Welcome! Honestly your best bet is to not play a hybrid. They're a pain in the butt as a first chatacter with the huge xp penalty, and relying heavily on gear. Personally I'd roll a hybrid after Velious when the xp penalty is removed, and you can afford to gear it nicely.
I'd also consider starting in the Freeport area. Folks give out free items in the tunnel to noobs sometimes. You won't be able to obtain any decent items otherwise. Just focus on xp though. Xp > All.
Pure casters are always great first characters too because they don't need to rely on gear. Can potentially level a caster 1-50 completely naked. Make sure you use tunnel buffs 1-20 to make up for lack of gear as well. Happy hunting man!
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