I’ve done some further testing and can now confirm that if you have one of your brothers standing in front of the intended target of a ranged attack and the shot decides to hit the blocker instead of the intended target then the ranged defense of the brother actually being hit IS COMPLETELY IGNORED.
There must be some quirk with that test (perhaps 1000 is too much for a stat), because I clearly remember purposefully firing on clusters of enemies in the current beta (not necessarily the latest build) and having the arrow/bolt hit the shield of someone in front. Perhaps a very recent change broke something?
