Probably not going to add any big gear settings but i could make the script automatically equip the best gear it has in its inventory, so you can start at lvl1 with a bunch of stuff in inventory and as its going through the levels it upgrades.
What do you have in mind when you say range equipment? I would think of just upgrading leather body/chaps/vambraces and maybe upgrading shortbows, because with other weapons upgrading could end up being unwanted because lower tier knives/darts could be more efficient to use