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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 4050400" data-attributes="member: 22424">Any of the three options would work fine in D&D, since missile combat is relatively unimportant. Since DDM uses +2, and since the games really should be consistent except where there is a compelling reason for a difference, I would have to say +2.However...At some point there may well be a d20 Modern 4e. In such a game, missile fire will be much more common (as, indeed, it is in Star Wars). That game really should encourage characters to make use of available cover, which means a +2 bonus is really not suitable - +4 or +5 should be used. If the designers are going to insist on consistency between D&D and that game (which would probably be a mistake, but bigger mistakes have been made), then they should take the step of using the 'right' cover value now, which is probably +4.That said, for that hypothetical d20 Modern 4e, a graduated cover rule (as in 3.0e) would be the best solution anyway.</blockquote>