Parry vs shield vs evasion

[Kelasa]

I remember there being a thread a while back about whether or not it was beneficial to train in multiple types of defence but can't seem to find it.

What my question is, if someone trains in both parry and Evasions, would the system do a check for first the successful parry, then if they fail to block a successful dodge? Or is it better to only focus on one type of Defense?
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[HR-Trevor]

You never use both on one attack. If you use parry and fail, you fail, etc.

However, parry is more effective than evasion and will defend more often. That said, not all attacks can be parried and if you are in parry defense and a fireball is hurled your way or gun shot at you (for instance) you will try to evade automatically since parry isn't possible in that case.

So for optimal defense, both. If you wanted ultimate defense you could train all three and be in parry defense, carrying a shield (which is used in many cases where evasion would be, automatically if you have a shield in hand) and evasion in the few cases where shield can't even help.

However, if you're tight on skill points and defense is only a relatively small concern to you, just evasion and nothing else will serve your needs.
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