Aw, I thought that would be the case... So now I think the nobleman weapon is almost definitely the worst weapon you can get.
ehm... it is probably the best starter weapon I could dream of
If you train in wars and such, at the beginning of the game, (and you have one train, and like 4-5 villages), it seems to insure a "kill" every time you hit..
Being much closer to 100% than the 87% (correct me if wrong) the 4 without the scepter would yield..
you can get between 30-35 on the scepter hit, what are then the odds that the rest of them hit 20 20 20? bloody unlikely..
But if you hit without it, odds are they do not reach 100