After reading the rules, I'm really confused as how thrown weapons are handled with regards to feats. It seams they work neither with feats for melee nor ranged weapons.
The problem is, many feats just speak of "melee weapons" in their prereqs and action text. But if you throw a melee weapon... is it still a melee weapon even though you make a ranged strike?
So can you please help me answering these questions? And explain the answer?
1) Barbarians Rage says damage bonus with "melee weapons". But since there is the feat Raging Thrower, I guess I normally don't get the damage bonus to a thrown hatchet (a melee weapon). Right?
2) My Double Slice Fighter holds a hatchet on each hand - prereq. for Double Slice. Can I throw those with double slice?
3) My Fighter has the Point-Blank Shot stance. Can I go into that stance when only wielding a hatchet (melee weapon)? A javelin (ranged weapon)? Does the stance end as soon as I throw the weapon? Do I have to hold my lucky Shuriken in my other hand to not lose the stance while throwing javelins?
4) My Fighter has Assisting Shot requiring a strike with a ranged weapon. I think I can do that with a javelin. But with a hatchet? Does that count as a ranged weapon when thrown?
5) I suppose I can't use any feat the requires a "ranged weapon with reload 0" even if I have Quick Draw and many javelins. Right?
So far the only ranged feats that clearly seem to work with thrown weapons are Raging Thrower and Hunters Aim. For some it is unclear if thrown melee weapons can count as ranged weapons (Assisting Shot). Others are... clunky (Point-Blank Shot).