Jun 6, 2024

Cairn Starter-package Table

Into the Odd by Chris McDowall has an interesting method for determining starting equipment for your character. Rather than rolling on a table, the character receives a package of items based on their hit protection (HP) and highest ability score.

Here is a starter-package table adapted for Cairn:

v1.0	1HP	2HP	3HP	4HP	5HP	6HP
≤9	Cudgel d6 Bow d6✝ Sense nearby magical beings	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Caltrops Sense nearby magic	Crossbow d8✝ Staff d6 Immune to extreme temperatures	Bow d6✝ Dagger d6 Telepathic	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Mutt Dreams show you undiscovered surroundings	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Caltrops Iron limb Spell
10	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Lantern & oil Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Cudgel d6 Hawk Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Protective gloves Spell	Axe d8 Bow d6✝ 2 acid flasks Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Rope Grappling hook Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Cudgel d6 Eagle Poison
11	Crossbow d8✝ Hound Spell	Staff d6 Bow d6✝ Crowbar Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Mallet Marbles Fancy Hat Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Mutt with telepathic link	Cudgel d6 Crossbow d8✝ Talking parrot Never sleep	Sickle d6 Fire powder Tar Dark vision
12	Staff d6 Sling d4 Spell	Crossbow d8✝ Mule Spell	Sickle d6 Manacles Spell	Bow d6✝ Immune to toxins Tar	Crossbow d8✝ Dagger d6 Acid Slightly magnetic	Spear d8 Cudgel d6 Chain
13	Bow d6✝ Spell	Cudgel d6 Bow d6✝	Bow d6✝ Mutt Shovel	Crossbow d8✝ Portable ram Dice set	Crossbow d8✝ Crowbar Fiddle	Sword d8 Rum Fire powder
14	Sickle d6 Spell	Bow d6✝ Bell Rope Smoke bomb	Mace d8 Throwing axes Fire oil	Bow d6✝ Saw Animal trap Spy glass	Bow d6✝ Grease Hand drill Drum	Staff d6 Fire oil Mirror
15	Crossbow d8✝ Canary Ether	Sword d8 Ferret Fire oil	Staff d6 Ether Crowbar Flue	Bow d6✝ Staff d6 Tar Fire oil	Flail d8 Dagger d6 Magnifying glass Lost eye	Bow d6✝ Cudgel d6 Fire powder Saw
16	Crossbow d8✝ Hourglass Fire powder	Spear d8 Tongs Glue	Dagger d6 Net Fire oil Burnt face	Bow d6✝ Whip d6 Pipe Lost eye	Bow d6✝ Acid Animal repellant Prosthetic hand	Bow d6✝ Fire powder Shovel Glowing eyes
17	Sword d8 Air bladder Asthma	Bow d6✝ Net Prosthetic leg Trumpet	Sickle d6 Paint Crowbar Loud lungs	Crossbow d8✝ Accordion No nose/scent	Staff d6 Rope Birth defect	Axe d8 Sling d4
18	Dagger d6 Crossbow d8✝ Mute or no tongue	Bow d6✝ Grease Hacksaw One arm	Bow d6✝ Pipe Poison Fugitive	Dagger d6 Shield Illiterate	Sickle d6 Ferret Tattered clothes 50 gp debt	Staff d6 Pigeon Disfigured

✝ Indicates that an item is bulky

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