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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cjais" data-source="post: 4618317" data-attributes="member: 65394">Help me get a handle on the rules here please. As I interpret the rules, if a character has line of effect with a ranged burst power to a square, and there's no cover between the origin square of the burst and the target, that target doesn't get cover. Correct? And the origin square of the burst can be freely placed anywhere within range - i.e. it doesn't require an attack roll to place the square itself. Correct? So if there's a low wall that grants superior cover between the wizard casting Scorching Burst, and a group of enemies on the other side, how can they ever get the +5 bonus to defenses from their cover? The wizard could just place the origin square of the burst behind the wall (as he has LOE to anything behind the wall), and since cover is determined from the origin square, not the caster, they wouldn't get any cover.  Am I interpreting the rules correctly? If yes, have you found this to be an actual problem in play? The way I see it, it's not very "realistic" for a fireball to automatically hit whatever is behind an arrow slit, for example.</blockquote>