06-28-2010, 01:29 PM | #1 |
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How does cover work?
i am confused.. how does cover work in combat? I seem to be missing something cause when i look it up I can't find it.
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06-28-2010, 01:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: How does cover work?
Basic Set 407, the DR given by hiding behind cover appears in Basic Set 559
Basically you're prevented for targeting specific hit locations (unless the cover is transparent) and a location that is partially covered is attacked at -2. |
06-28-2010, 01:45 PM | #3 |
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Re: How does cover work?
That still does not make sense to me. Can you give an example of how it works?
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06-28-2010, 01:53 PM | #4 |
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Re: How does cover work?
Here are two examples that should make it clearer for you:
If I'm standing behind a wall that comes up to my belt then I'm in partial cover. You cannot target me below the belt (because that part of my body is blocked by the wall) and because there is less of me to target then you attack me at -2. If I'm standing behind a thin bush then I'm in partial cover. You can see that I'm there but you can't target specific parts of me. Because of the shifting shadows and leaves (is it him or is it just a shadow?) then you attack me at -2.
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06-28-2010, 01:53 PM | #5 |
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Re: How does cover work?
You're hiding behind cover firing your pistol at someone. To shoot you back, they have to target your arm (-3) or your head (-5). Or, if we're just gonna do this simply, without hit locations, we roughly estimate "-4 to hit him" (or so).
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06-28-2010, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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Re: How does cover work?
How does the DR come into play? I find it amazing that I can't find solid rules for cover in the book?
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06-28-2010, 02:13 PM | #7 |
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Re: How does cover work?
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06-28-2010, 02:20 PM | #8 |
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Re: How does cover work?
Whats not solid about the rules on page 407 and 408?
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06-28-2010, 02:20 PM | #9 |
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Re: How does cover work?
I do.. but the cover part really make no sense to me...As I can't find the actual rules for it in the book. I looked through the attack section... the defense section..But no where does it lay everything out...I found the cover DR and such.. but thats not helpful because it does not seem to explain how it works. All the examples i see in the book have people standing in the open.
Where do I find a table saying its a -2 for cover that hides below the belt? |
06-28-2010, 02:23 PM | #10 | |
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Re: How does cover work?
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