[quote=Lady Squee]
I feel like that would undermine the entirety of the stats I rolled for everyone. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, though.
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No, see you have to roll higher then 9 to hit a guy with a bow. (+DEX)

So, Jorick will inherently better with a bow then I am, but he still has a chance of failure, it's just less likely.