Some Class Items for Dark Souls D&D

You Rolled a 13

I mentioned finding an item on my Dark Souls D&D post grants you a Class. Below are examples and a chart for generating random items with some flavor.

Provisional Rule: "Getting" the Class out of the item takes an exploration turn (approx. ten minutes) spent doing nothing else as the memories of the item's last owner wash over you as an indistinct blur of emotion, sound and image. At the end of the turn, you re-roll HP, per your Class and take the higher of the new or existing number and gain the other bonuses and abilities of the class. Magic-Users can immediately cast any spell granted. Picking up the item is enough to know what Class (but not alignment or anything else) you get out of the item. 

Provisional Rule: parts of armor are treated like a helmet (+1 AC) but the bonus is not cumulative with any armor other than a shield.

Provisional Rule: Some spells may be cast as a ritual. Rituals require a Spell Component (magical or semi-magical item). Rituals may be attempted by any who know them. Magic-Users know the Read Magic ritual and Clerics, in lieu of turning undead, know the Commune With Spirits ritual.

Weapons listed below can be used as weapons (d6 damage).

Starting Class Items
roll	Item	Character is
1	dented helmet	Unaligned Fighting-Man
2	scorched pauldron	Lawful Fighting-Man
3	rotten bandolier	Chaotic Fighting-Man
4	nicked short sword	Chaotic Fighting-Man
5	notched dagger	Chaotic Fighting-Man
6	sack of bloody arrowheads	Unaligned Fighting-Man, literate in Low Gothic. (item may instead be used as a Spell Component)
7	upper-quarter of a jack of mail	Chaotic Fighting-Man
8	tarnished gauntlet	Unaligned Fighting-Man
9	rusting long sword	Lawful Fighting-Man
10	bent gorget	Lawful Fighting-Man
11	scratched breastplate	Unaligned Fighting-Man
12	blackened mace	Unaligned Fighting-Man, literate in Low Gothic
13	blackened half-cap	Lawful Fighting-Man, memories of a chained creature (see above picture), an enormous sword in a dungeon deep
14	half-used candle, taper pulled out	Chaotic Magic-User, knows Darkness
15	bent conical hat	Unaligned Magic-User, knows Charm Person
16	stinking flounce hat	Unaligned Magic-User, literate in Low Gothic, knows Hold Portal
17	shredded gloves	Chaotic Magic-User, knows Sleep
18	rotting wood cross, wrapped in wire and bone	Lawful Cleric of the One That Walks
19	splintered rod, flaking black paint	Chaotic Cleric of the Winged Queen
20	charred chap book	Unaligned Cleric of a Dead God

there are also magic class items, like the Armor of the Black Knight (Chaotic Paladin?)

And here is a method for breathing life into random items. You can:

1. Use the chart to make an item based on the condition and material; 

*Roll a d20 to discern the condition. 

*Determine material by reading to the right of the condition. If there are two options, take the first, if there are three, take the second. If the die roll is even, then the item is a weapon or armor, if it is odd, it is something else. (cloth or leather weapons may be a garrote, billyclub, knotted rope, etc.)

2. Use the chart to describe an already existing item; 

*Determine the sort of material the item likely is, consult the roll by material column and then roll for the condition using that die.

The objective is to take the basic facts and run with them. If things need changing, then change them, but resist fudging what feels like a frequently recurring result unless it's becoming ludicrous. Random patterns can often spur players to take things in an interesting direction.

Items by Condition & Material
roll	condition	material	roll by material
1	threadbare	cloth	d8
2	shredded	cloth	d8
3	torn	cloth	d8
4	soiled	cloth, leather	d8 or d6+3
5	rotting	cloth, leather	d8 or d6+3
6	stinking	cloth, leather	d8 or d6+3
7	torn to shreds/strips	cloth, leather, metal	d8 or d6+3 or d12+6
8	patched liberally	cloth, leather, metal	d8 or d6+3 or d12+6
9	bent	leather, metal	d6+3 or d12+6
10	dented	metal	d12+6
11	rusting	metal	d12+6
12	tarnished	metal	d12+6
13	scratched	metal	d12+6
14	blackened	metal	d12+6
15	notched	metal, wood	d12+6 or d6 +14
16	charred	metal, wood	d12+6 or d6 +14
17	warped	metal, wood	d12+6 or d6 +14
18	broken	metal, wood	d12+6 or d6 +14
19	splintered	wood	d12+6 or d6 +14
20	rotting	wood	d12+6 or d6 +14

attributions: Beserk manga