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First things first, I have no idea what the appropriate sub-forum for this is, so a mod can move this thread if he sees fit to do so.

Now, down to business. I think most of you will agree, the new Chaos Codex (And most codices IMO) present us with some lackluster named characters, if you're running your own personnally themed army that is. I'm running a Nurgle themed CSM army. My army are Space Pirates, joyfully spreading plague and disease as they raid. The regular Chaos Lord (as cheap as he is and even with Champion of Chaos) just doesn't cut it, not matter how much fluff I give him. Typhus is just meh in general for what I'm going for (mostly CC oriented with some Defiler bombardments in the back).

All these things in mind, I decided to custom make my named character. My regular Chaos Lord was Brother Captain maggotbeard, so I stuck with that, because he's a badass.

I don't know who's for or against unique characters like these, but we can discuss that elsewhere. For now, please, let's just try to make the Cap'n as balanced and fun as we can, alright?


WS BS S T W I A Ld Sv
6 5 4 5 4 5 4 10 3+

UNIT TYPE: Infantry (Character)
WARGEAR: Combat Familiar (pg 67)
WARLORD TRAIT: Lord of Terror (pg 28)
SPECIAL RULES: Champion of Chaos (pg 28), Fearless, Independent Character, Mark of Nurgle (pg 30), veterans of the Long War (pg 30)

Chaos Artefacts

Claws of Corrosion: Brother Captain Maggotbeard wears a matching pair of Lightning Claws. They were blessed by Grandfather Nurgle once he began to hear of Maggotbeard’s jolly plaguespreading raids. The stories made him chuckle and foul juices ran from his many gaping wounds. The acidic filth that covers these two sinister weapons is the material manifestation of these fluids; it is so corrosive that it destroys armour and flesh alike.

Range S AP Type
- User 2 Melee, Daemon Weapon, Poisoned (2+), Shred, Specialist Weapon

Armour of Affliction: As were his claws, so too was Brother Captain Maggotbeard’s armour blessed. Bloated and pustulant, it slowly rots away whilst Maggotbeard moulders on. Every now and again, one of it’s boils will burst open, releasing noxious fumes and pus.
This armour is functionally the same as Terminator Armour, but it’s armour save is reduced to 3+. With it, Brother Captain Maggotbeard counts as having defensive grenades against assaults. Additionally, he has the Feel No Pain, Shrouded and Slow and Purposeful special rules.


I am not sure how many points are a good idea. He is not as powerful as Abaddon, but he needs to be more than 200 points. I'm not sure if these are the exact stats I want either, but they are gonna be similar (maybe -1 BS and +1 S, I don't know). Once I read the initial feedback, I will make changes and add the fluff (funny stuff if I may say so myself).



I will probably make a separate thread so people can share their own custom named characters. : )