Now that we have built a character you are probably thinking what are the weapons. well when you look at the gear in the players handbook you can get over whelmed. don't worry its not hard to figure what you need. most players get a sling shot and metal bullets to use. it also helps if you  read up on the character that you are playing to find out what you can use. with a druid that we build we can use a scimitar which is like a sword its kind of heavy but not to bad as a starting weapon. plus you can use a skin or wooden shield as to not take a casting hit on the heaver shields. or you can use a small mace or morning star. once you have that you can add the shield to your  AC and add that up and it goes a little bit higher but not much but it does help. now that we have the weapon we probably don't have that much gold left but we do need to pick up some rations and a bed roll a knife and rope. you never know when you need rope. but you have to keep track of you stuff and you can find them in the gear or equipment in the players handbook. most GM/DM's will ask do you have that so you will have to find out if you have to keep track or your stuff or not.