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Allow me to save you a lot of trouble.
Archers rock. Any missle based melee character rocks. But bows suck. Bows are ever so slightly bugged, and, composite bows do not add the str bonus damage like they were meant to.
Crossbows and missle weapons rock.
Crossbows are capable of producing raw hard fire power that is needed for gross chunky death one shot kills. The Light Crossbow of Speed and the Heavy Crossbow of Searing are pretty much the cream of the crop for crossbows in SoA. Giant Hair is nice too.
Missle weapons however, like throwing daggers and throwing axes, add your strength bonus damage to your shot. So do some slings. This means that a Kensai can do utterly sick damage... At range. I made a Halfling Kensai that used throwing daggers and axes... And he was capable of cleaning house. Daggers like the Boomerang Dagger and Firetooth have the damage of a bastard sword, and, offer an extra attack.
Now, while I have not gotten around to trying it yet, I suspect a Halfling stock fighter with Grandmastery in slings, along with the Sling of Seeking and a good strength girdle would clean house. Halflings gain +1 hit and damage with slings, and, everything all added together should be quite spiffy.
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