Quote from: K Peterson;952483And what system does this use? Something self-constructed or piggybacking off of something else?

Lion & Dragon is a rule-set, it is an OSR system but with significant changes from the standard D&D rules. And the orientation is for "medieval authentic roleplaying".  It was essentially designed as the ideal system for running Dark Albion; and thus for running authentic-emulation late-medieval fantasy.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;952489Why is parrying rules a bad thing??  Oh, right, forgot whom this is.

Parrying rules are 'bad' only in that they're very tricky to do effectively and still retain the mechanical balance of OSR rules.  I think I've managed that.

Quote from: JeremyR;952506Do shields actually matter if you are not part of an army fighting another army? 1 on 1, an archer would just aim where the shield is not. And I think they would be rather clumsy in melee combat, especially fighting someone with a weapon held in two hands (which would also likely be longer).

And I think they were largely made redundant by plate armor.

In the late medieval period, shields were quickly being phased out. However, several types of shields were still in use.  The two most important were extremely large shields, that essentially functioned as partial cover for archers or riflemen (and were almost useless in melee); and bucklers which were very small shields used for melee combat.

Parrying can only be done with bucklers, and they're done in response to melee attacks; it's almost impossible to parry a ranged attack in the rules I'm using.