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| ====== Weapons of the Thousand Islands ====== | ====== Weapons of the Thousand Islands ====== | ||
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| ===== The Golok (d8, 3) ===== | ===== The Golok (d8, 3) ===== | ||
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| ===== The Keris (d6, 3) ===== | ===== The Keris (d6, 3) ===== | ||
| - | The keris (d6, 3 plus any poison and/or enchantment effects), also known as kris, is a sacred weapon deeply embedded in the rituals and practices of Silat (a set of fighting styles native to the Thousand Islands). There exist about five dozen variants of the keris in Thousand Islands, each with their own shape and name. | + | {{ : |
| The keris is an asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade, patterned through ancient smithing techniques. While some, generally older, keris have straight blades, most have wavy blades with an odd number of curves. The number of curves (or //lok//) of a keris blade generally varies from 3 to 13, although some blades have as many as 29. | The keris is an asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade, patterned through ancient smithing techniques. While some, generally older, keris have straight blades, most have wavy blades with an odd number of curves. The number of curves (or //lok//) of a keris blade generally varies from 3 to 13, although some blades have as many as 29. | ||
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| - | The illustration | + | The illustration shows two keris. The upper keris is an older, straight-bladed version known as a //Brojol//. The lower keris is a more typical wavy-bladed knife known as a //Buto Ijo//. |
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| ===== The Mandau (d6, 5) ===== | ===== The Mandau (d6, 5) ===== | ||
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