Worst Class Combo

Shawn Wilson wrote:

> OK, we've seen the threads on best classes.
>
> But, what do you think would be the worst class combo to take all the way
> through the OC and HotU?
>
> My vote is for Bard, Pale Master, Red Dragon Disciple.
>
>
Rogue/Wizard

Wizard is a decent class if you take it straight, but mix it with
another class and you end up pretty much wasting every level you put
into it, as your spell list is that of a much lower level
character,along with the DC (for resists) of that lower level wizard.

Meanwhile, rogue is a weak class as well, since most of the power of the
class lies in its sneak attack, which most (all?) undead and almost all
of the "boss" mobs you'll be fighting are immune to. Worse, without a
tank of some sort to grab the mob's attention, you won't be getting many
sneak attacks in anyway, and the NPC's in the official Bioware campaigns
aren't very good at tanking; they do all right at that job for ranged
attack PC's, but walk your rogue right in and try and stay behind the
bad guys? Guess who the bad guys will be concentrating on!

While a pure rogue is difficult enough, though, spending half his levels
on wizard means he gets even lower HPs, and even slower BaB progression,
and slower sneak attack progress (for what thats' worth, although as I
said, its not worth as much as you'd think)

Meanwhile, one of the other benefits of taking wizard along with another
class, being able to use their items (and particularly, spells) isn't
nearly as big a deal for this rogue/wizard, as the rogue has access to
the UMD skill which lets him use that stuff anyway (along with gear and
scrolls normally limited only to each of the other classes)

While I agree that Pale Master is one of the worst of the prestige
classes, I'm afraid it might be more useful to take PM levels than
wizard levels, for the rogue, as you get better hp than you would taking
those levels as wizard, although you do, to my suprise, end up on the
wizard BaB progression table.