Attaching MCs

Ok I have 3 problems/ideas which i cannot get working for a RPG, partialy due to lack of knowledge. Firstly, if anyone has a good place to learn flash where it teaches you, not some kind of copy and paste, then please reffer me.

Firstly, this may be hard to explain, i want the enemy, when it dies, to drop different items randomly. I was thinking of attaching a movie clip and using math.Random() to generate numbers and if it falls between certain limits(1 to 10, 10 to 20 etc…) it will attach the appropiate clips. So when the enemy’s Hp <= 0 attach the mc to the enemy’s position. Can i also set the attached mc script too? Like if it hitTests the Char it will be picked up, which i allready have working. Because at the moment im only doing it on each seperate mc, not on the main timeline as i have no idea what to adapt for it to work.

Secondly how can i get music to play at a start menu. Nice n’ short for ya.

And finally i want the character to fire arrows when you click, and i’ll make it so you do the animation too. But I want them to be effected by gravity. So when it hits the enemy/obstacle/ground it will stop then fade and unattach. Kinda like BowMan, but on a smaller scale of a 550x400 screen.

sigh I’m probably trying too hard. But i’m a fast learner, but without any teacher. So, please, if you are kind enough to help, explain a little of it so i can learn and not be stuck on such, as you would probably put it, simple tasks.