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Does being Heavily Obscured grant Cover... And should it???
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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8152619" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>I think I would have to add that, personally. I see your point, believe me, but I also see the advantage is due to the opponent being unaware of the attack. Perhaps this is something more that having surprise would deal with?</p><p></p><p>At least if you are standing in the middle of a Fog Cloud and someone is shooting arrows into the cloud, you're going to be moving and aware of attacks, so I can see the attacker <em>not</em> benefiting if they can't see you, either.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, this would require some DM buy-in LOL!</p><p></p><p>First, technically you can't use your Bonus Action to Attack <em>until</em> you have attacked with the Attack action. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> It's a minor issue, but it means for this to work you would have to:</p><p></p><p>Attack with the bag of flour. It would be a ranged attack (with an improvised weapon) against the stalker's AC, similar to oil or holy water I would think. <em>Then</em> use your bonus action for the second-weapon shortsword and sneak attack. The only downside to this method is no DEX mod to damage with the shortsword since it becomes your second-weapon. Again, <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></p><p></p><p>Unless you are using a 20-lb bag of flour, I doubt it would be enough for heavy obscurement! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8152619, member: 6987520"] I think I would have to add that, personally. I see your point, believe me, but I also see the advantage is due to the opponent being unaware of the attack. Perhaps this is something more that having surprise would deal with? At least if you are standing in the middle of a Fog Cloud and someone is shooting arrows into the cloud, you're going to be moving and aware of attacks, so I can see the attacker [I]not[/I] benefiting if they can't see you, either. Yeah, this would require some DM buy-in LOL! First, technically you can't use your Bonus Action to Attack [I]until[/I] you have attacked with the Attack action. 🤷♂️ It's a minor issue, but it means for this to work you would have to: Attack with the bag of flour. It would be a ranged attack (with an improvised weapon) against the stalker's AC, similar to oil or holy water I would think. [I]Then[/I] use your bonus action for the second-weapon shortsword and sneak attack. The only downside to this method is no DEX mod to damage with the shortsword since it becomes your second-weapon. Again, 🤷♂️ Unless you are using a 20-lb bag of flour, I doubt it would be enough for heavy obscurement! :D [/QUOTE]
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