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Zink Whistlefly · 03-24-2005, 04:36 AM

Rogues can get Exotic Weapons feat.

Hey T-D-C,

I think they changed Improved Parry at some point. It certainly used to be the case that you got a +4 bonus to attack and damage when making riposte attacks, but now they've changed it so that improved parry merely grants you a +4 bonus to your parry skill! That really annoyed me because the improved attack rolls actually made parry quite effective, but like you say you cannot parry more than 3 attacks per round now, you do not get any combat bonuses, and worse still you can only parry 1 single attack at a time. When facing off against 2 goblins, regardless to the number of attacks you possess (and whether you are dual wielding or not) - if the 2 goblins make simultaneous attacks at you you will only parry one of them!

Parry could have been such a useful skill, but is now virtually useless. Like the tumble skill, which not only helps you in combat, but also passivly grants you AC bonuses every 5 ranks, the parry skill would have been good if attacks could automatically be parried to some degree when not using parry mode. Something like every 5 ranks your AC improves, or you have a certain percentage chance of blocking a hit when in normal combat mode.

[ 03-24-2005, 04:37 AM: Message edited by: Zink Whistlefly ]

03-24-2005, 04:36 AM	#7
Zink Whistlefly Avatar Join Date: March 20, 2005 Location: North Yorkshire, England Age: 45 Posts: 520	Rogues can get Exotic Weapons feat. Hey T-D-C, I think they changed Improved Parry at some point. It certainly used to be the case that you got a +4 bonus to attack and damage when making riposte attacks, but now they've changed it so that improved parry merely grants you a +4 bonus to your parry skill! That really annoyed me because the improved attack rolls actually made parry quite effective, but like you say you cannot parry more than 3 attacks per round now, you do not get any combat bonuses, and worse still you can only parry 1 single attack at a time. When facing off against 2 goblins, regardless to the number of attacks you possess (and whether you are dual wielding or not) - if the 2 goblins make simultaneous attacks at you you will only parry one of them! Parry could have been such a useful skill, but is now virtually useless. Like the tumble skill, which not only helps you in combat, but also passivly grants you AC bonuses every 5 ranks, the parry skill would have been good if attacks could automatically be parried to some degree when not using parry mode. Something like every 5 ranks your AC improves, or you have a certain percentage chance of blocking a hit when in normal combat mode. [ 03-24-2005, 04:37 AM: Message edited by: Zink Whistlefly ]