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With Beatrice I wonder if she is backstabbed by that sneaky Darkwraith hanging around in the corner just after she puts her signature down, manages to escape New Londo but dies of her wounds shortly afterwards.

Kirk - I had forgotten about his Darkwraith connections - final resting place makes more sense now.

Lautrec I suppose got launched into the air by Uber-Ornstein's spear flick.

Griggs I did not know about (never having bought all his stuff) - though now you mention it, makes me think that originally he might have just been meant to turn up as a corpse given that there are corpses in Sen's with his clothing and stealth ring/spell already on offer.

Also I read in an interview with the designers that Priscilla was originally meant to play a much larger role in the story as well.

As Beta intimated there is nothing inherently alluring about NG+ itself - it is basically just the exact same game albeit with a slight difficulty boost.

Having said that there were some things that I personally found interesting enough to keep playing:

In NG+ you get to face areas and bosses with equipment and spells you didn't have before. Sometimes this can allow for new tactics / options. You want revenge on those archers on the side of Anor Londo Cathedral? Now's your chance. Tired of Centipede Demon staying on the lava and not closing for melee? Try a Crystal Soul Spear barrage to liven the guy up a little.

Likewise you are now in a much better position to take advantage of the open map, and try out different routes to completing the game. This can also lead to hearing new dialogue from NPCs, which is cool.
Also note: the Master Key stays with you on NG+ even if you only bought it off a merchant.

As you play the game you will get 'diminishing returns' on levelling your primary adventuring stats so if you want to stay ahead of the curve you'll eventually want to experiment a bit, though this probably won't be an actual issue 'til around NG+3 or so. In the end I liked this, because discovering the coolness that was melee/sorcery powered me through several NG cycles all by itself.

Both the Asylum and, as TSD mentioned, the Taurus Demon bosses are vulnerable to one-shots on NG+. Makes a change to be the one handing out cheap one-shots, for sure.

Havel's Ring gives your Load a % boost so the higher your Endurance the better it gets. This lets you use more combinations of heavier weapons/shields and armour whilst still staying mobile.

As far as difficulty is concerned as long as you have a decent plan on how to keep your character 'powering up' and are prepared to re-tool equipment and spell load-outs to suit where you're going then you won't have a problem. Only boss I had grief from was 4 Kings, and that was because I spent ages messing around with Miracles, which didn't suit my playstyle, when I should have been boosting INT and collecting Sorcery.

Okay if I imagine him being intercepted by the player after meeting (or murdering, knowing him) Gwynevere and on his way back out of the Cathedral then I guess his corpse location makes more sense to me.

The pyromancer goes insane because we tell him where to find the Chaos flameball and ends up lost in the swamp thus going insane.

Rhea goes insane once she has taught you everything or is murdered.


Ah, parrying. I recall it being easy to master yet if you don't play the game for a while, it causes a few deaths.



There is a chance with NG+, you won't level up that much due to the requirements, compared to the first run. Nothing beats making your entrance like a single plunging attack that wipes out the first two bosses. Capra is probably the first one that can't really be curb stomped due to the arena but many of the bosses will be easier.

I wouldn't recommend trying to retool due to the sheer amount of souls you need to level up unless you are happy with your current stats. 10 levels in NG+ may take up until Blighttown depending on soul level.

I did hear that DSII's NG+ adds content, switches stuff up, which, I like the sound off. I have yet to do NG+ fully for DS1 as I just end up having my fill of it and not wanting to do another playthrough.

Ooo, Mars, try dual wielding greatswords.

Big Hat goes insane trying to become Seath or replicate his work.

I don't think Lautrec died but escaped our world due to time being really messed up in Anor Londo thus killing the Firekeeper and being able to not be hunted down without the use of an orb.

Tarkus did fall to his death or was ganked to death by the painting guardians.

Beatrix, I could see her having been murdered if she wasn't fond of the Darkwraiths. Kirk, I heard that he only joined the Wraiths to help Queelana, Queelag's sister.

Lautrec dies due to the wounds we inflict on him after we invade his world. Teaches him not to gank..

