first, what are your stats? what's the party consist of? what books are you allowed?
First lets break through your stats:
str 12 = 14 -2 racial
dex 14
con 11 = 9 +2 racial
int 15
wiz 11
chr 11 = 9 +2 racial
I suggest rearrangin to:
str 7 = 9 -2 racial
dex 15
con 16 = 14 +2 racial
int 14
wiz 11
chr 11 = 9 +2 racial
That way way you have more hit points and can freely expend +1 per level up in skills, rather than hit points, giving you a total of 11 skill points per level wich should be enough. Also, you'll benefit sooner from DEX increases, wich control your Stealth initiative and to hit with ranged and finessable weapons.
About equipment, you are not automatically proficient with Repeating Crossbows. Rapid Reload is a much better option than Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Repeating Crossbow).
As far as a gnomish weapon there´s the Gnome Hooked Hammer, but you can't use Weapon Finesse feat with it so you won´t be able to use effectively. There's a Gnome Hidden Blade or something in Races of the Stone, you may want talk your Dm to allow it. On a side note, taking to levels in Ranger will grant access to all Gnomish Exotic weapons and give you a Two Weapon Fighting or Archery Feat.
A have to go AFK, so this is it by now.
Humbly,
Yawar
Yawar +1, you want high dex/ forget about gnome hooked hammer.
I'd stay away from archery, unless you're invisible, no sneak attack unless flat-footed, even with invisibility, expect to be foiled.
Sounds like you're hesitant to engage in melee, so i recommend getting the feats: Dodge; Mobility; Spring Attack; Wind Stance; Lightning Stance. That way you can dart in, sneak attack and avoid having enemies getting full attacks on you afterwards. Plus you're AC increases and you get concealment to avoid attacks all together.
Plan your talents around your feat path, personally i'd get in order: Combat Finesse; Combat Feat (TWF or Spring Attack); Bleed; Fast Trapper; Fast Stealth.
If you can convince your DM for other sources, go for Tome of Battle. Dip 2 lvls of Swordsage and that will synergise fantastically with the Spring Attack route. Plus you get: init bns +1; Wis bns to AC; Weapon Focus (dependant on discipline) plus amazingly useful maneouvres and stances.
hope that helps.
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+1 on the Tanis's comment on archery's inefficiency with sneak atk. Also his suggestion on feats make sense.
The most effective rounds for archery is the surprise round or 1st round, when you get to apply the sneak atk to flat-footed oppoents. If you want, take Improved Initiative to make sure your rogue always go first. The rogue I am currently playing uses the crossbow in round 1, then drops it in round 2 as he goes into melee.
Oh your a tinkerer gnome!
Well I am a Kender and this one with me is a smurf.
Oh your a tinkerer gnome!
Well I am a Kender and this one with me is a smurf.
Tasslehoff, is that you? Kender are ok, just no Gully Dwarves, lol
That's pretty cool, man. We had a kender in our party once...once ;)
As you progress you might want to hook him up with the minor and major magic talents. A ray of frost and burning hands or magic missile could come in handy.
In fact he could be a Hedge Wizard=someone of limited magic ability that makes magic items. The master craftsman feat would make you the armorer of the bunch as it allows you to take the Craft Magic weapons feat using your craft ranks in lieu of caster level. I was working on an NPC Expert like that, and decided to use rogue instead, so he could use minor/major magic talents to help out with mending and floating disk as helpful magic. Yours could be simular but with attack spells.
As you progress you might want to hook him up with the minor and major magic talents. A ray of frost and burning hands or magic missile could come in handy.
Acid splash would be a better choice than ray of frost, IMHO. No save, no SR. Nice for sneak attacking.