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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7510012" data-attributes="member: 6919838"><p>I see it differently, exactly opposite.</p><p></p><p>I see the core problem here as this - Cover should be a penalty on the attack instead of a boost to the AC. </p><p></p><p>Given the 5e design principle of having different AC calculations, choose one, then if you have to have situational modifiers, assigning them into that side of the test that uses different calculations seems fundamentally flawed. </p><p></p><p>For any attack there is really only one attack roll, with finesse and thrown giving you two different ability scores to choose but still the one calculation.</p><p></p><p>So the fluid on the fly stuff should apply to the simpler side or maybe the active side trying to succeed.</p><p></p><p>It also makes more intuitive sense to me that cover makes the shot harder to make rather than making the target harder. (That is completely flavor reference I agree.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7510012, member: 6919838"] I see it differently, exactly opposite. I see the core problem here as this - Cover should be a penalty on the attack instead of a boost to the AC. Given the 5e design principle of having different AC calculations, choose one, then if you have to have situational modifiers, assigning them into that side of the test that uses different calculations seems fundamentally flawed. For any attack there is really only one attack roll, with finesse and thrown giving you two different ability scores to choose but still the one calculation. So the fluid on the fly stuff should apply to the simpler side or maybe the active side trying to succeed. It also makes more intuitive sense to me that cover makes the shot harder to make rather than making the target harder. (That is completely flavor reference I agree.) [/QUOTE]
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