I know this has been/is being discussed to death in the EotE Forum but the last word from Sam was a little vague for some and there is still ongoing discussion. To put a fork in this I am hoping he or some other developer will please UNEQUIVOCALLY state once and for all if and when Cover and Armor Stack. If you're not Sam or another Developer of the game please refrain from adding your opinion, as valuable as it may be I'm not trying to rehash a discussion that will bury this post just trying to get a clear answer from the Devs..
Thank you
Sam's slightly vague previous answer:
"GM: Rikoshi needs some defense clarification. He says page 207 says that multiple sources of defense don't stack. Is this referring to personal sources of defense or does this mean the defense from cover and defense from armor don't stack?
Sam: It doe… that's a good question and unless the source of defense specifically states otherwise, you know, unless it's… unless the source specifically breaks that rule it doesn't stack. So yes, in general if you have defense from your armor and you have defense from your cover you only get a certain amount of bonus.
And the big reason that exists, from a totally meta-game reason, is to avoid stacking too many bonuses and bloating out the dice pool too much. And it also may mean that if you need to get some…
if you want to get a higher defense than your armored clothing offers for example, maybe you just need to get in better cover, like get behind a trench or a giant duracrete building or something.
But yes, in general, the two things do not stack from each other."
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by FuriousGreg
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