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Mortarion

(Unit)

Type: model

Category: Epic Hero

Categories: Faction: Death Guard, Monster, Psyker, Fly, Character, Epic Hero, Daemon, Grenades, Chaos, Nurgle, Primarch, Mortarion

EntryId: f5ac-4f37-fe7b-36b6

Hidden: false

Costs: 400 pts

Constraints:

max(force): 1

Options (5)

Crusade:

Mighty Champions:

Rules (4)

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).

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.*

Feel No Pain

This ability always takes the form **Feel No Pain X+**. Each time a model with this ability would lose a wound, roll one D6: on an **X+**, that wound is not lost.

Deep Strike

Each time this unit makes an **ingress move** (20.04), if every model in this unit has this ability, it can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 8" horizontally from all enemy units, even if that is within your opponent’s deployment zone.

Profiles:

Unit	M	T	Sv	W	LD	OC	InSv
Mortarion	10"	12	2+	16	5+	6	4+

Abilities
Host of Plagues: At the end of your Movement phase, roll one D6 for each enemy unit within 6" of this model, adding 1 to the result if that unit is Afflicted; on a 3+, that enemy unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.
Lord of the Death Guard: Once per turn, this model can use one of the Lord of the Death Guard abilties.
Damaged: 1-6 wounds remaining: While this model has 1-6 wounds remaining, each time this model makes an attack, subtract 1 from the Hit roll.

Lord of the Death Guard
Diseased Influence: Just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within 9" of a friendly Death Guard unit that is within 6" of this model, if that Death Guard unit is not within Engagement Range of one or more enemy unit, it can make a Normal move of up to 5".
Boon of Death: In the Fight phase, when a friendly Death Guard unit within 6" of this model is selected as the target of an attack, this model can use this ability. If it does, until the end of the phase, each time a model in that Death Guard unit is destroyed by a melee attack, if that model has not fought this phase, roll one D6. On a 2+, do not remove it from play; that destroyed model can fight after the attacking unit has finished its attacks, and it is then removed from play.
Inflamed Reprisal: In your opponent's Shooting phase, when a friendly Death Guard unit within 6" of this model is selected as the target of an attack, this model can use this ability. If it does, after the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, that Death Guard unit can shoot as if it were your Shooting phase, but when resolving those attacks, it can only target that enemy unit (and only if it is an eligible target).

Used By (1)

Chaos - Death Guard(Catalogue)