Out of curiosity, which of the big 4 roguelikes has the best archer class?

[Derakon]

Um, what spell are you talking about? And carrying ammo would presumably take up just as much space as carrying a bow.

It does occur to me that if we switched to branded bows, then bows with Slay Evil would have to be horrifically rare or nonexistent. Ditto for elemental bows. The general-purpose damage multiplier would be too powerful to be readily-available.