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>>33112704
No!

>>9382532

whatever makes you sleep at night dude

>>7913892
What about this gif?

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Not real Japanese steel

>>6447612
Well ok, that actually does sound fine.
It may have not showed in my previous post, but I actually don't really have anything directly against Japan itself, so it is not as if I can't touch anything that is "Japanese like".

Though there are many works, who do this on ridiculous levels, pic related for instance for a more ridiculous example.

But if Narahara is actually aware of things like this then it might actually not be that bad.
The premise however sounded as if it possibly could be one of those really ridiculous ones.
But if this is true then I guess it won't be that bad.

>>6337299

Now in .gif

Footage of an actual Japanese made katana at work

>>5580396

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That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.

Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.

Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:

(One-Handed Exotic Weapon) 1d12 Damage 19-20 x4 Crit +2 to hit and damage Counts as Masterwork

(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon) 2d10 Damage 17-20 x4 Crit +5 to hit and damage Counts as Masterwork

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.

>>3870206
BULLSHIT

Western broadsword vs. Japanese katana

1 on 1

obligatory

ANIMATED!