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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9405112" data-attributes="member: 2209">Thanks, that is an arguable RAW reading and seems to be a relevant context to consider.To me the PH rules discussion on cover (page 196) even though it mentions concealment once in the total cover description seems on the whole to focus on obstacles to the target in explaining cover. The single concealment reference if taken as a limiting element would prevent a wall of bullet proof glass from providing cover which seems nonsensical. If that reference is taken as not a defining limiting element but as a loose description it makes more sense to me conceptually.COVERWalls, trees, creatures, and other obstacles can provide cover during combat, making a target more difficult to harm. A target can benefit from cover only when an attack or other effect originates on the opposite side of the cover.There are three degrees of cover. If a target is behind multiple sources of cover, only the most protective degree of cover applies; the degrees aren't added together. For example, if a target is behind a creature that gives half cover and a tree trunk that gives three-quarters cover, the target has three-quarters cover.A target with half cover has a +2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has half cover if an obstacle blocks at least half of its body. The obstacle might be a low wall, a large piece of furniture, a narrow tree trunk, or a creature, whether that creature is an enemy or a friend.A target with three-quarters cover has a +5 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws. A target has three-quarters cover if about three-quarters of it is covered by an obstacle. The obstacle might be a portcullis, an arrow slit, or a thick tree trunk.A target with total cover can't be targeted directly by an attack or a spell, although some spells can reach such a target by including it in an area of effect. A target has total cover if it is completely concealed by an obstacle.</blockquote>

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