Player’s Handbook V.3.5 Web Enhancement (2003)

From the PDF Introduction

Player's Handbook v3.5 Web Enhancement

The new 3.5 Player’s Handbook provides one starting package for each character class. This package includes preselected equipment, skills, feats, and spells, plus starting gold for a 1st-level character of the iconic character’s race. But what if you want to start a character of another race-one that’s perhaps not often chosen to go with that class? With this concept in mind, here are starting packages and sample 1st-level characters built from them that are... well... different from the standards.