PARRY

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 full success, the hand-to-hand skill may also be used.  The best 
chance of parrying occurs when the defender is skilled in both his and 
his opponent's weapon type.  All classes may learn to parry with their weapons.