Talk:Katana

I'm going to classify this weapon as Exotic unless someone has a reference saying otherwise. It is not mentioned in the 2nd. Ed. or 3.5 Ed. Player's Handbook. Moviesign 15:33, October 8, 2011 (UTC)

Good Catch!
It is Exotic. The reference is Oriental Adventures, p71,72 and Table 5-7 on p72. I must simply have oversighted it when I originally built the page. Thanks for noticing and correcting! – User:Wolfhound75

No clue about swords
"In 3rd Edition, the Katana is equivilent to a Masterwork bastard sword and is considered a one-handed weapon, though it may be wielded with two hands. [1]" Weird considering that in reality a katana would be made from (very)bad steel with less advanced techniques compared to european swords of the same time period.And is used almost exclusively with TWO hand...--47.64.138.225 11:02, November 30, 2014 (UTC)

"The reason is the weapon is crafted with such precise balance as to minimize if not negate the need for a large counterbalance" And is by the way very tip heavy and not balanced so well that it doesn't needa counter weight.And normal katana better than swords in other parts of the world??? "24. An Oshu retainer was paying respect in a temple and for some reason his blade bumped the Ishidon (stone/rock steps) and the blade broke in two. This sword was from the Nao Yamashiro no Kami family. It was a koto Bizen with choji midare hamon. The retainer had the remaining part of the blade made into a wakizashi about 40cm long." "12. A bandit attacked the leader of Okayama retainers. The leader used the mune side of a katana to fight the bandit but it broke. He then picked up a bamboo stick and continued to fight. Eventually, he was able to defeat the attacker and used a rope to tie him up. When the retainer checked the bandit he found wounds caused by the bamboo stick but none by the katana. He couldn't help but to laugh at the situation." What's that then? --47.64.253.2 14:02, February 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what point you are trying to make by cutting and pasting random clips from who-knows-where. This article is about a fantasy version of a real-world sword, but the real-world info is only for giving people a frame of reference. Nothing about Japan, Europe, or manufacturing techniques have any bearing on a world where magic is plentiful. If you're looking for realism, I suggest war-gaming or historical re-enactments, neither of which you will find here. :D &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 18:38, February 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * Sword fans are weird. Especially when it comes to katanas. I'm tagging this for clean up, so one day I or someone else can tidy it up, give it an in-universe POV and an FR focus, and remove the pointless non-D&D discussion. — BadCatMan (talk) 12:24, February 11, 2015 (UTC)


 * And over five years later, I did! BadCatMan (talk) 09:18, 24 October 2020 (UTC)