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."

Indeed, and I tackle that very consideration in detail in my old bit.

Rather than weigh down the thread with all my junk, I'll again refer (a presumably very small number of) interested parties to the article. Down near the bottom, in item #3 of Designer's Notes, are notes on how this whole "shields as cover" business would/could/should(?) mesh with Deceptive Attack.