From:	RAY MACEY <r.macey@*******.qut.edu.au>
Subject:	Re: Shuriken and Throwing Knifes
Date:	Thu, 23 May 1996 09:20:34 +1000 (EST)

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...

I always thought that that was because it's hard to sheath them or anything.

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

I think because the weight is fairly inconsequential anyway, they weigh
that little.

> 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...

I wouldn't say that. The only reason that shuriken are seen as so deadly
is because they are normally only weilded by people that are highly
skilled with them.

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

Who knows?

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

Dikote them. Mayhaps a physad with the new throwing power in Awakenings
(sorry, I can't remember the name of the power) could us a dikoted
throwing star. eg. A phsad with strength 6, when throwing the
aforementioned shuriken with dikote and special power, would be doing 8M
damage against IMPACT armour, which is almost always lower.

> Later,
> Georg
>

Ray.