Light Slash vs Heavy Slash?

[quasius]

Subject line pretty says it.  Some weapons say they have a "light slash" attack while others say "heavy slash."  But my understanding is that there's only 2 types of damage (physical and magic), so is that just flavor or is there some difference?

[Mechalibur]

It's just a flavor thing. I think it categorizes the attacks by their audio/visual differences.

[Randomizer]

Slarty determined in his damage analysis that light and heavy use different dice sizes for the random part of their damages.

[Aoslare]

Every weapon has a specific attack ability set, and the game uses that when you make a regular attack with that weapon.  This does affect audio/visual differences but it also specifies the damage formula.  (Note that the weapon bonus comes from the item itself and not the ability, which is why two weapons that both have Light Slash (or whatever) can have different damage ranges.)  The differences in the formulas (and PC stats) ARE reflected in the damage range displayed onscreen.