'Race' of item

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Originally Posted by jacksone

Does the race of an item matter? Ex: Deciding on buying a bow that will help with the attack of archers that shoot projectiles - but the race is listed as Elven. Does this mean it only helps elven archers? Morale issues with dwarves?

For some artifacts race matters (see the description of the item). In your case the bow increases attack of all bowmen (human, elf, undead).