Artifice Domain and Dancing Ranged Weapon

[Youneko]

A player in my game plays as a Torag cleric who just got the 8-level power of the artifice domain, which gives a weapon the dancing special weapon quality. I'm aware of the table in magic weapon section which limits dancing to melee weapon only, but since that there's no limitation in this 8-level power, can a ranged weapon, firearms per say (ammo will be a problem though) be affected by this power?

One more question, does the weapon touched still requires to be activated as an standard action as described in dancing weapon? If so, it seems not quite usefull in 8th or higher level games.

[Mysterious Stranger]

The domain ability is quite clear that it gives the dancing quality to a weapon you touch. That means it function exactly like the enchantment including any limitations of the enchantment. It does not need to specifically state it cannot be used on a ranged weapon since the description of dancing already states that.

[Nyerkh]

For the 2 standard actions thing, strictly speaking, it seems required. One to grant the property, one to activate it. But I wouldn't play it that way (and I'm not convinced that's the intent anyway, if I am to speculate).
It's a very, very limited resource, requiring the two actions means you're losing one of the four rounds of dancing each time... Seems overly harsh. I'd just include the activation in the domain power's action, seems more sensible.

It's absolutely a melee only thing though. Nothing here changes the way the property works.
Besides, a dancing weapon only attacks adjacent foes or those up to 10 ft away if a reach weapon... even if the weapon could have more reach than that, apparently. A ranged weapon wouldn't be all that valuable under these circumstances.

[Youneko]

I see. Thx guys.