Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-66.41.98.153-20170603042214/@comment-26149161-20170605194813

The issue of range shouldn't be the problem for players, since Dwarves are never said to be against ranged weapons. What should be is their expressed lack of mounts, repeatedly mentioned by Tolkien. Rather than adding mounts and removing bows, why not just do it the other way around? A lack of a mount is just as challenging for a player as a lack of a bow. That gives the Dwarves the weakness you desire, while maintaining canon.

That's extrapolating and there is no evidence behind the claim. At no point are Dwarves mentioned to not use bows, so there's no reason to assume that the bow in Erebor wasn't of their craft, especially seeing how the Northmen used yew bows according to Gwaihir.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) 19:48, June 5, 2017 (UTC)