Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
I am trying to figure out if I'm reading the rules correctly.
On page 273 of the PHB we read that when determining LOS, a line can't touch an obstacle. Next page, we see in the drawing that LOS is obstructed by touching the corner of a wall. On the other hand when determining cover: A line isn’t blocked if it runs along the edge of an obstacle’s or an enemy’s square. (p. 280). This in confirmed in page 43 of the DMG: A line that runs parallel right along a wall isn’t blocked.
When a line runs parallel to a wall it in fact, touches the obstacle. So, are the rules for LOS and cover different?
Are those two examples correct?
1) A character is shooting around the corner at someone in a corridor. The target doesn't have any cover, because we have line that runs along the wall.
2) A character is shooting around the corner at someone behind another corner (a U-shaped corridor)
1+++++++++++++2
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for the purpose of cover there are two unobstructed lines from square 1 to square 2, however there is no line of sight.
On page 273 of the PHB we read that when determining LOS, a line can't touch an obstacle. Next page, we see in the drawing that LOS is obstructed by touching the corner of a wall. On the other hand when determining cover: A line isn’t blocked if it runs along the edge of an obstacle’s or an enemy’s square. (p. 280). This in confirmed in page 43 of the DMG: A line that runs parallel right along a wall isn’t blocked.
When a line runs parallel to a wall it in fact, touches the obstacle. So, are the rules for LOS and cover different?
Are those two examples correct?
1) A character is shooting around the corner at someone in a corridor. The target doesn't have any cover, because we have line that runs along the wall.
2) A character is shooting around the corner at someone behind another corner (a U-shaped corridor)
1+++++++++++++2
..........................
for the purpose of cover there are two unobstructed lines from square 1 to square 2, however there is no line of sight.