Aye, red eyes do not lend itself directly being sneaky as it's strictly speaking suited for direct combat types. But nothing stops Tashi being good sneak and also good in direct combat thanks his superior physical stats. Also the manslayer style what Tashi uses depends lot on Fast hero type of skills (tumble and jump) so that in mind;<br/><br/>Fast Hero 3/Ninja Scout 5/Shinobi Swordsman 2/Blinkstrike 1 would be my 11th level progression. But opinions of complete build (assuming I buy every LA off);<br/><br/>Fast Hero 3/Ninja Scout 5/Shinobi Swordsman 2/Blinkstrike 5/Shade 5<br/>= Ultimate sneaky swordman approach which gives hefty dose of direct swordcraft skills along with awesome ability to just teleport on foes during combat (or slice them from distance). Party role wise he is sneaky scout and tracker (and later a assassin). I thought enter Exemplar but I would need 5th level as shinobi swordsman and then end up only have 2 levels only in the PrC (which is not much, unless epic progression is allowed past 20th level then going Exemplar route is something I want).<br/><br/>Stat change likely results in Tashi getting Dex 20 and Str and Con going somewhere around 16 or 14 and mental stats mostly remain same. As True Red Eyes give +2 to all physicals and trueblood race trait gives +2 to Str, Con and Cha.