Katana

A katana is rather complex in its construction, the only weapon likely being more complex in construction being a damascened blade.

Game mechanics

A katana has 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

See also

• Edged Weapons and Two-handed Weapons, the skills required to properly use a katana. Only Two-handed Weapons is required to use a katana in both hands, however, both skills are required for one-handed use.

External links

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