Passive cover bonus from shield and cloak?

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole

I'd think striking around the shield would be "I take a Deceptive Attack/Prediction Shot at -2 to hit for -1 to the foe's defense sufficient to negate the DB of the shield."

Which works perfectly if the target is using the shield for DB, but rather less well if it is being used as cover (under whatever rules).