Kusarifundo
Perfil
- Alcance
- 1
- Dano
- 2
- Letalidade
- 2
- Empunhaduras
- 1-hand: –
- 2-hand: Snaring
- Qualidades
- Concealable
- Raridade
- 5
- Preço
- 4 bu
- Tabela
- Table 2—2: Shinobi Weapons
Descrição
When a shinobi begins training with flexible weapons, they first learn the simplest and most reliable: the kusarifundo (literally “weighted chain”). A kusarifundo consists of two weights shaped like hexagonal prisms and connected by a length of chain that reaches from the sternum to an outstretched hand when pulled taut. Some disguised varieties hide the weights in the head and body of a doll or similar item.
This weapon collapses easily so that it can be concealed in a small pocket or pouch, or held inconspicuously in the palm. To strike with the kusarifundo, the user can cast it out from the palm or swing it in one hand. They can also hold the chain just behind the weights with both hands, pulling the chain taut to block and deflect weapons, striking with the heavy weights, or entangling, throwing, or strangling the foe with the chain. While the bite of the chain links into skin is very painful, the kusarifundo’s strikes are not usually lethal. Magistrates intending to capture a miscreant alive for questioning also employ this weapon. Kusarifundo skills are an excellent foundation for learning more complicated weapons such as the kusari-gama or kyoketsu shoge.
Texto do livro
Courts of Stone · Chapter 2: Wars of Words and Shadows › New Gear and Items › Shinobi Weapons · p. 110 p. 111
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When a shinobi begins training with flexible weapons, they first learn the simplest and most reliable: the kusarifundo (literally “weighted chain”). A kusarifundo consists of two weights shaped like hexagonal prisms and connected by a length of chain that reaches from the sternum to an outstretched hand when pulled taut. Some disguised varieties hide the weights in the head and body of a doll or similar item.
This weapon collapses easily so that it can be concealed in a small pocket or pouch, or held inconspicuously in the palm. To strike with the kusarifundo, the user can cast it out from the palm or swing it in one hand. They can also hold the chain just behind the weights with both hands, pulling the chain taut to block and deflect weapons, striking with the heavy weights, or entangling, throwing, or strangling the foe with the chain. While the bite of the chain links into skin is very painful, the kusarifundo’s strikes are not usually lethal. Magistrates intending to capture a miscreant alive for questioning also employ this weapon. Kusarifundo skills are an excellent foundation for learning more complicated weapons such as the kusari-gama or kyoketsu shoge.