Shinobigatana
Perfil
- Alcance
- 0–1
- Dano
- 4
- Letalidade
- 5
- Empunhaduras
- 1-hand: –
- 2-hand: Deadliness +1
- Qualidades
- CeremonialConcealableRazor-Edged
- Raridade
- 8
- Preço
- 22 koku
- Tabela
- Table 2—2: Shinobi Weapons
Descrição
Everyone knows that shinobi carry a ninjatō, and that means that if one wears a ninjatō on a deep-cover assignment, anyone who sees the scabbard knows there’s something suspicious afoot. While the ninjatō serves well enough in the field, it can give away a spy in an instant.
Ever eager to innovate on deception, the Scorpion Clan has developed a new form of ninjatō. Its name is written with the same characters but pronounced “shinobigatana.” The shinobigatana is largely identical to an ordinary tachi or katana and worn in a full-length sheath, but it has a shorter blade, making it compatible with the aggressive, percussive style of swordplay the ninjatō favors. The shorter blade allows its wielder to draw it faster than a swordsman would draw a full-length longsword. While its short length is a disadvantage once swords are drawn, shinobi prefer to avoid pitched battles anyway; its advantage on the draw suits it to taking out a suspicious guard quickly and quietly. Even when drawn, it is easily mistakable for an ordinary katana or wakizashi without close inspection. The extra space in the scabbard can also hold messages, medicine, poisons, or other secrets.
A shinobigatana appears to be a katana until examined; a character examining it must either see it drawn or make a TN 4 Smithing check [Air 2, Water 5] to find the telltale details that betray the blade’s duplicity. If its true function is discovered, it loses the Ceremonial quality and gains the Forbidden quality for anyone who knows its identity.
Texto do livro
Courts of Stone · Chapter 2: Wars of Words and Shadows › New Gear and Items › Shinobi Weapons · p. 109 p. 110
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Everyone knows that shinobi carry a ninjatō, and that means that if one wears a ninjatō on a deep-cover assignment, anyone who sees the scabbard knows there’s something suspicious afoot. While the ninjatō serves well enough in the field, it can give away a spy in an instant.
Ever eager to innovate on deception, the Scorpion Clan has developed a new form of ninjatō. Its name is written with the same characters but pronounced “shinobigatana.” The shinobigatana is largely identical to an ordinary tachi or katana and worn in a full-length sheath, but it has a shorter blade, making it compatible with the aggressive, percussive style of swordplay the ninjatō favors. The shorter blade allows its wielder to draw it faster than a swordsman would draw a full-length longsword. While its short length is a disadvantage once swords are drawn, shinobi prefer to avoid pitched battles anyway; its advantage on the draw suits it to taking out a suspicious guard quickly and quietly. Even when drawn, it is easily mistakable for an ordinary katana or wakizashi without close inspection. The extra space in the scabbard can also hold messages, medicine, poisons, or other secrets.
A shinobigatana appears to be a katana until examined; a character examining it must either see it drawn or make a TN 4 Smithing check [Air 2, Water 5] to find the telltale details that betray the blade’s duplicity. If its true function is discovered, it loses the Ceremonial quality and gains the Forbidden quality for anyone who knows its identity.