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Zeus posted...

For casual defense? Ehhh... They're a good concealed weapon, but for self-defense there are so many better options. (And, as far as user-friendly weapons go, variations on throwing quills are a lot easier to learn, and they can be concealed roughly the same way, and in roughly the same quantity.)

However, the way you see them thrown in a lot of movies -- with the weird rotating full spin -- is just flat-out wrong.

Honestly, you'd be better off going for an eye because you wouldn't necessarily get a deep enough wound in the center of the forehead.

Eye is a really hard shot, but doable from close range some of the time (but yeah wouldn't suggest going for the head at all. Even the leg is a better target as you could cause someone to bleed out quickly and if still the leg is a big target (could slow em down as well).

Still say chest (lung/heart etc) or throat is the best bet, either could be deadly and are fairly large targets. If it's just casual dudes possibly with guns etc but not expecting you (Ie no body armor etc), you could enter, throw the knives and leave/take off, causing massive damage behind you, get around a corner and a bit back after running and then hit whoever chases with a few more knives as well.

Still wouldn't say it's the best weapon and you need more practice then most other ranged weapons but yeah, totally silent (other then the people yelling you just threw knives into), Also VERY re-usable, so if there are just a few people at a time, you could possibly kill em, reclaim the knives and move on/repeat. Safer then using a melee weapon against 2-3 people per room, quieter then most ranged weapons and no worries about arrows etc breaking etc (so no ammo worries).

Back of the neck works just as well as the front btw, so if your silent/careful you could take out 1 or 2 people before they even know whats happening sometimes.

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