PARRY

--- PARRY (SKILL)

This skill enables a character to block or deflect an incoming blow from an
opponent in combat. Like the DODGE skill, this is an automatic skill that
does not require any special commands to be used or implemented. (However,
this skill is successful more often than the DODGE skill.) To be completely
successful, this skill must be used with a weapon. Nevertheless, it can be
used with the HAND TO HAND skill, but it results in reduced damage instead of
no damage. The best chance of success with this skill occurs when the
character is skilled in both his weapon AND the weapon of his/her opponent.