I asked this on the FB forum, Here’s Rick’s reply….
Rick Priestley Hi Gerry – sorry might have missed this one – is the question ‘how do you take into account the Undead rule of the bodyguard when the Necromancer does not have said rule?
This is something I should have spotted and sorted out but obviously didn’t – but this is how I’ve played it and I think this is the best and easiest take on it:
The unit is the Necromancer (i.e. not undead) so basically treat the unit as not undead so long as the Necromancer is extant.
Treat the individual bodyguard models as undead and apply the rules that are specific to individuals – i.e. choking attacks, venomous attacks – but ignore the rules that affect the whole unit – i.e. cannot be routed and terror. Dread is a funny one because it’s a mix – but apply the strength penalty for enemy fighting the bodyguard – ignore the rest (to keep things relatively simple).
That means – broadly speaking – the Necromancer doesn’t gain the advantages of being undead – but then again if you want all that there is the Liche option – which is exactly what it’s there for: Liche/Undead, Necromancer/not-undead.
I think that’s the easiest method – the only bit I went to and fro with was the Acc penalty for dread (because you shoot at a unit rather than an individual) but on the whole I thought it was better to stick with the ‘individual’ concept as above.
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