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| − | The ancient katana named Masamune is a unique katana with an illithium blade and sapphire hilt. | + | |
| − | It has a moderate chance to deliver massive damage upon striking an enemy, prompting the message "Your Masamune's slash cuts the '' | + | ''For Masamune in the vanilla IVAN, see [[E-numa sa-am]].'' |
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| + | The ''ancient katana named Masamune'' is a unique [[List of items (CLIVAN)#Weapons|katana]] with an [[illithium]] blade and [[sapphire]] hilt. It has a moderate chance to deliver massive damage upon striking an enemy, prompting the message: | ||
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| + | "Your Masamune's slash cuts the ''<monster>'' so deep you thought it was cut in half for a moment." | ||
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Like [[Muramasa]], Masamune delivers striking damage instead of slashing damage due to a scripting oversight. | Like [[Muramasa]], Masamune delivers striking damage instead of slashing damage due to a scripting oversight. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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| − | Legend tells of a competition between [[Muramasa]] and his master, Masamune to see who could produce the finest sword. | + | Masamune is an ancient sword named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune Masamune] a legendary swordsmith widely considered to be the best in Japanese history. Masamune's blades had a reputation of superior beauty and quality not commonly found in an era where quality steel was a rarity. |
| − | Variations of the tale exist but the general story remains the same - Muramasa and Masamune produce their masterpieces and test them by placing them in a river. Muramasa's sword slices anything it touches cleanly in half - including fish, leaves, and even the air blowing past it. Masamune's sword leaves everything in the river untouched, and fish even approach it out of curiosity - in some versions of the tale it even sews Muramasa's victims back together. | + | |
| − | Depending on the tale, a third party intervenes to judge, ruling that Muramasa's sword - while of unquestionable quality - is evil and bloodthirsty, whereas Masamune's sword is holy and just for not causing unnecessary harm. | + | Legend tells of a competition between [[Muramasa]] and his master, Masamune to see who could produce the finest sword. |
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| + | Variations of the tale exist but the general story remains the same - Muramasa and Masamune produce their masterpieces and test them by placing them in a river. Muramasa's sword slices anything it touches cleanly in half - including fish, leaves, and even the air blowing past it. Masamune's sword leaves everything in the river untouched, and fish even approach it out of curiosity - in some versions of the tale it even sews Muramasa's victims back together. Depending on the tale, a third party intervenes to judge, ruling that Muramasa's sword - while of unquestionable quality - is evil and bloodthirsty, whereas Masamune's sword is holy and just for not causing unnecessary harm. | ||
| − | However, Muramasa lived a full 300 years before Masamune so it is impossible this encounter ever happened. | + | However, Muramasa lived a full 300 years before Masamune, so it is impossible this encounter ever happened. |
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[[Category:CLIVAN Items]] | [[Category:CLIVAN Items]] | ||
[[Category:Weapons]] | [[Category:Weapons]] | ||
[[Category:LIVAN]] | [[Category:LIVAN]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 11 October 2021
For Masamune in the vanilla IVAN, see E-numa sa-am.
The ancient katana named Masamune is a unique katana with an illithium blade and sapphire hilt. It has a moderate chance to deliver massive damage upon striking an enemy, prompting the message:
"Your Masamune's slash cuts the <monster> so deep you thought it was cut in half for a moment."
Like Muramasa, Masamune delivers striking damage instead of slashing damage due to a scripting oversight.
Trivia
Masamune is an ancient sword named after Masamune a legendary swordsmith widely considered to be the best in Japanese history. Masamune's blades had a reputation of superior beauty and quality not commonly found in an era where quality steel was a rarity.
Legend tells of a competition between Muramasa and his master, Masamune to see who could produce the finest sword.
Variations of the tale exist but the general story remains the same - Muramasa and Masamune produce their masterpieces and test them by placing them in a river. Muramasa's sword slices anything it touches cleanly in half - including fish, leaves, and even the air blowing past it. Masamune's sword leaves everything in the river untouched, and fish even approach it out of curiosity - in some versions of the tale it even sews Muramasa's victims back together. Depending on the tale, a third party intervenes to judge, ruling that Muramasa's sword - while of unquestionable quality - is evil and bloodthirsty, whereas Masamune's sword is holy and just for not causing unnecessary harm.
However, Muramasa lived a full 300 years before Masamune, so it is impossible this encounter ever happened.
