By "standard gold" you mean a 3rd, 4th, and 5th level item and gold equivalent to the cost of a 4th level item, correct? I believe that's how it's done now in 4e rather than just a lump sum of gold.<br/><br/>Also, once we get all the players we should probably coordinate what roles everybody is going to have in the party. I think I've seen classes for all four roles that I might be interested in trying so I could take whatever nobody else wants, although if a character idea strikes me before that then I'll claim one. I'm going to be insanely busy this weekend (so don't expect to see any posts from me from Thursday until Sunday), but hopefully sometime next week I can get my character written up.