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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7037866" data-source="post: 9462438">I agree the changes in some of the wording messes with things. If you compare the Ranged weapon property in 2024:to the original in 2014:Before, to be a &quot;Ranged weapon&quot; you had to be on the list of Ranged Weapons basically. Sage Advice clarified this in 2016, that a thrown weapon is still a melee weapon when you throw it. The intent was to allow the Archery style with darts, but not thrown melee weapons.Now, however, simply having a range (giving either Ammo or Thrown properties) makes a weapon a &quot;Ranged weapon&quot; and it qualifies for the Archery style (feat, whatever...). So, the prior intent is completely out the window--intentionally or not?&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Of course, this means they also had to specificy that an improvised weapon lacks the Thrown property when thrown, depsite having a range, to avoid using Archery with improvised thrown weapons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 7037866, post: 9462438"] I agree the changes in some of the wording messes with things. If you compare the Ranged weapon property in 2024: to the original in 2014: Before, to be a "Ranged weapon" you had to be on the list of Ranged Weapons basically. Sage Advice clarified this in 2016, that a thrown weapon is still a melee weapon when you throw it. The intent was to allow the Archery style with darts, but not thrown [I]melee[/I] weapons. Now, however, simply having a range (giving either Ammo or Thrown properties) makes a weapon a "Ranged weapon" and it qualifies for the Archery style (feat, whatever...). So, the prior intent is completely out the window--intentionally or not? 🤷‍♂️ Of course, this means they also had to specificy that an improvised weapon lacks the Thrown property when thrown, depsite having a range, to avoid using Archery with improvised thrown weapons. [/QUOTE]

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