| The bard's songs become far more powerful than his fighting abilities but this doesn't mean you have to hide him in the back. His singing doesn't get interrupted when he's hit and he can be protectedd quite well with spells before battle. The bard can even keep on singing while he runs away, so he's the perfect candidate for keeping melee enemies busy chasing him if like such tactics.
Which kind of halfling you choose doesn't really matter, if you really want to go into details you could think about which feats you'll take at which level and when you have to take a feat which helps less than the "luck of heroes" feat halflings can't take.
Sneaky stealth tactics can be used by everyone (even by a shapeshifted druid), if you want your rogue/bard to be sneaky just shoot a crossbow bolt from the shadows and run away.
Evasion may be great for the role you've planned for your monk or a solo character, but for your rogue/bard or rogue/mage it's not that earthshaking. It only helps to avoid damage if he makes his save in the few occasions he will be targeted with reflex save for half damage spells. It only helps him, faster access to bard songs or high level spells helps the whole party surviving.
PS: The shapeshifting mod is unbalanced and overpowered.  |