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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trav_laney" data-source="post: 3221187" data-attributes="member: 46508">Sounds like a good idea.  The name of an item is exactly that - just a name.  You should feel free to change them to fit your campaign.  The same is true for the names of skills, classes, feats, spells, and monsters...not just equipment.I see your point, but I also see the point that comrade raoul was trying to make.  Yes, D&D is a simulation...and as such, it should be influenced by reality as much as possible to permit a wilfull suspension of disbelief.  But it is also a game, and must have rules and balance in order to remain fair and fun for everyone.  And nothing kills the fun of a gaming session faster than arguing "fiction vs. reality."As for how physics can diminish the D&D experience, I have a war story to share.In one game, we had a player argue with me for 20 minutes about terminal velocity and falling damage--even using kenimatic equations, estimated air density, and the approximate surface area of his character--to avoid his character taking the damage indicated in the rules.  Eventually, I told the player that the rules were written for a reason, and we would be following them as-written.  (There's nothing quite like gaming with an engineering student...)Anyway, that was my advice then and it is my advice now.  I say, let reality flavor your game...not define it.  For every person who wants a game to be as close to reality as possible, there is someone else at the table who wants it to be as far from reality as possible.  And on a personal note, from one engineering student to another:  If you think it is fun to use kinematics and integral calculus to determine the inertia of your character as he impacts the ground from a free-fall, you should be medicated.But I digress.In my campaign, the katana is just another word for bastard sword.  I don't even require it to be masterworked...but a character can certainly purchase a masterworked one if he so desires.  If I were going to tweak its crit, I would just make it either x3 or 19-20/x2...definately not both.  No SRD weapon has a 19-20/x3 crit range...and I'm pretty sure the reason for that is game balance.</blockquote>

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