'PARRY' Syntax: AUTOMATIC If at first you fail to dodge, block it. Parry is useful for deflecting attacks, and is successful more often than dodge. Parry requires a weapon for success. When unarmed, one cannot parry at all unless one's race or class is especially adapted to unarmed parrying, such as illithids or monks. The best chance of parrying occurs when the defender is skilled in both his and his opponent's weapon type, when the defender can see, and when the defender is using a weapon that is not unwieldy or otherwise disadvantageous against the weapon type of his opponent's weapon. Heavier weapons will exert their weapon advantage more forcefully. All classes may learn to parry with their weapons. Factors that affect parry include STRENGTH, WISDOM, HITROLL, and [[WEAPON TYPE]]. See also: DUAL PARRY, SET PARRY, SHIELD BLOCK, DODGE