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I think it falls down when you try to parry a brontosaur. I don't know what MRQ's position on parrying *enormous* attacks is, but BRP says "you can't parry a brontosaur".
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Surely this is a simple matter of commonsense? Why on earth would you need an explicit statement? If you're playing a brontosaur, then its simply like-for-like, but if you're a poor old human, armed with a decent shield, and see a bloody great foot coming your way, intent on stamping you flat, you're hardly likely to say - 'Yep, I'll parry that.' You'd most likely say 'Shit! I'm rolling out of ther way!'
And, if someone did try to parry whilst I was GMing, then they'd find themself pancake-shaped. There's no way on earth that a human, no matter how good their skill or how big their shield, could withstand a tree-sized leg, backed by 40-odd tons of animal behind it. Magic's another matter; but in terms of straight combat...
Really, commonsense should prevail in situations like this - no matter what the rules do or don't say.