1) Yes ... not sure if that is actualy legal tho. So i shall certainly not tell you here how. :P laugh

2) None as far as i know, but you might have a little dificiuties with raising reputation with certain companions, since every dialogue choice will add some to that one who picked it ... yet many of them can be picked only once. O_o

I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. frown
Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are! frown