Last PC Creation Post: Going Shopping

This will be my last post about character creation until Tillam dies horribly (possibly eaten by rats or in a fire). But I wanted to discuss something that seems to have taken a back seat in 4th edition. Equipping a PC with mundane items and having a detailed inventory of all your equipment how you are carrying it and how much it all weighs.

There are many schools of thought for equipping a PC. The quick summary of those I've encountered are:

1) Spend all your gold on a wide and varied selection of things eventually you will find a use for that stuff.
2) Buy only those items you know you will need. Gold can be spent on items as you know you need them.
3) Buy a standard set of equipment the same list of items every time for every character.

I must admit I usually option for something between options 1 and 3. This time, however, given that the campaign will be city based and Tillam is a moderately well to do businessman I've decided to go with a foppish style of equipment mostly clothing and changes of it along with a few pieces any good thief would need.

Very little of my equipment needs explanation it is all the basic stuff from the PhB but here I present his equipment. All the while trying to stay acutely aware of my carrying capacty of 35 lbs. I also do try to keep track of what is on Tillam's person and where in the event a pickpocket attempt happens.

Item	Notes	Weight	Local.
Belt		-	Worn
Cloak	Cloth	-	Worn
Leather Armor	AC 8	15	Worn
Dagger	2 on belt 2 in boots 1 on chest	5	Worn
Thieves Tools	Special Set	1	Belt
Boots	Soft	0	Worn
Surcoat		0	Worn
Tunic		0	Worn
Breeches		0	Worn
Hose		0	Worn
Gloves		0	Worn
Sack Large		.5	Pack
Sack Small	x2	.2	Pack
Backpack		2	Worn
Pouch Small	x2	1	Belt
Pouch Large		1	Belt
Flint & Steel	in S. Pouch 1	0	Worn
Chalk	in S. Pouch 1	0	Worn
Hooded Lantern	Backpack	2	Worn
Lamp Oil	x2 in L Pouch	2	Worn
Lamp Oil	2		Stored
Torch			Stored
Sealing Wax			Stored
Gloves			Stored
Hose	3		Stored
Breeches	2		Stored
Tunic	2		Stored
Boots	Soft		Stored
Belt			Stored
	Total Weight	31.9