Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition: Episode 0 Character Creation

We're starting the beginning of our adventure into Icewind Dale with a bit of a quirky party. We're also playing with a few basic rules to the series: First no save scumming except in the case of a full party wipe, second we're playing on Core Rules. The only shenanigans I will be allowing is reducing the difficulty for the sake of learning spells and not being totally screwed over!