Are they really worth it? I mean, would you rather use a shortbow or a shuriken? A dagger or a shortsword? A kukri or a mace? I mean, why would you want to use a tiny weapon if larger weapons do much more damage?

If the tiny weapon had a special on it (eg. %50 chance to stun) it can be worth it. Also it depends which would you rather use a +2 dagger or a normal shortsword.

Granamere

No, I mean like normal weapons with no enchantments.

Well you could use it for off-hand bonuses. Or less penalties should I say. Easy to use a tiny weapon in tour off-hand than a bastard sword [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Also, a gnome/half-ling etc. can't weild larger weapons so they use smaller ones [img]smile.gif[/img]

Shurikens are pointless though [img]smile.gif[/img]

It depends on the character. Both the weapon finesse and the two weapon fighting feats benifit from tiny weapons. Also the roleplaying aspect of playing a charcters can also be an issue. Theives tends to like daggers because they are smaller and easier to conceal than a sword.

A dual welding ranger/thief with the weapon finesse feat and a killer dex is one of my favorite characters. He uses a dagger/shortsword combo and has become quite deadly becasue he sneaks around alot and gets alot of attacks.

What about the ninja character as far as shurikens goes... I made a rogue character loosley based on the ninja type character who uses shurikens. Sure a short bow does more damage than a shuriken, but I love the whole idea of whipping out a few throwwing stars to slow down a charging foe before engaging in melee. I guess its all in the imagination...

[ 05-20-2003, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]

Plain to see, they make smaller weapons for smaller characters. Granted, in PnP, there are variants of larger weapons as smaller ones.

Well a lighthand weapon used as an offhand can do wonders for avoiding attack bonus penalties, especially for dex-based fighters.

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What about Grains of Sand, the go to sleep shuriken?