Originally Posted by Khrolan Originally Posted by

The goal with obsidian weapons is to add some variety compared to crafted weapons. Some pieces of obsidian are stronger, others are weaker as you mention. They're designed to encourage a broader range of class combos as well. I don't know the exact logic behind why the obs bow has stamina/mana passive but I can guess that it's designed to server as a stronger stat stick for a larger group of classes since all players technically use bow. Archers gain the benefit of very strong daggers as stat sticks so it's kind of flipped with that regard.