>>271919088That's it. I'm sick of all this "European Katana" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Kriegsmesser deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine kriegsmesser in Germany for 35,000 deutsche mark (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my kriegsmesser.
German smiths spend years working on a single kriegsmesser and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Kriegsmesser are thrice as sharp as Japanese swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a katana can cut through, a kriegsmesser can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a kriegsmesser could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why medieval Japan never bothered conquering Germany? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Landsknecht and their kriegsmesser of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the kriegsmesser first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Kriegsmesser are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Kriegsmesser:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of kriegsmesser in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = kriegsmesser need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
