01-25-2010, 11:17 AM | #1 |
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Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
GURPS Campaigns is not clear on this point. Am I just being dense? I would assume base skill, but I'm not actually sure. For instance, consider a weapon of high quality that provides a bonus to hit. Does this bonus go into the parry calculation?
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01-25-2010, 11:27 AM | #2 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
I don't think your parry is affected directly by anything but penalties to the defense rolls (deceptive attacks, feints, footing, etc). I don't have any books with me so I can't check to verify.
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01-25-2010, 11:35 AM | #3 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
Parry is found from base skill.
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01-25-2010, 11:43 AM | #4 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
I'm surprised. I would have thought that things like Weapon Bond and Fine Balance would improve your ability to parry.
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01-25-2010, 11:45 AM | #5 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
Weapon Bond in fact improves your base skill with a particular weapon; it isn't a bonus to hit. I'd let a balanced weapon work this way, too. It's situational modifiers and flat bonuses to hit that wouldn't matter; sorry I was unclear in my first post.
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01-25-2010, 12:42 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
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Or am I confused? *say, because your primary has been crippled or lopped off... thank goodness the mage knows Regenerate.
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01-25-2010, 12:50 PM | #7 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
The penalty for using your off-hand is one to Skill, not to chance to hit. As a result, you Parry at -2. Modifiers to Skill modify Parry, modifiers to chance to hit do not. It's something of an odd distinction, I suppose, but it works - taking a penalty for using a Deceptive Attack doesn't result in any Parry issues, for example.
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01-25-2010, 01:07 PM | #8 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
Isn't there a -2 to parrying off-hand in RAW?
I think most of the published Parry modifiers are set at half the equivalent Attack modifiers anyway, reflecting this. |
01-25-2010, 01:10 PM | #9 |
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Re: Is parry calculated from base skill or effective skill?
The point is that modifiers to attack rolls aren't just halved and called penalties to Parry. Actual skill modifiers for the wrong hand, Weapon Bond, etc. do work that way.
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