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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Eldar of ''[[Warhammer
** Tau vehicles are often equipped with a close-range defense system called a flechette launcher. If any enemy troops get too close then the launcher goes off and saturates the immediate area with high-velocity shrapnel.
* Sorcerers in ''[[Exalted]]'' can learn a spell called "Death of Obsidian Butterflies." The sorcerer sends a cloud of glass shards covering an area 30 yards wide, 100 yards long and 10 yards high. This is a ''first'' circle spell.
** Not to mention Cascade of Cutting Terror, which can be done with any thrown item, causing it to multiply hundreds of times to strike over a wide area (with the duplicates vanishing after hitting). For emphasis: ANY thrown item. Including daggers, icicles, coins, peanuts, tuna fish, peasants, ''elephants'', etc.
** A recent [[GURPS]] supplement provided rules for a similar power. Except you don't necessarily need magic.
* ''[[Dungeons
** In AD&D2 and before, base rate of fire for throwing daggers or knives was 2x, darts 3x and shurikens (in ''Oriental Adventures'') varying up to 4x per round. ''Specialized'' warriors, along with attack and damage bonuses, has rate of fire up to 5/round with knives or large shurikens and 6/round for darts and small shurikens.
** D&D3 also had [[Prestige Class]]es for this type of fighting, including the Master Thrower, who specialises in throwing lots and lots of knives, and the Bloodstorm Blade, who specialises in throwing things very, very hard.
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