Here's all the restrictions I placed on the creation of the characters we now have: Standard 5E chargen, with race limited to: Human, Elf, Half-Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome. Good Alignments only. I prefer point-buy, but you can roll if you wish, but please roll just once using the ENWorld roller, and do so in this thread, so we can all watch your awesomeness/tragedy. If you roll on another site and post a link to the rolls, that will be INCORRECT and you will have to roll again using the ENWorld roller.
Class and race are limited to the information contained in the 5E PH and the races listed above. If you wish to use any of the optional material in the back portion of the book (I think I remember there being some stuff there), it will be considered on a case-by-case basis, meaning you will have to ask for it.
Another thread that will give you some background on the game and setting is:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?568954-New-5E-Game
I honestly don't know if I've awarded any xp yet or not, but if I have, then your character will be that much behind the others. It can't be much, because they're all still first level.