A long time ago, a powerful mercenary was hired to dispatch a terrible dragon wich was destroying villages faster than lightning strikes. So, as quick as he was given the gold, he grabed his favorite weapons, shuriken thowing stars, and traveled to the dragons lair. The battle that fallowed was terrible, but the dragon was slain by the brave mercenary. However, he was mortally wounded and had only months to live, so he decided to create something to leave his legacy behind after he died. With his final shuriken, he carved three perfect throwing stars out of the dragon’s skull, than traveled to the nearby village to rest his weary, tattered body. They say he had the shuriken enchanted, than gave them to a fellow mercenary who sold them to get himself through tough times. The shuriken can tear through chain mail in seconds, making armor practically useless. Unfourtunatly, (Or is it fourtunatly?)no-one has any idea where they are now, but if they fell into the wrong hands…
Magical Properties:
The stars can peirce through chain mail like wet paper, and most other metals hardly stand a chance against theses stars when thrown by an expert. The only simple way to take a hit from theese when thrown by an expert is to deflect the stars somehow.
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2003-10-30 08:13 PM
I love the background on the creation of them though but the actual weapon itself needs something that makes it more real and fun to use in a campaign.
Instead of always hitting the heart, I would say a more feasible power for them would be the ability to penetrate armor much easier then any other weapon. Perhaps it can go through chain mail like nothing and only is slightly slowed by plate, a minus to the damage. The accuracy should be left to the skill but the power the weapon holds should be more appropriate. The holder could also be protected from the dragon's breathe weapon, or perhaps the weapon itslef has added damage of the breath weapon of the dragon or something.
2003-10-30 08:33 PM
It's no fun to roleplay when you can defeat any enemy simply by throwing these shuriken at them.
This is a power gamer's item, plain and simple. I'm sorry.
2003-10-30 11:47 PM
Conceptionally a great idea, if I can, I'll put it in my game!
2003-10-31 01:11 AM
How much of a threat could this dragon be if he can be killed with throwing stars?
How mortally wounded could the mercenary be if he was assumedly far away throwing shuriken?
How can a mercenary in possesion of throwing stars that never miss the heart ever be in such bad times he needs to sell said throwing stars?
How mortally wounded can a guy be when he can still manage to skin and masterfull carve a dragon's skull?
This is an interesting, but illogical and broken item. I do not like it, but I DO like the original thought put into it. A little less munchkin, and a little more thought into character's abilities, and you could make a great item.
2003-10-31 10:39 AM
and as for the dragon, the mercenary was an awsome fighter, and seriously, who (or what) wouldnt die from a 10 inch star through the eye?
2003-10-31 10:45 AM
2003-10-31 10:47 AM
shuriken arent only used as missle weapons, anybidy ever play FF7? shuriken can be used like daggers, but maybe you want to leave them missle weapons, can u clear this up strolen?
2003-11-01 04:43 AM
Gash: Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spell check. Type it in with upper and lower case. At least look over the post before you submit it.
2003-11-01 02:18 PM
Flinging a 10 inch star would be a good way of avoiding those nasty mortal injuries.
Shuriken are not 10 inches across, large ones are typically 4 inches wide.
Shuriken cannot be used like daggers, they have no handle of which to hold.
Please try to draw your inspirations from more than Final Fantasy video games. If you come across an idea you like, do some research into it to find out what it's about. Google is your friend.
For more on Shuriken try these links:
http://www.personalarms.com/ninja_weapons/throwing_stars.htm
http://www.fastknife.com/martialartsmain.html
2003-11-03 10:11 AM
first of all the lenght was an exageration, and honestly, i hate capitolas and punctuations, not to renege or anything, but dont expect a lot of that from me.
2003-11-03 10:13 AM
2003-11-03 07:16 PM
2003-11-04 03:01 AM
(damage = 1d4 average hitpoints for a commoner is 1d8)
Even if the shuriken would ignore all natural, metal, wooden and leather armor, you would need quite a couple of these to kill a decent sized dragon.... (20d12 hitpoints I think)
2003-11-04 10:13 AM
2003-11-04 06:00 PM
2003-11-05 11:08 PM
P.S. - HOW THE HELL TO YOU CARVE A DRAGONS SKULL WITH A SHURIKEN?
2003-12-19 09:58 PM
2003-12-19 11:19 PM
You must back things up, gash.
2005-01-29 06:25 PM
2005-01-29 11:30 PM
2005-11-15 01:17 AM
With a simple adjustment to power these stars could be nice. I like the idea of carving throwing stars out of a dragon skull. Let's work with what we like and ignore what we don't :-)
2007-12-19 08:42 PM
2009-06-10 11:08 AM
There is the start of something interesting here.
2009-06-10 07:01 PM
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