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<blockquote data-quote="radmod" data-source="post: 5302583" data-attributes="member: 93008">Yeah, this has always been problematic to me. One argument is that since cover requires a line that &quot;passes through&quot; a border, a corner does not count because passing through means to enter at one end and exit through another. In a corner, you are not &quot;passing through&quot; the border because you are entering and exiting on the same side of the border.Yet, cover is provided by anything whose border blocks line of effect. Line of effect is &quot;like line of sight for ranged weapons.&quot; In the example of line of sight on p. 139, the corner obviously counts for blocking line of sight (effect). Therefore, corners count.That said, take this annoying example:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -----XXXXXXXXXB&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -------------------&gt;M&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -----XXXXXXXXXBowman wishes to shoot Mage. However, Bowman cannot select a corner to fire from where at least one line does not pass through the borders of the walls. Therefore, the Mage has cover. I don't know anybody who would do it that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="radmod, post: 5302583, member: 93008"] Yeah, this has always been problematic to me. One argument is that since cover requires a line that "passes through" a border, a corner does not count because passing through means to enter at one end and exit through another. In a corner, you are not "passing through" the border because you are entering and exiting on the same side of the border. Yet, cover is provided by anything whose border blocks line of effect. Line of effect is "like line of sight for ranged weapons." In the example of line of sight on p. 139, the corner obviously counts for blocking line of sight (effect). Therefore, corners count. That said, take this annoying example: -----XXXXXXXXX B ------------------->M -----XXXXXXXXX Bowman wishes to shoot Mage. However, Bowman cannot select a corner to fire from where at least one line does not pass through the borders of the walls. Therefore, the Mage has cover. I don't know anybody who would do it that way. [/QUOTE]

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