[robertthebard]

I had really good success with a bard, to arcane archer. That's the char i ran the last time we were on lvl 9 Animal, and Crimson, thus the name, ha ha. Get your spell requirements from jump, and think he went over around lvl 5, so leaves 5 levels after for fighter, or similar, for better overall combat. Don't dual class a cleric, no need. Take war and str domains, may as well be a fighter with spells, got one running in a server vault, and she is bad. half elf, or full elf, fighter rogue assassin, must be evil, don't forget, or the ever popular rogue assassin, shadowdancer, get assassin at 6th, so can be 5, 10, 5, or the one i'm doing next, rogue 5, assassin 5, shadowdancer 10, just to see. If so, on the last one, get assassin when you lvl to 6th, then change to shadowdancer as soon as it becomes available. Shadow dancer is built for the rogue, and rogue type classes, hide in plain sight makes for a lot of sneak attacks!! But, while Taralash is one of the better bows in the game, check out the Composite Long Bow, +3. I think that this is one of the best bows in the game. +3 to attack, Mighty +5, nice bow. basically, just run with them, a fighter rogue is a good combo, but man, nothing like the assassin/shadowdancer.