mo -

looking good.

to solve the gutter board / plumb cut height issue you can always reduce the tail that protrudes beyond the plate. check out the old heartwood / sobon shed for how it might work. you can make a consistent height with 2 different details - and if you make this a feature and do some creative detailing it could be a nice addition.

the other option to consider, instead of a traditional king post truss, is a sloping rafter hipped truss.

here's a pic:





basically set up your hip and a rafter in line with it. this becomes the truss. the example is uber complicated... but the idea might work in your case, esp if you have straight bottom chords and king posts. (we added queen posts to help control the size of the curves)

-mike