New Ability: Riposte

[Rias]

Utasa agents may now learn the riposte ability.

The chances for it to occur will be tweaked greatly as it is tested.

[Rias]

In addition to fixing Riposte so that it properly interrupts attacks, it will now also cause the target of the riposte to suffer a defense penalty against the counter-strike.

[Makkah]

Great idea... but maybe this should use Swords OR Fencing as a pre-req? I guess the fencing skill itself kinda confuses me...

[Rias]

Fencing is obsolete. There's no way to learn or utilize it.

[Reynard]

Dah. D=

[Tian]

Doing a few short tests it seems that using a respite costs me 4 energy, how much energy does a basic parry cost me if any?

When using respite, the target's dodge value seems higher than if I attack it normally, while neither of its parry ratings seem to drop, I will post logs in a while once i try it out on more creatures.

[Tian]

As seen in the log below, a respite costs 2/3rd the energy of a round which might be between 2 and 5 strikes, as well as increases the target's defenses to a higher point than what it is compared to a normal round. (My own defenses are in flux as I am being attacked by multiple people). I hope this helps.

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An infested guard moves in to attack you, but is unable to get close enough.

>attack
(Changing combat position to Engage)
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:260 vs D:198 B:176 P:227)
12 slash damage -- to the abdomen, somewhat deflected by a lamellar cuirass.
(You are unable to find an opening for your off-hand strike.
(You thrust with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:198 B:176 P:227)
Dodged!
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:260 vs D:198 B:176 P:227)
Parried by a shortsword!
(energy -6)
Roundtime: 5 seconds.

EEng>
An infested guard swings a shortsword at you! (M:206 vs D:229 P:437 P:440)
Parried by an iron sabre!
(You follow the parry with a quick riposte!
(You thrust with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:247 B:211 P:240)
9 pierce damage - to the right leg, partially deflected by some lamellar greaves.
(energy -4)
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(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:193 B:176 P:227)
Dodged!
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:193 B:176 P:227)
Parried by a shortsword!
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:326 vs D:193 B:176 P:227)
6 slash damage -- to the right leg, somewhat deflected by some lamellar greaves.
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:190 B:176 P:227)
Dodged!
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:293 vs D:190 B:176 P:227)
1 slash damage -- to the right hand, partially deflected by a pair of leather gloves.
(energy -6)
Roundtime: 5 seconds.

EWEng>
An infested guard swings a shortsword at you! (M:185 vs D:143 P:249 P:268)
Parried by an iron sabre!
(You follow the parry with a quick riposte!
(You slash with an iron sabre at an infested guard! (M:261 vs D:231 B:211 P:206)
Dodged!
(energy -4)
\****************************************************************/

[Rithiel]

This post was recently brought to my attention. I'm not sure what's causing the change in defensive skills, but the roundtime and energy costs have been addressed.

[Lemuel]

[quote=Rias]Fencing is obsolete. There's no way to learn or utilize it.[/quote]

Could the fencing helpfile/references be removed, for the above obvious reason, it confuses players?

[KianTheArcher]

What helpfile and references do you mean?