[Runequest] [RQ III] - Is it possible to parry with a 1H spear?

[Sven Lugar]

Actually from the point of view of someone who has been fighting with 
Medieval Weapons since 1958 - Yes I can imagine it & have done it. I can 
tell you that the specific gift was added based on me & what I 
demonstrated during the writing of the game. Steve Perrin had watched a 
battle I had where I had lost my left arm during an SCA melee back in 
the mid-70's and proceeded to hold off 7 guys with just a short 
one-handed spear and still managed to take down 3 of them before my 
companions came up & finished the rest. Admittedly this was a very 
unusual case.

So it is as you can see a very valid skill. All that being said if you 
so desire then you could rationally limit it to "90% to attack and parry 
when armed with 1H spear & Hoplon (cult) shield". It depends on your 
vision of the scenario. It would be far more common for the attack to be 
with the spear & the parry with the shield & thus the player would lose 
the ability if not armed specifically with the cult shield & spear. How 
do you envision it?

Skol,
Sven

On 7/19/2010 1:53 AM, Hola Hallo wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Last day my little brother asked me to create a RQ3 character for him. 
> He is a fan of Link, of the Zelda videogames, so he chose to create a 
> green elf. He is initiate of Aldrya and Yelmalio (Halamalao), and when 
> he rolled for the Yelmalio gift, he got the "90% to attack and parry 
> with 1H spear".
>
> But, wait a second, can you imagine someone parrying attacks with a 1H 
> spear?  O_O;
>
> Should I change this for a 90% parry with shield?
> Or just take the 2H-spear-90%-attack-and-parry gift instead?
>
> What do you think?
>
>
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