Reasons I was doing page flipping.
I looked up the Parry skill on page 71, which referred me to page 191. That's fine.
Looked up Shield skill on page 78 which referred me to "Parry" on page 191 (again fine), Damage ratings on page 261 (fine), Knockback rules on page 197 (fine), "Attack and Parry Matrix on page 191 (actually on page 193), Melee Weapon Parry Fumble Table" on page 194 (okay), and "Shields" on page 260 for more information. (Huh? Okay, I guess you talk about shields specifically here instead of parrying in general.)
However, there is also a "Shield" entry on page 203 that is not mentioned under the Shield skill. Here it says, "If a shield parries a special success such as a crushing blow, the shield automatically takes the full amount of damage to its hit points." That is different than what is said elsewhere.
On page 260, it says that "AP/HP are only used if the shield is struck by a special or critical, or is worn slung." But on page 215 under Broken Weapons it says, "A weapon or shield will break if it is used to parry an attack that exceeds the weapon's hit points by at least 1." When exactly would that situation come up? As far as I can tell a weapon doesn't do damage if it is parried, or maybe you do roll damage if an attack is parried?
Honestly I think it would be easier/better to just keep the 1 point/2 point/4 point to damage a shield or weapon when parrying and not worry about how much damage the attack does.
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