At level 1, you gain the following equipment:

• A melee weapon (or weapons) appropriate to your class
• Armor appropriate for your class
• A ranged weapon with which you are proficient (non-spellcasters)
• A standard adventuring kit:
  • Backpack
  • Sleeping roll
  • Traveling clothes
  • Cold weather gear (in appropriate climate)
  • Several torches
  • 10' of hemp rope
  • Hammer
  • Axe
  • 5 days' trail rations and 2 days' water
• Money:
• You begin with 1 silver shilling and 5 copper pennies.

Alternatively, you can start with 1.5gp, and none of the above.

Starting Wealth

When starting a game at levels higher than 1st, the following can be used as a guideline. Similarly, these guidelines can be used to determine wealth targets as PCs gain wealth through adventuring. In both cases, these guidelines are meant to inform the DM; they have final say.

Level	Wealth	Level	Wealth
1	1.5gp	11	60 gp
2	3 gp	12	80 gp
3	5.5 gp	13	105 gp
4	8 gp	14	140 gp
5	11 gp	15	190 gp
6	14 gp	16	250 gp
7	19 gp	17	330 gp
8	26 gp	18	440 gp
9	34 gp	19	590 gp
10	45 gp	20	780 gp