The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[lestatdark]

EncodedNybble said:
So, I need some help on what I should do in this first play through. I don't necessarily *need* to get all miracles and sorceries with this character, but that would be nice. I would like to get all of the rare weapons with this character only playing through twice.

I'm part of the Chaos Servants (or whatever) Convenant so that I can get the last pyromancy I need. I just need to give her 20 more humanity (need to find a place to farm them).

Since I've already joined one convenant and placed the lord vessel (didn't know that talking to Nessie would trigger the scene), did that make me miss anything?

What NPCs/bosses do I absolutely need to kill this playthrough ( i.e. if their souls are required twice for 2 weapons)?

I would add, on top of what blkfish92 said, that you missed the Darkwraith covenant. To get it in the next playthrough, you'll need to retrieve the Lordvessel again, but instead of talking to Frampt on Firelink Shrine, go to New Londo Ruins, beat the Four Kings and then a different primordial serpent, Darkstalker Khaate will appear and he'll give you the option of joining the Darkwraith covenant. 

You also can't get all the miracles in this playthrough, since at least one requires the soul from the final boss and access to the Warriors of Sunlight covenant, which is only obtained via 50 Faith or if you have helped, as a white phantom, to defeat the boss of another player's world, that requirement drops 5 Faith for each time you helped.