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<blockquote data-quote="baradtgnome" data-source="post: 6448162" data-attributes="member: 2722">Well if the paladin will stand as still as a tree trunk, and be as easy to hit with a ranged weapon as a tree trunk, then I would grant it.&nbsp; Otherwise, as was noted above, the paladin is moving and there is some difficulty in shooting around him.&nbsp; We have kept things simple and ruled creature cover is cover regardless of which direction and how close you are to the creature.&nbsp; (obviously there will be corner cases where this makes no sense).&nbsp; I think if you start making exceptions to that, you could be creating complexity or rules that might favor the player characters over the opponents.&nbsp; When a player steps out from behind a tree in the forest, are they using movement to move to another square?&nbsp; Or are you just allowing them to shoot from behind the tree?&nbsp; Do they have full cover whenever they are not shooting because they have ducked back?&nbsp; Do you allow them to see if they do so?&nbsp;&nbsp; Those questions may seem unrelated, but you can see how a player might go down this line of questions is you start to make exceptions to the straight forward creature cover rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="baradtgnome, post: 6448162, member: 2722"] Well if the paladin will stand as still as a tree trunk, and be as easy to hit with a ranged weapon as a tree trunk, then I would grant it. Otherwise, as was noted above, the paladin is moving and there is some difficulty in shooting around him. We have kept things simple and ruled creature cover is cover regardless of which direction and how close you are to the creature. (obviously there will be corner cases where this makes no sense). I think if you start making exceptions to that, you could be creating complexity or rules that might favor the player characters over the opponents. When a player steps out from behind a tree in the forest, are they using movement to move to another square? Or are you just allowing them to shoot from behind the tree? Do they have full cover whenever they are not shooting because they have ducked back? Do you allow them to see if they do so? Those questions may seem unrelated, but you can see how a player might go down this line of questions is you start to make exceptions to the straight forward creature cover rule. [/QUOTE]

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