40K RUMORS: Death Guard Company Doctrines
War of the Spider is almost here, and a set of rules on the Death Guard is out and an about. Take a look.
War of the Spider hits the shelves this weekend and we’ve already gotten peeks at all three factions in the book, Death Guard, Fabius Bile, and Custodes (and friends). This weekend a big set of rumors regarding the Death Guard broke on Reddit.
Let’s take a look at the Doctrines of the 7 Grand Companies:
The Rumors
- If your army is battle forged and the detachement is a DG detachement you can chose which plague company it belongs to.
- All DG units in the detachement except chaos cultists, poxwalker and named characters get the <Plague Company> keyword.
Harbingers
Poxwalkers in this detachement get the Harbingers Keyword.
Warlord Trait
Zombie Plague
If your warlord destroys an enemy infantry model in melee add a model to a friendly Harbingers Poxwalker unit within 7″. You have to pay reserve points for models above its starting unitsize
Relic
Stratagems
1/3cp
From the Carrion Heaps
already previewed
1CP
Life Transcending Death
Fight Phase when the last model of a Harbingers Unit gets destroyed. The enemy unit that destroyed the model suffers D3 mortal wounds
The Relentless
Warlord Trait
Ferric Blight
If an attack of a friendly <Relentless> unit targets a Vehicle within 7″ of this warlord add 1 to this weapons AP characteristic.
Relic
Leech Spore Casket
If a model gets destroyed in melee by a model with this relic heal a friendly <Relentless> vehicle within 18″ by 1. Every model in your army can only recover 3 Wounds per round.
Stratagems
1cp
Unholy Essence
Beginning of Shooting phase.
Choose up to 3 <Relentless> vehicle in your army. until end of the phase they get Inexorable Advance
1CP
Iron Miasma
enemy Fight Phase if a friendly <Relentless> unit gets targetted by an enemy infantry unit. Subtract 2 from Attack rolls.
Mortarion’s Anvil
Warlord Trait
Gloaming Bloat
wound rolls of 1-3 always fail against your warlord
Relic
The Tally
Tallyman only.
Melee attack of <Mortarion’s Anvil> units within 7″ get exploding 6s on hit
Stratagems
2/3cp
Personified Futility
enemy Shooting phase when <mortarion’s Anvil> terminators unit gets targetted. Reduce Damage charactersitics of weapons by 1 (minimum damage 1). If the unit consists of 5 or less models the stratagem costs 2 otherwise 3 CP
1CP
Smth smth counterattack
Fight Phase. Choose a Mortarion’s Anvil infantry unit. Until the end of the phase it can perform heroic interventions as if it was a character model
The Miserable
Warlord Trait
Eater Plague
If your warlord kills a model in melee, he heals 1 hit point up to 3 per phase.
Relic
Daemon’s Favour
Malignant Plaguecaster Only.
Substitute the Pestilent Fallout ability with
Stream of Decay:
After manifesting a psychic power the closest enemy unit within 7″ suffers 1 mortal wound if the psychic test was <7. If it was >=7 chose an enemy unit within 7″ it suffers D3 mortal wounds
Stratagems
1CP
the decayed veil
end of movement. Chose a <Miserable> character model that didnt perform a daemonic ritual this turn. It can perform a Daemonic Ritual as if it didnt move. It doesnt matter if it arrived this turn as deepstrike. Furthermore only roll 1D6 for summoning and add 7 on the result
1CP
sevenfold blessing
Pre Battle. Choose a <Miserable> psyker model. Until the end of battle you can reroll one of the dice for a psychic test of this model. You can use this stratagem only once per battle
Poxmongers
Warlord Trait
Sanguous Flux
If friendly Poxmonger models are within 7″ of this warlord whilst making a melee attack against infantry models add 1 to its AP characteristics
Relic
Iron coagulation oven
Poxmonger Daemon Engines have a save characteristic of 4++ as long as they are within 7″ of a model with this relic
Stratagems
1CP
gallic bloodrush
beginning of shooting. Choose a poxmonger daemon engine unit. Until the end of the phase it can shoot after it already retreated from melee.
1CP
subsiding dysentery
fight phase if a friendly poxmonger Daemonengine unit destroys an enemy model heal a model of the unit by D3 Wounds.
The Ferrymen
Warlord Trait
the Drowning
Add 2 to morale tests for enemy units within 12″ of this warlord
Relic
Ferryman’s Scythe
replaces a plaguereaper
melee melee +4S -3AP 3D
Plague weapon
unmodified wound rolls of 6 add 1 mortal wound
Stratagems
1CP
Pestwhispering
Shooting phase if a <Ferrymen> blightlord terminator unit getschosen to shoot. Add 1 to all hit rolls of the unit until the end of the phase
2CP
On Humming Wings
beginning of movement. Choose a Ferrymen uni. Until end of turn aura abilities of this unit add 7″ to their reach. (Nurgles Blessing still only hits enemy units within 1″ of a friendly unit)
Mortarion’s Chosen Sons
Warlord Trait
Crawling Pustulance
Melee attacks against your warlord get 1 subtracted from their hit roll. If an enemy unit (only non flying) within 1″ of your warlord retreats roll a d6, on a 2+ it suffers D3 mortal wounds
Relic
Vomitryx
Plagueincubatum? i think thats the flamer of daemon princes of nurgle and foul blight spawns.
it substitutes it with
9″ Assault 7 7S -3AP 2D
Plague weapon
Autohits.
Stratagems
1CP
Alembic Narthecium
Pre Battle. Choose a Mortarion’s chose sons plague surgeon model. Substitute its corrupted Narthecium ability with
Alembic Narthecium:
reroll disgustingly resilient rolls of 1 or 2 for friendly mortarions chosen sons infantry models within 3″ of this model
1CP
Plaguebrewer
In Shooting phase if a Mortarions chosen sons unit gets chosen to shoot. until the end of the phase plaguespewer, Plaguethrower and plaguefists of models in the unit have a damage characteristic of 2D
~ We are pretty close to the formal release and these rumors are exhaustive. They are still rumors, but I would rate these as “probable”. We’ll find out shortly.
