Use standard gold.
Use standard lvl progression for point buy OR roll 4 d6's drop the lowest for each stat.
Go here to calculate starting gold and the like- http://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-s...racter-creation

You may start any where between lvl's 1 - 5

Step 1.
Get an application. http://www.mirc.com/get.html works best for this tutorial. It's nice, basic, small and efficient. A notice will appear to register online. Ignore that, the software will continue to work forever, even after your "evaluation period" has ended.

Step 2.
Type /server irc.animeotk.com:6667. This will set your connection to the right server and port. After that, type /join #Ashen_Isles_OOC
Other channels are:

#Ashen_Isles
#AshenIslesDiceRolls