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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4066800" data-attributes="member: 32536">Err... whether or not a shuriken is a Light Blade or not is irrelevant to the question of whether or not a Rogue can throw a knife in order to Sneak Attack.Historically in D&amp;D, you can throw daggers. Being able to throw a dagger is practically its main advantage over just using a short sword. A dagger is almost certainly a Light Blade, and there is no exception preventing a rogue from Sneak Attacking with a Light Blade as thrown weapon.Just because shuriken can obviously be used as ranged weapons doesn't exclude daggers from also being ranged weapons. Of course, whether or not thrown weapons count as a ranged weapons or melee weapons for the purposes of Powers, and whether or not daggers and shuriken may or may not have any special weapon qualities that affect that distinction (such as &quot;throwable: this weapon can be used to make ranged attacks with a melee Power&quot;) are also unknown factors.Anyways, I hope there are not any sub-categories below daggers, such as knives or stilettos. At that point, there would be too many overly similar weapons. I imagine that &quot;Light Blade&quot; can probably encompass everything from shuriken to rapiers, with no sub-categorization needed below that. The real question is if it is just &quot;Light Blade&quot; and &quot;Heavy Blade&quot;, or if there is a middle ground of &quot;Just Blade&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 4066800, member: 32536"] Err... whether or not a shuriken is a Light Blade or not is irrelevant to the question of whether or not a Rogue can throw a knife in order to Sneak Attack. Historically in D&D, you can throw daggers. Being able to throw a dagger is practically its main advantage over just using a short sword. A dagger is [i]almost certainly[/i] a Light Blade, and there is no exception preventing a rogue from Sneak Attacking with a Light Blade as thrown weapon. Just because shuriken can obviously be used as ranged weapons doesn't exclude daggers from also being ranged weapons. Of course, whether or not thrown weapons count as a ranged weapons or melee weapons for the purposes of Powers, and whether or not daggers and shuriken may or may not have any special weapon qualities that affect that distinction (such as "throwable: this weapon can be used to make ranged attacks with a melee Power") are also unknown factors. Anyways, I hope there are not any sub-categories [i]below[/i] daggers, such as knives or stilettos. At that point, there would be too many overly similar weapons. I imagine that "Light Blade" can probably encompass everything from shuriken to rapiers, with no sub-categorization needed below that. The real question is if it is just "Light Blade" and "Heavy Blade", or if there is a middle ground of "Just Blade". [/QUOTE]

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