Does anyone know of anything difinitive from Paizo on if ranged weapons can do non-lethal damage?
I'm not talking whips or the like, I mean bows and crossbows. In the rule book on pg 191 it says:
Non-lethal Damage with a Weapon that Deals Lethal Damage: You can use melee a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal non-lethal damage instead, but you take a -4 on your attack.
To me this comes across using melee as an example. Its not saying that only melee weapons can do non-lethal damage, its saying you can. Nothing is said about ranged weapons being used in the same manner.
If I shoot someone with a single arrow in the leg its more then likely not going to kill them unless I do it repeatidly. I'm not saying that there isn't a chance that I'd kill them but I should be able to attempt non-lethal damage with a bow.