Q: I'm currently designing a campaign setting based on late heian period japan. I've recently finished with the weapons section, but something about it keeps bugging me. Ive seen in various places (Inuyasha, Sengoku Basara, Warriors Orochi) people of the period using Scythes as weapons (Not Kama, but full-blown scythes). So my question is: Did the ancient japanese have scythes and were they used as weapons, or is this a creation of modern fantasy?