Introduction (Dark Souls 2 Onebro/No death/no bonfire)

Welcome to OrthasOnebro!

About me

Hey all,

Welcome to my blog, which will document my experiences attempting a Onebro, no death, no bonfire run in Dark Souls 2. We all know that this is about as hard as Dark Souls challenge runs get- I may not manage to complete all three challenges, I may not even complete the whole run, but I'll give it my best shot, of course.

Straight up, I'm not a hardcore Souls player, and I'm sure there are countless players with more experience and skill than myself. That said, I've reached New Game ++, and feel that I've reached a stage where I'm looking for something a little more challenging than a casual run. Here's hoping that this is as entertaining for you guys to read, as it is for me to play!

About the Run,

First and foremost, this will be a Onebro run. For those of you who aren't clued in to this sort of Souls challenge, this is a run where I am not allowed to level up. Not once. Not never. The stats I have at the start will have to last me through to the end, so I hope I make the right decision for my starting class...

Secondly, this run will be a no Bonfire run. I won't be allowed to rest at a single bonfire throughout the entire game. That means I can't replenish my Estus flasks, can't fast travel from bonfire to bonfire, can't burn ascetics or other items and have no access to my item box. This will mean that I'll have to be extremely careful- I'll have to choose my route carefully, and budget my Estus flasks wisely. One thing that never occured to me when I went for a no bonfire run- no automatic repair on weapons. This will be a huge problem for me- when my favourite weapon breaks half way through the Gutter, it ain't getting fixed until I find a blacksmith, and chances are that won't be for a very, very long time. 

Finally, this will be a no death run. This is what scares me most about this playthrough- one mistake and its all over. Like I said earlier, I'm no pro player. Therefore if I die, I'm willing to limit myself to five deaths across the whole run, just to make things slightly more achievable, and hopefully to ensure that this run doesn't end only an hour or two after its start...

And if I succeed? An unknown ( and no spoilers please) reward waiting in new game + and a seriously good feeling. I'm definitely pumped to get started!

About the Posts

My posts will be written in two forms- either in a narrative manner from my character- Orthas'- perspective, or if I have there's nothing too interesting, simply a bullet point breakdown of what's happened since the last post.  Please feel free to comment on my posts- I love to read em, and it would be great to know whether people prefer the narrative or the bullet-points. As for a schedule, it'll depend on what I have going on in real life. I hope to have at least one episode up each week, with a few smaller strategy/ general Souls related posts coming up in the meantime.

Anyway, on to Character Creation- my first opportunity to mess up my run... hope you keep reading and supporting- I appreciate it.

Orthas