Recent content by Leowen

Anything Lindybeige is awesome by default.

Im inclined to believe he is totally right on this http://www.homejapan.com/japanese-words-1 From what I've gathered, what we know as a katana, and what they know as a katana, is a different thing. When we hear "katana", we think of a sword with a particular set of common attributes/physical...

Ive gotten quite a bit of a response from that post- Id like to A.) thank everyone who actually took the time to read it (Oi did it get long), for reading it, and B.) ignoring my grammatical errors haha. I could go much more in depth on nearly all aspects/points I brought up (and am glad to do...

To me, if the weapon is going "into" or "through" the target, its piercing. So add a tally on that vote for me. Personally, I would never rule for "slashing" arrows sadly in my games. Unless you fired some kind of magic projectile that got to the target, then came to life before hitting the...

Katanas were not tempered. They were differentially quenched to harden them. This is not the same thing. And no, hardness does not equate to sharpness, or even "potential" sharpness, in any way, shape, or form. Sharpness will be largely relative to the edge geometry of the weapon, and, well...