Notes from author
Starting class: Deprived.
Objective: NG -> NG+7 playthrough, getting 8 Gwyn souls and Manus souls.
Leveling system: Point system from killing NPCs/completing their questline, and from soul-weilding bosses. Doing this earns 1 point per action.
NPCs must not have advanced in their questline to give points (Example, Siegmeyer must be killed before ringing the second bell in order to get points from killing him.)
Souls from boss encounters can be duplicated 4 times, being consumed on the 5th.
Must never have 2 stats on a different level, raising one stat means raising them all, leveling up at least 8 times, so hold on to those souls. This burns 4-8 points, depending on how you want to play.
Allowed items:
Armor: Sack, Iron Bracelet and Hollow Warrior/Soldier Wastecloth are allowed.
Weapons/Shield: All Club weapons, from Club to Great Club, and the Butcher Knife; Plank Shield is the only shield you can have equiped, or none.
Rings: RoFaP is allowed only from ng+ forward, DWGR is allowed from ng+5 forward and everything else is fair game.
Obviously enough, since you can't equip catalysts, you can't use spells. All weapons must have physical upgrade paths, with the exception of one divine+(current ng) (+0 in NG, to maximum +7 in NG+7.) to help against Nito's skeletons. All consumables are allowed.