Katanas are the baculums of dead gods.
no, that's just ridiculous.
Samurai really just used katanas for butter knives and slaughtering chickens.
Ah uses it fer whittlin'
Just what all these t.v. shows with Manga Samurai Vixens tell you.
You really should study like I have.
Ah uses it fer whittlin'
It's barely any good for that.
A katana is really nothing more than a glorified letter opener.
Oh, master. Teach me the ways of the Katana so that I too might be an awesome Samurai!Just what all these t.v. shows with Manga Samurai Vixens tell you.
You really should study like I have.
You should actually get something made of damascene steel. That's best.
First, though, you have to get some rattan and make a sword wrapped in duck tape if you really want to know anything.
Now you KNOW samurai never wore those. They wore fezzes.
Just leave all this "Japan Knowledge" stuff to the experts, ogay?
Now,....Where's my Earthdawn Manual?...
Japan, where is that? Is that west of here?<------------- That way.
Or this ---------->
You mean a hybrid of a grape and an apple?
That's more dangerous than you think. In the insurance industry, the grape is the most common fruit one can step on, slip on to cause a back or other injury on a grocery store floor. Personal injury attorney's love the 'grape' for this reason!
GP
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You mean a hybrid of a grape and an apple?That's more dangerous than you think. In the insurance industry, the grape is the most common fruit one can step on, slip on to cause a back or other injury on a grocery store floor. Personal injury attorney's love the 'grape' for this reason!
GP
They're like squishy caltrops of death!
Based on no personal experience and no training, clearly you are all wrong. The Macuahuitl is clearly the superior weapon, especially against armor.*
And as a side note, you never want DEAD clients.... Horribly maimed clients with years of painful and crippling life ahead of them pay MUCH more in jury awards.
*Armor is defined as simple leathers with feather ornaments.
<Stabs Spanky with a baculum.>
...man I should have known better than to click on links from a page on penis bones in wikipedia while at work.
<Stabs Spanky with a baculum.>...man I should have known better than to click on links from a page on penis bones in wikipedia while at work.
Off-topic: My wife and I were talking about how humans lack a penis bone, unlike some other primates. I suggested that the "rib" that was taken from Adam to make Eve was actually his penis bone (thus why human males are missing it now). Talk about being "ribbed for her pleasure", LOL.
Native Americans should have used whale penis bones when counting coup. Talk about adding insult to injury.
{stares peacefully at freshly-raked Zen garden} Is there a katana so sharp that it could even cut Chuck Norris?
If Jean-Claude Van Damme floats alone in space, does he still do a split every chance he can?
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If there's a ninja in the woods, and no one is around to not see him, is he still undetectable?
If there's a ninja in the woods, and no one is around to not see him, is he still undetectable?
Only by Schrödinger's cat wearing double-slit sunglasses whilst :) drinking tequila.
Hehe. I for one don't believe a whale can blow 400 gallons at once. His balls would have to be the size of my shower!
Hehe. I for one don't believe a whale can blow 400 gallons at once. His balls would have to be the size of my shower!
Thanks to you, I had to look it up. The actual amount is closer to 5 gallons. Oh, and that's a whale shark in the picture, not a blue whale.
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A katana is very different from a bastardsword -- it's dinky in comparison. An ordinary longsword is bigger than a katana.There is no justifiable reason for making a katana a d10 weapon given that the average katana was both shorter and weighed less than a European longsword.I am sort of in favour of exotic weapon D8 with 18-20 threat range simply because it makes it a bit different from the Bastard Sword...
and I think the fighting style (drawing cuts etc) merits a exotic weapon proficiency that isn't lumped in with the Bastard Sword but I am cool either way but couldn't agree more on it not meriting a D10.
The one defining criteria of d10 weapons is that they are extremely difficult to use in one hand unless you have extraordinary training. But a katana is not difficult to use in one hand. In fact, a real katana is much easier to use in one hand than a real longsword -- because it's shorter and weighs less, and therefore requires less strength to sling around.
This is just an example of the erroneous "oriental = exotic to round-eyes" mentality which pervades the game systems and expectations of players.
Aside from the one-hand hilt of the latter, a katana is essentially the same size and shape as a Marmaluke sword, the slightly curved weapon which has been used nearly unchanged since 1805 by the US cavalry and US Marine Corp (we palefaces now call it a "saber"). With a blade a standard 28" in length, it is almost precisely equivalent to the "two shako" (2x 13.96") units of a historical katana.
Yep, that's right: Africans were swinging swords almost identical to katanas hundreds of years ago.
Here's the kicker: a Marmaluke sword is a scimitar -- which means a good case can be made that a katana is a d6 weapon. (But you'd get your 18/20 threat-range that way.)
Hehe. I for one don't believe a whale can blow 400 gallons at once. His balls would have to be the size of my shower!Another fine mental image you have conjured for me. Thank you so much. When are you going to be back from the other side of the planet?
mid august finds me back in Vancouver. gonna settle in on vancouver island though i think.
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Thanks for getting this thread back on track. What in the name of God would we do without you?
Hehe. I for one don't believe a whale can blow 400 gallons at once. His balls would have to be the size of my shower!Thanks to you, I had to look it up. The actual amount is closer to 5 gallons. Oh, and that's a whale shark in the picture, not a blue whale.
LOL and LOL!
A katana is very different from a bastardsword -- it's dinky in comparison. An ordinary longsword is bigger than a katana.There is no justifiable reason for making a katana a d10 weapon given that the average katana was both shorter and weighed less than a European longsword.I am sort of in favour of exotic weapon D8 with 18-20 threat range simply because it makes it a bit different from the Bastard Sword...and I think the fighting style (drawing cuts etc) merits a exotic weapon proficiency that isn't lumped in with the Bastard Sword but I am cool either way but couldn't agree more on it not meriting a D10.The one defining criteria of d10 weapons is that they are extremely difficult to use in one hand unless you have extraordinary training. But a katana is not difficult to use in one hand. In fact, a real katana is much easier to use in one hand than a real longsword -- because it's shorter and weighs less, and therefore requires less strength to sling around.
This is just an example of the erroneous "oriental = exotic to round-eyes" mentality which pervades the game systems and expectations of players.
Aside from the one-hand hilt of the latter, a katana is essentially the same size and shape as a Marmaluke sword, the slightly curved weapon which has been used nearly unchanged since 1805 by the US cavalry and US Marine Corp (we palefaces now call it a "saber"). With a blade a standard 28" in length, it is almost precisely equivalent to the "two shako" (2x 13.96") units of a historical katana.
Yep, that's right: Africans were swinging swords almost identical to katanas hundreds of years ago.
Here's the kicker: a Marmaluke sword is a scimitar -- which means a good case can be made that a katana is a d6 weapon. (But you'd get your 18/20 threat-range that way.)
I KNEW IT.
But, a nodachi is still a greatsword... right?
A no dachi is just kinda a butterknife for spreading ginger on your sushi. It's no big deal.
Just like the Marmaduke sword.
Tanto - under 1 shaku
...your basic dagger. (Tanto were not designed to be thrown.)
Everyone knows Tanto was an the Lone Ranger's American Indian sidekick and not Asian at all.
Or was Tanto the short guy on Fantasy Island?