> When you get finished and all of your then active characters are 'retired' do you need to delete all of the characters you have in your list to start a new game with new characters?

I think you're asking whether one has to delete his retired party before creating a new one. In which case, the answer is that, no, you don't have to. There's an 18-character limit, so if you've only retired a six-character party, you can safely create new characters without deleting the retired characters.

> If you had one who was inactive and just sort of a repository for the old characters, will he need to be deleted or will he effect new characters by what he is or what items he holds? Hope this isn't asking for too much info. Thank you for any help and advice. LOL Patty

As has been mentioned before, he will not affect new characters until such time as he meets the new characters and interacts with them (trading items, transferring gold, etc.). This means that if your inactive character has, say, the Proper Authorization, and the new party goes out to find the Proper Authorization, they will find it where your previous party found it before.

Lucky "Currently trying a one-character game with his 17th character, and has not had to delete any retired characters; has two old 6-character parties retired, as well as an old 4-character party" Wizard