So, in the near future my playgroup is going to be doing Reign of Winter. Beyond the small "player tutorial for Reign" pdf, we have no idea what we are getting ourselves into, and its probably for the better, other than the fact that we know its gonna be cold sooner or later.
That said, each person in our playgroup has often gone with a nich'e in previous campaigns; in my case, I've always been a bigtime caster. GM this time around declared that we have to play slightly out of our confort zone, in my case, no bigtime caster classes like sorcerer, witch, druid, wizard, or summoner. Alchemist is ok, however with some discression, he is also allowing some uncommon races, not all mind you.
So, I have been juggling around between a couple of different options.
A. Human Alchemist: Generally bomb throwing, but also hading out extracts as essentially hp pots and buffs.
B. Kitsune Ninja: Having a heavy focus on sneaky sneaky obviously, but having variations of sneak, such as using disguises and being able to change my looks more drastically using kitsune feats.
C. Something else: I've often been into magic users simply because it allowed more "options" of how to attack. Yes, sometimes its pretty simple and often a logical spell with no second thoughts, however I just don't want to see myself as the archer that calls out on every given attack "RAPID SHOT!" If you have any other good options, feel free to give them.