Wakizashi (dNetHack)
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| Name | wakizashi |
| Appearance | samurai short sword |
| Damage vs. small | d8 |
| Damage vs. large | d6 |
| To-hit bonus | +1 |
| Weapon skill | short sword |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 40 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 30 |
| Material | iron |
- For the item known as a "wakizashi" in NetHack, see short sword.
A wakizashi is a type of weapon that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is a melee weapon that is one-handed for a medium-sized wielder, and uses the short sword skill. It has a base material of iron, and appears as a samurai short sword when unidentified.
Generation
Male Samurai start the game with a +0 wakizashi.
Wakizashi are not randomly generated, though they can be wished for or found in bones.
Male tengu that generate on the Samurai quest, or else with a 1⁄20 chance on other levels, are generated with a wakizashi.
A +2 mithril wakizashi with the rakuyo object property is generated among the contents of the Madperson's special box that appears for yuki-onna Madwomen on the Madman quest goal level.
Origin
The wakizashi is a short type of sword from feudal Japan. Due to sumptuary laws and arms regulation, commoners (i.e. non-samurai) were not allowed to wear swords beyond a certain length; as a result, the wakizashi was a commoner's weapon. For samurai, however, a long katana together with a wakizashi was considered an indication of their elevated social status. Transliterated, the term means "side-inserted sword", referring to how the small, handy weapon could be worn at one's side, analogous to the modern term "sidearm".
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