Ranged cover question


Rules Questions


Hello,

There is something I am just not understanding about ranged cover. I have put up a link to a picture of a scenario that recently happened.

Might have to zoom out, not sure why its so big.

http://i.imgur.com/ET8Mq.jpg

The yellow lines mark a room, the blue circle is a player and the brown ones are goblins.

I know in the rules it says to pick a corner, and if I can draw a line to any of the enemy corners and it passes through a wall or something that blocks line of effect, they have cover. So If I picked corner B, none of them do, but if I pick A, one does.

So is it cover since one of them (corner A) does, or NO because I can find a corner that doesn't?

Also, if there was another player in the spot right to the left of enemy 3, would he provide cover to the enemies since he blocks pretty much every line except to enemy number 4?

Thanks in advance.


When making a ranged attack, you only need to select one corner to draw your lines from, to all four corners of your target. So if he's drawing lines from corner B, goblin 1 has soft cover becase the line of effect passes through another goblin's square. Now, if he were to draw his lines from the lower right corner instead, his lines would only touch goblin 3's corner, not pass through the square, and so there would be no cover at all. Lines can touch corners and run parralel of walls all they want, so long as they don't pass through a square containing such.

If there were a player in the doorway like you mention next, yes, all the enemies in the room have cover because you cannot draw a line to all four corners of any enemy space without passing through that of your ally. Goblin 4 you'd still have a clear shot at.

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Rules Questions / Ranged cover question All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.