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| + | So, this is intended to make the bastard sword not exist right? On the surface, which is to say, the stat block and the first three sentences of text, the two weapons are comparable. The quickening katana costs a little more, deals a 1d8 instead of the bastard sword's 1d10, has a higher critical range and weighs a pound less. It even has the same funny "get it now when you have Martial Proficiency, get benefits later when you get Exotic Proficiency without having to trade out your weapon" benefit, an often overlooked and convenient feature of the bastard sword. It's also basically a more damaging rapier that deals slashing instead of piercing, but you can two-hand it. | ||
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| + | Now, the bastard sword gets crapped on a lot for not really offering anything else for that feat investiture. The quickening katana goes to fix that feat investiture by... giving you another feat (Cleave), or a scaling benefit to that chain that ends with a poorly worded ability that may just let you attack two targets with every swing you make. That's not all, obviously, there's the better drawing features, Blizzard of Blades (which normally requires a feat and an ability score prerequisite, ignored here, and with further benefits and is also poorly worded letting you attack a space then move but still somehow attack from that space or something) and Rising Sun Strike. | ||
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| + | A feat's design should not be "get another feat and also this benefit here, and...". Don't do that to Exotic Weapon Proficiency, that's poor design. | ||
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| + | There are some ideas here, but too many of them and not particularly well thought out. Rising Sun Strike is enough of a benefit on its own, though doesn't make sense why suddenly you can move like that with this weapon and not do that with any other weapon you own. These things should be like, maneuvers or feats or something. --[[User:Ganteka Future|Ganteka Future]] ([[User talk:Ganteka Future|talk]]) 19:57, 28 June 2022 (UTC) | ||
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Balance
So, this is intended to make the bastard sword not exist right? On the surface, which is to say, the stat block and the first three sentences of text, the two weapons are comparable. The quickening katana costs a little more, deals a 1d8 instead of the bastard sword's 1d10, has a higher critical range and weighs a pound less. It even has the same funny "get it now when you have Martial Proficiency, get benefits later when you get Exotic Proficiency without having to trade out your weapon" benefit, an often overlooked and convenient feature of the bastard sword. It's also basically a more damaging rapier that deals slashing instead of piercing, but you can two-hand it.
Now, the bastard sword gets crapped on a lot for not really offering anything else for that feat investiture. The quickening katana goes to fix that feat investiture by... giving you another feat (Cleave), or a scaling benefit to that chain that ends with a poorly worded ability that may just let you attack two targets with every swing you make. That's not all, obviously, there's the better drawing features, Blizzard of Blades (which normally requires a feat and an ability score prerequisite, ignored here, and with further benefits and is also poorly worded letting you attack a space then move but still somehow attack from that space or something) and Rising Sun Strike.
A feat's design should not be "get another feat and also this benefit here, and...". Don't do that to Exotic Weapon Proficiency, that's poor design.
There are some ideas here, but too many of them and not particularly well thought out. Rising Sun Strike is enough of a benefit on its own, though doesn't make sense why suddenly you can move like that with this weapon and not do that with any other weapon you own. These things should be like, maneuvers or feats or something. --Ganteka Future (talk) 19:57, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
