Parrying with long pole weapons

[Radoslav]

Thanks for all the answers that saved me looking further for the rule ;)

My reasoning is that, the opponent is closer than the tip (and all the parrying gizmos) of your weapon. Whatever you want to parry with should be between you and your opponent's weapon. In this scenario, half of the weapon is either beyond the opponent, above or to the side.

In spear parries I've seen in movies (that's my reference ;)) a fighter always moves the front end of the spear the most. Imagine a sphere of damage and protection drawn by the tip / front part of the spear around him. But when the opponent is within that sphere, you have to change the grip - shorten it, or hold it across the two of you, or increase the distance from the opponent. Until that, your movements with the spear are quite limited.

Hence, I'd apply -1 or -2 to such parries.