equipment can vary as the following:
weapons
katana = chaos blade
ninjato = Iaito
masamune = washing pole
tekagi-shuko & neko-te = dual claws
ono = hand axe
sai = parrying dagger
tanto = ghost blade
yari (can vary appearance) = spear, wing spear, OR silver knight spear
kusarigama (without chain) = war pick
yumi = composite bow (appearance) OR black bow of pharis (hold position)
yai = feather arrows
bo-hiya = fire arrows
kyoketsu-shoge (without rope) = throwing knife
kunai = poison throwing knife (demon souls had kunai but not dark souls -_-)
Ninjutsu arts & skills
art of inferno = great fireball
art of true inferno = fire tempest
art of stealth = hidden body
art of decoy = chameleon OR undead rapport
art of poison/rending wind = poison/toxic mist
take no damage from high falls = fall control