From:	Tom Pendergrast <pendergr@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Shuriken and Throwing Knifes
Date:	Wed, 22 May 1996 15:29:54 -0700 (PDT)

> 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...

T-knives are (relatively) long and thin, shuriken are short and round...
it all balances (sorry) out I guess...

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

> Third: Why do they only do as much damage as a throwing knife ? The
> rotation does not only give them more accuracy, it makes them much
> more dangerous...

If s'ken are lighter, then they probably wouldn't hit quite as hard...
(not that I'm trying to argue) but, it seems like 2 and 3 contradict
themselves a little...

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

You'd be surprised.. (I don't know, but they usually are prety good about
such things...)

> In my eyes only the range is o.k. - has anyone of you already felt the
> same ? How did you change the stats ?

In my group, we pretty much left them as they are... we don't use them
much anyway ('cept for my new char...) but we (gasp) think they're ok as
is...

--Tom--