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Drop pods are listed as a dedicated transport under Troops. Maybe I am just missing it, but what Troops choice has the option to take one? I thought they would work well with Specialist squads but I can I take one?

Thanks in advance for your helpful knowledge!

 The Riddle of Steel wrote:
Drop pods are listed as a dedicated transport under Troops. Maybe I am just missing it, but what Troops choice has the option to take one? I thought they would work well with Specialist squads but I can I take one?

Thanks in advance for your helpful knowledge!

The Drop Pod is not available to any unit in an army, unless one takes certain Rites of War. I think it's the Orbital Assault RoW that unlocks it.

Once that RoW is taken, I think it can be taken for any units which can have a Rhino.

That's too bad, but I guess it makes sense with my reading of the rules, too. It seems odd that you have to buy the fancy drop pods if you aren't taking the specific Rite. I'm not really a fan of the concept of a drop pod flying around the battlefield burning guys with the thrusters. Just seems a bit... silly.

Thanks for the quick answer.

Ah I think then OP is talking about the Dreadclaw and not a regular drop pod. The Dreadclaw is a fast attack choice and can be used to transport 10 models (so a unit of troops would be okay, or five terminators) or a single dreadnought of whatever kind I think.

It has drop pod assault rule so can come I turn one, then burn guys, and turn two the troops can disembark and assault while the Dreadclaw flies off to do something else or just hover and pass over more enemies to burn them again!

No Legion squad or Dread can take a Dedicated Transport unless it has a specific rule allowing it to take specific dedicated transports.

The only way to unlock a basic Drop Pod for a Legion Tactical Squad (or any squad for that matter) is via a special Legion rule, a special character, or Rite of War.

This was put in to prevent cheap, "empty" Drop Pods.

The Anvillus and Kharybdis Drop Pods are available to all Legions as a Fast Attack and Heavy Support choice respectively.

Thanks, everyone.

I wanted to put a Legion Support squad in a regular drop pod. I see that I cannot do that without the specific Rites. I can take the "fancy" ones (Dreadclaw or Anvilus or Kharybdis) but I don't really like them and I just wanted a regular one (the rules and points cost lines up more with what I want).

I guess the rules have the COMPLETELY unintended side effect of "encouraging" players to buy more FW expensive pods. Ha! Because fluff-wise, how does it make sense that Legions can more readily deploy fancy drop pods than standard, basic equipment with less capability and options?

Thanks, everyone.

Its more of a way to encourage you to build your army around a theme than to force you to buy the more expensive FW products. Particularly since the rules regarding needing a RoW to use Drop Pods came about when Forge World Models were your only option other than conversion.

 The Riddle of Steel wrote:

I guess the rules have the COMPLETELY unintended side effect of "encouraging" players to buy more FW expensive pods. Ha! Because fluff-wise, how does it make sense that Legions can more readily deploy fancy drop pods than standard, basic equipment with less capability and options?

Thanks, everyone.

Because the space marines Legions in 30K were actual armies, not just the tactical elite strike forces that they are in 40K. Battles/wars in the Great Crusade regularly saw the deployment of multiple thousands of marines from a single legion to bring planets into compliance. It's a little harder to drop pod 8,000 marines onto a planet vs 80 marines in a 40K type setting.

What Grey said. Legions are just that: legions, not strike forces.