Katana

The katana is a medium-length sword with a deadly sharp edge and finely honed balance. It is a unique hybrid weapon that has natural heavy critical weighting and can be switched between two-handed and one-handed use. Only two-handed weapon skill is required to use a katana in both hands. However, to use a katana effectively with one hand requires both two-handed and edged weapon skills (see the GRIP (verb) for switching from two-handed to one-handed use). When the katana is used one-handed, any item in the off-hand will cause a loss of 10 to the user's attack strength (AS). There is no AS penalty if the off-hand is empty.

Game mechanics

• Requires two-handed weapons skill to use effectively.
• Requires both two-handed and edged weapon skills to use one-handed.
• Katanas have natural heavy critical weighting.

Weapon	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate				RT	Min RT	Damage Type	STR/DU
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Katana	DF	.450	.325				.275				.225				.175				5	4	Slash	75/225
	AvD	38	36	35	34	33	36	34	32	30	37	33	29	25	35	29	23	17
Katana, two-handed	DF	.575	.425				.400				.325				.210				6	4	Slash	75/225
	AvD	39	41	40	39	38	40	38	36	34	41	37	33	29	39	33	27	21

Note: To edit this table go to Template:Weapon table katana for the one-handed table template or Template:Weapon table katana 2 for the two-handed table template.

The standard katana has a weight of 6 lbs.

See also

• Two-handed Weapons
• Edged Weapons
• GRIP (verb)
• Critical Weighting
• T'gara weapon scripts
• The History of the Elanthian Katana and the Order of the Watchful Eye

External links

• Weapon Guide: Katana, on Play.net
• Katana, on Wikipedia