Whenever the host or another client in a multiplayer game changes equipment it might not be visible to other clients, as in having no equipment at all in a specific slot when inspecting them. The host sees everyone and their equipment correctly. The easiest reproducible sequence of actions is as follows:
- Start a new game, somebody else is hosting, fresh characters for both.
- Walk to the first corpse on Devils Crossings bridge and pretend it has some loot you can equip.
- The host equips it.
- The client will not see it equipped on the host, but he will see him shooting crossbow bolts with his hands for example.
Client view of the host character:
https://imgur.com/a/1OZ2hIE
Host view of the host character:
https://imgur.com/a/dCZDvjV