer

(Unit)

Type:

model

Category:

Character

Categories:

Faction: Death Guard, Infantry, Character, Chaos, Nurgle, Grenades, Death Guard Icon Bearer

EntryId:

3e5b-23db-4ccd-ea97

Hidden:

false

Costs: 45 pts

Constraints:

max(force): 3

max(self): 6

max(self): 0

Options (3)

Wargear:

Boltgun

Plague knife

Warlord

Rules (2)

Leader

Before the battle, in the Muster Armies step, for each leader and support unit in your army, you can select one friendly bodyguard unit that unit can lead. That unit will then lead that bodyguard unit for the battle and form an attached unit with it. Unless otherwise stated, each bodyguard unit can only have one leader unit and one support unit attached to it.

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 has the effect of your chosen Plague.

**Skullsquirm Blight**
Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

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

**Scabrous Soulrot**
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).

Profiles:

Unit	M	T	Sv	W	LD	OC	InSv
Icon Bearer	5"	6	3+	4	5+	1

Abilities
Unclean Icon: While this model is leading a unit, add 1 to the Objective Control characteristic of models in that unit.
Blessed Icon of Disease: Once per battle, at the start of any phase, you can select one friendly Death Guard unit that is Battle-shocked and within 12" of this model. That unit is no longer Battle-shocked.
Leader: This model can be attached to the following unit: Plague Marines You can attach this model to a Plague Marines unit, even if one other Leader unit has already been attached to it (you cannot attach more than one of the same Leader to the same unit). If you do, and that Bodyguard unit is destroyed, the Leader units attached to it become separate units, with their original Starting Strengths.

Modifiers:

append name (Battle-hardened)

and

16+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

30- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

append name (Battle-ready)

and

5- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

1+ forces of Crusade Force in roster (recursive)

append name (Blooded)

and

6+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

15- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

append name (Heroic)

and

31+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

50- selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

append name (Legendary)

51+ selections of Experience Points in self (recursive)

increment OC 1 in self.entries.group.recursive.profiles.Unit

1+ associations of any in self

increment max Crusade: Weapon Modifications(self) 2

repeat for every 1 selections of Weapon Modifications in self (recursive)

increment min Crusade: Weapon Modifications(self) 2

repeat for every 1 selections of Weapon Modifications in self (recursive)

set max(force) 2

1+ selections of 1. Incursion (1000 Point limit) in roster (recursive)

Used By (1)

Chaos - Death Guard(Catalogue)

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