Greetings, fellow gamers.
We are currently running Rise of The Runelords, and during the encounter with Barl, I took too much a gamble(damn that evil DM die and crits :( ) and had my previous character die.
My rolled stats for a new one are 16,13,11,11,11,10. The party currently sorely lacks ranged abilities( we have a sword&board fighter, greataxe barbarian, a cleric of some sorts, and a twf rogue with 1-handed crossbows for some MEAGER damage at range).
While my original intent was either a zen archer 3/bard 5 or plain bard 8 (for some party support via inspire courage cookies and some knowledge splat, as my dead character was the knowledge monkey at the time).... I simply can't quite see how this could work for dealing ranged damage, with the stats I have rolled.
Other options I have available are straight zen-archer, shuriken STR-monk(kinda odd I think and doesn't quite click into working order still), paladin, ranger, druid and sorceror(we play by the 1 class per party, so no second fighter or rogue).
Standard WBL, Core only. Prestige classes from Core allowed.
Please help.