[Crenshinibon]

Thrar: I was referring to a blade that has access to the Use Any Item ability (ToB).

The weapons that the character is wielding are Scarlet Ninja-To +3 (BGII: SoA, Special Edition) and Belm +2, this yields two attacks. Then, we add Gauntlets of Extraordinary Specialization (ToB), which gives us 9/2 attacks, or 4.5 attacks per round. Finally, we don the Boots of Speed, and our attacks rise to a total of five per round.

With Improved Haste, the Blade only hits nine times a round.

Blades boast a great AC through spells as well as abilities (Spirit Armor, Blur, Tensor's Transformation and Defensive Spin (and if you're using a Ring of Free Action, that means you can move around too).

The AC aside, even if you get hit, by sacrificing one (or two) of your attacks per round (leaving a total of four, seven if under the effects of Improved Haste), you are able to achieve a physical resistance of 45% (Jansen AdventureWear (25%) and Defender of Easthaven (20%)). Your AC should be about -20 or -24, depending on item choice.

Now, I'm getting ahead of myself here. In order for any of those calculations to go into place, the enemy must first hit you, meaning that they have to get past eight imagines and ten skins.

THAC0 is no problem as with Tensor's Transformation you have about -9 or -10 (-13 in the main hand if under the effects of the song), depending on weapon choice.

With Gesen's Bow, fully buffed, you attack five times per round, at -5 THAC0 (-10 if you use arrows from the Quiver of Plenty +2, -14 if you use your song, which lasts for about a round unless you choose to be cheesy and have your images sing for you (stackable)), which isn't bad at all.

Slower than an archer, yes, but not a bad trade off given all the things that this one class can do.

The Assassin can stack his poison, making hit targets take insane amounts of damage, while at the same time "paralyzing" them (due to the constant display of the damage animation).