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<blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 3211780" data-attributes="member: 31734">Because spreads have text that outline it as such, as I noted, similar to movement.&nbsp; An arrow does not.&nbsp; Sure, it passes through those squares but then end result is A-&gt;D.&nbsp; The famous example of this that I recall that I hope will explain this better was brought up by I think Hyp many years ago on another board.&nbsp; Consider shooting a +4 arrow at a target 80ft away.&nbsp; In the middle of its path, the arrow passes through a 20ft diameter anti-magic field.&nbsp; Considering only the enhancement bonus, what's the final bonus you use to calculate the attack roll?&nbsp; The choices are obviously either +4 (no adjustment) or +3 (subtract out 20ft/80ft, or 25%).&nbsp; I hope you'll agree that it's undeniably +4, but if the arrow worked like a spread (admittedly almost impossible to conceptualize) I'd lean towards +3.Can you or KD respond to my point about soft cover?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Infiniti2000, post: 3211780, member: 31734"] Because spreads have text that outline it as such, as I noted, similar to movement. An arrow does not. Sure, it passes through those squares but then end result is A->D. The famous example of this that I recall that I hope will explain this better was brought up by I think Hyp many years ago on another board. Consider shooting a +4 arrow at a target 80ft away. In the middle of its path, the arrow passes through a 20ft diameter anti-magic field. Considering only the enhancement bonus, what's the final bonus you use to calculate the attack roll? The choices are obviously either +4 (no adjustment) or +3 (subtract out 20ft/80ft, or 25%). I hope you'll agree that it's undeniably +4, but if the arrow worked like a spread (admittedly almost impossible to conceptualize) I'd lean towards +3. Can you or KD respond to my point about soft cover? [/QUOTE]

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