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<blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 3212812" data-attributes="member: 1704">I assume the groan is at your own bad pun and not because the problem is all that vexing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; It is up to the DM to determine whether something provides cover, but a &quot;barrier&quot; is an excellent candidate for cover and I would not hesitate to consider a wall of thorns to provide cover.&nbsp; I would not say it provides total cover because you can move through it.Meanwhile, an electronic search through my SRD finds no instance of &quot;hard cover.&quot;&nbsp; It finds only one passage in which &quot;soft cover&quot; is mentioned:Here, soft cover refers specifically and unambiguously to creatures.&nbsp; Anything else is just &quot;cover.&quot;&nbsp; Web is not a creature and Web specifies that it provides cover; it does not say &quot;soft cover.&quot;&nbsp; Thus, by all accounts, Web does not provide &quot;soft cover.&quot;&nbsp; Implementing it as &quot;soft cover&quot; is a matter of house ruling and not, IMO, interpretation of the rules, which are uncharacteristally clear in this case. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus Coeruleus, post: 3212812, member: 1704"] I assume the groan is at your own bad pun and not because the problem is all that vexing. :) It is up to the DM to determine whether something provides cover, but a "barrier" is an excellent candidate for cover and I would not hesitate to consider a wall of thorns to provide cover. I would not say it provides total cover because you can move through it. Meanwhile, an electronic search through my SRD finds no instance of "hard cover." It finds only one passage in which "soft cover" is mentioned: Here, soft cover refers specifically and unambiguously to creatures. Anything else is just "cover." Web is not a creature and Web specifies that it provides cover; it does not say "soft cover." Thus, by all accounts, Web does not provide "soft cover." Implementing it as "soft cover" is a matter of house ruling and not, IMO, interpretation of the rules, which are uncharacteristally clear in this case. ;) [/QUOTE]

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