enemy placement allows easy cheese strat npc gives powerful item as a quest reward massively overpriced consumable starting class ends up being suboptimal for final build barely any armor for >50% of the run npc invader is too strong / too weak urge tp respec after finding an item stonesword key treasure is worthless enemy actually drops a related item can't progress npc quest for a long time inconvenient runebear somber weapon stuck under +5 for a long time key item spawns in random merchant shop +25 / +10 smithing stone found early most items needed for build acquired before altus glass shard surprise caelid dog / bird small crab replaces miniboss boss drops useless item as a reward giant enemy stuck in tiny space 4th talisman slot before leyndell enemy cursed to die from environment regular weapon upgraded above +15 very early malenia legendary item in limgrave area is significantly easier than vanilla maxed flasks before mountaintops no access to an area for >50% of the run golden seed tree actually has a seed forced to backtrack to find a key item merchant sells the same item for multiple prices inconvenient location for a specific boss important item found on easily missable corpse powerful or important item sold for <1000 runes endgame boss in the first two areas starting class has an endgame item enemy placement allows easy cheese strat npc gives powerful item as a quest reward massively overpriced consumable starting class ends up being suboptimal for final build barely any armor for >50% of the run npc invader is too strong / too weak urge tp respec after finding an item stonesword key treasure is worthless enemy actually drops a related item can't progress npc quest for a long time inconvenient runebear somber weapon stuck under +5 for a long time key item spawns in random merchant shop +25 / +10 smithing stone found early most items needed for build acquired before altus glass shard surprise caelid dog / bird small crab replaces miniboss boss drops useless item as a reward giant enemy stuck in tiny space 4th talisman slot before leyndell enemy cursed to die from environment regular weapon upgraded above +15 very early malenia legendary item in limgrave area is significantly easier than vanilla maxed flasks before mountaintops no access to an area for >50% of the run golden seed tree actually has a seed forced to backtrack to find a key item merchant sells the same item for multiple prices inconvenient location for a specific boss important item found on easily missable corpse powerful or important item sold for <1000 runes endgame boss in the first two areas starting class has an endgame item
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enemy placement allows easy cheese strat
npc gives powerful item as a quest reward
massively overpriced consumable
starting class ends up being suboptimal for final build
barely any armor for >50% of the run
npc invader is too strong / too weak
urge tp respec after finding an item
stonesword key treasure is worthless
enemy actually drops a related item
can't progress npc quest for a long time
inconvenient runebear
somber weapon stuck under +5 for a long time
key item spawns in random merchant shop
+25 / +10 smithing stone found early
most items needed for build acquired before altus
glass shard
surprise caelid dog / bird
small crab replaces miniboss
boss drops useless item as a reward
giant enemy stuck in tiny space
4th talisman slot before leyndell
enemy cursed to die from environment
regular weapon upgraded above +15 very early
malenia
legendary item in limgrave
area is significantly easier than vanilla
maxed flasks before mountaintops
no access to an area for >50% of the run
golden seed tree actually has a seed
forced to backtrack to find a key item
merchant sells the same item for multiple prices
inconvenient location for a specific boss
important item found on easily missable corpse
powerful or important item sold for <1000 runes
endgame boss in the first two areas
starting class has an endgame item
