Is there any reason I couldn't just play a bard with a bow and use the Blade flourishes?
I'm pretty sure I missed a word somewhere, because after reading through the whole thing, I came to the conclusion that the only time the word "melee" came up was in the fighting styles and the use of a melee weapon for a focus (the latter of which doesn't matter with bows, since you can free a hand to cast).
Some of the effects aren't valuable to a range-specific character, but I'm strictly talking semantics.