So, let's see if there's something for throwing. Granted, all the same could be said of unarmed strikes, and yet there are still those one or two ways to make it your character's thing. After all, why would someone looking to focus on ranged attacks not use a weapon designed specifically for that rather than adapt one made for melee? I'll begin by saying that I've always thought of a ranged attack with a thrown weapon (hereafter called a 'thrown weapon attack' with no mechanical import) as a peripheral option for melee characters who find themselves without a target in melee range (like a monk who draws and throws a dagger to keep their attack count up) or for any character looking to add some 'cool' and efficiency to a weapon swap (like a barbarian who throws his two hand axes before going in with his greataxe the next round) - not at all as something to center a build around. Further, as thrown weapons can double as melee, require only a single hand, and leave that hand unburdened, thrown weapons give ranged Rogues several opportunities for a second delivery of Sneak Attack damage via an Opportunity Attack if they are built to allow for such complicated tactics.

There is one character class in particular whose damage throughput is balanced around making relatively few attacks, but still with weapons, and that is the Rogue with its Sneak Attack ability. As a sort of in-between weapon, a thrown weapon has several advantages and disadvantages, but among them are the unique constraint on the number of attacks one can make and the unique feature of leaving the implementing hand unburdened.

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