[Bozos of Bones]

Well if he uses light armor, concentrates more on sorcery(2:1) than paladinhood it just might work. Thief stuff isn't that important anyways. Oh, and some experimenting in the buff/transmutation should work out perfectly(imagine Stoneskin, Trollish Fortitude and Tenser's Transformation with maybe Shield, Mage Armor and Fireshield). Try figuring out the best ratio, and maybe even a 3rd multiclass, because that will paradoxically increase your speed of leveling, rather than d4ecrease it.