[OLAF TRYGGRYSON]

Hallo all, I have a question that perhaps you could answer for me. I played through IWD and loaded up HOW as well as the patches. Now here is what is odd to me. My PC's had accrued over 300,000 gps in IWD however in HOW that is all gone. Also playing HOW I noticed that a High charisma is better to have for the minor quest completion exps. In IWD, charisma I left by the way side thus my PC's are at a disadvantage. Basically I'm asking 2 things:

1. Will I ever see all my gold again?
2. Is there a way to boost charisma in HOW?

My pcs consist of 2 Fighters 2 Clerics 1 awesome thief & 1 awesome Mage

thanks in advance for any input.