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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7863544" data-attributes="member: 6987520">But you think you could still get the no disadvantage for long range and ignoring most cover, right?And for some people, they could argue that regardless of how it is being used, it is a &quot;ranged weapon&quot;. It doesn't shift to a new part of the table in the PHB after all.For the record, hopefully at this point you get that I agree with you but understand how other people could feel and interpret it otherwise.Either way, I think the distinction in such cases is pointless. Neither ruling is &quot;better&quot; or &quot;worse.&quot; I do think, however, the logic behind the concept and RAI should take precedence. Sharpshooter is about being great and doing impossible things with ranged weapons (first sentence). In a similar light, I wouldn't let someone use GWM with a longbow swung as a melee weapon. It is &quot;heavy&quot; after all, and if you make a melee attack with it, people could argue the second benefit of GWM should work. Seems silly to me to allow that, but hey who am I to judge, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7863544, member: 6987520"] But you think you could still get the no disadvantage for long range and ignoring most cover, right? And for some people, they could argue that regardless of how it is being used, it is a "ranged weapon". It doesn't shift to a new part of the table in the PHB after all. For the record, hopefully at this point you get that I agree with you but understand how other people could feel and interpret it otherwise. Either way, I think the distinction in such cases is pointless. Neither ruling is "better" or "worse." I do think, however, the logic behind the concept and RAI should take precedence. Sharpshooter is about being great and doing impossible things with ranged weapons (first sentence). In a similar light, I wouldn't let someone use GWM with a longbow swung as a melee weapon. It is "heavy" after all, and if you make a melee attack with it, people could argue the second benefit of GWM should work. Seems silly to me to [I]allow[/I] that, but hey who am I to judge, right? :) [/QUOTE]

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