Ranged weapon and threatened square

[Wild Card]

Hi All :)

I'm not sure if this is valid or just rules lawering so I thought I'd ask.

"Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which
you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn."

If a character has the Point Blank Mastery feat he can use a Bow in melee without provoking AOO's, but he can't flank or threaten because he can't make a melee attack with his bow.

However, if the character had the improved unarmed strike feat wouldn't he be able to hold his bow in one hand and make a melee attack into any adjacent square in effect threatening them?

also, come to think of it, couldn't he just take a -4 to hit and use the bow itself as an improvised melee weapon? might be nearly as hard on the bow as the target, but the rule doesn't say the character has to make the attack to threaten, just be able to.

wc

[stringburka]

Or you could simply wear armor spikes if you use medium or heavy armor.

[Tanis]

Unless PBM says specifically that you do threaten you can't make an AoO with a bow.

IUS definitely works tho, like you said just have your full attack with the bow then let go with one hand (free action).

note that if you have 1 lvl of Monk you don't need to let go of the bow, you can AoO with your foot, head etc.