[Meta Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

The book also specifically says Cover an Ally 'may provide cover against ranged attacks'.  So yes, the logic of an attacker attempting to make physical contact being able to just go around the cover is what's being applied.

That raises avquestion: Does the Corebook's definition explicitly state that Covering an Ally can't guard against Contact Moves? And if so, why? I can see static/nonliving Cover not doing jack skellyton against a Contact Move from a determined Pokemon unless its a Rampage or indiscriminate Move, but with living Cover can't the Pokemon in question just intercept the attacker by body blocking them or constantly preposition their ward away from them? Heck, with your revisions to Cover that arguably would make more sense that way, since the Covering Pokemon is actively focusing on shielding the Pokemon from attacks, so I do find it a mit bit incongruous that living Cover can't shield against Contact Moves in those instances.