Here's a question that's been qeighing on my mind /a/

>>148139018
>Where did this cliche start though? I can't really locate any game that actually works like this.
blame monster hunter

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>>148139018
>Implying your rank means shit against gobs

>>148139347
I feel like Monster Hunter picked it up from something even older though.

>>148139018
>terms that sound like they are from some old tabletop game
D&D is the root of every RPG

D&D adventurer rankings
>Bronze
>Iron
>Steel
>COLD Steel
>Magical (up to +5)
>Vorpal Silver
>Holy Avenger
>Katana, aka the Strongest Sword Known to Man

>>148139437
It kinda does consider Ms. Hero probably invulnerable to lower damage.

>>148139694
>Katana, aka the Strongest Sword Known to Man

Is this real? What the fuck?

>>148139601

D&D doesn't use a tiered rank system though, it just actually gives you a numerical level.

>>148139694
>COLD Steel
You mean the Hedgeheg?

>>148139018
Videogames

>>148139694
nothing personnel kid, but those rankings are terrible

>>148139018
>everyone using terms that sound like they are from some old tabletop game etc. etc. etc.
I fucking wish. That shit comes straight from MMOs.

>>148139601
You misspelled Tolkien.

Dragon Quest. The anwer to anything fantasy related is always Dragon Quest.

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>>148139018
This stuff usually pisses me off because it's done to appeal to faggots who do nothing but play MMOs and need a familiar setting that they can self insert into.

Kobold Killer gets a free pass though because the dude is a shit kicker and not a high school faggot.
Also priestess girl is cute af

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>>148139347
Cold
>>148139601
Lukewarm
>>148139694
Lukewarm
>>148139843
Getting warmer
>>148140695
Cold
>>148140751
This is the correct answer. Thanks to dragon quest we have such bullshit as:
>Adventure guild
>Ranks based on metals
>Cute adventure guild receptionist
>Vaguely christian religion in adventure land
>Every healer is a priest, and every priest is female

And many other cliches.

>>148141139
Dragon Quest doesn't even have any adventurer guilds you cock-guzzling faggot.

>>148140751
/v/ here.

No.

>>148141139
>Vaguely christian religion in adventure land

And the only RPG who portrays it in a good light.

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>someone makes a goblin thread at /v/
>Suddenly GS everywhere
>Great fun until some faggot tell the mods and nuke the thread.

>>148141172
Yeah.

They do have adventurers though.

The nearest thing to a guild is the Dharma Temple, a place where adventurers can change jobs (it actually requires a religious ceremony to do). They don't really tell adventurers what to do though.

>>148141329
/v/ is a shithole and needs a nazi mod.

>>148141329
Fuck off back to /v/.

>>148139018
>rankings based on precious metal
Yeah. It's a meme of olympic proportions.

>secretary who explains everything
It makes sense and gets the exposition out of the way quickly. The only other person that makes sense to do the explanation is a higher-ranked adventurer assigned as a mentor.

>video game terms
It's familiar for the target audience.

So yeah. It all came about by people making obvious, sensible choices.

>>148139765
She was already raping everything as a beginner and became platinum a bit later though.

>>148139018
>precious metals
Try letters.

>>148141329
You can even be banned for posting cropped hentai on /v/ though.
I guess nipple mod got moved to /v/

>>148144029
Rightfully so, that's not video games.

>>148144121
Just like every /v/ thread right, which consist only 10% that actually discuss video games.

>>148144165
Which makes it okay, right? It's supposed to be shit, after all.

>>148144243
Well when you put it that way

>>148139798
Katanas are just masterwork bastard swords unless your GM is a weeaboo.

Trails in the Sky Bracer rankings

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>>148139694

That's it. I'm sick of all this "Katanas" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Bastard Swords deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine Bastard Sword in Germany for 10,000 Euros (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 Bastard Sword.

European smiths spend years working on a single Bastard Sword and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Bastard Swords are thrice as sharp as Japanese swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a Daisho can cut through, a Bastard Sword can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a Bastard Sword could easily bisect a samurai wearing pieces of wood for armor with a simple horizontal slash.

Ever wonder why Japan never bothered conquering Medieval Europe? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Knights and their Bastard Swords of destruction. Even in World War II, Japanese soldiers targeted the men with the Bastard Swords first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Bastard Swords 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 Bastard Swords:

(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 Bastard Swords in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Bastard Swords need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.