She sure is. Everything possible to put Sera off apart from being male. 
I see 
I'm so used to having a two-rogue party (I MAY have had a Queen Cousland playthrough where she was a Sword and Boarder and still kept Alistair in, however...) that it didn't even feel off. From the start, I actually had two archers, a mage and a tank (The usual Warrior/Mage/Dual Rogue thing, hehe).
It wasn't until In Hushed Whispers that Arianne began to use daggers... partially because I needed a melee fighter for that particular quest.
The whole bow and arrows thing also suited her background as a Dalish Hunter.
And she was a mighty good shot with a bow before she became the Herald and later the Inquisitor!
So good she in fact solo hunted down a Druffalo right after they let her out of the village!
One thing I cannot fault the Scots for, IRN BRU! That is a beverage brewed by builders in basements.
Uh... booze... yeah... that's... something I'm not really... knowledgeable... in.