Riposte

[Selveem]

My logs do not go back before November 28, 2008. However, since that date on none of my characters have I gotten a single riposte response if riposte success echo is 'You riposte.' That includes on Torand who I got it as soon as I possibly could; I was wielding a shield and rapier since a low level and was fighting almost exclusively mobs that possess weapons.

I have a total count of 336 success echoes of shieldwork. Additionally, it appears shieldwork does not always show successes. I got an increase in shieldwork without even seeing me block an attack with my shield:

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12/10/09  01:19:14a | An ogre parries your attack.
12/10/09  01:19:14a | 
12/10/09  01:19:14a | <79%hp 79m 68%mv> 
12/10/09  01:19:17a | You learn from your success and improve at shieldwork!
12/10/09  01:19:17a | With a bonecrunching sound an ogre's crush skillfully smashes your chest.
12/10/09  01:19:17a | 
12/10/09  01:19:17a | <76%hp 79m 68%mv> 
12/10/09  01:19:17a | With a sickening sound your pierce violently shreds an ogre's right arm.
12/10/09  01:19:17a |     an ogre has a few small cuts.

I have 194 success echoes of Parry since November 28, 2008. Considering the high amount of grinding I was doing, I'm not sure that's a lot, but it's

Dodge is a more difficult count than the rest.. You can 'dodge' spells just by making your successful reflex save, so I can't just count up the instances. It'd be nice if, in the future, that was changed. Maybe something like "You manage to {evade, slip away from, avoid, sidestep, elude, escape} Zorinar's cheesy spell that didn't deserve to hit you."

It'd be nice if all success echoes were made a bit clearer, really. Like sometimes you 'duck under' attacks and such. I think a lot of the echoes are just successful AC avoidance, but there's really nothing clear noted about it.

[Raona]

Ok, to update this:

Parry now operates on attacks after the first in each round, that is, on all attacks. Success still does not stop the attacker from subsequent attacks in the same round. Even at high skill levels, you don't seem to have huge great chance of parrying, let alone having it make the difference between getting hit and not, such that you get an echo. Both combatants must be armed.

Updated helpfile to this effect.

Riposte I still saw no evidence of, despite a half hour of combat between two grandmasters in both parry and riposte. I think it is disabled.