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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3695164" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>This question came up in yesterday's game. In our current campaign, we did not include our old house rule for this, but we are considering re-adding it now.</p><p></p><p>The house rules we used were:</p><p></p><p>1) If one rolls within the soft cover range, then re-roll the attack against the soft cover target. Example: target has AC of 18 and a creature between him and attacker, so on a total of 18 through 21, the attack has a chance to hit the covering creature instead (but requires a re-roll of the attack roll).</p><p></p><p>2) If one decides to "aim carelessly" (i.e. ignore the -4 penalty for firing into melee), then on a 1 to 4 on the D20 die (i.e. a really bad shot against the actual target), re-roll randomly against another target in the same general line of fire.</p><p></p><p>3) Ignore the rule about it being -4 if allies are fighting (as per the OPs question). It is -4 for aiming carefully in all cases unless one wants to use rule #2 here for aiming carelessly.</p><p></p><p>Worse case scenario is firing into melee and having soft cover where effectively, there is a 40% chance to target an unintended target.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some people have a problem with the attacker getting his full attack bonus against an ally with these house rules, but I consider this a "risky situation" which can result in really bad things (like doing a critical against an ally). The character firing into melee or firing through soft cover is purposely making that decision and has to face the consequences of potentially damaging or killing an ally by mistake. IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p>PS. I could not find the accidentally hitting the cover rules in 3.5, only in 3E. Were they removed in 3.5?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 3695164, member: 2011"] This question came up in yesterday's game. In our current campaign, we did not include our old house rule for this, but we are considering re-adding it now. The house rules we used were: 1) If one rolls within the soft cover range, then re-roll the attack against the soft cover target. Example: target has AC of 18 and a creature between him and attacker, so on a total of 18 through 21, the attack has a chance to hit the covering creature instead (but requires a re-roll of the attack roll). 2) If one decides to "aim carelessly" (i.e. ignore the -4 penalty for firing into melee), then on a 1 to 4 on the D20 die (i.e. a really bad shot against the actual target), re-roll randomly against another target in the same general line of fire. 3) Ignore the rule about it being -4 if allies are fighting (as per the OPs question). It is -4 for aiming carefully in all cases unless one wants to use rule #2 here for aiming carelessly. Worse case scenario is firing into melee and having soft cover where effectively, there is a 40% chance to target an unintended target. Some people have a problem with the attacker getting his full attack bonus against an ally with these house rules, but I consider this a "risky situation" which can result in really bad things (like doing a critical against an ally). The character firing into melee or firing through soft cover is purposely making that decision and has to face the consequences of potentially damaging or killing an ally by mistake. IMO. PS. I could not find the accidentally hitting the cover rules in 3.5, only in 3E. Were they removed in 3.5? [/QUOTE]
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