User blog comment:Mictlantecuhtli/Volkihar Vampire Queen/@comment-4057437-20120621045953/@comment-1323105-20120623035108

Fists of Steel applies only to base damage on gauntlets and not the modified armor rating due to smithing and perks (not tried it lately so correct me if it's been patched). Daedric is better than dragonbone. Dragonbone is rare in the loot table, whereas daedric can be crafted at the Atronach forge with no significant perk investment. Dragonbone weapons will also likely not require the smithing perk in order to be acquired, and 250 damage is inferior to a daedric mace that can easily exceed 300 and have poisons applied to it.