This thread is dedicated to the Imperial Guard, and more specifically the "Imperial Guard Orders"
This is just an order for the Junior Officer, better known as the Platoon Command Squad.
"Suppressing Fire!"
The Guardsmen relentlessly fire at the enemy, requiring each step to be paid for in blood.
If the order is successfully issued, choose one enemy unit visible to the Junior Officer. The ordered unit immediately shoots at the nominated target. If the enemy unit suffers an unsaved wound from a lasgun then the enemy unit takes a moral test. If the enemy unit fails, until the end of the Imperial Guard player's next turn the enemy unit counts as though it were moving through difficult terrain.
I feel it is a fairly balanced rule. I specifically think it should have the "unsaved wound from a lasgun" and not just an unsaved wound due to the possibility of someone shooting say a single Lascannon shot at the enemy and then forcing them to move through difficult terrain. Yes, heavy bolters and possibly auto cannons could suppress enemy infantry but without going through every single weapon in the imperial guard arsenal and putting each weapon into one of two categories, suppressible weaponry/not suppressible weaponry?, it's just seems simpler to state an unsaved wound from a lasgun. (Mortars and sniper rifles would fall into an interesting category. Maybe giving them a much needed extra "uhmfff" Maybe if the enemy unit is simply hit with a mortar or sniper rifle then take a moral test and then they count as moving through difficult terrain? I digress) Also note "moral test" and not leadership test. Units that are fearless, a giant mob of orks/tyranids monstrosity /generic fearless unit, wouldn't bat an eye at an enemy tank trying to run them over nor should they if a few stray lasgun rounds hit them. Also, do you think that opening line is to harsh? I know that 40k isn't rated PG or anything, or even PG-13? But looking at all the other Imperial Guard orders and their little fluff explanation they don't really have anything like that. It could be changed to something to the effect of
"The Guardsmen relentlessly fire at the enemy, making it all but impossible to advance under the torrent of fire." A friendlier atmosphere, so to speak, in the grim dark future that is 40k… where there is only war.
Anyway, that’s pretty much it. Just a neat little thought I had. What do you all think? Balanced? Broken? Not needed? Silly?