Naginata (dNetHack)

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Name naginata
Appearance samurai-sword polearm
Damage vs. small d8
Damage vs. large d10
To-hit bonus +1
Weapon skill polearm
Size two-handed
Base price 90 zm
(+10/positive
enchant)
Weight 75
Material iron
For the item known as a "naginata" in NetHack, see glaive.

A naginata is a type of weapon that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a polearm weapon that is two-handed for a medium-sized wielder. It has a base material of iron, and appears as a samurai-sword polearm when unidentified.

There are two artifact naginata: Jinja Naginata and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Generation

Female Samurai start the game with a +0 naginata.

The naginata is very rare and makes up 11000 (0.1%) of all randomly-generated weapons. General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can sell naginatas.

Female tengu that generate on the Samurai quest, or else with a 120 chance on other levels, are generated with a naginata.

Maids have a 120 chance of generating with a naginata if the hero is a Samurai.

Description

Naginata can be poisoned, and unlike many polearms they can be properly used in standard melee combat. While wielded, a naginata grants a bonus to the hero's AC equal to 1 plus half the weapon's enchantment.

Origin

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The naginata is one of several varieties of traditionally-made Japanese blades, originally serving as a polearm used by feudal samurai, foot soldiers, warrior monks, and the onna-musha (women warriors belonging to Japanese nobility). Commonly misunderstood to be a type of sword rather than a polearm, the naginata consists of a wooden or metal oval-shaped pole that has a curved single-edged blade on the end, with a round handguard often situated between the blade and shaft; the blade is inserted into the shaft and secured by a wooden peg that passes through a hole in both. The blade's length ranges from 30 cm to 60 cm (11.8 inches to 23.6 inches), while the shaft ranges from 120 cm to 240 cm (47.2 inches to 94.5 inches).

Naginata can be used for battering, stabbing or hooking opponents, but their relatively balanced center of mass allows a used to spin and turn them as needed to attain a large radius of reach, and the curved blade provides a long cutting surface that can keep opponents at bay; despite the perceived disadvantages, the weapon's weight provides power to strikes and cuts, and both the shaft and the weight at the end can be used offensively and defensively. Most modernized naginata practice uses two different types with an oak shaft and an oak or bamboo "blade".