Archive for the ‘Parry Riposte’ Category

SOME INFO ON THE RIPPER

Being that the parry-riposte is my favorite style, I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned. General design: ST: 7-11 Strength isn’t all important to the P.R. An 11 will gives you all well suited weapons. I’ll even go as high as 17, but with no dramatic effect. CN: Any A higher con will

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Parry-Riposte: The Best of Both Worlds

I’ve had the urge to write this for a long time but Seeker’s all arena PA finally drove me to ink it out. I am not a Primus manager, I am a very experienced with PRs, though. With the introduction aside, let’s get back to basics. ATTRIBUTES ST:(6-13) I have PRs with both. Strength depends

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Rillion’s Lunger Wash-Out PR

Statistics Strength: 7+ Constitution: 9+ Size: Any Wit: 17 or 21 Will: 13 – 15 Speed: 9 Deftness: 15+ Comments_advice: While it is sometimes challenging to run successfuil PR’s, they are one of my favorite styles because they produce some of the most interesting and exciting fights. I find that the PR style is suited

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Mojo’s Parry Riposte

Statistics Strength: 9+ Constitution: 10+ Size: ANY Wit: 17+ Will: 15+ Speed: 3+ (low) Deftness: 15+ (11 if high Size) Comments_Advice: The Parry Riposte is my favorite style, because if designed and ran right, it can win in any arena, and they’re so fun to run!! ST: I chose 9 as a minimum because you

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The Basic Ripper

Why isn’t one of basic’s most entertaining styles, a style capable of beating all others, a common sight upon the sands? The myth that rippers are difficult to run and inherently prone to dying is widely accepted. True, the graveyard is full of rippers that began their careers running little numbers and the parry tactic.

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An Informative Guide to The Parry – Riposte Style

Parry – Riposte or Rippers can be very deadly if trained and managed effectively. Rippers arent as widely understood as the more common high skill base styles are. They do draw managers who like more of a challenge. It is not a style for quick fix so to speak. They start with much less skill

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–the how to and why–

Greetings, fellow managers. This article will deal with the design and successful running of the parry riposte, henceforth referred to as ripper. A well designed ripper will have both enough offense to satisfy those lunger maniacs, and defense to make the most parry-XYZ fanatic happy. The most gratifying quality of the ripper is, of course,

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