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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IcyCool" data-source="post: 2443730" data-attributes="member: 20308">I'm pretty certain it's because 2d6 has the higher average, as Sejs said.  If you take a look at the 3 classes of weapons (simple, martial, exotic), you'll note that there is a general consistency among all the weapons.Take a look at the 2-handed simple weapon, the Longspear.It's got reach, does 1d8 damage, and has a x3 crit multiplier.Compare to the 2-handed martial weapon, the Glaive.It's got reach, does 1d10 damage, and has a x3 crit multiplier.So simple to martial is worth roughly one die-step of difference (You'll find the same is essentially true with exotic weapons over martial weapons, although there are several exceptions).Internally, there are different relationships between die-types and crit multipliers.  Take the greatsword and the greataxe.Greatsword does 2d6 damage, with a 19-20x2 crit.Greataxe does 1d12 damage, with a 20x3 crit.You generally trade out higher average damage and higher crit chance for lower avg. damage , lower crit chance, and superior crit damage.So in a rambling answer to your question, think of die-steps in terms of avg. damage.  The avg. damage of a falchion is 5 derived from (2d4).  If you are upping a die step, you should get to the two-dice equivalent of 1d10 (2d5, giving 6 avg. damage), but there is no such thing as a d5.  So you go to the next best avg. damage, 6.5, from 1d12.</blockquote>