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00:51
@NautArch my answer basically boils down to what I said in the question. Nothing explicitly prevents this.
@DavidCoffron the logic of it doesn't say I can't, so I can is tenuous at best. Given that you now have 3 different answers all saying the same thing should give some guidance as to what you're trying to understand.
01:41
Well it does imply I can by mentioning that melee attacks with ranged weapons changes the die
@NautArch none of the answers so far give a RAW reason that a melee attack with a ranged weapon is an improvised weapon attack
My logic is: I can make a melee attack with a ranged weapon inferred from the rule regarding the damage die > nothing says it changes to an attack with an improvised weapon > I make an attack with all the properties of the ranged weapon but as a melee attack
This chain of logic is mostly being challenged in the second line, but I see no justification beyond RAI

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