Initial Character Creation Question

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I'd definitely allow Really Impressive Title, using the rule for charging ahead and doing it when in doubt. Hireling would also be OK. As Blazinjsin stated, it has been clarified elsewhere that anything that forms part of your character and sticks around on the table is acceptable to play during this stage (note: that does not include Curses and GUALs, wait until the first player's turn to play those).

However, you do make a good point about only being able to play Items that are usable. There is no real benefit to playing such Items until your turn anyway, so perhaps it's best to keep them. The only benefit you would get from playing them during Character Creation is if somebody who is playing before you wanted to trade with you, which seems unlikely. One-Shot Items would count as usable, so you could play them during Character Creation, but why would you want to? It's usually better to keep them hidden in your hand. Note that Charity won't happen until the end of your turn, so there is no real need to reduce your hand size during Character Creation.