The currency in this game is based on essence you earn by defeating enemies, absorbing powerfull items and stuff like that, this essence can be used to "buy" upgrades that act as traits but these are pretty expensive and might get back at the buyer if they didnt buy something of good quality.
-Starting equipment: Everyone starts with 50 essence, a weapon of the iron tier or lower of the pc`s choice that wont add anything, an armor not better than cloth or padded, and 3 out this next items: Life juice, energy booster, smoke bomb, hook and rope(short), rope(long), Lantern and 1 oil, Book of languages, compass, holy water, weird seed, broken pendant, black mirror, charred ring.
-Starting equipment: Everyone starts with 50 essence, a weapon of the iron tier or lower of the pc`s choice that wont add anything, an armor not better than cloth or padded, and 3 out this next items: Life juice, energy booster, smoke bomb, hook and rope(short), rope(long), Lantern and 1 oil, Book of languages, compass, holy water, weird seed, broken pendant, black mirror, charred ring.