Certainly not to players new to HW/Glorantha as it would set a bad first impression of what HW is all about. And not to new hero characters in a mid level game.
The nice thing about HW is that it is easily scaleable. The trick is to balance availability to game scale, not just in terms of real power but in terms of perceived and narrative power. If you want to run a game set in the Storm Age, then sure Fred can generate Humakt weilding Death as his starting character, as long as it is right in terms of the game being run.
For me a mid level game means you start with a character at point 'A' and have to role play to get him/her to point 'B'. Just starting at or buying yourself to point 'B', even if only in one respect, robs the opertunity to earn and appreciate the gains and have lots of fun along the way.
Jarec
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