Nagamaki Dnd 5e
A naginata consists of a wooden or metal pole with a curved single edged blade on the end.
Nagamaki dnd 5e. It is similar to the chinese guan dao or the european glaive to use a naginata in d d use the statistics for a glaive. Wielding a nagamaki incorporates special movements since this sword is long. White plume mountain a brief aside from strahd featuring 8th level characters we begin in the city of pinehost a primary producer of lumb. Some dojos who teach sword techniques also teach nagamaki jutsu to students who wish to master this skill.
The nagamaki was designed to be an anti cavalry weapon. The oa stats for several weapons make them flat underpowered including the nagamaki 2d4 instead of 2d6 or 1d12 and even the naginata 2gp over a 3 0 glaive for no reason. The nagamaki is a bizarre longsword that can t really just be an alternative longsword due to it being impossible to wield one handed but just being a longsword that is always 2h and 1d10 seems weird in 5e. Dnd doesn t make any distinction other than reach so you can fight a longspear with a dagger just as well as you can a sword or greatsword.