I had Fane as rogues too, but fake death means, you can't do anything at all and get targeted as soon as you are 'alive' again. Fake death was my second option to avoid getting target in general not my second.
Though playing an undead in a non-undead team can by itself pretty tricky, even more if you are new to the game.
I haven't played for months either, never even finished the game, but as far as I read and remember, not that much got changed anyway in the meantime.
