Really? Dodging is your ability to avoid damage based on how quickly you get out of the way, and you think it is not dex based? What is it, a wisdom check?
"Oh gee, that is a sword coming right at my face. I have the option of moving, or staying. My 21 wisdom says move. Ok.dodged"
Stephen hawking facepalmed that one.
Hey, don't ask me. I didn't code the darn thing.
If it was to me Parry would be STR and DEX, Two Handed STR, Dodge DEX, Shield block and riposte nothing.
Gnomes have crap stats.
I doubt he even knows how to get the puppet master. Valek is a liar.
I was there once. And that's not what I had your sheep bleating last night. 
While we're at it, where's my Auto Meditation Of Blades?
Sometimes I want to turn it off, so I don't have to be so pwnz0r.
You can already lower your dex to the point of making dodging hard' date=' and you can primary wield a weapon you do not know how to parry with. I have never ever had any problems training defenses, and I always learned them as they came.[/quote']
Ditto.
From a mechanics view, training is so quick anyways, I don't see this as much of an issue.
You will still train all of your defenses as a warrior long before you get that important fourth attack finished.
Defenses go up so fast that I wouldn't even consider them while training other skills.
However, I can understand the sense of being able to control what your character wants to do. I put this as a 'why not' change along with making things like backcutter toggleable.
Because warriors only take 1 day to train anyway?
Easiest solution would be to create a pair of boots of -90% dodge or the sort.
Better idea, create a average 30 cursed 1handed magical mace, but put it -50% dodge to "balance" it. It makes both Warriors and Clerics happy.
Tired of having the mighty staff of -50% Trance.
That sounds great right up until a thief starts planting them on everyone
