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Old 03-28-2018, 06:09 PM   #1
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Default Parrying Heavy Weapons and Shatterproof/Orichalcum

Suppose Fiona has a 4lb longsword and she squares off against a rampaging ST 40 White Pudding!

If the pudding tries to slam, it will hit that longsword and blast it into confetti if Fiona tries to parry it, as it is 10 times the longswords weight

Fiona, wanting to be able to parry rampaging puddings goes and buys a shatterproofed longsword

Can she parry the pudding? Her sword isn't going to break, but the pudding still outweighs her sword 10 to 1

Fiona's basic lift is plenty enough to parry puddings
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Old 03-28-2018, 06:19 PM   #2
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Suppose Fiona has a 4lb longsword and she squares off against a rampaging ST 40 White Pudding!

If the pudding tries to slam, it will hit that longsword and blast it into confetti if Fiona tries to parry it, as it is 10 times the longswords weight

Fiona, wanting to be able to parry rampaging puddings goes and buys a shatterproofed longsword

Can she parry the pudding? Her sword isn't going to break, but the pudding still outweighs her sword 10 to 1

Fiona's basic lift is plenty enough to parry puddings
Will it not sweep it out of the way?

An indestructible one pound shield does not stop a truck. We are ignoring Cap's shield here.
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Old 03-28-2018, 06:21 PM   #3
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Default Re: Parrying Heavy Weapons and Shatterproof/Orichalcum

Odds of breakage are less than 6 in 6, so the parry counts as long as BL is 40+. Of course, if you go with the rules in Combat Writ Large (Pyramid 77) the slam counts as a weapon with weight 160 and the parry fails unless Fiona has ST 29+.

Realistically, while you can get a weapon or shield between you and someone charging, that's a stop thrust, not a parry. Momentum doesn't magically go away.
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Old 03-29-2018, 01:01 AM   #4
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Will it not sweep it out of the way?
That's how I've always ruled it. Weapon WT too low? Cannot parry. Even if the weapon is indestructible, that only means it's knocked aside rather than broken.
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Old 03-29-2018, 06:28 AM   #5
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I’m pretty sure the BL-based answer is correct. It’s no more silly than Very Fine weapons being able to parry heavier stuff than Good ones despite being te same weight.
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Old 03-29-2018, 08:27 AM   #6
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I've always just ruled that if the normal rules would have resulted in parrying-weapon breakage but the weapon cannot be broken, the result is a disarm.
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