doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Right, most material is going to assume you actually use levels 1, and 2, in 5e, so its a bit annoying to have to skip it and adjust things. There was an 'official' level 0 option in one of the Dragon magazines, and a companion adventure in Dungeon, but I didn't actually like their take very much. It was cut down a lot more than I would have done, or what your example indicates. I think your spin on it is about what I'd have done, had the issue ever come up.
Yeah, our group now starts at level 3, and usually we have a bonus feat at level 1, because that puts us about at our sweet spot.
I really miss certain aspects of 4e.