Soft Cover to me looks the exact same as the shooting into melee rule. It's just doing it differently. I'm going to ignore Soft Cover since it's the exact same thing.<br/><br/>The way I see combat, at least melee combat, I don't see it as two people standing next to each other swinging. I see them in an intricate dance of parries, blocks, and attacks. It's this chaos that creates the -4 penalty.<br/><br/>Also, be freaking glad we're not using old AD&D rules. Back in those days, attacks were a d100 roll, and if you missed by the degree of cover provided, you hit the cover. Not bad when it's a wall, really bad when it's a pissed off fighter.<br/><br/>Anyway, I can't proceed until people roll init, just in case someone beats an 18.