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"Bows require the wearer be unarmored in the base rules."

I think this is a deliberate decision. In normal D&D an archer will be lightly armoured. They aren't rocking up to the battlefield holding a shield (Like the "Light armour") or wearing full plate (Like the "Heavy Armour"). 

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An Archer in Mausritter would be wearing normal protection like this. It's just that normal armour is taken for granted by the rules. The game assumes that every mouse would be wearing normal armour, so it doesn't give you any special advantage or bonus defense. 

So your archer isn't actually "Unarmoured", they're wearing normal light protection that is not modeled by the rules.

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If the archer is wearing protection, it should be modeled as damage reduction. I.E. armor. "Normal armor" is still armor and it should be statted appropriately if it's being implied.

Even in the image you've provided, the archers are actually wearing a form of light armor accessories, and could possibly be wearing gambesons. Which is light armor... which is an item... that you have to equip... that prevents you from equipping stuff for archery in the base rules.

Sorry to be a bit combative, but I genuinely fail to understand what point you're trying to make outside of being artsy and contrarian for the sake of it.