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Ooh, that is good to know, actually. I might go with the dhampir, after all, just to avoid bringing the party conflict from the very start. Plus, can always play tieflings in 5E - but not dhampirs.
Also, I have a few stupid questions.
1) Do we get any starting equipment with our class like in 5E, or do we buy everything with our starting gold?
2) When (if ever) do we get ASIs?
You buy equipment with your gold using the values noted in the equipment pages of Archives of Nethys. If you are a small creature, there are specific rules for your equipment's weight and damage.
You get a Feat every odd character level ( If you multiclass, this will not slow your feats down, like in 5e.) This means that at level 1 you start with one feat. Your race may specify that you get a bonus feat like humans, or from your class like fighter, so be sure to check. So levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and so on. Feats may also have requirements, like a minimum Base Attack Bonus, a level requirement (Leadership at level 7), another feat if it is part of a chain (Power AttackCleave, Whirlwind, Greater Cleave, finishing cleave ), or a class feature.
You get an ASI every four character levels. Once again, multiclassing does not slow this down like in 5E. The ASI however is only one point. So levels 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. You may also get this from your class as well, like Dragon Disciple.
ASI and feats cannot be traded for one or the other.
Also you will notice that a lot of things scale based on Class Level, or your Level. Class level is the level of the class that can use that ability. If you are a level 5 wizard, level 2 pally, you will cast the fireball as if you are level 5.