The lajatang is a staff with a crescent-shaped blade at each end. A lajatang is a double weapon. You can fight with it as if fighting with two weapons, but if you do, you incur all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two weapons as if you were attacking with a one-handed weapon and a light weapon (see Two-Weapon Fighting).
A monk who is proficient with the lajatang can treat it as a special monk weapon. This designation gives a monk wielding a lajatang special options. Each end counts as a separate weapon for the purpose of the flurry of blows ability, similar to how the quarterstaff works.
| Range | Damage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Cost | Damage | Critical | Increment | Type | Special | |
| Lajatang | 7 lb. | 90 gp | 1d8/1d8 | ×2 | — | Slashing | Double |
Source: Complete Warrior (Page 157), Oriental Adventures (Page 73)