![]() Contrast Give Me a Sword, where the character may throw the sword but is not intending to commit any damage, just trying to get it to someone who can use it.Īlso note that many knives ARE designed to be thrown, even some that are rather larger than your typical pocket knife or hunting knife. Summon to Hand can negate the negative side effects of this. When the thrown sword is used as a ladder, stepping stone, or perch, it will also be Stepping-Stone Sword. ![]() Most shields however have dull edges, and aren't likely to do much more damage than just throwing a random object of the same weight.) This almost always results in The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In, although that can also result from accidental falls as well as deliberate throws. ![]() See also Throwing Your Shield Always Works too (only actually Truth in Television for the Spartan hoplon, which had a sharpened edge and if thrown like a frisbee at short range was capable of performing a crude tracheotomy. Contrast (or compare as well) Throwing Your Gun at the Enemy, which makes ranged use out of another weapon (in this case, a weapon that already is ranged) in an unconventional way. It does still have the disadvantage of leaving you unarmed, unless you are wielding two swords or something.Ĭompare Ballistic Bone and Detachable Blades. Especially against a lightly armored opponent, this has some chance of actually working. You are much more likely to hit the opponent with the blade, and the sharp surface of the sword is very large making an effective hit much more likely. Also, this tactic makes quite a bit more sense for curved swords: for much the same reason that it works for axes. This, while still a situational technique, could allow the sword to be thrown accurately at reasonable distances, potentially hitting an enemy point first with some effectiveness. Instead, a sword could be gripped backwards by the guard and the end of the blade, and thrown straight similarly to a javelin. (and if it does, it has a chance of just bouncing off ). ![]() Throwing a sword end-over-end as is commonly shown has little practicality, and is not likely to hit a target point first note Although, depending on the mass of the sword, even getting hit by the "wrong" end could still do some serious damage - broken ribs or the like do tend to impair one's ability to fight. Historically, certain straight-bladed swords (primarily mediaeval arming swords and longswords) could be thrown, but not in the way typically seen in the media. ![]() However, Truth in Television is not completely lacking here. While this certainly does make it more likely to cut the opponent, it does raise other questions about the logistics of such an act. Some times the character will throw his sword more like a boomerang: horizontally and with a spin on it. ![]()
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