2. Speaking of testing, is there something better than the Sandbox? I'm very new so hopefully I've missed something, but when I start it I've given a random lvl 1 character that I can't modify, grant levels to, etc.
The Sandbox is pretty buggy right now (root templates not saving, among other issues), so I suggest creating a new level with the "Blank" template, and testing things there. You can create characters from existing ones and modify their skills, assign them new character stats, etc.
