Dirtbeard wrote:
LumpyDoo wrote:
the fewer swings you make, the less you get riposte'd.
(this means you do less damage, and take more damage... all from being riposte'd more.)
That makes no sense. (the argument below the original sentence. You do less damage by being riposted less? Huh? Take more damage? HUH? You are being riposted LESS, less ripostes = you take less damage. I think you just got your wording messed up or something there...
Read Kaffi's post again. He didn't accidentally use the wrong terms. Apparently a riposte includes an interrupt that blocks an attack.
Correct -- a riposte is returning an attack in the opening created by a parry. So when you get riposted in EQ or EQ2, the line that says "You try to hit a gnoll, but a gnoll ripostes!" is essentially the same as "You try to hit a gnoll, but a gnoll parries!", except the gnoll gets a free attack the next line out of turn.