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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 6543685" data-attributes="member: 1457">This one's easy.Sneak attack requires "a finesse or a ranged weapon."There's a chart on page 149 that describes all the weapons in the game*. The chart is broken up into Simple and Martial weapons. Those groupings are further classified as either Melee or Ranged. Page 146 explains these classifications.Sneak attack works with any Simple Ranged Weapon or Martial Ranged Weapon on that chart.It also works with any weapon on that chart that has the Finesse property. It really is that simple.Note that the rules for Sneak Attack don't care about whether the attack is a melee attack or ranged attack. They care about the weapon used. That's important. All ranged weapons (defined as a weapon on the chart on page 149 under "Simple Ranged Weapons" or "Martial Ranged Weapons) work with Sneak Attack. All Finesse weapons (defined as a weapon on the chart on page 149 that has the Finesse property) work with Sneak Attack. The OP asked if thrown weapons can be used for Sneak Attack. The answer is yes, if the weapon: 1) is a weapon (appears on the weapon chart); 2) has the Finesse property; 3) has the Thrown property. Someone mentioned Improvised Weapons (page 147). By a strict reading of the rules, Improvised Weapons aren't weapons. They're "any object you can wield in one or two hands." The key word being "object." Improvised Weapons are objects-used-as-weapons, not weapons.  While you can make melee attacks with an Improvised Weapon, and you can make ranged attacks with an Improvised Weapon, Improvised Weapons are neither Simple nor Martial, and they're neither Melee Weapons nor Ranged Weapons. Put another way: Improvised Weapons don't appear on the Weapon chart. * DMs can of course add more. And as page 78 points out, you can call those weapons by different names without changing their game statistics.</blockquote>

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