no 'pool'. what you have to do is trade with a character, don't trade any items, and trade all the gold. (but i think you already knew that)and for 'recovering' lost or dead characters, may i suggest making a backup directory on your hard drive, and backing up the emulation directory (or just the needed files) each time before you play. if something unforseen happens to your characters, exit out of the program and copy the backup directory to the emulation directory and start again! at least that's what i always did.
Willow
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