Asking the Team: the Parry Skill..

PiCaKi© · Post by **PiCaKi©** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:40 am

..hello Team,
on behalf of a fellow player (and of course my curiousity) we wanted to know how the Parry skill works here on Hala. And/If it's broken or just dandy..

so long, thanks in advance,
P.

LadyPhoenix77 · Post by **LadyPhoenix77** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:59 am

Parry works how it does in biowares implementation for NWN, as in it is broken pretty much. I know it was fixed in NWN2, but I don't remember anything ever being done in NWN.

wyldhunt · Post by **wyldhunt** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:09 am

Just for clarification. It works as described in the description, but because of bioware limitations, it can never parry more than 3 attacks per round regardless of your potential. If you have 1 attack per round, you can parry 1 attack. If you have 7 attacks/round, you can still only parry 3 attacks, since that's the limit. If you don't mind this, then it works as described.

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:06 am

i use this ability all the time with Samantha. It works great for me so far, i even took improved parry, and she uses the rapier for the whole fencing thingy

Odin Hammersong · Post by **Odin Hammersong** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:56 am

So it seems that Parry as a whole in NWN can be useful(and fun) at lower levels, but can't scale with an epic parry-er(perrier? perri-eh? I'm thirsty) as only 3 attacks can be parried a round.

I've always wondered about Parry in NWN and how it seems so unappealing to the mostly powergaming crowd, but found a few fans in the people that liked the swashbuckling aspect of NWN.

Good to see folks using it in Hala.

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:35 pm

yeah it's cool when you use it and you get to hit back. Just ask Jenai i'll be sitting there watching Sam fight something and then I'll yell out en'garde.

i know, I'm a dork

Jenai · Post by **Jenai** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:07 pm

Corwink wrote:
i know, I'm a dork

But your my dork!

NWDuneAuron · Post by **NWDuneAuron** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:31 pm

Parry is only useful when fighting a single opponent who has 3 or less attacks, really. Lots of it's usefulness is long gone by level 16, by which time dual wielding fighters will have 6 attacks, single wielding fighters will have 4, and dual wielding rogues will have 4. Parry need only apply for meleeing clerics and mages, at higher levels - in which case you're probably rather be making a full attack.

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:01 pm

Yeah i only use it when I'm fighting one opponent. If I try to use when there are more than one I get my butt kicked.

sam's only 5th lvl right now so it comes in real handy cause her ac ain't great, and parry helps stop some attacks that would normally damage her.