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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3694653" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>Good question. I do not think that the authors of the rules anticipated many true muti-party melee where there was the possibility of more than 2 sides in the fight.</p><p></p><p>As for not caring if you hit your ally or not, I cannot recall if it is spelled out in the rules, but I think that the general rule is that if your shot misses due to a targets cover bonus (ie, your target has AC 15, 19 with cover, and you roll a 17, than the shot hits the cover instead).</p><p></p><p>I would say that if you just do not care which you hit and lack the Precise shot feat, that you have a 1 in 5 / 20% chance (based on the -4 penalty on a d20 roll) of your attack hitting the wrong target. Roll this at the same time as the attack roll to see which target it might hit. If the desired target is larger or smaller than the target it is engaged in melee with, adjust the chance accordingly.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that if you have an ally directly in your line of sight to your target, and that target is engaged in melee, your target gets both the 4 point AC bonus for cover, and the benefit of your -4 penalty to hit for firing into melee. Refer to 'Cover against Ranged Attacks', page 151, the comment in the photo example.</p><p></p><p>END COMMUNICATION</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3694653, member: 704"] Good question. I do not think that the authors of the rules anticipated many true muti-party melee where there was the possibility of more than 2 sides in the fight. As for not caring if you hit your ally or not, I cannot recall if it is spelled out in the rules, but I think that the general rule is that if your shot misses due to a targets cover bonus (ie, your target has AC 15, 19 with cover, and you roll a 17, than the shot hits the cover instead). I would say that if you just do not care which you hit and lack the Precise shot feat, that you have a 1 in 5 / 20% chance (based on the -4 penalty on a d20 roll) of your attack hitting the wrong target. Roll this at the same time as the attack roll to see which target it might hit. If the desired target is larger or smaller than the target it is engaged in melee with, adjust the chance accordingly. Keep in mind that if you have an ally directly in your line of sight to your target, and that target is engaged in melee, your target gets both the 4 point AC bonus for cover, and the benefit of your -4 penalty to hit for firing into melee. Refer to 'Cover against Ranged Attacks', page 151, the comment in the photo example. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]
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