Bard 1 - Pointblank Shot Bard 2 Bard 3 - Weapon Focus Longbow Bard 4 - Dex to 21 Bard 5 Assassin 1 - Rapid Shot Assassin 2 Assassin 3 - Dex to 22 Assassin 4 - Toughness Arcane Archer 1 Arcane Archer 2 Arcane Archer 3 - Dex to 23, Improved Critical Longbow Arcane Archer 4 Arcane Archer 5 Arcane Archer 6 - Open Feat Arcane Archer 7 - Dex to 24 Arcane Archer 8 Arcane Archer 9 - Open Feat Assassin 5 Arcane Archer 10 - Dex to 25 Arcane Archer 11 - Great Dex I (26) Assassin 6 Assassin 7 Arcane Archer 12 - Dex to 27, Great Dex II (28) Arcane Archer 13 Arcane Archer 14 - Great Dex III (29) Arcane Archer 15 - Great Dex IV (30) Arcane Archer 16 - Dex to 31 Arcane Archer 17 Arcane Archer 18 - Great Dex V (32), Great Dex VI (33) Assassin 8 Arcane Archer 19 - Dex to 34 Arcane Archer 20 - Great Dex VII (35) Arcane Archer 21 Arcane Archer 22 - Great Dex VIII (36) Arcane Archer 23 - Dex to 37, Great Dex IX (38) Arcane Archer 24 Arcane Archer 25 Arcane Archer 26 - Great Dex X (39), Epic Focus Longbow Assassin 9 - Dex to 40
The Hunter Assassin winds up with inherent Attack of +56 (+26 BAB, +13 AA benefit, +15 from Dex, +2 from Epic Focus) before any buffs or weapon modifications and also has a full 4 attacks.
Defensive bonus to AC is +15 before any buffs or armor mods, although restricted to Robes to get full effect.
Darkness and Improved Invisibility are available as class ability spells.
Death Attack contributes +5d6 on first few attacks at range and also a good chance of Paralyzation (which should be a kill given the potency of the Longbow and also the significant possibility of chain-paralyzing the target.)
Poison can create further havoc for the opponent to deal with.
Finally, Use Magic Device and Tumble can both be maxed at 40.
Sounds like a very interesting build for powergamers or roleplayers.
Edited By Cinnabar Din on 02/27/08 19:46
just a quick note. As a bard you cannot go lower than 11 charisma at char creation