I am a little behind in prepping for the Boot Hill Cantons mini-campaign I was going on about a few days back, but here's something of potentially wider use for folks running Boot Hill and other western campaigns. Texas-sized thanks to those beautiful broken minds on this Google Plus thread that helped me crowdsource the baroquely over-done table at the bottom.
Starting Gear
All starting characters come with cheap but functional range clothes, bed roll, canteen, poor-quality horse and $5 to their name. Roll on the following charts for the rest of your gear.
Distinctive Piece of Finery
Pick or Roll d20 Once
| 1 | Buckskin Jacket |
| 2 | No Name Poncho |
| 3 | Ten-Gallon Hat |
| 4 | Civil War kepi |
| 5 | Threadbare Butternut Confederate Artillery Jacket |
| 6 | Union Cavalry Uniform pants and suspenders |
| 7 | Furry Bear Coat |
| 8 | Top Hat |
| 9 | Sombrero, Campesino |
| 10 | Sombrero, Mariachi band-style |
| 11 | Bolo Tie |
| 12 | White Mexican Federale uniform, patched |
| 13 | Derby, arrow-stuck |
| 14 | Cowboy Hat, bullet ridden |
| 15 | Duster, bloody cuffed |
| 16 | Beaver Coat, full length |
| 17 | Spanish Boots, Spanish Leather |
| 18 | Fancy Mexican Riding Boots, silver spurred |
| 19 | Chaps, sequined |
| 20 | Calico Dress |
Hogpieces and Other Primary Killin' Implements
Roll d10 Once
| 1 | Repeating Rifle, 9-shot |
| 2 | Double-Barrel Shotgun |
| 3 | Fast Draw Revolver, 5-shot |
| 4 | Fast Draw Revolver, 6-shot |
| 5 | Single Action Revolver, 5-shot |
| 6 | Single Action Revolver, 6-shot |
| 7 | Buffalo Rifle |
| 8 | Civil-War Repeating Rifle |
| 9 | Repeating Carbine, 6-shot |
| 10 | Three Sticks of Dynamite, short fuse |
More Killin' Dee-vices
Roll d10 or Pick Twice
| 1 | Comanche Lance |
| 2 | Big Ass Bowie Knife |
| 3 | Throwing Knife (x2) |
| 4 | Tomahawk |
| 5 | Single-Shot Derringer (x2) |
| 6 | Two-Shot Derringer |
| 7 | Old, but Well-Oiled Cap & Ball Revolver |
| 8 | Long-Barrel Revolver |
| 9 | Calvary Sabre |
| 10 | Rusted Scatter Gun, 10% chance of it exploding when fired. |
Random Crap
Roll d100 Twice
| 01 | Dead US Marshal's Badge |
| 02 | Silver-Plated Single Action Revolver |
| 03 | Tombstone |
| 04 | Three coils of 60-foot rope |
| 05 | Small herd of goats (five) |
| 06 | Stubborn Old Mule named after an Old Sweetheart |
| 07 | Braying donkey named King's Kent |
| 08 | Silent mute “trail wife” but loyal |
| 09 | Hillbilly Musket (treat as Army Rifle) |
| 10 | A velvet-lined coffin |
| 11 | Silver whiskey flask with monogram |
| 12 | 30 Silver Dollars |
| 13 | Keg of Gunpowder marked XXX |
| 14 | Ten pounds of Deer Jerky |
| 15 | Three jugs of corn liquor |
| 16 | Holy Bible with cut out derringer space |
| 17 | Gold snuff case |
| 18 | Two pounds of chewing tobacco and spitoon |
| 19 | Bottle of Scotch, peaty |
| 20 | Amputation hacksaw |
| 21 | Prison manacles and chain |
| 22 | A set of spurs pitted and rusted |
| 23 | Rattlesnake, live |
| 24 | Guitar or banjo |
| 25 | Lonesome-sounding harmonica |
| 26 | Grave-diggin' shovel |
| 27 | Pocket watch on chain, Dad's |
| 28 | The prospector's will |
| 29 | Bearer bonds (50% confederate) |
| 30 | William Blake poetry, slim volume |
| 31 | tobacco, wacky, 2 "twists" |
| 32 | Small pouch of gold dust |
| 33 | 6 silver bullets |
| 34 | Assorted ladies hosiery |
| 35 | Deck of cards, marked |
| 36 | Deck of cards, unmarked |
| 37 | Piano tuning equipment (fork, hammer, mutes) |
| 38 | Old cracker tin containing several peyote buttons |
| 39 | Wooden leg, pilfered |
| 40 | Dime store novels, random assortment |
| 41 | music box |
| 42 | String of Chinese coins |
| 43 | One-horned ox |
| 44 | Dentistry kit |
| 45 | Undertaker's tools |
| 46 | Bible, natty |
| 47 | Miniature Vest Bible, steel-backed |
| 48 | Three sasquatch teeth |
| 49 | Scalps, notable figures |
| 50 | Scalps, comrades |
| 51 | Diploma, college |
| 52 | Dead or Alive Wanted poster, you |
| 53 | Dead or Alive poster, twin brother |
| 54 | Bullwhip, lovingly maintained |
| 55 | Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment, Made From Genuine Rattlesnakes |
| 56 | Pabst's Okay Special (22% alcohol, take 2 teaspoons 3x daily) |
| 57 | Dr. Wengert's Hepatica Pills |
| 58 | Dromgooles Bitters |
| 59 | The Mormon Elders' Damiana Wafers, for Strengthening the Brain, Nerves, and Sexual Organs |
| 60 | Crane's Laxative Mint Chewing Gum |
| 61 | Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Renovator |
| 62 | Jayne's Vermifuge |
| 63 | Saddlebags with secret compartments |
| 64 | Ridiculously ornate shotgun, small bore, once used by a Portuguese Duke to shoot partridges. |
| 65 | Worn but still razor-sharp skinning knife. |
| 66 | 2 pound bag of coffee beans |
| 67 | Coffee hand mill |
| 68 | Autograph book |
| 69 | Ten Confederate gold pieces |
| 70 | Gold pocket watch |
| 71 | Vial of nitroglycerine with dropper |
| 72 | French's ladies' underwear, made in Chicago. Red satin & black lace |
| 73 | Cargo manifest and letters taken off a Civil War smuggler/blockade runner |
| 74 | Domino mask or red handkerchief, conceals identity perfectly |
| 75 | Crystal skull, stolen |
| 76 | Head in a box wrapped in brown paper and string |
| 77 | Last letter from a famous gunslinger |
| 78 | Hound dog, scrawny but tenacious |
| 79 | Child named William |
| 80 | Branding irons in small shapes that can be used to 'correct' brands on cattle |
| 81 | 20" cast iron skillet with lid |
| 82 | Harness and tack for plough-mule |
| 83 | Three iron blades for ploughs |
| 84 | Rusty sickle |
| 85 | Five axe-heads in various sizes, just add handles |
| 86 | Sixty-two pounds of nails in an oily sack |
| 87 | Apache medicine bag |
| 88 | Three sacks of oats |
| 89 | 20-pound Bag of flour |
| 90 | Plunger Detonator, 26 notches cut in box |
| 91 | Belt buckle big enough to hide a derringer behind it |
| 92 | Basket of paper roses. |
| 93 | Letter promising a job in Machine, Montana. It's a month old. |
| 94 | Knife with an elk horn handle. |
| 95 | String of Five Wild Horses, Unbroken |
| 96-00 | Upgrade Your Horse (stackable) |
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