parry helpfiles

[Dresan]

In regards to parry:

This automatic skill is invoked whenever your character is in combat.
All blows which are about to land on you are checked against a complicated
system of relationships, including the parry skill. A successful parry
nullifies all damage and causes your opponent to be 'off balance.'

What does off balance mean exactly?

I am not sure if this is legacy code/verbiage at this point, or if it should be having some sort of effect on either enemy attack speed, defense, etc ?

[eska]

IMHO this means there is some lag applied to the opponent after a successful parry.

[Halaster]

IMHO this means there is some lag applied to the opponent after a successful parry.

This is what it means.