http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Enchanting
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Brewing (you do not need a cauldron, just make an infinite water source and use that)
These two things have been huge so far for us in game. Placing bookshelves around the enchantment table will increase it's potency (the level of XP you can put into the enchant increases) and a chance for multiple enchants on an item. If you put an item in the book and it's too low or too high of how much points you want to spend, pick it up and place it back in and the enchants shuffle. The enchanting is all random. Use at your own risk (although there is no bad enchantment, just some goofy ones)
Brewing. We have extra Nether Wart from harvesting them at a Nether Stronghold and making a farm in the nether. They only grow in the nether and do not grow adjacent, so we staggered them in a checkerboard pattern. They also only grow when you are in the nether. So to get you started let me know, and we can work out logistics of either you coming to pick them up, or me leaving them at spawn (then ill suicide and spawn in my bed

If you want to donate any lumber for these goods I won't turn it down

Those of you eVa'ers we have a underground base with all amenities and goodies, as well as enough potions and ingredients to last a life time. Get in game and come on down, we will be making individual rooms for people.