Okay, while I got waylaid by some Real Life Drama, I managed to piece together the fluff for my character today, and make some headway into the character sheet.  Certainly, I at least rolled HP and got some good numbers out (8, 7, 8, 5 on D10s).  Decided on Point Buy in the end.<br/><br/>Mostly just focusing on gear right now.  Level 5 is the point where Plate<em>should</em>be on the table, but 500 GP isn't nearly enough and I don't think I can cheese by just going "+1 Armor is Uncommon, which means no more than 500 GP!" either.<br/><br/>Still trying to figure out an armor design too, the one I like the most (And can probably work at least at first) is https://imgur.com/9HXmcZO (https://imgur.com/9HXmcZO), but it still needs a bit of hardened stuff on top down the line.<br/><br/>But yes, progress progresses.