Mobs attacking at range?

[Tecmos Deception]

Anyone else notice this? I had one instance today where a mob smacked me from like... well shurikens are 60 range, I'd say it was probably 25-30 range. SIGNIFICANTLY farther away than normal melee; not a mob that to my knowledge has ranged attacks. I attributed it to lag.

Thanks to insomnia, I've been in blackburrow the last hour or so with a chanter and a bard. The chanter has been throwing a spell on incoming to get smacked so his pet aggros... and the gnolls have been attacking him from like 40-50 units away. His pet charges and engages sometimes even when he said he didn't see an actual attack come in from the gnoll at all.

What's going on? Are some mobs carrying hidden bows and arrows nowadays or is this a bug or what?