Weapons Of The Shogunate

WHAT IT DOES It adds a few Edo era Japanese... err... I mean, Akaviri weapons, because you can never have enough katanas in a game ;) The weapons have weights comparable to similar iron weapons, e.g., a tanto will weigh about as much as an iron dagger, and a zanbato will weigh about as much as an iron claymore, and do damage comparable to similar daedric weapons. They also ignore resistances just like silver and daedric weapons. They ARE powerful, but not much more so than fairly common stuff you\'d find by the time you\'re level 30 or so. The blades are made in hira-zukuri style, which is to say: flat, without a raised ridge line. Although this is more common for tanto, there are historical katanas built in this style. They are made of folded steel (hence the metal pattern), differentially hardened (hence the traditional white hamon along the edge), and as shiny and polished as the art of sword polishing historically got in this period. We\'re talking whole dynasties of specialized sword-polisher craftsmen. They do however have their fair share of nicks in the edge, because we\'re talking weapons used in battle, not museum pieces. The folded or pattern welded steel is sometimes incorrectly called \"Damascus steel\", but that\'s incorrect. The real Damascus steel is Wootz, an alloy where bands of high-carbon steel precipitate naturally during tempering. Japanese swords are not real Damascus steel, but really pattern welded steel. You know, folded and hammered repeatedly. All weapons except the naginata have custom lacquered scabbards. Note that when discussing the dimesions below 1 shaku is very very close to 1 foot, so you can take the dimensions pretty much 1 to 1 when comparing to japanese standards. The weapons are: 1. A katana. It\'s got an approximately 2. 5 shaku long blade, which actually makes it a fairly long katana. Most are under 2. 4 shaku, some significantly under. There is no fixed length though. To be a proper katana, it can be anywhere between 2 shaku (under that, it becomes a wakizashi), and 3 shaku (over 3 shaku, it becomes an odachi.) The blade is about 1. 35 inch wide and a quarter of an inch thick, both of which are fairly average. And, of course, it sports a gentle curve, largely because that\'s what happens when you differentially harden a single-edge sword. The tsuba (guard) is based on a historical Edo era tsuba, made of steel with inlaid gold. The tsuka (handle) sports the traditional silk wrap that Japanese swords are well known for. You get a choice of single-handed or two-handed katana. Both are the same weapon, but it\'s flagged differently so the game knows if you want to hold it with one hand or both hands. The two-handed one doesn\'t become slow and hard-hitting like the normal two handers, but gets a boost in speed, becoming a fast weapon, and thus gets a boost in DPS too. 2. A wakizashi. It\'s got a blade that\'s just slightly under 2 shaku in length, which means it barely m