First thoughts on party make up?

[MonkeySage]

Yeah, the player knows that the rogue is evil, but I haven't revealed my character.

DM and I used the opportunity to discuss the separation of player knowledge and character knowledge, hopes that the player can find a clever way to justify not "scanning" us, without meta gaming. We warned that if he knowingly associates with evil characters without intent to either kill or redeem, he'll lose his powers. That said, he is still interested in playing a paladin. Good for him. :)

In the interest of allowing players a mostly unadulterated decision making process, I tried to abstain from influencing class choice. I mentioned that they can multiclass if they choose, but other than that tried to stick only to helping them roll their stats and allocate points.