rules on parry question

[Thac0Redeye]

our group recently switched to RQ after playing DND 3.5 for decades.   the base rule book refences under two weapon fighting that you can either hit with both or hit with one and parry with the other.  so with that in mind its saying that if you parry with a weapon in a round you can't attack with it.  but this is the only place i can find that mentioned.  So what does that mean if you only have one weapon?  or a single two handed weapon?  If so, where is this rule in the book?  Pages would be helpful.  thanks 

 

[Jason D]

We (hopefully) explained this a bit better in one of our Rune Fixes. 

https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/RuneQuest/Rune Fixes/RQ - Rune Fixes 2.pdf

[Nick Brooke]

I think you're asking if the special rules for two-weapon fighting overwrite the normal rules for attacking and parrying with weapons. They don't: any rules in that section only apply if you are fighting with two weapons. The normal rule is stated at the top of page 197 of the RuneQuest core rulebook: "Fist or fencepost, a weapon is any object used by an adventurer to do damage to a target. An adventurer may attack and parry with the same weapon in the same melee round."

That applies whether it's one-handed or two-handed.