Shields and Cover

[cranewings]

I'm still looking for the rules but I'm not having any luck.

Under what conditions to shields provide cover against a range attack? Is it only certain kinds of shields or only for full defense?

[Talonhawke]

Shield, Tower: This massive wooden shield is nearly as
tall as you are. In most situations, it provides the indicated
shield bonus to your AC. As a standard action, however,
you can use a tower shield to grant you total cover until the
beginning of your next turn. When using a tower shield
in this way, you must choose one edge of your space. That
edge is treated as a solid wall for attacks targeting you
only. You gain total cover for attacks that pass through this
edge and no cover for attacks that do not pass through this
edge (see Chapter 8). The shield does not, however, provide
cover against targeted spells; a spellcaster can cast a spell
on you by targeting the shield you are holding. You cannot
bash with a tower shield, nor can you use your shield hand
for anything else.

This is the only instance i know of.

[grasshopper_ea]

cranewings wrote:

I'm still looking for the rules but I'm not having any luck.

Under what conditions to shields provide cover against a range attack? Is it only certain kinds of shields or only for full defense?

The only shield that can give cover unless you have a class ability that says otherwise is a tower shield can be used to grant cover fron one direction. Usually they just provide you an AC bonus.

[cranewings]

Talonhawke wrote:

Shield, Tower: This massive wooden shield is nearly as

tall as you are. In most situations, it provides the indicated
shield bonus to your AC. As a standard action, however,
you can use a tower shield to grant you total cover until the
beginning of your next turn. When using a tower shield
in this way, you must choose one edge of your space. That
edge is treated as a solid wall for attacks targeting you
only. You gain total cover for attacks that pass through this
edge and no cover for attacks that do not pass through this
edge (see Chapter 8). The shield does not, however, provide
cover against targeted spells; a spellcaster can cast a spell
on you by targeting the shield you are holding. You cannot
bash with a tower shield, nor can you use your shield hand
for anything else.

This is the only instance i know of.

Thanks. I've been working on firearms rules. A lot of what I wrote adds bonuses not only to guns, but arrows as well. Right now I'm just looking for counter bonuses I can add into the game so that there are ways of defending yourself. Allowing more kinds of shields to provide cover more often, with less hassle, seems like a good way of doing it.

[grasshopper_ea]

cranewings wrote:

Talonhawke wrote:

Shield, Tower: This massive wooden shield is nearly as

tall as you are. In most situations, it provides the indicated
shield bonus to your AC. As a standard action, however,
you can use a tower shield to grant you total cover until the
beginning of your next turn. When using a tower shield
in this way, you must choose one edge of your space. That
edge is treated as a solid wall for attacks targeting you
only. You gain total cover for attacks that pass through this
edge and no cover for attacks that do not pass through this
edge (see Chapter 8). The shield does not, however, provide
cover against targeted spells; a spellcaster can cast a spell
on you by targeting the shield you are holding. You cannot
bash with a tower shield, nor can you use your shield hand
for anything else.

This is the only instance i know of.

Thanks. I've been working on firearms rules. A lot of what I wrote adds bonuses not only to guns, but arrows as well. Right now I'm just looking for counter bonuses I can add into the game so that there are ways of defending yourself. Allowing more kinds of shields to provide cover more often, with less hassle, seems like a good way of doing it.

The shielded or phalanx fighter gets some options to provide cover to alies with their shield, etc. might look into archtypes in the apg

[cranewings]

Yeah, I saw those. Good stuff. Sense I made cover so much more important with these rules, those archetypes are going to come into play more.