Paper Knife  

Hmm I'm 30 atm, I plan on making this bad boy mine^^ my shell buster from club upping on blm is in ym mog house shell busters are 2-4k on Pandy xD

Ok, Paper knife does a fair amount of Damage as far as daggers go but nothing special. It also has +2 AGI and CHR. Agi gives < 1 Evasion so no biggie there, and CHR+2 Isnt the best in the world. It is very rare to see a Resist at levels below 55. So this knife is not that fantastic.
KillingIfrit.com states that this knife has another purpose, "sing effectve rises". I just got this knife and have done one test sofar. Tried a minne with then w/o the knife equipped. I also had Harp +1 equipped. There was no difference in the results.
I am wondering where this information came from or if it is true. If anyone has more info on this stat, please post here. Thanks

PS: Choosing a Weapon varies on what you are doing in a party, at lvl 40, If you are meleeing, use a sword/dagger with Elegent shield (or another lvl 30 one.) If you are having problems with resists, which i really doubt you have at that level, Use a Monster Signa or a Chanters Staff. I reccommed Chanter's because of the Singing Skill + that boosts songs potency. Using a Staff also allows you to focus your other equip on other things besides CHR. Also consider using macros to swich your weapon. (^o^)_b

Just soloed this as a 67 thf/nin. Was a pretty quick fight, he only actually hit me twice, and most of his damage came from his special attacks rather than waterga 2. I had +15 resistance to water and -2% magic damage taken and was only getting hit for like 33 by waterga 2, but for like 150 by whirlwind and tentacle. Couldn't keep shadows up so nin stub was kind of pointless, he spams aoe but high evasion helps massivly. I spammed bloody bolts and was able to drain 30-60 per hit then ws which was better than hitting him for 20 per hit. Ended the fight w/ about half hp, but was overall an easy fight. As a mithra brd i have to say ill stick w/ signa b/c even with +21 chr and capped skills i get resists when im the lowest one in the pt, and id rather have the +40 mp off mp rings and use signa then have +chr rings and use a dagger. *tosses the dagger in storage*

He soloed it (RNG73/NIN36) but I had to Divine Seal + Cure II him cuz he would have died (he even used a gun)

Edited, Tue Aug 30 17:28:06 2005

k if u want to just barely scrape by this quest by the scruff of the neck.... this is what i did

lv 45bard (deleveld after first fight = / and killed him as lv 44) and a 50ranger and 49 whm.

we lost the first fight (by a sliver) from a waterga and won the second one easier (we prepared better, i thauight it would be easy fight, stupid me = /) water carol and Paeon 3 or 4 if u have it ^^ and we had 3 dancing wepons on us (poped halfway thru fight) so horde lullybye worked fairly well too ^^

Damn double posting >_>

Edited, Sun Jul 17 21:23:26 2005

Took only 3 of us and 5 minutes of my time, aside from the short trip there.

57 WAR/MNK
60 WHM/BLM
40 BRD/WHM

Cleared weapons then buffed/rested. Clicked the "Waters of Oblivion", NM spawned but didn't have any time to attack me before WAR voked it. Only dmg I took was because of the AOE which wasn't all too potent due to Barwatera and Water Carol up. Sung a few songs and threw out a heal or two, but that was it. GL everyone in obtaining your Paper Knife.

That's a cool looking knife.

well as a lvl 58 Bard i have to say i still use this dagger like 90 % of the time
and
sometimes if the party is good i can use Shellbuster (club)

*i dont have the light staff but dont tell anyone*

as for CHR+ stuff for bard/ i dont think its needed that much
and if something resists than switch either equiment or
set your macro to cast "Enchanting Etude" before song cast

that should be standard

I just reached lvl 40 for my BRD yesterday and ive already started the AF1 quest, but i cant seejm to see why this weapon is so great. Like many have said, I also have yet to get a resist...another downside to the paper knife for me is that my dagger skill is 9 ~___~; I've been using Whale staff since lvl 32, building my skill for that Apollo's staff I've saved up for. Anyway, I'm probably gonna have to get it, seing that i need it to get all the other useless BRD AF stuff...

 
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Seeing as how i've leveled Bard 41 levels without the Signa and got exactly zero resists the whole way, I'd say this knife is pretty slick. IMHO, Monster Signa is somewhat over-rated, mostly because of the 200k+ pricetag it carries. Mabye at later levels where you're always fighting IT++ mobs it comes in handy, but so far I've felt no need for it.

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Edited, Fri Sep 24 17:17:37 2004

Ok, so it's not fantastic. I don't think any of the AF1's are really fantastic anyhow. But TopIdler was pretty correct when he said it's the best knife of its level. It really is.

Broom-wielders trump this in terms of CHA bonus, but this knife is pretty nice overall. I ran through Giddeus for many an hour holding nothing but this knife in my quest for norg fame. It served me well. :)

For the bard on a budget, hold onto this until you can equip a shellbuster.

Meh. . . I'll stick to my Monster Signa. I'll carry it around for those rare times when i get a chance to engage.

If you have a Moster Signa, this knife is just about useless.

I am only doing it to open up my LV50+ AF items :\

PAPER??? bwahahaha LOL