A vendor bought claymore makes a good starter weapon for 'self found' characters.
Jagged pine crook for magic attacks.
Bloodforge hammer is a quest you can consider.
Once you can kill wisps you can farm lightstones/greater lightstones to hand into gypsies or south ro dark elves for xp / cash items.
I did this on my self found warrior until about level 17 and had enough platinum to buy a full set of vendor purchased plate! You could get the vendor purchased chain if you aren't interested in smithing; don't be put off by the high price because the resale value is actually pretty good.
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