The Plague Furnace does D6 Impact Hits when it charges. The Plague Monk crew and the Plague Priest can fight anyone in base contact with the Plague Furnace. The Plague Monks can fight close combat and still swing the great censer. Enemy models in base contact can choose to attack the Plague Furnace or the Plague Priest mounted upon it. Attacks against the Plague Furnace must roll To Hit against the Plague Monk crew's Weapon Skill.
The base of the Plague Furnace means that some extrapolation must be done to work out the rank bonus of the Plague Monk unit. Count the Plague Furnace as the same number of Plague Monks that would normally occupy that space (typically 15).
The Plague Furnace can make the following Warpstone Weapon close combat attacks:
Enshrouded by Fog
In combat the Plague Furnace becomes wreathed in a deadly fog. At the start of any round of close combat, any unit (friend or foe) touching the Plague Furnace suffers D6 automatic hits distributed as per shooting. This includes the unit pushing the Plague Furnace, but not the Plague Priest riding it. Each model hit must pass a Toughness test or suffer a single wound, with no armour save allowed.
Wrecker Attack
In your own player turn the chain holding the mighty swinging great censer can be let loose. This attack happens last in any round of close combat the Plague Furnace is involved in, even after great weapons have struck. The Wrecker Attack causes an artillery dice's worth of Strength 5 hits against a single enemy unit in base contact with the front arc of the Plague Furnace. All hits are distributed as per shooting and count towards combat resolution. A roll of misfire means something has gone wrong; roll on the Plague Furnace Mishap chart below. This attack is done in addition to the Enshrouded by Fog attack.
Plague Furnace Mishap Chart
D6 | Result |
1-2 | Crunch! The orb comes loose prematurely and smashes into the Plague Furnace below. The Plague Furnace immediately suffers D3 wounds and the unit pushing it takes D6 automatic hits at Strength 5. |
3-5 | Bilious Cloud. A jarring halt releases a particularly potent cloud of warp-poisoned fumes. Immediately work out a special Enshrouded by Fog attack that causes 2D6 hits on the unit pushing the Plague Furnace only. |
6 | Maddening Fumes! The great censer fails to drop, but instead glows white hot, sending billow clouds down upon the Plague Monks who become possessed with even more unnatural vigour. The unit pushing the Plague Furnace makes an additional full round of close combat attacks against any foe in base contact. Following these extra attacks, the unit pushing the Plague Engine suffer D6 casualties. Any casualties caused by this extra round of attacks count towards combat resolution. |