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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6481593" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I'd only use cover rules for a target who is actually using other creatures as cover, not in a melee, because in a melee round, as I see it all of the action is simultaneous, so you never know who you are going to hit if you fire into it.So this is how I'd adjudicate it (inspired by AD&D):1. Give a probability value to hit each creature in the melee using the following ratios according to their size (1/2 for small, 1 for medium, 1 1/2 for large).2. Use whatever size die works best for the number and sizes of creatures in the melee to determine who actually gets targeted.3. The attacker rolls to hit the target that has been determined.If the melee involves huge or larger creatures, I'd allow them to be targeted directly because the line of fire could be directed above the heads of the other participants.I believe this method dissuades archers from firing into melees in which a large number of their allies are participating, but works well in situations where most of the participants are enemies (or the enemies are very large.)</blockquote>