How many items to start with

[sithlordnergal]

So, I'm going to be running a game soon, and it will start off with the players using level 20 characters that are well known adventurers. These characters will be killed off during the first session, and the real game will start some time later with the world changed based off what final actions their level 20 PCs took. The players already know their level 20's are doomed to die, and that the world will change based on their actions, so that's fine with them. I'm planning to have the players slowly find those items over the course of the adventure, and have their real characters start/find a special Common magic item inhabited by the spirit of those level 20's that will slowly improve over time.

My issue is I'm not sure how many items to allow the players to start with. Right now I'm thinking 7 in total:

1 item from Table F

2 from Table G

2 from Table H

1 from Table I

and 1 Common Magic item.

Should I allow the players to have more items? Less? They'll be finding those with other magic loot in the world, so its not like those are the only things they'll ever find.