Editing Chaos Dreadnought (section)

===Mhara Gal Dreadnoughts===
[[File:Mhara Gal Tainted Dreadnought.jpg|290px|thumbnail|right|[[RIP AND TEAR|"GIVE ME A HUG!"]]]]
The unholy bastard child of Contemptor Dread and a [[Gal Vorbak]] troop, this oddity was exclusive to the [[Word Bearers]] during the [[Horus Heresy]].

Because of its nature the Mhara Gal is half Contemptor-turning-Helbrute, half [[Daemon Engine]], but is wholly a big mass of "Fuck You" to any enemy short of a tank that gets within range of its guns. Also because of its nature, the Mhara Gal's already arcane physical technology twisted in ways that made its components powered halfway on sorcery, and the result was something even weirder than most daemon engines.

While Lorgar was generally nice to all of his kids, the Mhara Gal was the start of the tradition of using a dreadnought as a form of punishment for falling down on the battlefield, particularly for those "blessed" by having a daemon forced inside them.

As for their presence for after the Heresy: there is none. They, like the Gal Vorbak, had been completely obliterated to the last by the time the [[Siege of Terra]] began, as admitted by Lorgar and Kor Phaeron themselves.

Mechanically, these things are like regular Contemptors and can only be taken in singles, but the main attraction is a mess of special rules, mostly revolving around fucking with morale in a pre-ATSKNF environment.

On the [[Horus Heresy]] tabletop, they are obviously an ''eeeevul'' Corrupted Dreadnought with extra mobility through ''Pathfinder'' and ''Move through Cover''. Offensively it's nothing to sneeze at, with WS6 ''Rampage (2)'' and Fists with ''Brutal (2)'' but also getting ''Murderous Strike (5+)'' to rip apart even terminators as well as a built-in bolter-like gun. Accursed makes it even more of a hassle against other Corrupted, daemons or psykers, as it emanates a 6" aura that deals -1 to Strength and Toughness, making it a nightmare for the Thousand Sons or Ruinstorm Daemons. A lot of the Contemptor's weapons remain open to you in any combination for free, with the addition of the warpfire cannon and the greater boltspitter, a TL heavy bolter-like gun. The only thing that can cost you is the Lascannon if you really plan on blasting tanks. That said, it's BS3, so take a normal Dreadnought if you want ranged weapons. Moreover, it gets no choices for underslung weapons on Fists. 

Defensively it's got a bit going for it too. On top of having 8 T7 wounds at a 2+/5++ save, it also has ''It Will Not Die (5+)'' for regeneration. On top of this, any flame, plasma, melta or volkite weapons reduce their strength by 1 when attacking this dread, which reduces the effectiveness of a lot of heavy weapons. Don't count on it too much though since everyone and their Cyber-familiar are going to use Lascannons.
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