Hurlbat and Precise Strike

[Alex Mack]

I'm trying to find good ways to make use of spinning axe throw and one option I was currently considering was the Hurlbat. However I'm not sure whether it would work in conjunction with the swashbucklers precise strike while thrown.

Hurlbat

My confusion comes from the following line in precise strike:

At 3rd level, while she has at least 1 panache point, a swashbuckler gains the ability to strike precisely with a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon (though not natural weapon attacks), adding her swashbuckler level to the damage dealt. To use this deed, a swashbuckler cannot attack with a weapon in her other hand or use a shield other than a buckler. She can even use this ability with thrown light or one-handed piercing melee weapons, so long as the target is within 30 feet of her.

By pure raw my reading is that this ability can only be used with melee weapons used to throw. The Hurlbat however is a thrown weapon that can also be used in melee but does not have a melee entry anywhere.

If you know of any other axes that can be thrown and deal piercing damage I'm all ears btw.

[Kazaan]

It seems the Hurlbat is in the same uncanny valley as the Chakram. It isn't a melee weapon so it doesn't have light or 1-h category. It can be used as a melee weapon, but that's not the same as a melee weapon that can be thrown. It's kind of the worst of both worlds.