A good choice for paladins that want to use a shield and a lightweight throwing weapon.
Experiments show that, on average, 7 out of a 100 throwing knifes will break, thus the breakage is 7% (considerably higher than a Small Stone).
The range of a throwing knife is 4 squares, the same as Throwing Stars and small stones.
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