Can the breaking blow skill be used with a ranged attack?

[RainbowFactory]

Im only asking because the Shurikenjutsu template in the martial arts book recommends it for shuriken users.

[Onkl]

In Gun Fu, certain styles allow Breaking Blow for guns, so there is precedent, although only in highly cinematic games.

Originally Posted by GF:23

The GM may allow a new specialty – Breaking Blow (Guns) –that lets gunmen shoot for the weakest point in inanimate objects with a firearm. This is useless against thinking opponents and their armor, but valuable for blowing open locks and doors.

Also, Dungeon Fantasy allows certain "class" combinations to use the "TbaM skills" with weapons.

Originally Posted by DF3:31

Having Weapon Master and Trained by a Master enables a new option: you can learn variants of “unarmed” chi skills that work with individual weapon skills; e.g., Breaking Blow (Rapier). Clear these with the GM!

So, as you can see, it is up to the GM to allow it ;) I guess you wanted to know what RAW has to say about it and as far as I know, and rereading the text in the Basic Set, it was intended for "barehanded attacks". Martial Arts expands that to melee weapons and so does Gun Fu for firearms.

Cheers!

[Flyndaran]

Breaking Blow is Cinematic, and Cinematic-ness is a sliding scale. So I don't see a problem with allowing it for thrown weapons. Thrown weapons, while cool, are pretty poor ways to injure in reality so they need all the help they can get in gaming.