Random Starting Equipment

This is a set of tables to generate random starting equipment for player characters in the Old School Essentials tabletop roll playing game, inspired by the quick equipment tables in Carcass Crawler Issue 2. Weapons, armour, and equipment marked with an asterisk are from the expanded equipment lists in Carcass Crawler Issue 3. Several new items have identical properties to existing items, in which case they are marked with the corresponding item in square brackets.

Basic Equipment

All characters receive the following equipment, in addition to specific equipment from their class (below).

• 1d6 rations
• 1d20gp
• Bedroll*
• Tinderbox
• Waterskin
• Useful Items: 1d20 twice

Equipment by Class

Acrobat

• Melee weapon: 1d6+5
• Ranged weapon: 1d5+3
• Armour: 1d2+1
• Light source: 1d10

Assassin

• Melee weapon: 1d6+36
• Ranged weapon: 1d5+4
• Armour: 1d3+1
• Shield: 1d8
• Light source: 1d10

Barbarian

• Melee weapon: 1d20+7
• Ranged weapon: 1d6+5
• Armour: 1d6
• Shield: 1d6+4
• Light source: 1d6+4

Bard

• Musical instrument: 1d20
• Melee weapon: 1d6+33
• Ranged weapon: 1d4+5
• Armour: 1d4+1
• Light source: 1d10

Cleric

• Holy symbol: 1d10
• Melee weapon: 1d4+10
• Ranged weapon: 1d3
• Armour: 1d8+1
• Shield: 1d12
• Light source: 1d10+1

Druid

• Sprig of mistletoe
• Melee weapon: 1d3+9
• Ranged weapon: 1d6+1
• Armour: 1d3
• Shield: 1d6+3
• Light source: 1d6+4

Fighter

• Melee weapon: 1d40
• Ranged weapon: 1d10+1
• Armour: 1d10
• Shield: 1d8+4
• Light source: 1d10

Illusionist

• Spellbook
• Melee weapon: 1d2+38
• Light source: 1d10+1

Knight

• Melee weapon: 1d10+24
• Armour: 1d6+4
• Shield: 1d6+6
• Light source: 1d4

Magic-User

• Spellbook
• Melee weapon: 1d2+38
• Light source: 1d10+1

Paladin

• Holy symbol: 1d8
• Melee weapon: 1d10+24
• Ranged weapon: 1d6+5
• Armour: 1d6+4
• Shield: 1d8+4
• Light source: 1d10

Ranger

• Melee weapon: 1d12
• Ranged weapon: 1d10+1
• Armour: 1d6
• Shield: 1d4+6
• Light source: 1d10

Thief

• Thieves' Tools
• Melee weapon: 1d6+36
• Ranged weapon: 1d4+5
• Armour: 1d2+1
• Light source: 1d10

Melee Weapon

Ranged Weapon

Armour

Shield

Light Source

Holy Symbol

Musical Instrument

Useful Items

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