hey guys, evading
here's my suggestion for a new character called "Blind Ninja"...
any ideas and suggestions will be appeariated.

also i have 2 questions.

1. regarding the sentinal... it says on the board that a player may pass only after he defeats the sentinal. question is if the sentinal can be evaded in order to pass to the middle region? according to the text on the board, since he must be defeted, evading is not possible. however, in the rulebook there's an example where a player casts immobility on sentinal and passes.. this doesnt add up.

The sentenal can be evaded see rulebook page 17 "A character defeating or evading the Sentinel must continue his move by entering the Middle Region and continuing to move in either direction to the full value of his movement roll."

2. regarding the merchant character. on the card, it states that when the merchant lands on a character, he may trade 1 of his items for 1 of that character's items. does this have to be negotiated with the other character, or can the mechant do this on his own, without asking the character with whom he's "trading"?

No, he can take any item for any other. The other player has no choice.