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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 3206304" data-attributes="member: 1704">I was about to agree with KD on the cover/spread issue but I reread the rules and Infiniti2000 is in the right here.  From the SRD:  "Cover grants you a +2 bonus on Reflex saves against attacks that originate or burst out from a point on the other side of the cover from you. Note that spread effects can extend around corners and thus negate this cover bonus."  It is precisely that difference from a burst, i.e. that it spreads around, that negates cover versus a spread where it would apply to a burst.Regarding what sorts of things by opponents suffer from cover, I think that's the wide open question.  A simple solution is to say simply everything, but for many there are just certain effects that don't seem like they should be blocked.  I strongly feel that a poisonous gas should not be blocked by the cover provided by a Web, for instance.  But how far one is willing to go is personal.  I can respect the position that (assuming it isn't burned away quickly enough) a Web's sticky strands provide enough insulation to provide some cover against a Fireball, even if I wouldn't necessarily rule it that way myself.  Letting 20' totally block fire is something I just could go for, but again that's a choice of how to interpret cover provided from opponents.</blockquote>