Parry a Slam?

[Dustin]

Originally Posted by Dienekes

This one's tougher to explain away. I've always scratched my head over 150 lbs of soft tissue snapping a dagger (not knocking it away, not automatically a failed parry, IIRC not automatically a successful counterattack due to Impulsive Boy launching himself at the pointy, or whatever our intuition might suggest is at least as likely as snapping a stubby steel blade on someone's onrushing belly).

On a "weapon breaks vs. Slam" result, maybe a roll on the Critical Miss table would be an interesting alternative. The weapon breaking or being dropped, or turned in the hand are pretty common results there. There is a small possibility of falling down, but the most likely results are rather milder than a weapon break, so I would imagine most Slam parriers being open to it, and the variability of result is nice.