Power attacking with a Katana?

[Daftendirekt]

ITT: Not katanas.

[OracleofWuffing]

Back when I was in High School, I was educated that the Tanto was the partnered blade to the Katana. I'm now finding out this is yet another thing that was essentially a lie. I'm going to hug my Teddy Naga and cry myself to sleep now.

[Wavelab]

We should enchant the naga. If we count the naga's natural attacks as slashing weapons then we can put the vorpal enchantment on it. Now you can go smacking people's heads off with a naga.

[Calanon]

We should enchant the naga. If we count the naga's natural attacks as slashing weapons then we can put the vorpal enchantment on it. Now you can go smacking people's heads off with a naga.

Screw that! We can have a Keen, Warning, Vorpal sentient Naga for a +7 and whenever you wield it incombat it automatically yells "LOOK OUT!" which gives you a +5 Initiative bonus and the Keening could be sharpened claws.

We shall create the ultimate weapon and name him Sss'ss'ther'sith

...Are there even rules for using a creature as an improved weapon? like a Giant picking up a human and throwing him at a dragon?

[Vizzerdrix]

The fling Ally feat, maybe?

I'm itching to build this now.

[Doorhandle]

Not to mention body blugoden from pathfinder.

[Wavelab]

You might want to give your naga immunity to elements before going too crazy with enchantments. Flaming burst and all. But I guess you could just swing his corpse around, it doesn't have the same effect though.

This has some serious potential for abuse. I mean a guy running around with a fleshraker dinosaur as a weapon. The fleshraker has like 5 attacks, then let's have a character with 4 attacks wield it. Add the speed enchantment. 25 attacks. And then there's TWF. And sneak attacking!

[Solaris]

You might want to give your naga immunity to elements before going too crazy with enchantments. Flaming burst and all. But I guess you could just swing his corpse around, it doesn't have the same effect though.

Had a character get a dragonbone whip like that. It was a green dragon, not a naga, but same basic concept.

[The Glyphstone]

You might want to give your naga immunity to elements before going too crazy with enchantments. Flaming burst and all. But I guess you could just swing his corpse around, it doesn't have the same effect though.

This has some serious potential for abuse. I mean a guy running around with a fleshraker dinosaur as a weapon. The fleshraker has like 5 attacks, then let's have a character with 4 attacks wield it. Add the speed enchantment. 25 attacks. And then there's TWF. And sneak attacking!

...be careful, young grasshopper. Down that route lies the horror of the augmented Expansion Hecatonchires PsyWarrior wielding fifty normal Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding wielding fifty augmented-Compression Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding fifty greatswords.

[Crasical]

...be careful, young grasshopper. Down that route lies the horror of the augmented Expansion Hecatonchires PsyWarrior wielding fifty normal Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding wielding fifty augmented-Compression Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding fifty greatswords.

It's like a katamari ball made of muscled arms and sharp chunks of metal.

[Eisirt]

A hag naga? Is the hag-y-naga better than the naginata? If I cover the naga in sushi, can I use a maki-naga? If I harrass that naga, can I use a nag-a-hag-y-maki-naga? To my DM!

This wins the thread for me...

[Zombimode]

This wins the thread for me...

Dunno. The 6.25 million great-sword attacks are at least a runner up

[Siosilvar]

...be careful, young grasshopper. Down that route lies the horror of the augmented Expansion Hecatonchires PsyWarrior wielding fifty normal Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding wielding fifty augmented-Compression Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding fifty greatswords.

That takes me back.

[Shadowknight12]

...be careful, young grasshopper. Down that route lies the horror of the augmented Expansion Hecatonchires PsyWarrior wielding fifty normal Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding wielding fifty augmented-Compression Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding fifty greatswords.

Sentient, talking greatswords.

With Tourette's Syndrome.

[hewhosaysfish]

...be careful, young grasshopper. Down that route lies the horror of the augmented Expansion Hecatonchires PsyWarrior wielding fifty normal Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding wielding fifty augmented-Compression Hecatonchires PsyWarriors each wielding fifty greatswords.

Couldn't the Expanded Hectoncheires wield 100 normal Hecatoncheires? (Who in turn are each wielding 100 Compressed Hecatocheires, who are each wielding 100 Compressed Thri-keen who are each wielding 2 Greatswords. Or 2 Dire-Flails.)

[Glimbur]

Couldn't the Expanded Hectoncheires wield 100 normal Hecatoncheires? (Who in turn are each wielding 100 Compressed Hecatocheires, who are each wielding 100 Compressed Thri-keen who are each wielding 2 Greatswords. Or 2 Dire-Flails.)

The real money is getting down to Tiny size and wielding 1st level kobold rogues. Disposable, cheap, and 3 attacks at 1d3-2+1d6 if you're flanking.

[Wavelab]

Did you just punch something out with Cthulhu?

[The Glyphstone]

Couldn't the Expanded Hectoncheires wield 100 normal Hecatoncheires? (Who in turn are each wielding 100 Compressed Hecatocheires, who are each wielding 100 Compressed Thri-keen who are each wielding 2 Greatswords. Or 2 Dire-Flails.)

It's a question of relative size...I was assuming a weapon needed to be at least two size categories smaller than the creature wielding it, so they didn't just keep hitting each other instead.

[Tsuzurao]

Back when I was in High School, I was educated that the Tanto was the partnered blade to the Katana. I'm now finding out this is yet another thing that was essentially a lie. I'm going to hug my Teddy Naga and cry myself to sleep now.

It sounds like someone mentioned the wrong blade. The paired weapon to the Katana is the Wakizashi.

A Tanto is closer to a knife, as I recall.

[nedz]

It sounds like someone mentioned the wrong blade. The paired weapon to the Katana is the Wakizashi.

A Tanto is closer to a knife, as I recall.

No
A Tanto is the paired blade to a solitary ranger.

[NNescio]

It sounds like someone mentioned the wrong blade. The paired weapon to the Katana is the Wakizashi.

A Tanto is closer to a knife, as I recall.

Tantou literally means "Short sword". It is paired with the Tachi (Lit: "Great sword"), a predecessor of the sword known in the West as the katana (Lit: "Sword") by two 'generations'.

That said, you're right that it is closer to a dagger or a knife in its dimensions, 'though it can also be paired with the katana.

[Answerer]

No
A Tanto is the paired blade to a solitary ranger.

MFW. Really, GitP, nothing more needs to be said, but it does need to be said!

[OracleofWuffing]

Oh gosh, I read that at about 11:30pm and it's now 4:15am and I just now got that.

[Vizzerdrix]

No
A Tanto is the paired blade to a solitary ranger.

This is for you. You've earned it sir.

[Solaris]

No
A Tanto is the paired blade to a solitary ranger.

Even I passed that pun up. I applaud your complete lack of shame.

[LordDrakulzen]

I'm a fan of throwing cats around. Especially aiming for a spellcasters face. If you're allowed called shots that is.

BBEG:"I summon thee mighty..."

Throwing specialist:Screw that spell, called shot to the face

DM: What are you attacking with?

TS: The wizards familiar, the black cat

DM: Roll

TS:Nat 20!"

BBEG: AAKKKK!!!!!"
EDIT: WRONG THREAD
, SORRY

[Doorhandle]

No
A Tanto is the paired blade to a solitary ranger.

>---------joke------->



------My head-----

[Knaight]

It's a Chuck Norris reference, to one Texas, Walker Ranger show. I base this on cultural osmosis, not having seen said show.

[Marlowe]

Really? I was sure it was a much older reference.

[2xMachina]

Solitary = Lone

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