Katana (custom weapon)

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Katana (custom weapon) Weapon information Precise dimensions 3 3/12 x 3/12 Material steel Weight 3 3/9 Thaums/sec 6 stable / 7 talisman / 12 max Hands 2 Commands Slice Stab Behead Iai Wildswing Melee type Sword Judge data Speed 6 Quick Maximum damage 8 Quite high Average damage 4 Low Str Overall Attack ease Parry ease 9 11 rather good 10 easy 11 rather easy 10 12 very good 10 easy 11 rather easy 11 12 very good 10 easy 12 very easy 12 12 very good 10 easy 12 very easy 13 12 very good 10 easy 12 very easy 14 12 very good 11 rather easy 13 extremely easy 15 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 16 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 17 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 18 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 19 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 20 12 very good 12 very easy 14 incredibly easy 21 12 very good 12 very easy 14 incredibly easy 22 12 very good 12 very easy 14 incredibly easy 23 12 very good 12 very easy 14 incredibly easy
Katana (custom weapon) Weapon information Precise dimensions 3 3/12 x 3/12 Material steel Weight 4 6/9 Thaums/sec 7 stable / 9 talisman / 15 max Hands 2 Commands Slice, Stab, Behead, Iai, Wildswing Melee type Sword Judge data Speed 5 Rather quick Maximum damage 8 Quite high Average damage 4 Low Str Overall Attack ease Parry ease 9 11 rather good 9 pretty easy 8 quite easy 10 11 rather good 9 pretty easy 9 pretty easy 11 11 rather good 9 pretty easy 9 pretty easy 12 11 rather good 9 pretty easy 10 easy 13 11 rather good 10 easy 10 easy 14 11 rather good 10 easy 11 rather easy 15 11 rather good 10 easy 11 rather easy 16 11 rather good 10 easy 11 rather easy 17 11 rather good 10 easy 12 very easy 18 11 rather good 10 easy 12 very easy 19 11 rather good 10 easy 12 very easy 20 12 very good 11 rather easy 13 extremely easy 21 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 22 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy 23 12 very good 11 rather easy 14 incredibly easy

Contents 1 Long Description 2 Appraises As 3 Acquisition 4 Item Name 5 Notes

[edit] Long Description

The length of a grown man's arm and lethally sharp, with the slightest of curves to the gleaming edge, this katana bears a pattern of <pattern> worked into the folded steel. The long hilt, shaped and balanced for use in one hand or two, has been wrapped in <wrap>. The maker's mark, a single reed gracefully curved by an unfelt wind, is engraved on the simple steel disc of the tsuba behind the blade.

All custom-made weapons from Wan Bending Reed have the message, "It is by the command of <player> that I was made."

[edit] Appraises As

The <descriptive name> katana is about three and a half feet long and three inches wide. It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type sword.

[edit] Acquisition

May be ordered from Wan Bending Reed in the Samurai dojo, in northeastern Bes Pelargic.

• A standard katana will cost 400 Rhinu.
• A heavy katana will cost 600 Rhinu.

The player must have at least a 300 bonus in the appropriate weapon skill, as well as a 200 unstatted bonus in people.culture.agatean, before Wan Bending Reed will consider him or her worthy to wield one of his weapons.

There is also a requirement to have at least 60 levels of spoken agatean to place an order. Custom weapons take 6 DW days (1.8 RW days) to complete.

[edit] Item Name

When custom katanas are ordered you are given the choice of a selection of grip colours and materials, and you can have a pattern folded into the steel (see custom samurai patterns and grips). Certain combination of grip and patterns give the katana special names, these can be found at the list of custom katanas. The default name for katanas is bending reed katana, named after the creator.

[edit] Notes

Weapons from Wan Bending Reed will perform better in the hands of the player they were made for. In the hands of someone else, their damage ranks drop by one point each.