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Taking straken isn't a help, because a third of the time, they already get the abilities he confers.

If they could take special weapons, or even a chimera, they could be useful. As is, I would only recommend taking them if you want to spend as little as possible on troops. But even then, for a few points fore you can get higher utility veterans.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698112.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698112.page GMT Penal legionnaires
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Both alternate options are not that great. Here is how I see it:

Penal legionnaires are cheap, but do nothing and if they are your only scoring units will see your ability to claim objectives evaporate. However, they may be useful if stuck inside a valkyrie in order to make it scoring. In that regard they player would have to view them more as an 80 point upgrade to the valk to make it scoring, as they will die fat if they disembark.

Platoons have the risk of giving up too many kill points, and don't really do anything well. If you could merge squads with special and heavy weapon squads, they would be a solid alternative, but they can't.

Possibly the best option for vet alternatives is to take PL for minimum troops and then take allied troops which are far better for points than non veteran IG]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698157.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698157.page GMT Penal legionnaires
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They looks like a fun unit to use in casual games

One or two squads outflanking will be able to at least keep your opponent looking to his flanks, hell might be able to kill some stuff and take an objective with (a lot of) luck.

As for the inherent randomness of their abilities... No matter what you roll, you can get some use out of them.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698508.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698508.page GMT Re:Penal legionnaires HQ attatched to them & the shooty squad can remain shooty.

300pts for a pretty nice outflankable troop core (Maybe a touch more for a few priest upgrades). Granted you havent got dedicated combat troops to go against enemy dedicated combat troops (Thats why have the good old Leman Russ!) but against most other things.. you'll have a good day.

At 14pts per model, with an eviscerator wielding priest, thier not exactly cheap & still fairly weak but ofcourse they can ..

Damn. No priest/other HQ are gonna join them if they want to retain thier scout rule - which what makes them worth the 8pts per model IMhO]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698574.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698574.page GMT Re:Penal legionnaires
BoxANT wrote:I am converting up a squad (perhaps two) of PLs.

They looks like a fun unit to use in casual games

One or two squads outflanking will be able to at least keep your opponent looking to his flanks, hell might be able to kill some stuff and take an objective with (a lot of) luck.

As for the inherent randomness of their abilities... No matter what you roll, you can get some use out of them.


Finished my penal squad last week but still missing some individual names for 3-4 of the poor bastards. Yes, I am seriously naming each and everyone of them! With a unit this full of theme, it would be an insult not to. The baddest of the bad and unofficial top dog of the squad is "Undertaker", a convicted murderer that carries a shovel for those occasions when you need to "get close and personal" .

Tacticswise an Outflank move to get into opponents support units is propably what I am going to attempt. With "Stubborn" they might keep the target occupied for a turn or two.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698582.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698582.page GMT Re:Penal legionnaires
A-P wrote: The baddest of the bad and unofficial top dog of the squad is "Undertaker", a convicted murderer that carries a shovel for those occasions when you need to "get close and personal" .


What about the last-chancers! Members of the most deadly squad from the 13th Penal Legion! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698614.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698614.page GMT Penal legionnaires
I used to think they were way overpriced, but I think I might have been wrong. Stubborn means they don't need a lot of support (unlike Conscripts) and Scouts means they have a lot of options for deployment.

6 squads is 480 points. That's 6 stubborn, scouting units with a reasonable chance that a few have rending in close combat. The "Psychopaths" trait would be fun to use with the Move!Move!Move! order.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698635.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/238771/698635.page GMT