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All mundane weapons, armor,

equipment, and alchemical gear found in any other
source that is legal for play are considered always
available

I don't know how I missed that statement when I was specifically looking for something like that in the same document. That clears up everything, thanks.

Mundane equipment is fine to purchase as long as it is on the additional resources page. You are limited to the always available list on magic items until you hit 5 fame.

That is great to hear and feels completely sensible to me, but, just to be that guy, is that explicitly spelled out somewhere that I could point to if asked by a GM just how I expect my character to buy items that are not expressly in the always available list as written in the Roleplaying Guild Guide.

I am putting together my first character (aerokineticist) and have reached the point of figuring out what equipment to spend that starting gold on. I am a little confused by a few things from the Roleplaying Guild Guide however.

I know there is a list of always available items from the core rule-book, and I understand using prestige to purchase items. The part that is throwing me for a loop is the fame requirement for purchasing items up to certain costs. Am I reading this correctly that I have to get 5 fame (complete at least 3 adventures) before my character is allowed to purchase mundane items from any source other then the core rule-book (or chronicle sheets)?

There are many non magical items that I would consider for a starting character, but, to keep the question simple, could I buy a Pathfinder's Kit to have in my character's very first adventure or would he have to earn 5 fame before he could even buy that with gold?

I would think that as completely mundane equipment and especially as a basic starting set of gear, it would be completely reasonable to have available (especially being in both the Society Primer and Field Guide), but, as far as I can tell, the rules would require me to buy it with PP or wait until I have 5 fame.