Lists of Random Items & Other Things

[Yamaguchi]

Hi everyone. I'm finally starting a T2K campaign after a 25 year hiatus, with half a dozen mid to late 20 yr olds including my son, son-in-law, nephew....

We're all pretty excited about it but there are a few little things I'd like to do to make it a bit more fun.

Does anyone have a list of random odds and ends they can start out with? I'd love to have them have a few weird things to help build their character's history.

Also, does anyone have a list of random items that can be found when searching either a location or an NPC (dead or alive)?

Finally, how do you determine the size of an enemy encounter? I had a thought to make the enemy force's initiative equal to the group's total initiative. How do you guys do it?