GianniVacca Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 The list of skills mentions 'Parry' as one of the skills. Yet non of the sample NPCs on p360 of BRP has that skill amongst their personal skills! e.g. -what skill would the Knight on p362 use to parry an attack with his shield? 'kite shield 65%'. Indeed p263 of BRP lists the Skill needed to use a Kite Shield as being 'Shield'. -what skill would the Knight on p362 use to parry an attack with his long sword? 'long sword 75%', I reckon. So what is Parry used for??????? Only as an optional skill (p198?) Help! Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 So what is Parry used for??????? Only as an optional skill (p198?) Help! I ran into the same problem only a couple of days ago and decided to treat Parry as a subskill of the weapon or shield skill in question, with the same value as that skill (e.g. Rapier 55 % = Rapier Parry 55 %). However, I am not sure whether this is according to the rules, so I am also interested in the answer to this question. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I've always gone by the idea that a parry skill is seperate from the weapon skill. Goes back to my RQ days. So you would have a long sword attack skill and a seperate long sword parry skill, and a seperate shield parry skill (opening up the possibility of a shield attack skill too). Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenMcStern Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 In the basic game, Parry and Shield Parry are the same skill, and Sword and Sword Parry are the same skill. The optional rule "Separate attack and parry skills" allows to have "Weapon Attack" and "Weapon Parry" as skills, increasing separately. Note that this approach is not incredibly realistic, despite it being the "classic" approach we all learned when we learned BRP. The Parry skill mentioned in the skill list is either of the above, according to which option you use. Quote Proud member of the Evil CompetitionTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thank you very much. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 In the basic game, Parry and Shield Parry are the same skill, and Sword and Sword Parry are the same skill. The optional rule "Separate attack and parry skills" allows to have "Weapon Attack" and "Weapon Parry" as skills, increasing separately. Note that this approach is not incredibly realistic, despite it being the "classic" approach we all learned when we learned BRP. The Parry skill mentioned in the skill list is either of the above, according to which option you use. So in parole povere I may ignore the Parry skill altogether. Correct? Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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