Snark

Its not true. + to a skill we dont have simply will not work.

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Tyla

agree with Snark.. you can't improve a skill you don't have - Templars don't have parry, so you can + it all you like but it won't mean shite. 2 x 0 still = 0

However the provisions & other various items which state "will parry/dodge X% of incoming attacks" add that as a flat statistic regardless of skills.

Kizee

Anything with % will effect shield ally.

The %parry stuff does not give you the skill so anything with +parry/block/reposte will NOT add to shield ally.

jdeborde

It's just too bad that SA doesn't follow simple "avoidance" mechanics. Realistically (and I know this is a fantasy game and all), what can you do to help someone not get hit by something?

1.) Take the hit yourself. I'd rather not!

2.) You could parry the attack (at least my loose understanding is parry would be to divert an attack using your weapon).

3.) Block the attack with your shield. I believe this is what the purpose of this ability really was. I think the fact that things like parry%/reposte%/dodge% helps with this is probably a bug an oversited bug and nothing else.

Anything else would be just ridiculous frankly. I mean how affective would a bodyguard be if he dodged a bullet for their charge (I'd have said the president, but I'm sure the response for that wouldn't be quite what I was wanting)

I mean really woohoo I dodged the attack...wait, they were aiming for you and I dodged it, which means it still hit you LOL

Tyla

but your lightening fast reactions could allow you to push the president out of the path of the bullet, thereby assisting him to dodge it... that way neither of you get hit, but you're right - it wouldn't make you very popular in a lot of countries :P

Tyla

hmm, just realised something about drinks & food:

The dodge drink has +int stats
The parry food has + sta stats

The dodge food has no stats
The parry drink has no stats

This templar is changing the menu up a bit for maximum effect

pagansaint

You're actually concerned about +stats? Really?

Club yourself in the genitals and save future generations if you actually even look at +stats anymore to see what gear you should wear.

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Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

mafoe

Not sure that works with females, dude. Not sure at all.

To the question of picking food with stats over food with no stats.... do you have a +16 STA adornment on your ..... fucking... err..... legs? feet?

Pick one of these replies:
[Yes/No/Yea wtf I see what ur implying, now piss off and leave me alone/Fuck you and the fucking womb you emerged from, cumbucket]

Tyla

erm.. who said I was picking anything for stats above all else? But food/drink with +stats vs. food/drink with no stats, same regen & other benefits, no difference in cost... ? It's a no-brainer mate. Every little helps, and if it doesn't, what exactly have I lost? Maybe if you stopped thinking with your genitals you would see that?

..and yes, I have all the adorns I should thanks

pagansaint

That would be true if everything about the avoidance food/drink was equal for Shield Ally.

But it is not.

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I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.