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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anubis" data-source="post: 2658457" data-attributes="member: 2358">After reading all of that, this is the sticking point that I think you're incorrect on.  Quick Draw doesn't mean you're equally defended with your weapon sheathed or drawn.  If that were the case, people with Quick Draw and a sheathed weapon would still get attacks of opportunity; by the rules, they don't.  It would have to be an immediate action (IIRC) for that to be the case.Quick Draw is a free action, and free actions can only be taken during your own turn.  That means that I would only need to be able to attack as many times and as effectively with a weapon sheathed at the start of six seconds as I could with it drawn at the start of the same six seconds.  I do maintain that I can do that.I understand.  I just maintain that the styles you speak of would be, D&D-wise, equal to the Iajutsu Master prestige class, not the Quick Draw feat.Didn't know that.  I've been using my katana (real katana, real sheath) for months now and this hasn't happened.  I always take care not to force the katana to the outside while drawing.  I usually (unless I can't) draw with my body to the side, turning myself as I do, pulling away at the scabbard as I draw and (if I'm attempting to strike as I draw) making a quick slash upwards (as I said, from about the kidney to the armpit) before going two-handed (my arms are weak, so I'm not good at wielding anything one-handed) and into normal routine.  I still have power despite my arms being weak, which is kinda odd, but I digress.I guess I've been doing it right, eh?  I didn't know that, though.  I just figured that you could lose control if you pull too far to the outside (centrifical [sp?] force) too quickly, so I always pull out straight with a turning motion from the side.  Wish I could describe it better for you, but the lingo you speak goes over my head.</blockquote>

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