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The PHB description of tower shields on p.106 and the discussion of cover on PHB p. 133 left me with some more of my 20 questions... Seems like tower shields are sort of a portable Expertise feat - you choose how much cover you want against your foe, but it means they have that much cover...

When a monster has multiple attacks listed, does it need to take the Full Attack action to use them all? For example (since I have its stats handy), a dire ape has 2 claws at +8 and a bite at +3. I gather this means that it can make 3 attacks per round: claw +8, claw +8, bite +3. By analogy...

Let's assume a elven warrior, Exemplar, has taken an action to ready his longspear. His orcish foe, Ow, obligingly charges with his battleaxe. - Does Exemplar get a (partial) attack as soon Ow is 10' away (as if he'd readied an attack against the first opponent to come in range), or is the 'set...

Does the armor bonus from the spell mage armor (or bracers of armor) stack with the effects of mundane armor or enchanted armor? Likewise, does the cover bonus from the shield spell stack with the benefits of a regular shield, a tower shield, or mundane cover? As examples, say Arthur is wearing...