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All characters in RCFG start play with 3d10 x 10 gold pieces with which to purchase equipment. This money may be spent on the equipment described in this chapter, or may be retained as coinage, or any combination thereof. This may represent actual purchases, heirlooms, the result of wages or theft, and so on.
I think I'll allow you to make sneak attacks with the executioner's sword, except I may rule it can't be done in certain circumstances.