I was thinking about two niche rules issues:1) Advantage can be very prolific and easy to grant, making it less special.
2) The classic "shooting at a target in a Fog Cloud" scenario in which advantage and disadvantage always cancel out.
It made me wonder: would a creature in a Fog Cloud or Darkness, or otherwise Heavily Obscured, have cover?
Here's what the PHB says about being Heavily Obscured:
And Total Cover:
Now I'm assuming that if the game designers wanted concealment to grant cover, they would have said so (or just combined the rules), so RAW it probably doesn't. Especially with that word "obstacle" in there, the designers were obviously thinking about being behind a wall, not a cloud.
But should it grant cover???
I could see a House Rule granting characters who are heavily obscured 3/4 cover or even total cover. This may make effects like Fog Cloud and Darkness more effective. What other consequences would it have?
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