Got to thinking about how cursed items stick with you even through class changes... Like I could change a FAE ninja equipped with the CoC to other classes and keep it! Maybe a bishop? Maybe throw on the Gown of Divinemail and the Light Shield? Keep 'em out front. LOL. Is this madness? Just something I started thinking about for fun, not sure I'll actually try it. Thoughts?

Not madness, no. You'd want a Faerie Bishop with 1 lvl Ninja for that. Can't ever get the Light Shield nor Divinemail as a Faerie, regardless of class. In fact I thought about the highest potential characters for an Iron Man solo and considered that. However: a Faerie Bishop's armor is a lot worse than a regular Bishop's. Also that Faerie has a really messed up attribute profile, needing all attributes. No powerskills any time soon. Also the Cane is not guaranteed - which isn't really relevant outside Iron Man I guess.

Likely developing that character causes about as many problems as it solves.
You do not play that to beat the game but rather you beat the game to play that.

PS: got it all wrong... that's about W8... sorry! ><