Weeell, I was hoping I wouldn't need rustroot, but that's good to know too, I suppose.
And yeah, I have carrots for perception, and grapes for charisma. I'm kind've in a hurry to finally get a mine up, so having half of the points go to charisma is ehhh.
I'm sure it's slower when I'm just eating carrots, but it feels like it's faster to me. :p
Anyway, thanks for all the help everyone.