Cover, Walls, and explosives.

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

Have any of you encountered a situation were someone was behind a wall and that wall and the pc were in the blast radius of the explosive? What are you doing. i made a Dm call but I'd like to know what everyone is doing.

 

[Trainz]

Yes.

P. 145 of the book: Cover. If the character is only partially protected by the wall, use those reflex save modifiers.

If the PC is totally behind the wall, he is not affected by the explosion. If the damage from the blast is enough to bring the wall down (p. 150 Substance Hardness and Hit Points), I would apply the remaining damage to the character (he would still get an unmodified saving throw).

 

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

That's basically what i did but I gave the player a save with the cover modifier (subtracting the dmg that the wall absorbed).

 

[Ranger REG]

But what happens when the blast not only destroys a portion of the wall that the PCs are directly taking cover from, but turns the wall the wall into hurling debris?

 

[Trainz]

But what happens when the blast not only destroys a portion of the wall that the PCs are directly taking cover from, but turns the wall the wall into hurling debris?

In real life, it can be nasty, but for a game session I tend not to stop at every little detail, I keep things simple, and move on.