11 - Players decide which items they would like to equip from the collection of items they own (adding in -1 cards to their attack modifier decks when applicable).

12 - Players decide which ability cards they would like to put in their hand, choosing from the pool of those available to them.

A player must select a number of cards equal to his or her character’s hand size.

13 - Place the 6 element tokens on the "Inert" Column of the Elemental Infusion Table

14 - Place characters in first room positions.

Players may choose any of these marked locations to start their character in.

15 - Remember to apply the effects of any preceding road event or city event (see Travel).

16 - Remember to divide the curse deck into 2 different 10 card decks. One for the monsters and one for the players.