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> >I picked up the 7th Anniversary Edition thursday and made up a Paladin. I
> >have tried animals from chickens to ogres & harpies without a Parry gain.
> >He's using a verite metal kite shield. What am not doing that I should
be?
>
> I'm going to say this, and probably come off as a bit of a smart ass, but
i've
> had bigger brain farts myself, so don't feel insulted.
>
> Do you have parry set to raise?
Yep
>
> For parry, you can go the cheap route and get 8-9 sheep to attack you for
> hours, all you need is a shield(bring a couple) and a weapon of some
sort(i've
> read that people don't gain off sheep w/o a weapon equipped), and having
70
> physical resist prevents taking any damage. Pretty sure i read that you
can GM
> parrying just getting pecked by sheep...
Sheep die to fast even weaponless.
> Oh, and there's currently a bug with parry skill gains, i think it sticks
at
> 29.5 or something when you try to train it from zero. The only way i've
heard
> to get past it is to go train the skill. The best place to do so is the
> Warrior's Guild near the arena in Jhelom, where you can get trained to
just
> above 32 skill, at which point you'll gain just fine.
I had it NPC trained to 30.7 thursday and found another trainer today who
brought it up to 31.4. Still no gains from combat or from the GGS setup
since making the character. I may just chuck the skill has bugged or maybe
re-make the character next thursday and try it again and see if the
character is just messed up somehow.
Being able to avoid 1/3 the hits from a dragon or ancient wyrm sounded nice.
Hopefully it starts going up. He's going to have GMed Healing and Anatomy
before he gets his first combat parry gain if this no-gain bit keeps up. <g>
>
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