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).

Deadly Demise

This ability always takes the form **Deadly Demise X**. Each time a model in this unit is **destroyed**, after the units embarked within it (if any) have made their **emergency disembark moves**, roll one D6. On a 6, that model suffers a **deadly demise**; each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of **mortal wounds** denoted by **X** (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6"). 
***Example:** An Impulsor with a unit of Intercessors embarked within it is **destroyed** by ranged attacks. First, any unresolved attacks made by the attacking unit are resolved. Then the Intercessors make an **emergency disembark move**. Then the roll is made for the **Deadly Demise** ability, and on a 6, that ability is resolved. Finally, the Impulsor is removed from the battlefield.*

Profiles:

Unit	M	T	Sv	W	LD	OC	InSv
Helbrute	7"	9	2+	8	6+	3

Abilities
Diseased Malice: Each time this model makes an attack that targets an Afflicted unit, add 1 to the Wound roll.
Froth-spattered Frenzy: If this model is equipped with two melee weapons in addition to its close combat weapon, add 2 to the Attacks characteristic of those two weapons.

Modifiers:

add category Contagion Engine

1+ selections of Contagion Engines in force (recursive)

add category Daemon

1+ selections of Vile Possession in roster (recursive)

append Keywords Assault in self.entries.recursive.profiles.Ranged Weapons

1+ selections of Contagion Engines in force (recursive)

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 A 2 in self.entries.recursive.Helbrute melee weapon.profiles.Melee Weapons

2+ selections of Helbrute melee weapon in Helbrute (recursive)

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 Crusade: Battle Honours(self) 6

1+ selections of Legendary Veterans in self (recursive)

set max(force) 2

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

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Chaos - Death Guard(Catalogue)