Such is its malefic nature, they can even undo metallic bonds, alien psychic materials and all manner of other elements and components, rendering even armoured vehicles vulnerable.If every unit from your army has the DEATH GUARD keyword (excluding UNALIGNED units), this unit gains the following ability: Whenever they march to war, these diseases spread, contaminating all around, sapping the strength of its victims, draining them of energy, withering their muscles and overwhelming their immune system. The Death Guard are carriers of countless infections and contagions, each a gift from Nurgle.

If your army is Battle-forged, you cannot include units from two different plague companies in the same Detachment. You can find more details on the Death Guard plague companies here.Įxample: If you include a Lord of Contagion in your army, and you decide he is from the 3rd Plague Company, Mortarions Anvil, his keyword becomes MORTARION'S ANVIL and his Lord of the Death Guard ability reads ‘While a friendly MORTARION’S ANVIL CORE unit is within 6' of this model, each time a model in that unit makes an attack, re-roll a hit roll of 1.’ The different plague company keywords you can select from are: When you include such a unit in your army, you must nominate which plague company it is from and then replace the keyword in every instance on its datasheet with the name of your chosen plague company. With a few exceptions, all DEATH GUARD units are from a plague company.

This is a keyword that you can select for yourself, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book, with the guidance detailed below. The majority of datasheets in this section have the keyword.

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