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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1242453" data-attributes="member: 478">Sneak attacks are definitely best used with melee weapons.You can use them in one of two possible conditions:a) opponent's Dex bonus to AC is deniedb) rogue is flanking the opponentThe second option (flanking) is impossible with ranged weapons, as it only counts for melee attacks.The first option usually applies at the start of combat (flat-footed), which is one of the reasons, why Improved Initiative is so popular among rogues. It also applies in situations with hiding or invisibility and some others (opponent is grappling with a third combatant, or a feint (Bluff skill) is used on opponent, and the likes).All things considered, however, flanking is the most common method to deliver a sneak attack, which makes melee clearly superior in this context.Hope this helps. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ByeThanee</blockquote>