Does Stabbing work with ranged weapons

[shinesei]

Hi
I'm planning a build using a Kobold, and I was wondering if stabbing works also for ranged weapons. It is not 100% clear (at least, to me ) looking in on the wiki.

Thanks!

Shine

[Galefury]

Stabbing only really works well (instant kills against lots of things) with short blades. Even if stabbing does anything at all with ranged weapons it wont do much.

[jejorda2]

You can miss a sleeping monster with a bow from one space away in wizmode. You can't ever miss a stab. Not only do you not get bonus damage on unaware monsters with ranged weapons, you don't even get guaranteed hits.

Maybe sleeping monsters have an EV penalty, maybe they don't. I don't know. But it isn't quite the same as stabbing.

[BlackSheep]

Stabbing skill does not interact with ranged attacks.

[Stormfox]

It's Stabbing, not Sniping. Not getting bonus damage and guaranteed hits is the penalty you pay for not having to get up close and personal.