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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6017685" data-attributes="member: 1465">I am with Chris and Plane Sailing.If &quot;Parry&quot; is meant to represent parrying, it should not block magic attacks unless they actually create a weapon out of nothing (could be the case with Spiritual Hammer and maybe even Radiant Lance, but not with Shocking Grasp). It needs to be resolved by the DM on a case-by-case basis, or at least leave some room for interpretation even if starting from a ground rule.It should also not block missile attacks. Only a shield may help with that, but it already gives you a bonus to AC to represent blocking missiles. It might be fair to allow a Fighter who learned the Parry ability to use it against missiles when holding a shield, but also it might not.Then of course I'm aware that a lot of gamers totally refuse the idea of the gaming group having freedom of interpretation, and wanting a hard rule, and many others see an ability called &quot;Parry&quot; only as a mechanical option that accidentally has a label &quot;Parry&quot; put on it, but who cares what it represents. It's a different gaming philosophy of &quot;solid rules first, we'll figure out the explanations ourselves&quot;, but my preference is quite the opposite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6017685, member: 1465"] I am with Chris and Plane Sailing. If "Parry" is meant to represent parrying, it should not block magic attacks unless they actually create a weapon out of nothing (could be the case with Spiritual Hammer and maybe even Radiant Lance, but not with Shocking Grasp). It needs to be resolved by the DM on a case-by-case basis, or at least leave some room for interpretation even if starting from a ground rule. It should also not block missile attacks. Only a shield may help with that, but it already gives you a bonus to AC to represent blocking missiles. It might be fair to allow a Fighter who learned the Parry ability to use it against missiles when holding a shield, but also it might not. Then of course I'm aware that a lot of gamers totally refuse the idea of the gaming group having freedom of interpretation, and wanting a hard rule, and many others see an ability called "Parry" only as a mechanical option that accidentally has a label "Parry" put on it, but who cares what it represents. It's a different gaming philosophy of "solid rules first, we'll figure out the explanations ourselves", but my preference is quite the opposite. [/QUOTE]

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