My turn to necro.
Silanu naturally wants me to mod in a riding crop, but she's using a mix of magic and long blade while she's waiting for me to do that. Diablita is using a spear (just because I've not used one before) and finding it needs "always use best attack" to be viable, but then it's fun.
Low level archery seems futile, and I suspect you need to roll a character with that in mind, and an initial skill level that lets you not miss every time. Both characters use magic for ranged attacks.