From:	"Dr. Bolthy von Schotz" <bolthy@**.com>
Subject:	Re: Shuriken and Throwing Knifes
Date:	Wed, 22 May 1996 14:01:29 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 22 May 1996, Georg Greve wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:07:58 +0200 (MET DST)
>
> Hi Folks !
>
> I just created a Charatcer that wanted to rely very much on Shuriken
> and discovered they are pretty weak in SR.
>
> First: Why are they harder to hide than a throwing knife ??? Thats
> ridiculous...
>

Because they don't have handy sheaths? Erm... never mind.


> Second: Why are they as heavy as a throwing knife ??? They don't have
> a grip and a lighter and thinner blade, usually.
>

Not that I'm a big shuriekn officiando, but I have seen shuriken applied
a bit broadly in some martial arts texts. Some define such things as
throwing spikes to be shuriken... but I agree that the term does conjure
up the throwing star motif in my mind... =P



> Fourth: Does anyone think any of the guys who made the stats for
> Shuriken has ever seen one ? ;-)
>

We could flip a coin to decide. =)


> In my eyes only the range is o.k. - has anyone of you already felt the
> same ? How did you change the stats ?
>
One of our physads has a few shuriken... but he never throws them... he
once used the blade of one to saw off a guy's ear, but that's about it...



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