Talk:Katana +1/@comment-37.201.194.50-20180712231416/@comment-47.39.26.63-20191123032437

It is a bit silly that this arbitrarily does 1d2 more damage than other swords of the class. Maybe because it's supposed to be sharper? Like some "Kill Bill"-esque propaganda. I don't really know.

I don't think it matters much though. I only care if its properly balanced.

In BG1 I think it is since you can almost immediately get Varscona after visiting Naskel which requires similar strength and does more damage. And since you need 700 something GP at the start of the game you might as well consider it magic.

In SoA it's broken when you get Celestial_Fury though.It practically trivializes the game even on LoB.

But once you get to end game of ToB Hindo's_Doom is the best thing you can get. Which is pretty much trash when you compare it to Carsomyr or Ravager

I guess the takeaway is the special abilities on weapons, and their availability matters a lot more than the damage it does.