I have Adventure Vault 2

Glyfair · Aug 11, 2009

Crothian said:
There are some items that have charges, I don't recall seeing that before but I could be wrong. These are charges per day and different abilities cost different charges.

That makes sense. The PHB series was supposedly designed so that more complicated classes come later. This would follow the pattern in that more complicated magic items come later.

Note I am not saying they are hard to understand. But tracking different numbers of charges certainly adds extra complexity in more things to track at the table (sort of like psi points).

gribble · Aug 11, 2009

Obryn said:
Maybe +3 / d8 / High Crit, Brutal 1, Superior? Yes, that sounds good. Congrats, there's yer katana.

What about something like +3/d8/High Crit, Light Blade, Superior?

Something a bit different and would make those ninjas easy to build...

Rechan · Aug 11, 2009

I've seen charge items. I think AV1 had them. Like 'This item has 5 charges per day. You can teleport 1 square per charge. Can use any number of charges in one go.'

Obryn · Aug 11, 2009

gribble said:
What about something like +3/d8/High Crit, Light Blade, Superior?

Something a bit different and would make those ninjas easy to build...

I think the real issue with that is that it's basically Rapier+ at that point...

More to the point, I think Heavy Blade feats and exploits are more up any potential Samurai's alley.

-O

Cadfan · Aug 11, 2009

Obryn said:
Honestly, I don't know what other niche it could fill, unless it were a +2/d10/High Crit, which strikes me as kinda cruddy.

We have...

+3 / d6 / Offhand / Light Blade
+3 / d8 / Heavy Blade
+2 / d10 / Heavy Blade
+3 / d10 / 2-handed Heavy Blade
+3 / d10 / 1-handed heavy blade superior
+3 / d12 / 2-handed heavy blade, high crit, superior

I'd think it would be the same as a Bastard Sword, but that's just IME.

Maybe +3 / d8 / High Crit, Brutal 1, Superior? Yes, that sounds good. Congrats, there's yer katana.

-O

It doesn't even matter if its stats are identical to an existing weapon. Its a question of completion. The game clearly assumes that you can choose weapons and have stat lines for them. It doesn't make you reskin a halberd to a glaive, or even a Talenta Boomerang to a Xen-drik Boomerang. Its just something the game should have.

gribble · Aug 11, 2009

Obryn said:
I think the real issue with that is that it's basically Rapier+ at that point...

Ah yes, quite. I had forgotten about Rapiers...
:blush:

Silverblade The Ench · Aug 11, 2009

Katana IS just a "masterwork" bastard sword, but one more about slashing damage vs unarmed targets, than crushing vs armoured targets for a Medieval "longsword"
which is correct name for a D&D bastard sword, D&D "longsword" is a Medieval "arming sword" but hey it's a game, and katanas are NOT the uber doober things some folks seme to think, lol. Awesome versus unarmoured almost useless vs armoured...but I still like 'em

But for real Dungeon type fights, shortsword (due to space) and a hand axe with hammer back (utility is actually a huge factor) are best of all
*nerdiness switched back to standby mode!*

damn, no more Alchemy items? that's a shame

Klaus · Aug 11, 2009

gribble said:
What about something like +3/d8/High Crit, Light Blade, Superior?

Something a bit different and would make those ninjas easy to build...

Since there's no differentiation between slashing/piercing anymore, a katana need only be a +1 bastard sword (with wakizachi being a +1 short sword), while a ninja-to is basically just a rapier.

Crothian · Aug 11, 2009

Anything else people are interested in hearing about?

inkmonkeys · Aug 11, 2009

Superior implements were pushed back to PH3 due to space needs. Look forward to them there.

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