Paladin. Fighter is a close second(for being absolutely a dip class and nothing else). Paladin is just a fight waiting to happen in a party. The code is annoying, they get nothing worthwhile past level 5. It's a shame as Paladin is a class with a lot of flavor.
I enjoyed my Dire Bat Druid companion too during a brief use of him at GenCon. He was very useful for crossing gorges and the like. Too bad the DMs were always forgetting about letting me use him in combats. :mad:
Hmmm, the Europe one sounds promising. I'm a big history buff so love to see RPG takes on it. I've heard about Darwin's World but not familiar with it, I may have to take a look.
I like Psychic Warrior, you get the feats, you get some nice powers, and you get wisdom synergy. Monk/PW to me is a lot of fun that also works really well.