Max Kaladin

I'm on a Mac and I ended up finding a star in wingdings using the font book and then copy/pasting that to make a text path with that character.  I wanted a circle of stars and I kind of had to play with the start and end points of the text to get an evenly distributed circle (using Justified All spacing) but it works and I got where I wanted.  If I ever want to use a symbol that isn't in a font, I'll have to try the photo/designer trick.  
 
Thank you all!

No, but it has been requested a number of times so amybe someday it will be added.

Sorry it took so long to get back to this but life intervenes.  Thank you for the advice.  I've found that making a hex or half hex by drawing with individual lines made all the difference.  Using the hex tool is what seems to cause all the problems I was having with snapping.  I note that when I select a hex made with the hex tool, it has a border around it that's wider than the actual hex while one I make with lines has borders that are exactly as high and wide as the hex I drew.  I suspect that's where the difference comes in.  
Making my own hex made all the difference and I was able to do what I wanted after that. Thank you all for your help!

Sorry it took so long to get back to this but life intervenes.  Thank you for the advice.  I've found that making a hex or half hex by drawing with individual lines made all the difference.  Using the hex tool is what seems to cause all the problems I was having with snapping.  I note that when I select a hex made with the hex tool, it has a border around it that's wider than the actual hex while one I make with lines has borders that are exactly as high and wide as the hex I drew.  I suspect that's where the difference comes in.  
Making my own hex made all the difference and I was able to do what I wanted after that. Thank you all for your help!