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Shinobi weapons

Twenty-four classic weapons for your ninja: short and long blades, chain and rope weapons, polearms, parrying weapons and throwing tools. Most need Ninja weaponsmithing research and are made at a smithy. Enemy ninja carry them too, and with an NFRP storyteller one may turn up in a smuggler's stash.

Blades

Weapon	Hit (main attack)	What it is good at
Tantō	11 damage, 1.2 s	A short knife, quick in close and easy to hide.
Kodachi	15 damage, 1.5 s	A short curved sword that parries and cuts in one motion.
Ninjatō	17 damage, 1.7 s	A straight sword carried on the back.
Tachi	22 damage, 2.2 s	A long curved sword for wide drawing cuts. No research needed.
Twin hook swords	16 damage, 1.6 s	Hooked blades that catch a foe's weapon.
Zanbatō	31 damage, 3.2 s	A huge cleaver: very slow, very heavy, cuts through armour. No research needed.
Shikomizue cane blade	16 damage, 1.6 s	A walking cane with a hidden blade.

Chain, rope and flexible weapons

Weapon	Hit	What it is good at
Kusari-fundō	12 damage, 1.5 s	A weighted chain that strikes from outside sword reach.
Meteor hammer	19 damage, 2.4 s	An iron ball on a rope, spun and sent out at full weight.
Rope dart	14 damage, 1.6 s	A steel dart thrown out and pulled back.
Whip sword	18 damage, 1.9 s	Flexible steel bands that lash like a whip.
Three-section staff	14 damage, 1.6 s	Strikes around a guard and turns a block into a wrap.
Nunchaku	11 damage, 1.2 s	Fast, hard blows from every angle.
Kaginawa grappling hook	11 damage, 1.6 s	A climbing tool first, a weapon when it has to be.

Polearms

Weapon	Hit	What it is good at
Yari spear	19 damage, 2.0 s	Keeps a foe at a distance. No research needed.
Jūmonji cross spear	20 damage, 2.1 s	Side blades that hook, cut and trap a weapon.
Bisentō polearm	24 damage, 2.6 s	A broad cleaving blade on a long staff. No research needed.
Sasumata polearm	12 damage, 1.9 s	A fork that pins a foe at arm's length. No research needed.

Parrying and close weapons

Weapon	Hit	What it is good at
Sai	11 damage, 1.3 s	Catches blades and strikes pressure points.
Jitte	12 damage, 1.4 s	A guard's truncheon that disarms rather than kills. No research needed.
Kakute spiked rings	9 damage, 1.0 s	Spiked rings worn on the fingers.

Throwing tools

Weapon	Range	What it is good at
Fūma shuriken	25 cells	A giant folding star that spins far and cuts deep.
Bō-shuriken spikes	20 cells	Straight spikes thrown in quick volleys.
Makibishi caltrops	15 cells	Scattered spikes: anyone in the spread is stabbed in the feet and slowed.