I was just reading reading another thread and it caused me to look up the rules on soft cover.
"Soft Cover: Creatures, even your enemies, can provide you with cover against ranged attacks, giving you a +4 bonus to AC. However, such soft cover provides no bonus on Reflex saves, nor does soft cover allow you to make a Stealth check."
So it directly says that soft cover applies to ranged attacks. It does not mention reach attacks.
I might be missing a section where this is covered, but I could not find it.
There is no mention of soft cover under reach weapons in the equipment section.
However, there is this line at the top of the section on 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).
When making a melee attack against an adjacent target, your target has cover if any line from any corner of your square to the target's square goes through a wall (including a low wall). When making a melee attack against a target that isn't adjacent to you (such as with a reach weapon), use the rules for determining cover from ranged attacks." (Bold add for emphasis by me)
Does that last clause mean that ALL ranged rules regarding cover apply to reach attacks, including soft cover, or is it just directed at how you determine normal cover, such as corners, walls, etc.?
That is my question, does soft cover apply to reach attacks?
Yes
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Yup, you've followed the rules correctly. There's a feat to assist with that though (which also serves to clarify the rule): Phalanx Formation!
No not ALL Range Rules. The -4 for being engaged in melee does not apply. Reach weapons merely use the same rules as ranged weapons to determine cover, nothing else.