Will said:In my campaign, which has little asian influence, shuriken are available but are specifically small throwing daggers, not stars of any sort. Monks are also theurgists, mages of the body, again with little asian character.
Shuriken are now ammunition in 3.5, which means, among other things, that you can throw them as often as you have attacks. It also means that the enchantment cost of one shuriken is 1/50 that of a regular weapon... but the shuriken is expendable.