Parrying with long pole weapons

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by 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.
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Beware of the well-trained user. He'll be traioned in both Spear and Staff and ahve the Grip Mastery Perk. Move in on him and he'll just switch Skills (instantly) and Parry with the +2 you get from Staff rather than any penalty.