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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 2208444" data-attributes="member: 19696">Perhaps you can simply give him a reach weapon much like a spiked chain, IE one that gives him reach and still lets him attack in Meele.  If you stat it like a rapier and only give it the optional reach (can attack adjasent and 10' away), it's close to the spiked chain (Especialy if you don't make it 2 handed, treat it as light so no PA, and don't give any disarm or trip bonuses with it).heck, maybe it's even a magic sword that allows him to seamingly strike from afar.  Limit it in some way if you like (otherwise you'll hate yourself later when the PCs try to use it), like only x times per day for y rounds per use, user can attack up to 15' away as if he was adjasent.If you're making it "Like ranged, but with Meele", you're opening a whole new can of worms, especialy because the players will like to know wow it was done and some may want to emulate it.The big problem is that a character can't tumble, make a full move, and a full attack at the same time, no matter what feets he takes.  And if you say that the effect is just the same, you're trivializing the differences between ranged and meele combat.</blockquote>