Combat

Parrying

Chance to turn a blow aside completely (up to 25%).

Group: Combat
Title it gives: Shieldbearer
Grows your stats: Strength (60%), Dexterity (40%)
Head start: Roman (most of all Diana's Grove)

How it grows

Like every skill it runs from 0 to 100 and rises a tenth of a point at a time as you use it: quickly while it is low, hardly at all on work far beneath you. Every swing, shot or bandage you use trains it, and the harder the foe, the more it teaches.

All your skills together hold 700 points. Set Parrying to rise, fall or hold in the Skills window (K). A people that is good at it starts 10 points higher, 15 on its own path, and raises it a fifth more often for life.

Using it can also raise your stats a point at a time, leaning towards: Strength (60%), Dexterity (40%).

Titles

When Parrying is your best skill, it names you:

30 Neophyte Shieldbearer
40 Novice Shieldbearer
50 Apprentice Shieldbearer
60 Journeyman Shieldbearer
70 Expert Shieldbearer
80 Adept Shieldbearer
90 Master Shieldbearer
100 Grandmaster Shieldbearer

More in the guide: Fighting · All skills