I was under the impression that weapons with the "Thrown" property couldn't make use of the Archery Fighting Style. On the character sheet this assumption seems to be reflected appropriately (daggers and other thrown weapons don't get the fighting style modifier), yet the dex based Psychic Blade of the Soulblade does seem to get it. Is this a glitch in the system, or is it intended to work this way? And, if it is intended, does this mean that the Sharpshooter feat can be applied to Psychic Blades? As a side note ... Strangely, when I tried the Thrown Weapon Fighting Style, the +2 dam modifier was not added.
The Archery fighting style only applies to "ranged weapons", however a thrown weapon is a melee weapon, you just happen to be able to make a ranged attack with it.
What I'm a bit unclear on is why the glitch might be occurring, as the Archery fighting style should only apply to actual weapons, not actions; I'm guessing the action must be designated as some type of weapon attack, but since actions don't support weapon properties it's not recognised as a "ranged attack with a melee weapon" as a thrown dagger normally would be?
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I agree with Haraviik its a glitch as Archery Fighting Style benefit attack made with a ranged weapon but the Psychic Blade is a melee weapon, which don't count as ranged one when thrown.
It's definitely odd. On the character sheet it seems to classify the Psychic Blades as a "ranged attack", instead of a "melee attack" like it shows for a dagger. Both the (Dex) and (Str) entries show this, yet only the (Dex) one includes the +2 from the fighting style. Both the main attack and the bonus attack are this way.
It's definitely odd. On the character sheet it seems to classify the Psychic Blades as a "ranged attack", instead of a "melee attack" like it shows for a dagger. Both the (Dex) and (Str) entries show this, yet only the (Dex) one includes the +2 from the fighting style. Both the main attack and the bonus attack are this way.
That sounds consistent then; it's adding the bonus to the Dexterity version because it's treating that as if it were an attack for an ordinary ranged weapon, simply because it's been given a range. This is where it becomes a bug, because the action has no way of specifying that it's a thrown dexterity melee weapon attack, so really the character sheet shouldn't be adding the Archery fighting style bonus at all.
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It's definitely odd. On the character sheet it seems to classify the Psychic Blades as a "ranged attack", instead of a "melee attack" like it shows for a dagger. Both the (Dex) and (Str) entries show this, yet only the (Dex) one includes the +2 from the fighting style. Both the main attack and the bonus attack are this way.
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I was under the impression that weapons with the "Thrown" property couldn't make use of the Archery Fighting Style. On the character sheet this assumption seems to be reflected appropriately (daggers and other thrown weapons don't get the fighting style modifier), yet the dex based Psychic Blade of the Soulblade does seem to get it. Is this a glitch in the system, or is it intended to work this way? And, if it is intended, does this mean that the Sharpshooter feat can be applied to Psychic Blades?
As a side note ... Strangely, when I tried the Thrown Weapon Fighting Style, the +2 dam modifier was not added.
I believe this is a glitch.
The Archery fighting style only applies to "ranged weapons", however a thrown weapon is a melee weapon, you just happen to be able to make a ranged attack with it.
What I'm a bit unclear on is why the glitch might be occurring, as the Archery fighting style should only apply to actual weapons, not actions; I'm guessing the action must be designated as some type of weapon attack, but since actions don't support weapon properties it's not recognised as a "ranged attack with a melee weapon" as a thrown dagger normally would be?
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I agree with Haraviik its a glitch as Archery Fighting Style benefit attack made with a ranged weapon but the Psychic Blade is a melee weapon, which don't count as ranged one when thrown.
It's definitely odd. On the character sheet it seems to classify the Psychic Blades as a "ranged attack", instead of a "melee attack" like it shows for a dagger. Both the (Dex) and (Str) entries show this, yet only the (Dex) one includes the +2 from the fighting style. Both the main attack and the bonus attack are this way.
That sounds consistent then; it's adding the bonus to the Dexterity version because it's treating that as if it were an attack for an ordinary ranged weapon, simply because it's been given a range. This is where it becomes a bug, because the action has no way of specifying that it's a thrown dexterity melee weapon attack, so really the character sheet shouldn't be adding the Archery fighting style bonus at all.
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You should report this on the bugs forum.
I popped a note on the Tasha's Cauldron issues thread, as it's probably the right place for it.
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