You could make Humans; or Erudites and get a port to, say, Faydwer, and bind there; or go High Elf caster(s) + Dwarf melee(s).
Also; about rogue positioning, I don't think being behind the mob is important enough to matter until Backstab at 10. It's optimal, but optimization is not the focus with this group.
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Also...do you guys use the first-person view (basically looking through the eyes of the character) or the zoomed-out first-person view? I'm thinking if you scroll all the way out on the rogue player, he might be able to position himself better.