ok, this stinks, because I made my bard a wood elf, and I didnt know you had to worship the correct diety, she worships Erollisi but apparently cant wear these because she is a wood elf and not a high elf or human. This really bites! >(
Well, since all these have over the non-deity restricted ones is +5 wis, and bards use intelligence, not wisdom for their mana pool, why does it matter.
First for you to get cultural armor you have to WORSHIP A DEITY ( Vah Shir have long forgotten gods, so ALL Vah Shir are Agnostic). this is why they don't get any culteral armor
To get Imbued armour, one needs to worship a diety.
There are cultural armours that don't require a specific deity. In fact, many culturals have an imbued and a non-imbued version, with the imbued having some extra stat boosts dependant on what deity it is.
I don't know why the Vah Shir don't get any cultural armour. Maybe it's not in yet, or just hasn't been found.