I think Ioci's idea is actually really good. It would help add to the feeling of peril on the nautiloid ship as well. If they're not going to let us choose our starting equipment, then just give us a selection of items we can find in the early sections of the nautiloid and have us start with literally nothing. The thing that irks me about the current starting equipment situation is that it feels like just another way that Larian is disregarding our roleplay of our charcters and imposing on us what they think our characters shouldbe.