A few questions I thought of while I flail about, thinking of what to do for my character:

1. Will combat be grid-based or purely text-based?
2. Would the acquisition of [i]specific[/i] magic items (within reason of course) be feasible, eventually?
3. Non-PHB races, classes, and subclasses are out, but are we sticking strictly to core book options or are shenanigans valid? Would I be able to play, for example, 3 halflings in a trenchcoat? Someone transformed into a sapient bear via the true polymorph spell? Someone cursed to have a fireball spell rain down on them every time they exert themselves?