Quote:
Originally Posted by Atgxtg
It is actually just as viable as it is for parry. Contrary to how RQ does it, a parry is not soaking up damage with an object (that is a block), but defecting the attack so that it misses the target.
|
Even that still deals with the force of the blow to some degree; no matter how much skill you have, deflecting a powerful blow is going to be harder than an easy one. I just can't see that as relevant to the dodge
at all.
Quote:
And, you can get partially successful results for both, where you still get hit, but not at full force.
|
I agree to some extent with the parry/deflect, but not really with the dodge. You can perhaps roll with it a little bit, but there's only a limited amount that's going to matter; what usually matters is either not getting hit, or at least not where someone was aiming. And frankly, rolling with it strikes me as more like an unarmed parry than a dodge in the first place.