Yes, this is an intentional change. I submitted a bug report to Larian and they got back to me right away that this is an intentional change because Lae’zel and Shadowheart are not full party members yet during the tutorial. They become full party members after the beach.
Then they need to come equipped with ranged weapons. This is ridiculous otherwise.
And good ones, preferably. Longbow is not an obscene luxury for a Fighter. And for Shadowheart it should be light crossbow.
Bloody hell, I was hoping they just overdid their announced fix to remove Us's inventory, and LZ and SH were just collateral. In that case, they are certainly entitled to beta-test their "absolutely lovely game" themselves.
