This will the be Q&A thread for my 2e D&D game, "What Evil Hides in the Hearts of Men". This goes along with the "Brave Souls? (2e D&D)" recruitment thread.

First entry in this thread has to do with equipment and starting funds.

The various party members are all third level when the adventure opens. As such, you have been adventuring for a minimum of a few months, likely longer.

Gear wise, you should be well equipped. You should have a primary and secondary weapon (if you carry one), as well as an emergency knife or the like (again, if you carry one).

Armor wise, anything up to banded mail is fine. If your character carries a shield, you should have one. If you use any sort of missile weapon, you should own a good supply of ammunition.

Spellcasters, get with me and I will provide your spell list. Assume that you own enough common components to cast any spell up to ten times. If your list includes a spell with a costly material item, you'll need to check with me. For instance, as a cleric you might possess the ability to cast "augury", but the spell requires a set of jeweled sticks, dragon bones, or similarly very expensive items that are beyond the means of the party at this time.

Cash wise, I will roll this for you and let you know your personal total. You'll probably have anywhere from 50-200 silver coins on hand. Remember that currency across Antaron is based on silver, not gold, so PHB pricing does not really apply. These totals will indicate that your character is not, say, in any danger of starving; you can pick up almost any piece of normal equipment that you might need... but neither are you rich. Big ticket items (such as armor) might be out of your immediate reach.

More to come.

My character can't use flint n steel and matches have not been invented so how does he light a pipe ? How does he light
a campfire ?

I turned to Google for this... and then, I felt like a ninny.

There is, of course, the old Boy Scout method of twirling a stick in the hollow of another piece of wood, and thus create fire with friction.

There is also the fact that, with the correct rocks and the proper angle, you can strike sparks - and thus, start fire.

There are probably other methods, as well.

All that being said, your character will definitely need to spend a nonweapon proficiency slot on fire building.

I will need your help assembling the character sheet (am away from house n laptop so am using my phone which is tedious )

I figured that I would be helping a lot of people with these. No problem.

That initial post in yer thread was the last piece. Can't wait to start.
and on that note, my electricity may shut off soon unless I figure some cash out.... so if i continue posting, im good. If I havent posted within 24 hours of the game actually starting up, you may have to NPC me for a bit.... and I take no pleasure in saying that.

Should be sorted soon though, so with any luck, I will be back before we even begin.

That stinks, Salvator.

...my router at home got frizzled over the weekend and AT&T isn't being very helpful with helping to set up the one I bought to replace it so I'm limited to my phone and/or sneaking in here from work. Hoping that I get all that resolved today and have my interwebz restored at home before too much longer. Got a helluva character brewing up... aaaand back to the spellbook!

It's official, Salvator Navaar is going to sit this one out due to access issues. I'll be bringing in a standby player to play our rogue.

Should have more to you later tonight; got tied up in red-tape.

Spent half of today alone running about to different departments to find out people are on vacation til Wednesday... which hinders some of my paperwork. Ugh.

Folks, I want to get posting on the game itself. If we can get fully finalized concepts to me, I can always help flesh out the character sheets.

...anything you need from me in particular as far as Jarenion's concept goes?

This goes for anybody.

What I need right now are name, a brief physical description, a brief description of personality, basic gear (i.e. sword and board warrior with heavy armor, staff carrying mage that wears blue robes, archer in leather that carries a longbow and wears a knife).

After that, a little background would be nice - why are you adventuring? Where did you come from? Do you have any particular goals?

All the stat stuff can wait a little longer.

If I had not been busy with Family I may would have tried to sign on. If you have a drop and need a filler let me know I could be interested
Have fun everyone and Olan IS not the killer DM everyone says he is............

(Ok maybe a little bit )

Thanks, Tann. I do already have a couple of alternates lined up, but I appreciate the interest.