Necro/Mage Duo

[Stoggieman]

Ok, I'm starting up next week with my old friend from Rodcet Nife server years ago. We both have had high level toons, him, necro, ranger, sk, and myself wizard, monk... I've enjoyed it all, and really enjoyed being an iksar. That being said, looking to level from first kill all the way up together, and were hoping to do so in a reasonable way. I think from what I've gathered we're down to two main options we'd like to pursue....

Him iksar sham/ me iksar monk
(yes I'd be rolling another one but hey it's a strong combo for the era)
Him DE Mage / me DE Necro

we've kicked around a few others but he's unwilling to go Bard/Bard for serious dot kiting/swarm kiting action because he also refuses to twist... And while we both like the idea of porting, he doesn't want to roll a druid or wizzy, and i'm not so keen on the wizard again, though most of my experience there was solo and thus boring...

So for the TWO pairs listed above, I'm looking for input. Thanks in advance.