Plague Surgeon

Saves: Toughness +9, Willpower +7

Proficiencies: Medicae +8, Lore +6

Disgustingly Resilient. Whenever the plague surgeon takes damage, reduce that damage by 3 (minimum 1). He is immune to poison and disease.

Balms of the Fly-Lord. Once per round, when an allied Nurgle unit within 30 feet takes damage, the surgeon may reduce that damage by 5 or remove one condition from that ally.

Anti-Vitae. Enemies within 15 feet of the surgeon cannot regain Vitality from healing, stimms, or medicae actions.

Narthecium of Rust. Melee Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8 + 4 piercing damage, and the target makes a Toughness Save DC 15 or contracts a virulent sickness: 1d4 poison damage at the start of each of its turns until it succeeds a Toughness Save DC 15.

Harvest Sample. The surgeon makes a Narthecium of Rust attack with Advantage against a bloodied or downed enemy. On a hit, he extracts something, and the target's next save is made at Disadvantage.

Triage of Rot. One bloodied Nurgle ally within the surgeon's reach regains 15 Vitality.

Professional Interest. When a creature within 30 feet drops to 0 Vitality, the surgeon may move up to half his speed toward it.

Morale: Withdraws calmly with his samples when the warband's line breaks; the specimens matter more than the battle.

Tactics: Keep him one rank behind the plague marines, undoing the party's damage math every round. He drifts toward downed and bloodied characters with professional interest — use that to create horror and urgency. Killing him should measurably soften the whole force.

Loot / Evidence / Hooks: His sample cases hold cultured strains and tissue from named victims — evidence, cure-stock, and Inquisitorial leverage in one horrible satchel.

A Plague Surgeon is a healer of rot and collector of ruined flesh, keeping the warband's blessings cultured and its casualties productive. He treats the party as an untapped sample archive.

Use this enemy as the support specialist who makes plague marines even harder to put down, and whose interest in wounded characters is genuinely upsetting.

Very high durability, ally sustain, healing denial, disease pressure, weak direct offense, high-value support target, Corruption exposure risk in melee.

Disgustingly Resilient. Reduces all incoming damage; immune to poison and disease.

Balms of the Fly-Lord. Once per round, an allied Nurgle unit within 30 feet reduces incoming damage further or shrugs off a condition.

Anti-Vitae. Enemies within 15 feet cannot benefit from healing, stimms, or medicae actions.

Narthecium of Rust. Melee attack with corroded surgical tools; the target risks a virulent sickness.

Harvest Sample. Attacks a wounded or downed enemy with Advantage; on a hit, he extracts something, and the target's next save is at Disadvantage.

Triage of Rot. Restores vigor to one bloodied Nurgle ally within reach.

Morale: Withdraws calmly with his samples when the warband's line breaks; the specimens matter more than the battle.

Tactics: Keep him one rank behind the plague marines, undoing the party's damage math every round. He drifts toward downed and bloodied characters with professional interest — use that to create horror and urgency. Killing him should measurably soften the whole force.

Full Stat Block Priority: High