I have th sola mod on and the assention and the improved theives strong hold with the extra bits. I've noticed a few things that arent right. elven chain mail has lost its description. the machine of Lum doesn't work or the deck of manythings with anythign that alters your stats. I did the mission where i had to kill off the cleric from loth with just sola and korgan didn't return, he was still in the party but was far away and couldn't be clicked on or removed from the party.
Does putting more in the traps skill improve the damge? Thanks in advance

No, putting more points in setting traps skill will just reduce the possibility of your thief getting hurt from his trap.

Only, if you have a Bounty Hunter your traps will gain some special abilities as you reach some levels.

Thanks for the info about the traps. still need help on the stats and the elven chain mail???????
Thanks

Uninstall all mods and see if that helps. If not, reinstall everything again.