![]() ![]() ![]() some gifts can be symbolic and feature a blunt edge with some quote engraved on the blade which symbolize the relations between the giver and receiver. If he is a serious sword collector or martial art practitioner, he might have some expectation from the sword and it is better to get a Shinken sword. Samurai swords are probably amongst the best gifts for men, receiving a sword and buying one as gift is quite a spiritual process, and the receiver most likely will be extremely happy with the gift as long as you know the quality of the sword he will be interested with. Others were a little more debated, such as the use of special sheaths in their Ninjatos that allowed them to breathe underwater, hear distant conversations, or carry various chemical compounds to blind their rivals. In addition to owning a Ninjato, it is speculated that the shinobi also carried a variety of sophisticated gadgets for the time. Some better known and accepted, such as shuriken or ninja stars, nunchaku, grab hooks, and kunai. Everything necessary to minimize the close fight, where they could be exposed. And they combined this with excellent techniques of disguise, escape, archery and medicine. Those who practiced it had to be able to move with agility in all kinds of terrain, so they also learned their own version of parkour. Ninjutsu also involves techniques of information gathering, interrogation, camouflage, and misdirection. ![]() Wakizashi were so important to Samurai that even they slept with them near the pillow, ready for any irruption, be it ninja or from other opponents.ĭespite being well trained and equipped for the fight, they avoided confrontation at all costs through stealth and deception, which even allowed them to escape from situations in which long opposition groups chased them. It is ideal in situations where the Samurai’s opponents do not have armor, but mere clothing. Precisely, the custom of carrying it with a thinner edge comes from this indoor use. A warrior could be asked to deliver his Katana in a formal place, but often he could keep his trusted Wakizashi. For this very reason it was widely used in interiors, such as houses and castles. A good warrior would be able to use both at once if the situation warranted it.įrom the beginning, the Wakizashi was conceived as a defense weapon for Samurai in situations where they did not have their Katana. Samurai often carried both weapons together Katana and Wakizashi, naming their combination daisho (long and short). It also tends to have a thinner edge, so it is capable of hurting more severely a target without armor. It has a blade with the same design as the Katana but considerably smaller. plus, as a homebrewy feat taxed tree, something like the Elephant in the Room houserules won't apply to this feat since it be homebrewed stuff.The Wakizashi is the companion and Auxiliary sword for the Katana. Something like a first connected feat allowing the use of those weird two handers followed by a following feat that eases spell-combat restrictions to allow for a such a combo in the first place with a human or a race that gets an extra feat at 1st level (like a Triaxian), it'd be at least 5th level before that sorta stuff goes all gonzo-like. That does leads me to wonder if some sort of 'two feat that has a feat tax' might be a nice homebrewy thing for those black-bladed maguses that wants to have their weird two handed weapon goodness and the eatable cake to let them haz spell combat with them too. Good to know on those little bit of magusey caveats, Diego Rossi. But without the appropriate EWP it is not possible to use spell combat with them. Note that a bastard sword or a katana are one-handed weapons, so they can be a black blade. Creating a homebrew feat to remove one of the big limitations of Spell combat doesn't seem a good idea. And it is restrictive on the definition of what is a free hand, if you read the FAQs.ĪFAIk, every time people have tried to use a feat to bypass the "free hand" requisite, they have been stopped by the FAQs and rule texts. Spell combat doesn't work unless you have a free hand. It isn't a matter of the Black Blade, it is a matter of Spell Combat. ![]()
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