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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2603589" data-attributes="member: 1656">It does indeed.  (Well, almost.  It makes it plain that you cannot receive a flanking bonus using a ranged weapon.  It makes it plain that you cannot provide one to your ally unless you threaten.  There exist published examples - the Peerless Archer from the Silver Marches sourcebook, for example - of characters who can threaten with a ranged weapon.  These characters cannot receive a flanking bonus - since they cannot make a melee attack with a bow - but they can provide one to an ally, since they threaten.)In most of the examples above, the rogues do not get a flanking bonus.  Can they sneak attack?The statement you quoted doesn't address flanking with a ranged attack; it addresses gaining a flanking bonus with a ranged attack.Whether or not the two are the same is the debate that this thread revolves around.So - the gnome can sneak attack when he flanks an opponent.  Since your answer is that he does not flank the orc (when his ally, the elf with a bow, is directly opposite him but fifteen feet away), what criteria are you using to determine that he is not flanking?-Hyp.</blockquote>