Banded armor?

[A Knight]

people don't give handouts very often but don't let that discourage you.

I've given stuff to noobies before, mostly in a guild.

Once you find a nice plat camp spot make about 500-800pp and you get your first decent character you will be happy. People might expect more armor and equipment from you but as long as you have banded or bronze, hp/ac rings and some weapons you should survive.

I don't like to do it much either but you need to make a farming caster first unless you start on a fresh server where all melee/tanks have bad gear.