Sorry about that Tyr...I added you in as I wanted to be fair to everyone who showed some interest from the get go. I think I can wing the seven group, but as it is more than I have ever done before, I hope everyone is patient with me during this test run.
As far as the books go, I have most books and am not against anything from Dragon/other sources. However, I have never gotten into the psionics thing, so if at all possible I would prefer to stay away from that. However, if you really have your heart set on it and can convince me to buy the book over the weekend, I will reconsider it. Although, I must warn you, I am a broke graduate student who does not part easily with his money..
On the power level, I know to a degree we all have our inner munchkin, but to be honest, I would like this game not to be too heavily munchkin-ized. That being said, I have no problem with a solid build, but would like well rounded chars, not 20 str and 8s in everything else. Call it a personal preference if nothing else.
I am pretty open minded when it comes to most things, so feel free to throw different concepts at me from the Races/Complete/x material books, but I do stress that while I will find a way to work it in the game, it may not always be to the benefit of the char.
A lupin by any other name still looks like a werewolf at first...
Edit: I penciled you all in as the first tentative ideas you had, minus the psionics (sorry still about that), but if you have your heart set on a char build, go for it. If we wind up with 7 arcane casters, so be it, but it might get tough from time to time. All in all, I just want to try to run a good game for you all and let you play what you would like.