Beginner Box to CRB

[Ed Reppert]

If you create characters using the beginner box, is there an easy way to convert them to the full CRB characters? I could, I suppose, just recreate them, but there might be some differences.

Is there a way they can gain access to items that aren't available in the BB while they're still playing mostly under BB rules? Example: I've been watching the excellent Youtube sessions of "Beginner Box and Troubles in Otari, and once they finished "Menace Under Otari" the next session started with a discussion of what the characters did during their three days of downtime. The wizard bought two bolas. Not a BB weapon (it's in the Advanced Players Guide). Also, it's a martial weapon, so I'm pretty sure he's untrained with them.