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|quotetext=The shaku is a Demonic sacred wand, and the traditional weapon of Hell Inc's dark maidens. Just like with the [[gohei]], the name was adopted from an ancient youkai Youkai-go term, and was thought to be more memorable and easier to remember than "Traditional ritual baton". The shaku is constructed out of very hard teakwood, and burn-carved with various symbols and writings meant to ward away, or hurt Angelic creatures. More than just sayings and legends, shaku actually do hurt Angelics more than regular creatures, just as the [[gohei]] hurt Demonics more. And you can buy your very own at your local weapon shop or forge for the low, low price of [[File:Parallar symbol.png|10px]]'''85'''!
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The '''shaku''' (Youkai-go: '''笏''') is a type of one-handed club.
== Stats ==
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! Damage type !! LDV !! Pain (C1) !! Pain (C2) !! Pain (C3) !! Pain (A1) !! Pain (A2) !! Pain (A3) !! Pain (A4) !! Pain (A5)
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| Blunt || '''-2''' || 22% || 21% || 21% || 18% || 14% || 11% || 6% || 2%
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* NOTE: When used against Angelic creatures, the shaku deals '''2x''' damage.
* Angelic creatures cannot equip or use this weapon, and would hurt themselves if they tried or were forced to touch it. This extends to shrine maidens.
* '''Cleansing Fire effect:''' For every Angelic creature killed using this weapon, the weapon gains one "Charge" point, up to a maximum of 6. The weapon gains LDV equal to its amount of Charge points (at the maximum of 6, it effectively reaches LDV+4). At any given moment, if the weapon has at least one Charge point, the user may use a special ability called '''Cleansing Fire'''. Upon activating this ability, the weapon deals quadruple damage to Angelic creatures instead of double damage, but this effect lasts only one turn. On the turn following the use of Cleansing Fire, Charge points are reset to 0 and the weapon loses 200 Condition instantly.
* Dark maidens possess the ability to freely add Charge points to their Shaku by spending Demonic Energy points: 1 DE for 1 Charge point.
[[Category:Class 5 Short weapons]]