fix(rules): pick the best target square for melee cover

PF1e (CRB Cover, Big Creatures and Cover): when making a melee attack
against a multi-square creature you can pick any of the squares it
occupies to determine cover. has_cover_cells/cover_bonus_cells now
aggregate the target side by the MINIMUM over target cells for melee and
keep the maximum (any line to any corner) for ranged; the attacker-side
minimum is unchanged. 1x1 geometry is bit-identical; no data case changes
today, locked by a unit test (Large target: melee 0, ranged +4).

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

README.md

@@ -650,9 +650,14 @@ Règles modélisées :
    attaques de mêlée ignorent les créatures). Conformance B20 (CRB « Cover »,
    règle des coins) : c'est **l'attaquant qui choisit son meilleur coin** —
    une créature multi-cases (Large +) ne subit que le couvert de SA meilleure
-   case occupée (minimum sur ses cases), pas le pire. Le côté cible reste
+    case occupée (minimum sur ses cases), pas le pire. Côté cible : à distance,
-   évalué par la règle RAW : toute ligne vers tout coin des cases de la cible
+    toute ligne vers tout coin des cases de la cible compte (maximum sur les
-   compte (maximum sur les coins de la cible).
+    coins de la cible) ; **en mêlée**, l'attaquant peut choisir n'importe
+    quelle case occupée par une créature multi-cases pour déterminer le couvert
+    (conformance A5 — CRB « Big Creatures and Cover » : « when making a melee
+    attack against such a creature, you can pick any of the squares it occupies
+    to determine if it has cover against you ») — le score est donc le minimum
+    sur les cases de la cible en mêlée, le maximum à distance.
 - Flanquement : +2 au jet d'attaque de mêlée (toucher de mêlée inclus, voir
   « Touch AC ») si un allié actif menace réellement la cible depuis la
   bordure ou le coin opposé — conformance P2 : l'allié doit **menacer** une

src/pf1e_simulator/los.py

@@ -202,9 +202,13 @@ def has_cover_cells(
 ) -> bool:
     """Cover iff every attacker corner has at least one blocked target corner.
 
-    The attacker picks their single best cell (and best corner within it);
+    The attacker picks their single best cell (and best corner within it).
-    the target's corners are the union over all its cells. For 1x1 creatures
+    Target side: ranged attacks check ANY line to ANY corner of ANY target
-    this is exactly the single-cell corner rule.
+    cell (union over the target's cells); melee attacks may pick any single
+    square of a multi-square target (CRB "Big Creatures and Cover"), so
+    cover exists only when no attacker corner sees every corner of SOME
+    target cell unblocked. For 1x1 creatures both sides are the single-cell
+    corner rule.
     """
     if attacker_cells & target_cells:
         return False
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ def has_cover_cells(
         _grants_cover,
         occupied if ranged else frozenset(),
     )
+    if ranged:
         return not any(
             all(
                 not lines.blocked(corner_a, corner_t)
@@ -223,6 +228,15 @@ def has_cover_cells(
             for cell_a in attacker_cells
             for corner_a in _corners(cell_a)
         )
+    return not any(
+        all(
+            not lines.blocked(corner_a, corner_t)
+            for corner_t in _corners(cell_t)
+        )
+        for cell_a in attacker_cells
+        for corner_a in _corners(cell_a)
+        for cell_t in target_cells
+    )
 
 
 def cover_bonus(
@@ -255,10 +269,13 @@ def cover_bonus_cells(
 
     0 when there is no cover (see has_cover_cells for the corner rule);
     otherwise the cover level of the attacker's BEST occupied cell: each
-    attacker cell is scored by the per-cell corner rule against all of the
+    attacker cell is scored by the per-cell corner rule, and the attacker
-    target's cells, and the attacker picks the lowest-scoring (clearest)
+    picks the lowest-scoring (clearest) cell. Target side: ranged attacks are
-    cell. Interposed creatures grant soft cover (+4) on ranged attacks only,
+    scored by the maximum over ALL the target's cells; melee attacks may pick
-    exactly as in has_cover_cells. For a 1x1 attacker this is exactly the
+    any single square of the target (CRB "Big Creatures and Cover"), so each
+    attacker cell is scored by the MINIMUM over the target's cells. Interposed
+    creatures grant soft cover (+4) on ranged attacks only, exactly as in
+    has_cover_cells. For 1x1 attacker and target this is exactly the
     single-cell value.
     """
     if not attacker_cells or not target_cells:
@@ -277,10 +294,20 @@ def cover_bonus_cells(
     # PF1e CRB "Cover", rule of corners: the attacker chooses the corner (and,
     # for a multi-square creature, the occupied square) that gives it the best
     # shot, so it suffers only the MINIMUM cover over its own cells. The
-    # target side is unchanged: RAW checks ANY line to ANY target corner, so
+    # target side follows the same choice rule: RAW checks ANY line to ANY
-    # each attacker cell is scored by the MAXIMUM over its corner lines.
+    # corner of the (chosen) square, scored by the MAXIMUM over corner lines —
+    # union over all target cells for ranged, best single cell for melee.
     per_cell_best = (
+        min(
             max(
+                lines.bonus(corner_a, corner_t)
+                for corner_a in _corners(cell_a)
+                for corner_t in _corners(cell_t)
+            )
+            for cell_t in target_cells
+        )
+        if not ranged
+        else max(
             lines.bonus(corner_a, corner_t)
             for corner_a in _corners(cell_a)
             for cell_t in target_cells

tests/test_conformance_cover.py

@@ -150,3 +150,27 @@ def test_ranged_touch_attack_still_gets_cover() -> None:
     # Touch AC 13 + 4 standard cover: cover is NOT removed for touch.
     assert result.ac == 17
     assert result.hit is False  # 12 + 4 = 16 < 17
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# (f) A5: melee vs a multi-square target picks the BEST target square
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_melee_vs_large_target_picks_best_target_square() -> None:
+    grid = _grid(("..#...", "......", "......"))
+    attacker = frozenset({(1, 0)})
+    large_target = frozenset({(0, 3), (0, 4), (1, 3), (1, 4)})
+    # Ranged: RAW checks ANY line to ANY target corner — the wall covers the
+    # target's top row, so the worst cell's +4 stands.
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, large_target, ranged=True) == 4
+    # Melee (CRB "Big Creatures and Cover"): "when making a melee attack
+    # against such a creature, you can pick any of the squares it occupies to
+    # determine if it has cover against you" — the attacker picks a clear
+    # bottom-row square, so the target has no cover.
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, large_target, ranged=False) == 0
+    # 1x1 regressions: the aggregation choice is invisible for single cells.
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, frozenset({(0, 3)}), ranged=False) == 4
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, frozenset({(0, 3)}), ranged=True) == 4
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, frozenset({(1, 3)}), ranged=False) == 0
+    assert cover_bonus_cells(grid, attacker, frozenset({(1, 3)}), ranged=True) == 0