Nice handicap, aleph
I think that starting with Zenmaster WITHOUT changing any role has to be more difficult than starting the "normal way" and change the roles often.
My assassin has changed 6 times before becoming assassin...and this REALLY works with regard to the attributes/skills/traits.
Next time i will play with 55 base-points-chars and no role-changes
...by the way: found a samurai-omphaaz-armor and a wizard cape +4 - never thought these items exist