4AD: Magical Equipment

I've had rather little time lately, but I've picked up Four Against Darkness to play when on the train or in a useless Teams meeting. For those who haven't heard about it, it's a solo hack & slash dungeon crawler with procedurally generated dungeons and simple rules which requires only a single d6 (except for a few d66 rolls). It has lots of killing monsters and getting loot, but not really any role-playing unless you invent some yourself.

I especially like the dungeon generator. You have d66 small map pieces in the book and every time you arrive at the edge of an unexplored corridor, you roll for the next piece. It results in a much more interesting map than the many abstract dungeon generators seem to provide.

Anyway, I've already started house-ruling and tinkering with it. :)

From Dark Souls.

 

When you find a magic weapon as per the base rules, roll on the table below for a special effect in addition to the normal +1 Attack.

d6	Magic Weapon Enchantments
1	Flaming: Counts as fire damage where advantageous, serves as a lantern when wielded.
2	Crystal: Can be shattered for a devastating blow - roll 3d6 and keep the highest result.
3	Vorpal (if slashing): Die explodes on ⚅. Thunder (if crushing): On ⚅, the enemies are stunned by a thunderous blow and miss their next turn.
4	Slaying: Against specific monster type (d6), grants extra +1 Attack. Animals Aberrations Greenskins* Undead Demons Bosses
5	Runic: Imbued with a single spell that any class can use; roll randomly on the spell table. Recharges each adventure.
6	Cursed: Gives the same base bonus as other magic weapons, but also carries a curse. Once picked up (and if you're rolling on this table, you've picked it up), it must be always wielded and cannot be exchanged for another weapon. Bless spell allows the character to exchange the weapon, but doesn't remove the curse.

 
Unlike weapons, magic shields do not get a bonus to Defence, but they do get a special effect.

d6	Magic Shield Enchantments
1	Protection: Simply gives extra +1 Defence.
2	Parrying: When you roll ⚅ on a Defence roll, make a free bonus attack against the attacker.
3	Reflection: Once per adventure, reflect a spell or spell-like ability back at the caster.
4	Sentinel: Shatter to completely negate one attack of any kind, even against an ally.
5	Warning: The user can act before the monsters when the party is surprised.
6	Warding: Offers immunity to one damage type or effect (d6). Fire Poison and disease Paralysis and sleep Level drain Instant death effects Shaping**

*) Goblins, orcs, ogres, trolls.
**) Any magic that affects the physical form. For example polymorph, petrification, mutations, etc.