Am I the only person who was upset about the weapons Nerfs that came in the ult combat? the katana has been accepted as a bastard sword and the naginata a glaive. the meteor hammer in the adventurers armory is a better weapon overall than the one in ult combat. are these intentional downgrades or were they mistakes that will be fixed in later errata?
on the other hand i am pleased that the samurai great armor is on par with full plate. i am also pleased with the ATs (just to show I'm not a negative Nancy)
The fact that katana now has an awesome crit range bothers me not at all. Put keen on one of those bastards and invest in critical feats and have fun chopping the limbs off everything in sight ... with limbs.
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Am I the only person who was upset about the weapons Nerfs that came in the ult combat? the katana has been accepted as a bastard sword and the naginata a glaive. the meteor hammer in the adventurers armory is a better weapon overall than the one in ult combat. are these intentional downgrades or were they mistakes that will be fixed in later errata?
on the other hand i am pleased that the samurai great armor is on par with full plate. i am also pleased with the ATs (just to show I'm not a negative Nancy)
katana became d8, 18-20. its better than d10 19-20.
meteor hammer in AA was almost brokenly overpowered. the dual d10s criitting on 19-20 made all other double weapons cry. it had to be held back.
katana became d8, 18-20. its better than d10 19-20.
meteor hammer in AA was almost brokenly overpowered. the dual d10s criitting on 19-20 made all other double weapons cry. it had to be held back.
those were just examples.
personally i think the nodachi should be stipulated to be useful from horseback only. that beast of a sword would slow down anyone trying to use it in hand to hand.what about a pc using his katana and scabbard for twf? its not sharpened, but would you use the same stats as the combat scabbard fomr the armory?
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katana became d8, 18-20. its better than d10 19-20.
meteor hammer in AA was almost brokenly overpowered. the dual d10s criitting on 19-20 made all other double weapons cry. it had to be held back.
those were just examples.
personally i think the nodachi should be stipulated to be useful from horseback only. that beast of a sword would slow down anyone trying to use it in hand to hand.
what about a pc using his katana and scabbard for twf? its not sharpened, but would you use the same stats as the combat scabbard fomr the armory?
you're aware of the AA erratta right?
Combat scabbard simple onehanded weapon 1 gp 1d6 crit x2 1 lb. B improvised,
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/weapons
Utter, uninformed Japanophile nonsense!
For the longest time people have said that folks can just re-skin existing armors/weapons for the purpose of representing items from eastern cultures.
The reverse is also true.
And honestly, the description of the O-Yoroi seems almost word for word lifted from Wikipedia. If it's true that O-Yoroi combined both Plate+ Lamellar, then having a lower AC bonuse (8 as opposed to 9) while having a higher dex bonus (2 as opposed to 1) makes sense.
I doubt anyone on the boards is a true Weapons and Armor Expert, especially when it comes to comparing different cultures.
And to belly-ache over the fact that certain number combinations are attributed to eastern armor and weapons as opposed to Western ones I find to be silly. Those stats are probably attributed to those culture's Armors as much because they wanted to differentiate the new set of equipment from stuff in the APG/Core. The Heavy armors especially fall into previously unavailable niechhes of Heavy Armors with High Dex bonuses. The same applies to weapons, though there's considerable more overlap in that area, so I'm just gonna leave that discussion alone.
