I think deekin is a nice henchman(even more with all his nice questions) and Aribeth too - but is too easy for Aribeth to betray you - so you have to got her true name.
I played a hundred of times and made some chars to me.
I like to use a lot my BlackWhipMaster.
To build it you must have the 2exps SoU and HotU. It has been a good time when i played the last time.
The othe character what i like to use to much is the Palemaster.
And finally the Kama monk with some assassin and shadowdancer skills.
Monk(21)
ShadowDancer(1)
Assassin(18)
or
Monk(29)
ShadowDancer(1)
Assassin(10)
.
