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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6543096" data-attributes="member: 5143">You can sneak attack with ranged weapons.  Whether it is allowed by RAW depends whether you consider a thrown weapon to be a "ranged weapon".  Our group decided that anything that isn't used in melee is a ranged weapon.  This seemed pretty logical to us.  There is a category of weapons called "ranged weapons" in the equipment section but the rules don't explicitly say that ONLY weapons on that list are ranged weapons.  The english definition of "ranged" seems to apply in this situation.  In fact, the description of thrown weapons implies they become ranged weapons when they are being thrown.Plus, none of the thrown weapons do more damage than a bow, which can be used for a sneak attack.  So, it doesn't appear to create any balance issues.The only thing this rule would change is whether or not you could play a strength-based rogue who threw weapons at people for sneak attacks.  Which might be a cool character and I don't see it being overpowered or particularly horrible in terms of story.</blockquote>