Kodachi (custom weapon)

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Kodachi (custom weapon)
Weapon information
Precise dimensions 2 1/12 x 2/12
Material steel
Weight 2 2/9
Thaums/sec 5 stable / 6 talisman / 10 max
Hands 1
Commands Slash Stab Iai
Melee type Sword
Judge data
Speed 10 Extremely fast 10
Maximum damage 8 Quite high 8
Average damage 4 Low 4
Str Overall Attack ease Parry ease
10 13 extremely good
13
10 easy
10
12 very easy
12
11 13 extremely good
13
10 easy
10
12 very easy
12
12 13 extremely good
13
10 easy
10
13 extremely easy
13
13 13 extremely good
13
10 easy
10
14 incredibly easy
14
14 13 extremely good
13
11 rather easy
11
14 incredibly easy
14
15 13 extremely good
13
11 rather easy
11
14 incredibly easy
14
16 13 extremely good
13
11 rather easy
11
14 incredibly easy
14
17 13 extremely good
13
11 rather easy
11
14 incredibly easy
14

Long Description

This single-edged short sword is barely more than two feet in length, with a subtle curve along the length of the blade. Perfectly suited for infiltration and close quarters fighting, the kodachi flourishes where the katana would prove too unwieldly. The <folded|blackened> steel of the blade bears a pattern of <pattern> and the hilt has been wrapped in <colour material>. The maker's mark, a single reed gracefully curved by an unfelt wind, is engraved on the simple square tsuba behind the blade. It appears to have something written on it.

Appraises As

The <descriptive name> kodachi is about two feet long and roughly a couple of inches wide. It is made of steel and could be used as a weapon of type sword. It is in excellent condition.

Acquisition

May be ordered from Wan Bending Reed in the Samurai dojo, in northwastern Bes Pelargic.

The player must have at least a 300 bonus in fighting.melee.sword, as well as a 200 unstatted bonus in people.culture.agatean, before Wan Bending Reed will consider him or her worthy to wield one of his weapons.

Additionally, some covert skill is required to order a kodachi. An average bonus of 200 in covert.stealth subskills was sufficient.

There is also a requirement to have at least 60 levels of spoken agatean to place an order. Custom weapons take 2 real days (6 days 16 hours on Discworld) to complete.

Item Name

When custom kodachi are ordered you are given the choice of a selection of grip colours and materials, and you can have a pattern folded into the steel (see custom samurai patterns and grips). Certain combination of grip and patterns give the kodachi special names, these can be found at the list of custom kodachi.

Notes

Weapons from Wan Bending Reed will perform better in the hands of the player they were made for. In the hands of someone else, their damage ranks drop by one point each.