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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alabast" data-source="post: 4432542" data-attributes="member: 61888">When they say that you can't you a ranged as a melee weapon, they mean that it's ineligible for use with melee-range powers that have the weapon keyword and keep it's normal proficiency bonus and damage values.  You can still use it as an improvised weapon.  For example, A fighter couldn't fire a bow to attack with "Sure Strike," and keep his proficiency bonus to hit  and inflict 1d10 damage. You can still use a ranged weapon as an improvised weapon, which, unless I'm mistaken, is the same damage as an unarmed strike, anyway.I don't have the books with me.  Can anyone confirm my hunch that you can't use an improvised weapon for anything but a basic attack?</blockquote>