So I've just recently finished a thread with another player, and in the thread my character is using a long bow. When I was making my character I figured I had to remove the price of the bow and arrows from my ledger, so I'm down by 77 gm. However, it occurred to me just now that I shouldn't have to take money away because I already had it prior to creation; he's had it for quite a while.
I remembered reading up on the fact that you can rp in a flashback about having an item you don't have right now, and you'll be able to add it to your inventory in the present, assuming your character held onto it. So, if I were to rp about my character receiving the bow when he was younger, that would mean he'd have it in the present, so I wouldn't need to remove any money from my ledger - right?