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[sblock=character sheet comments]Disclaimer: I'm not a character judge. These are merely my own musings.
Serow: How does Ter-raen's 6 CHA manifest itself? Is he ugly? Shy? Inarticulate? Doesn't bathe? This isn't likely to affect the game too much, but 6 is a low enough score for CHA that I think it deserves some attention.
Halford: I'm loving Erf so far. Glancing through your char sheet, I can see that I'm going to have my hands full trying to keep track of all of his abilities and modifiers. I will surely fail eventually, so please help keep me honest. One thing I noticed: the +6 misc mod for his hide check. He seems to have lots of things that could affect hiding, but I couldn't get them to add up to +6. Where does that come from? Regarding Forest Gnome vs. Rock Gnome, I'm looking forward to seeing how the character judges rule on that, but I don't see the differences as likely to affect this adventure much.
Also, regarding your plan for survival checks, two things. First, no taking 10 on Aid Another, so Fenenn will have to roll it, which I'm sure will be fine. Second, if Erf is making the survival checks, I think I would rather that he be moving at half of his own speed, not half of his mount's. Imagine if he were riding a phantom steed cast by a 20th level wizard; I can't picture Erf being able to gather nuts and berries and such while moving at 120'.
Jerrand: Is Cyian approved or not? I can't quite tell from his character sheet. The only other comment I have is that I notice you have more than one Perform skill. And, your perform(singing) ranks are low enough that you can't use any of your bardic abilities with them (inspire courage, etc., all need at least 3 ranks), which makes me wonder what you plan to do with those two ranks. I could imagine using something like the aid another mechanic to give yourself a circumstance bonus. Is that what you have in mind? Note also that using instrumental perform checks in combat will require you to have an instrument in hand.
Trouvere: I was going to ask how Gildrim's 6 CHA plays in practice, but reading his background, I think I begin to see. Good stuff.
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