Re: Parrying unarmed attacks with a weapon
I've wondered the same thing and I've never seen it clarified in any of the books, but in the spirit of it I think the defender gets to choose from any legal attack method. That will usually be swing, but with polearms that are unreadied after a swing it would have to be thrust - and only if they can attack at their current range. An important note is that attackers are considered to be at their starting range for defense purposes, so an unarmed attacker who runs in from reach 3 to reach C can still be parried and stabbed by a reach 3 spear.
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