Cover and line of sight.

[jetpendragon]

In an area where the player is looking up on a balcony aiming his +1 Shortbow of Seeking at an opponent. He moves closer to get the point blank bonus. At this point the DM says that the player no longer has line of sight due to the cover of the rail of the balcony. The player argues that to bow with its seeking ability forgoes the cover/concealment. Does that also forgo the line of sight? Should he have gotten the shot?

[Togo]

No, seeking ignores concealment, not cover. The Bloodseeking ability (Cwarrior p134) ignores cover (but not concealment), and allows you to shoot at creatures you have no line of sight to, with the usual 50% miss chance for total concealment.

Combine the two together, and you can shoot people around corners without a miss chance at all, although you need to know which square they are in.

Combine it with ghost touch... and you can shoot people you can't see through doors, thin walls, and other obstacles. Useful for wizard hunting.