Attacking things behind total cover without concealment (Seeing through Cover)

[Quintain]

Here's one for the gallery:

Given the following circumstances:

A ranger with See through Stone running and is shooting adamantine arrows.

His enemy is behind a Wall of Stone.

Given that you can breach a wall of stone, how is an attack from the ranger resolved against his enemy?

[Grey_Mage]

Adamantine bypasses hardness, not obstacles. The arrows will damage the wall, bypassing hardness, but will still be blocked by it.

[Rub-Eta]

You need something like Lob Shot to hit the enemy behind the guy behind the wall.

[Imbicatus]

Unless the ranger was using something like a railgun that damages everything in a line, the wall stops the shot.

[Ridiculon]

is there a feat that allows projectiles to pass through the first target in a line? its pretty wuxia but it would make sense

[Carnithia]

An expensive option, but could be shooting brilliant energy arrows. Only 1,000gp a shot.

[Quintain]

Ridiculon wrote:

is there a feat that allows projectiles to pass through the first target in a line? its pretty wuxia but it would make sense

So, clustered shots would penetrate?

[Quintain]

Grey_Mage wrote:

Adamantine bypasses hardness, not obstacles. The arrows will damage the wall, bypassing hardness, but will still be blocked by it.

At what point is the wall breached?

Quote:

A section of wall whose hit points drop to 0 is breached.

Once the arrows damage the wall enough in the 5' section between the ranger and the target, why would it continue to be an obstacle?

[Dr Styx]

Quintain wrote:

Grey_Mage wrote:

Adamantine bypasses hardness, not obstacles. The arrows will damage the wall, bypassing hardness, but will still be blocked by it.

At what point is the wall breached?

wall has hardness 8 and 15 hit points per inch of thickness. So with adamantine arrows, only the 15 hit points per inch is counted.

Quintain wrote:

Quote:

A section of wall whose hit points drop to 0 is breached.

Once the arrows damage the wall enough in the 5' section between the ranger and the target, why would it continue to be an obstacle?

Attacks up to breacheding the wall would be stopped, even if the wall had only one point left. Attacks after would be unaffected.