So just for the sake of clarification, I'm assuming you want us to only use the predetermined stuff each class gets, right? Getting the starting equipment instead of rolling for wealth, use Average HP per level instead of rolling, etc?

I run on this assumption because I'm not sure there's a way to reasonably prove I'm not cheating in my rolls or anything like that outside of honor system, and that's usually how most of the DM's I've seen like to play it.

And in the event that we have something in our starting gear we don't really want or need, do we have the option to sell it for half its GP value, and if so, do we then have the ability to spend that GP prior to the campaign's first post? Or do you want to wait until there's an availability in character to do it?