How about a dawnflower dervish bard? I suggest this since elves naturally come with bows.
This bard archetype is interesting since it changes the key buffing performances of the bard (especially inspire courage). Instead of boosting everyone, it only boosts the user, but the bonuses are doubled (so it starts off as +2 to attack and damage at level 1, and goes up to +8 to attack and damage at level 17). This makes it comparable to rage in power, and you stay on par with a barbarian from level 1 to 20 in terms of bonuses to hit (you end with +23 to the barbarian's +24)
The dervish dance feat (dex to attack and damage when you are one handing a scimitar and have nothing in the other hand) that you get for free with this archetype at level 1 is nice, and can be used for switch hitting, it is actually a weak style choice. Since these bonuses from inspire courage on attack and damage are on each and every hit, you can take advantage of it best with styles with a ton of hits, such as TWF or archery. Thus, since elves start with bow proficiency, this seems perfect, and your penalty to CON is not as bad when you are not on the frontline.
My high dex elf is a Monk(Zen Archer/Qinggong) with a dip into Ranger(Freebooter).
I was going for a Legolas-style character, and I liked the high mobility of the monk build. With Point-Blank Master (free at 3rd level), she stands in the middle of melee blasting out 2-4 arrows a round, and she always threatens with the unarmed strike. At 7th level, with High Jump and Shot on the Run, she can leap between 30 feet and 70 feet forward and fire off a shot anywhere along the arc. This also lets her hide behind an 8 ft wall, leap up to shoot over the top, and land in total cover.
I also picked up the trick arrows from the Elves of Golarion book, for extra fun.
How about a dawnflower dervish bard? I suggest this since elves naturally come with bows.
This bard archetype is interesting since it changes the key buffing performances of the bard (especially inspire courage). Instead of boosting everyone, it only boosts the user, but the bonuses are doubled (so it starts off as +2 to attack and damage at level 1, and goes up to +8 to attack and damage at level 17). This makes it comparable to rage in power, and you stay on par with a barbarian from level 1 to 20 in terms of bonuses to hit (you end with +23 to the barbarian's +24)
The dervish dance feat (dex to attack and damage when you are one handing a scimitar and have nothing in the other hand) that you get for free with this archetype at level 1 is nice, and can be used for switch hitting, it is actually a weak style choice. Since these bonuses from inspire courage on attack and damage are on each and every hit, you can take advantage of it best with styles with a ton of hits, such as TWF or archery. Thus, since elves start with bow proficiency, this seems perfect, and your penalty to CON is not as bad when you are not on the frontline.
I second this advice, with one caveat: There are two "dervish" based Bard archetypes, and it's easy to mix them up.
Dawnflower Dervish, from the Inner Sea Magic book, gets Dervish Dance as a free feat at 1st level and can choose to Inspire Courage normally or use Inspire Courage as a Battle Dance.
Dervish Dancer, from the Ultimate Combat book, does not get the Dervish Dance feat for free and only has Battle Dance in place of Inspire Courage. However, the Dervish Dancer's version of Battle Dance is much more versatile and increases the dancer's movement speed,
They both have their benefits and drawbacks: just make sure you know which one you're looking at.
Personally, I like the combination of the Dawnflower Dervish with Duelist prestige class and/or Kensei Magus. (The Dervish Dancer feat specifically lets you can use the scimitar as a piercing weapon.) Either of those would be a great choice for a high-dex Elf.
