The Prowler: Covert Assassin of House Thuranni

[Nightmanis]

barb with 18 rogue really flies--the wiz levels add the extra defenses so I really like them.
Since this build uses the racial tree so deeply, it means inherently that it would work great for someone with many racial past lives. I haven't done the AP but I imagine one could get elven grace, the AA tree, then maybe killer or KtA? Or some mechanic boosts? Since I will never be that player with the numerous racial past lives (right now I am doing a couple halfling ones while researching the ROGUE workbook), I can't say. I think people would prefer ranger levels for sniper shot, or monk for abundant step & extra feats, but this split would be one of the fastest. I suppose one could go bard/barb/ranger or bard/barb/6 fighter and get the displacement from bard spells.

I plan to return to this build post-halfling runs. Right now my main is 18 rogue/2 ranger which has been a lot of fun & functionality.

With 18 Rogue, 1 barb, 1 wiz Elf my AP is freakishly tight.

10RR+10 ap Elf for Aerenal Grace+Skill+AA
41 AA Capstone+whatever your heart desires
24 assassin for killer and nimbleness (stacking 10% dodge is worth 1ap)
3 TA Run speed

That leaves a grand total of 2ap. If I could squeeze 2 more ap (add 2 more non iconic races) I'd throw them into barb for tier 3 athletics. Use 1 rage for +35% run speed makes for a nice "oh sh*t" button. Other than that, 1 wiz just gives me a spell focus feat and sp from intelligence. I thought about putting 1ap into mechanic for +5m pbs range and 1ap into Archmagi for the cheap magic missile to charge arcane warrior (stupid, but you do get the spell twice over and do have cranked force spellpower to use for +20rp)