In Which The Last Person In The Gaming World To Have Played A Soulslike Finally Does So

Touch grace (Snarky aren't we.)

You are maidenless (Get bent buddy)

You are fated to die unremembered (You don't know me.)

There is a newcomer's area that invites me to take the plunge, for knowledge. I do so, and eventually take out the first boss, basically by blocking it, dodging like hell and then making DAMN SURE it goes down before it can get a clean hit on me, because EACH ONE COUNTS.

Tree Sentinel ain't nothing to fuck with It will, in fact, fuck with me. Trying to pick it off at a distance is not something I'm ready for yet either.

A shop and a blacksmith in a church. Obviously I'll really get to know these places really well early on.

(Early boss, Elden Ring) Azula in the wolf cave took like 8 attempts to beat even getting used to their patterns. I still have to get used to optimally timing my dodges and blocks in this game.

Deep S-Block — Today at 4:11 PM

I figured it was going to take some getting used to, but it's going to take a lot of getting used to. Not a dealbreaker, natch.

Cleaning out a torch knight encampment is good practice. EXACTLY what's needed.

Melina a cute. :3

Maidenless?

Spectral Steed Whistle eh? A horse will come in handy, for sure.

Also it looks like Melina is there for leveling up via runes/souls/xp/cash/merit badge credits

"Oi, you there, can you help cully? Why won't anyone look me in the eye." I would if I could find where this dude is at.

I found the dude (Boc), and I also found enough runes to get another helm type and more arrows. Also another NPC (Renna)

There was a long campaign with a stormgate giant. About 20 takes and 3 really good unsheathes later, down.

Stormhill, a lot of wolves, and a lot of ghost jellyfish were on the other side, as well as (eventually) grace.

"I'm getting the hang of this whole 'pain' thing, y'know"- Soulslike adjustment.

There's a ballista guarding a key area an NPC was talking about (the one who gave me some ghost jellyfish summon ashes.) They made their point quickly with that one.

Also, found a colosseum and I presume a tutorial invader, as I set my stuff (for now) to offline mode to keep the focus off multiplayer.

BOSS: Margit the Fell, 50% is the best I've done the first time I faced a boss.

Did that hammer do AOE damage while I was above it and not actually hit by the hammer!?

I'm ALMOST ready for Margit, but not quite. It appears I AM ready for the Round Table Hold, a whole hub. A key I found earlier leads to a chest with a crossbow in it, that I'm short 1 dex for. So Vigour, Dex and Strength are levelup targets for me. Dex for the crossbow and strength for the better shields. Vigour for health, which is always important.

New cave (Stormfoot catacombs), new jackass enemies (goblins with blood loss capable melee strikes and throwing daggers), and fire traps that I manage to narrowly escape. Rare footage of Deepshock hole-in-oneing a souls boss (Watchdog.)

The wandering nobles are a good summon it seems, they made that possible.

I beat my character against Darrivil, in an 'Evergaol', for long enough to break him down and get his sword + enough runes to get a crafting expansion and +Vigour.

Margit, the Fell Omen defeated (2 hours and about 200+ takes later. One nation under wandering nobles.)

I hate warbirds, and I hate those knights. That castle is one hell of a schlep. However, it's a nice castle even if many of the enemies there can get bent. I've given up on it for now after getting enough items though. There's just too much.

Alexander the iron fist: "Just keep clobbering away at the old behind, pause."

Smithing stones for sale at a nomadic merchant near saintsbridge. Excellent.

Going further along there led to a boatman who summoned undead (Tibia Mariner), and an out of depth area with someone who wants deathroots. I manage to get some runes quickly that way.

HOLE IN TWO ON GODRICK. HOW. Thanks to the Nepheli and Jelly connection.

The church of Irith hath a thortherer that'd be good for a different thort of character.

The thing about arsenal charm is that it makes it easier to carry it in.

A magic academy, and a lot of magical enemies.

Finally, cleaned out the castle and opened it from the other side.

Tree sentinel finally down. He still doesn't mess around.

Note: Tibia Mariner is a TYPE of boss that guards deathroots. A midboss.

I can now talk to someone who channels the Two Fingers. That 'remembrance' I got from Godrick is relevant.