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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6639945" data-attributes="member: 53980">Technically you are correct, however, it is often effortless to move around cover once you're in melee range. On the other hand, if you're 300 feet from your target, moving 30 feet to the left or the right often won't accomplish much in terms of reducing cover.It depends. If want to hold a 20 foot wide &quot;choke point&quot;, one melee guy simply won't cut it. Even holding a 10 foot wide point will be impossible if the enemies are willing to take OAs.But I do agree 100% about everyone carrying some kind of ranged weapon. Not doing so is plain crazy.Having no other option than to charge across a no-man's land makes a lot more sense for a mech than a halfling. I would argue that not being able to find cover within 60 feet of you should probably be the exception rather than the rule.EDIT:I didn't see your edit until after my reply.The melee PCs probably don't have to stealth. Unless those woods are very open, at 600 feet they'll have full concealment and either 3/4 or full cover, IMO. 600 feet of forest is a lot of wood and foliage.If the hobgoblins are ducking below their barricade between shots, they have full cover. At that point the ranged PCs have to ready actions in order to hit them, which means only one attack per round. That said, this would be a trivially easy encounter for a Crossbow Expert / Sharpshooter party because we're talking about 4 hobgoblins vs a level 4 to 8 party (the earliest you can get both feats, depending on whether variant human is allowed). If the melee decided to take a leisurely stroll up to the barricade they might be inconvenienced enough to take a short rest. Maybe. With only a +3 to hit and disadvantage for half the way, those hobgoblins will have a hard time hitting heavy armor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6639945, member: 53980"] Technically you are correct, however, it is often effortless to move around cover once you're in melee range. On the other hand, if you're 300 feet from your target, moving 30 feet to the left or the right often won't accomplish much in terms of reducing cover. It depends. If want to hold a 20 foot wide "choke point", one melee guy simply won't cut it. Even holding a 10 foot wide point will be impossible if the enemies are willing to take OAs. But I do agree 100% about everyone carrying some kind of ranged weapon. Not doing so is plain crazy. Having no other option than to charge across a no-man's land makes a lot more sense for a mech than a halfling. I would argue that not being able to find cover within 60 feet of you should probably be the exception rather than the rule. EDIT: I didn't see your edit until after my reply. The melee PCs probably don't have to stealth. Unless those woods are very open, at 600 feet they'll have full concealment and either 3/4 or full cover, IMO. 600 feet of forest is a lot of wood and foliage. If the hobgoblins are ducking below their barricade between shots, they have full cover. At that point the ranged PCs have to ready actions in order to hit them, which means only one attack per round. That said, this would be a trivially easy encounter for a Crossbow Expert / Sharpshooter party because we're talking about 4 hobgoblins vs a level 4 to 8 party (the earliest you can get both feats, depending on whether variant human is allowed). If the melee decided to take a leisurely stroll up to the barricade they might be inconvenienced enough to take a short rest. Maybe. With only a +3 to hit and disadvantage for half the way, those hobgoblins will have a hard time hitting heavy armor. [/QUOTE]

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