Originally posted by Mharr:

The most likely outcome from this is immediately losing that gear somewhere impossible to corpse run with starting equipment and no experience. I'd have gone with building a nicely equipped bronze age house with ingredients to unlock a few good recipes.

Honestly, yeah, I think this is the most likely scenario. That armor is nice, but without good food and a bit of strategy, he'll probably get wrecked and lose it, at which point the issue has resolved itself.