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==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
  
It is composed of a wooden handle connected by a chain to one or several spiked iron balls. The nunchaku is composed of two wooden handles connected to each other by a chain. So it's a bit of an abuse of terminology to group them as one weapon.
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It is composed of a wooden handle connected by a chain to one or several spiked iron balls. The nunchaku is composed of two wooden handles connected to each other by a chain, so it's a bit of an abuse of terminology to group them as one weapon.
  
 
Both evolved from agricultural flails that were used to beat the wheat/rice. Also bigger two handed flails existed.
 
Both evolved from agricultural flails that were used to beat the wheat/rice. Also bigger two handed flails existed.

Revision as of 19:24, 17 May 2015

) Flail.png
Name flail
Appearance flail
Damage vs. small 1d6+1
Damage vs. large 2d4
To-hit bonus +0
Weapon skill flail
Size one-handed
Base price 4 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 15
Material iron

A flail is a kind of weapon. A samurai will know it as a nunchaku. It does decent damage and is relatively light, but the lack of any artifact flails makes it fairly worthless to invest skill points in. Priests are perhaps the only exception.

Flail skill

Flail
Max Role
Basic
Skilled
Expert

Flails and grappling hooks use the flail skill. There are no artifact flails.

Appearance

It is composed of a wooden handle connected by a chain to one or several spiked iron balls. The nunchaku is composed of two wooden handles connected to each other by a chain, so it's a bit of an abuse of terminology to group them as one weapon.

Both evolved from agricultural flails that were used to beat the wheat/rice. Also bigger two handed flails existed.

See also