Per most of the vendors, they go hollow. And really, there is no benefit for you to allow that >_> killing their hollowed selves wont reward you with anything you don't already have. Honestly, it's just better to lie to them and let them live on in ignorance.

Except for Rhea, she's doomed one way or another. I would say letting her 'friend' murder her would be a pity.. But honestly, she has some nice spells to sell <_< Then again, you could always drain her humanity and kill her yourself before Seath gets ahold of her.

The saddest for me was the Onion knight. Sure, the NPCs were tragic but the Onion knight? He was capable, he was brave and was just exploring. Sadly, due to the Chosen Undead constantly saving him, it robs him of the one purpose he has and his daughter is forced to put him down.

It also reinforces the sheer amount of willpower that the Chosen Undead has. Potentially centuries in the Asylum, forced to fight all kind of beings and never end up going hollow. Though, they may have had a bit of an edge on account of being a descendant of the pygmy.

From what i've played of DSII, it seems to be going for the Demon Souls type NPCs in a central hub.

Gough is easily the strongest in game. No-one can cripple a dragon that even Anor Londo feared with one arrow.

Gwyn is not all that powerful, especially given many regards. He shared much of his power with others, bestowing parts of his soul to his most loyal or valued allies.. So much so that he careless gave some(like the Four Kings or Seath) a fragment or by being too generous with such a finite power

Next up is that he I not all too different, he is just another being who claimed a Lordsoul, just like Nito and the Witch. Ya, maybe he was the herald to the next age and thru sunlight and lightning posed the greatest offense against the dragons.. He is not the strongest out of his peers. At the height of his power during the Age of Fire? Ya, probably. He probably was on par with the Witch of Izalith prior to the chaos flame. Bug after the fire started to fade, after his power waned? Unlike say, Nito's.. And as an antithesis, Manus and the coming darkness

Certainly, cant compared to giants and the humans, he was still the strongest god amongst gods. But the Chosen undead? He just killed and gathered all the other lordsouls. Murdered Nito in his tomb. Undid the Bed of Chaos when Gwyn could not. And hell, even more remarkably.. Killed Manus when the dark soul of man was probably at it's strongest

If the chosen undead became that powerful and was fueled by their souls, it makes all sense as to how Gwyn lost.. And why Fraampt was so keen on you Linking the flame

Still, if Gwyn and the others really where that powerful, you should see the Lord of Cinder.. Dude puts everyone to shame
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Also, a tid bit about Gwynn, and how he was both a genius to how he prolonged his Age of Fire.. And a fool for defying the natural order

It's hard to say what the First Sin really was. What it the act of linking the Fires, or the creation of the Undead curse?

First, I've already speaking well enough about the endless cycles of the First flame and how bad that truly was for the state of the world in the long term. Forcing an endless cycle of Light and Dark? Probably not his intention.. And having others follow in his footsteps probably didn't help either

Granted, after learning what happened to the Witch when she tried to make a new First Flame and instead was engulfed in chaos.. Ya, he was pretty much out of options. And ironically, even the Flame of Chaos is not exalted from fading in time.. Nor it's demons.. (Check out DS3 for context)

Anyways. What of the undead curse? This, in my honest opinion.. Had this been on it's own and been less linked to the fading cycles of the Fire.. Then this probably would of been the smartest thing Gwyn has ever did.

Somehow, Gwyn was able to bind humans to seek out the fire, to find comfort by the bonfires.. Despite in their very nature, being dark. What more, thru the dark soul of man, by feeding humanity to the bonfires.. Not only is Gwyn fueling the fire with darkness(a paradox by it's own right) but also turning a threat into a boon.. Especially when you consider fragments of the dark soul collectively make up the fourth lordsoul, which only grows stronger when the fire weakens

He effectively would of had the perfect fuel, he even built an entire religion around it, the Way of White. Hell, even with how the undead endlessly spawn back at the bonfires till they burn the last of their humanity in a futile attempt or go hollow.. Smart. Sort of

Aldia would say differently tho..

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