Nunchaku

The nunchaku was a melee weapon typically used by monks.

Description
The nunchaku was made of two hardwood wands or dowels connected at one end by a leather thong or short length of chain. The dowels were slightly tapered toward the chained end.

Usage
It took special training, such as monks received, to use this exotic weapon effectively in melee combat.

Nunchaku could be used to disarm an opponent much like the flail. Monks could take full advantage of this quick, bludgeoning weapon.

The taper of the dowels improved grip and increased the weight of the free-swinging ends.

Groups

 * Nunchaku were a favored weapon of the clerics of Waukeen. The goddess herself wielded a nunchaku in the form of a cloud of coins.
 * Nunchaku were one of the few weapons the monks of the Disciples of the White Rod order were known to fight with. The ones they fought with had leather wrappings on their hilts that were bleached white.