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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Athinar" data-source="post: 6542972" data-attributes="member: 6781944">Page 147 Weapon Properties: Thrown:If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for the attack roll and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with that weapon. For example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your strength, but if you throw a dagger, you can use either your strength or your dagger, since the dagger has the finesse propertyPage 96 Sneak Attack:The attack must use the finesse or a ranged weapon (thrown property qualifies it as a Ranged Weapon) If the Melee Weapon has the Property Range and has the (Range XX/XXX) in it list then it can be used as both a Melee and Range weapon and if it does a d6 or less then it can be used to "Sneak Attack"<a href="http://www.sageadvice.eu/2014/09/01/sneak-attack-d6/" target="_blank">http://www.sageadvice.eu/2014/09/01/sneak-attack-d6/</a>TwitterFrank Foulis  [MENTION=7314]darth[/MENTION]Jerod   [MENTION=32417]MikeM[/MENTION]earls Can thrown weapons be used for sneak attack damage? Seems to go against the qualifiers of sneak attack being Ranged-Finesse Mike Mearls   [MENTION=32417]MikeM[/MENTION]earls  Follow  [MENTION=7314]darth[/MENTION]Jerod yes, they can. basically, as a DM feel free to let the rogue sneak attack with anything that deals a d6 or lessZoltar commented on Sneak attack d6. in response to zoltar:  [MENTION=7314]darth[/MENTION]Jerod yes, they can. basically, as a DM feel free to let the rogue sneak attack with anything that deals a d6 or less — Mike Mearls  [MENTION=32417]MikeM[/MENTION]earls) July 25, 2014If you read the tweet date is one of the first tweet about 5e, when Master Mike was the only designer that answer rule questions. (Mike and Jeremy are the lead designers as you can read in PHB) Now Master Jeremy is the official Rules Sage and you can ask to him at [MENTION=4036]Jeremy[/MENTION]ECrawford on twitteror ask to D&D Team at <a href="mailto:sageadvice@wizards.com">sageadvice@wizards.com</a>My advice is to follow Master Mike answer and find your way outside the Mud Forest.</blockquote>

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