Phredreeke, thanks for pointing out what should have been obvious to me! Doh, yes - the Gnarled Root does, of course, have +Dex.
Disaster, thanks for your comments. I've never found damage and speed of attack the best use of affix slots with a bow but maybe I'll try fooling around with a +%DMG Bow of Swiftness again. Certainly Rogues are basically predisposed to bow but they can use melee as well - I'm not a great player but with a fastblock shield I can comfortably melee through Nightmare/Hell and up to Hell/Caves (gets difficult there) with a little help from Mana Shield and Stone Curse. If you want to see more on playing Rogue as more than an archer start with Claudio's CAT guide -
http://www.claudiospage.com/cat-guid.htm
Mick.
(Edit: added link)
Disaster, thanks for your comments. I've never found damage and speed of attack the best use of affix slots with a bow but maybe I'll try fooling around with a +%DMG Bow of Swiftness again. Certainly Rogues are basically predisposed to bow but they can use melee as well - I'm not a great player but with a fastblock shield I can comfortably melee through Nightmare/Hell and up to Hell/Caves (gets difficult there) with a little help from Mana Shield and Stone Curse. If you want to see more on playing Rogue as more than an archer start with Claudio's CAT guide -
http://www.claudiospage.com/cat-guid.htm
Mick.
(Edit: added link)