two simple questions indeed: 1 Why I do more damege without a sword equipped? 2 Can I find the bedokaan village by chance or must I know its location first?
Well I'm not using a rusty sword, but an enchanted stillwater blade, and my damage level is the same as if I were using no sword! I only managed to obtain one damage point equipping one of those enormous broadswords for which I don't have sufficient strength to wield them properly! Hm...
Try wearing the War Gauntlets, or Mechanized Gauntlets when you can get them, and just fight without a weapon. You'll get better damage than most non-magic weapons that way.
Something completely unrelated: is there a way to reach Caladon? I must go to the repair master, and I would like to go there before completing the black mountain quest!
It can be done from the east but its a little harder, fast travel to the closest point you can and then manually search for it.