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==Cover== | ==Cover== | ||
Cover indicates that a target is behind something which partially or completely blocks your line of effect, though not necessarily line of sight. For example, a wall of force is transparent — you can see targets on the other side of one. However, most attacks cannot target a creature on the other side of a wall of force since there is no line of effect to that target. Such a creature has total cover. | |||
There are varying degrees of cover, depending on how completely your line of effect is blocked to a target. This can range from a target standing up behind a low coffee table, which makes their feet and lower legs untargetable, but leaves the rest of them exposed, to a target peering through a small peephole, who could only be hit by the most unlikely of attacks, to a target completely behind a solid obstacle, which cannot be targeted at all (at least, by an attack which requires line of effect). | |||
===Partial Cover=== | |||
The term "partial cover" is interchangeable with the more general term, "cover". | |||
To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC). | To determine whether your target has cover from your ranged attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target's square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover (+4 to AC). | ||