Cover
Walls, trees, creatures, and other obstacles can provide cover, making a target more difficult to harm. As detailed in the Cover table, there are three degrees of cover, each of which gives a differen
Walls, trees, creatures, and other obstacles can provide cover, making a target more difficult to harm. As detailed in the Cover table, there are three degrees of cover, each of which gives a different benefit to a target.
A target can benefit from cover only when an attack or other effect originates on the opposite side of the cover. If a target is behind multiple sources of cover, only the most protective degree of cover applies; the degrees aren’t added together. For example, if a target is behind a creature that gives HalfCover and a tree trunk that gives Three-Quarters Cover, the target has Three-Quarters Cover.
|Degree|Benefit to Target|Offered By …|
|---|---|---|
|Half|+2 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws|Another creature or an object that covers at least half of the target|
|Three Quarters|+5 bonus to AC and Dexterity saving throws|An object that covers at least three-quarters of the target|
|Total|Can’t be targeted directly|An object that covers the whole target|
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