Thanks for a great post.
Though with point 4 i did find save / reload did work at least one of the times one of my characters was stuck.
The disappearing items and quests i had no idea why that was happening before this.
here is my stream
http://www.twitch.tv/dougul
I will try to take audience requests for Classes and Dialog options. I should be streaming over the next few days.
I am new to streaming.