PARRY

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If at first you fail to dodge, parry it.  Parry is useful for deflecting
attacks, and is successful more often than dodge.  Parry requires a weapon for
full success, the hand-to-hand skill may also be used, but results in reduced
damage instead of no damage.  The best chance of parrying occurs when the
defender is skilled in both his and his opponent's weapon type.

Note:  Parry is an automatic skill.

See also DODGE, FADE and SHIELD BLOCK.

SEE ALSO: DODGE, FADE, SHIELD BLOCK, ARMOR CLASS