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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6785488" data-attributes="member: 6787503">It is a ranged weapon with the thrown property. You seem to be ignoring the fact that the net is listed under the heading &quot;Martial Ranged Weapons&quot; on the Weapons chart. Ranged weapons are a thing. Several rules refer to whether a weapon is a melee weapon or a ranged weapon.It isn't bizarre at all when you consider it's perfectly possible, if not ideal, to shoot a bow at a target within melee range. Besides, 15 feet is well past melee range, so I'm not sure what you mean.I'm not saying the ambiguity doesn't exist for you, but I don't see it. Where do you get the idea that ranged weapon attacks using a net are made with a Strength modifier?There doesn't need to be. It's an entire class of weapons.Are you seriously missing the chart where nets are under the heading &quot;Martial Ranged Weapons&quot;?Thrown just means you can throw it, i.e you don't need ammunition to make a ranged attack with it. Melee weapons with the thrown property have an additional rule that says they use Strength to make a ranged attack (or your choice of Strength or Dex if they have the finesse property). As you've pointed out, the net is not a melee weapon.There's no hole. It tells you which modifier to use right here: &quot;The ability modifier used for a melee weapon attack is Strength, and the ability modifier used for a ranged weapon attack is Dexterity.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 6785488, member: 6787503"] It is a ranged weapon with the thrown property. You seem to be ignoring the fact that the net is listed under the heading "Martial Ranged Weapons" on the Weapons chart. Ranged weapons are a thing. Several rules refer to whether a weapon is a melee weapon or a ranged weapon. It isn't bizarre at all when you consider it's perfectly possible, if not ideal, to shoot a bow at a target within melee range. Besides, 15 feet is well past melee range, so I'm not sure what you mean. I'm not saying the ambiguity doesn't exist for you, but I don't see it. Where do you get the idea that ranged weapon attacks using a net are made with a Strength modifier? There doesn't need to be. It's an entire class of weapons. Are you seriously missing the chart where nets are under the heading "Martial Ranged Weapons"? Thrown just means you can throw it, i.e you don't need ammunition to make a ranged attack with it. Melee weapons with the thrown property have an additional rule that says they use Strength to make a ranged attack (or your choice of Strength or Dex if they have the finesse property). As you've pointed out, the net is not a melee weapon. There's no hole. It tells you which modifier to use right here: "The ability modifier used for a melee weapon attack is Strength, and the ability modifier used for a ranged weapon attack is Dexterity." [/QUOTE]

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