. I´m going to add a japan merchant into camp.. so, if you will have enough money.... 
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Katana, Tachi, Wakizashi, etc...
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 02:52
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Maybe somebody would like to see these blades in Drago Age . I´m going to add a japan merchant into camp.. so, if you will have enough money....
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. I´m going to add a japan merchant into camp.. so, if you will have enough money.... www.imagebam.com/image/1b7e5358848855
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 02:53
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 03:08
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Complete with mythical cutting ability, right?
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 03:23
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Ambaryerno wrote...
Complete with mythical cutting ability, right?
Yeh we better be able to cut through a building with these things!
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 03:35
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We all know Katanas are like lightsabers, only better.
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 04:09
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Yes they were quite the complete design, katanas, I mean. It doesn't really fit into the grand scheme of western european style in DA (*possibly* Dalish elves) but every game that's moddable has them anyway, nice work lol.
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 05:36
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TheGreenLion wrote...
Yes they were quite the complete design, katanas, I mean.
Complete exaggeration, that is....
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 06:37
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Ambaryerno wrote...
TheGreenLion wrote...
Yes they were quite the complete design, katanas, I mean.
Complete exaggeration, that is....
Continuing in the spirit of sarcasm,
it is an exaggeration but they did have nice swords. They were about as heavy as any other weapon of the same type but the longer handles they had, plus the superb cutting power of a curved blade made them not only versatile but also more precise. Pretty formidable weapon to go against, but so is any weapon in a trained individuals hands...hell a stout 3-4 foot stick would probably do you just as much good.
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 07:27
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I will say that in certain cases the trope can be justified (to a degree) as there are some types of katana that were designed to split armor (There was an interesting study done of blade cross sections).
It's an interesting inversion, really. Whereas Europe aimed for greater protection of the body, and therefor weapons designed to penetrate that protection came to the for, in quite a few places in the orient, the objective became deadlier and deadlier weapons. (Amusingly enough, some of the great granddaddies of weapons like the box launcher would be contemporary with DA:O. Here, Morrigan, forget that spell, use this rocket launcher....)
It's an interesting inversion, really. Whereas Europe aimed for greater protection of the body, and therefor weapons designed to penetrate that protection came to the for, in quite a few places in the orient, the objective became deadlier and deadlier weapons. (Amusingly enough, some of the great granddaddies of weapons like the box launcher would be contemporary with DA:O. Here, Morrigan, forget that spell, use this rocket launcher....)
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Posté 06 décembre 2009 - 07:56
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I'd like to see that study. NO sword was known to (reliably, I'm sure there's 1 in a million exceptions) cut through steel plate armor. Maybe it could cause a dent, or the blunt force trauma might knock you around, but cut through?. That's precisely why swordsmen used half-swording against armored opponents.
Unless you're talking about splitting Japanese armor, which I'm not familiar with any examples made of steel plate. Instead that was primarily laminated and lacquered bamboo and leather, with some examples of scale, mail or lamellar-type construction used in some parts for flexibility.
If I was in full kit, I'd much rather have a longsword than any katana.
Unless you're talking about splitting Japanese armor, which I'm not familiar with any examples made of steel plate. Instead that was primarily laminated and lacquered bamboo and leather, with some examples of scale, mail or lamellar-type construction used in some parts for flexibility.
If I was in full kit, I'd much rather have a longsword than any katana.
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Posté 09 décembre 2009 - 04:41
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Actually the japanese did make plate cuirasses; though most of those were produced from the mid 1500s onward, primarily in response to the arquebus. But no katana was getting through those; the longsword would definitely have been a better choice for armor penetration. Or a halberd, of course 
Really good for cutting down unarmed and unarmored peasants though.
Really good for cutting down unarmed and unarmored peasants though.
