Im sure im no tthe first person to think of this:

what stops someone from creating a character, giving his buddy the starting tools and then making another character with differnet tools?

are the starting tools untradeable?
is there a timer on character creation?

in the prelude i have a tool maker but cant find a stupid saw blade to save my life, could i take all my tools, put them in an unlocked basket in a little hidey hole, delete the character, make a new one with a saw and go get the tools from the basket? This doesnt seem too disturbing, but the thought of people on release day just makig and deleting characters to get tools seems unintended.