Hmmmm just a couple of questions....

Do I decide what the henchmen level up in....? I mean....what class etc?

And can a henchman use items...such as Sharwyn usin doss lute?

dekkin does use the loot (alittle too much sadly) also all the scrolls he has in his inventory. i think sharwyn or any other henchman will do the same.

Blast! I sold the instrunents

A word of warning: You really need to take items off of henchmen every now and again, especially limited charge items. I recall giving Dorna, from SoU, a powerful cleric-only rod, and the first battle we went into, BOOM! She'd used 3 of the 10 powerful spell charges inside. After that, I refused to let her have it unless we were going up against a really big baddie.

*LOL* Tancred I get the pic...I always sell single - use items