If I was, for example, to build a Ranger that used thrown daggers as a primary mode of attack, are these daggers considered ranged weapons for feats that require using a ranged weapon?
I understand the answer is certainly no for a feat like Hunter's Shot (pg171) which required a ranged weapon with reload 0.
But what about for a feat like Penetrating Shot (pg175) which only requires that I be wielding a ranged weapon? Or Targeting Shot (pg176) which has me make a ranged weapon strike. Or even Snap Shot (pg173) which let's you use reactions that normally allow a melee weapon strike with a ranged weapon strike instead?
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The Thrown trait differentiates Melee Weapons with that trait from Ranged Weapons with that trait, so I suspect the answer is “no”.
Edit: I would say “yes”, myself. If a Thrown Dart can be a Ranged Weapon, I don’t see why a Thrown Dagger can’t.
I'm pretty sure when you make a "ranged attack" in the book definition it specifies that you only make ranged attacks with ranged weapons.
Then the throwing trait specifies that you make a ranged attack.
meaning it would become a ranged weapon.
Do you have a page number for this?
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After continuing to read to find the answer, I believe I have found it. If you read the thrown trait, the last two sentences appear to contain the solution:
"You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack. A thrown weapon adds your Strength modifier to damage just like a melee weapon does. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment. Ranged weapons with this trait use the range increment specified in the weapon's Range entry."
To me, this seems to fairly concretely imply that a melee weapon with the thrown trait is not a ranged weapon, it just allows you to make ranged strikes with it.