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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4791504" data-attributes="member: 3400">It's not so arbitrary if you look at it the right way. Cover can stop an attack cold so it increases your defenses much like a shield does. Concealment, by mainly obscuring but not actually blocking you, doesn't specifically add to your defenses. It affects them in a may be aiming right, may not be aiming right, it's hard to see, kind of way. Plus, concealment is unaffected by the skill of the spotter while cover may be decisive or virtually irrelevant depending on the skill of the attacker.It's different and could have been handled like a straight AC bonus since AC is astract enough, but I think I prefer it with the miss chance. It's an interesting way to model the difference between the two concepts of cover and concealment. But not really arbitrary.</blockquote>