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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6543281" data-attributes="member: 13009">No a thrown melee weapon is still a melee weapon, a thrown ranged weapon is a ranged weapon.Properties like thrown or reach might change the fact that a weapon can be used at a distance greater than 5' but neither changes the weapon type.  By your logic a whip, halberd, or lance is a ranged weapon.  A dagger is a melee weapon with a property called thrown, a dart is a ranged weapon with a property called thrown.RANGED ATTACKS: When you make a ranged attack, you fire a bow or a crossbow, hurl a handaxe, or otherwise send projectiles to strike a foe at a distance. A monster might shoot spines from its tail. Many spells also involve making a ranged attack.There are three types of ranged attacks mentioned throughout the books.  The broad ranged attack, the ranged spell attack, and the ranged weapon attack.  Those are different types of attacks, and have nothing to do with different types of weapons.There are other feats that work only partialy depending on what weapon you are using, the first part of great weapon master for example works with any melee weapon, that means it works with rapiers and daggers.  The second part only works with melee weapons that are "heavy", doesn't make the feat a trap choice.That is a debate point for discussing RAI or rules in play at the table, not the rules as written.</blockquote>