Demon's Souls Questions from a noob

I am completely new to Demon's Souls, but I am wondering where I should first start out in the game, what items/armor/weapons I should try to go after first, etc. I know people complain about the difficulty of this game; I got maybe one hit on the very first boss (the one you fight in the tutorial) before he slaughtered me, and I ended up in the Nexus. Now I'm annoyingly turned into a Soul and I guess in order to gain my main body back, I have to fight a major demon or something?:? I guess my next question is where do I get/or find a Stone of Ephemeral Eyes? I'm just sort of confused I guess. I'm just wondering what area I should start out at first.

Also, I'm playing as a female Temple Knight, so I'm wondering what a good build for a temple knight would be.

I have to say that despite the difficulty of bosses so far, this game is awesome! I love the armor and the architecture of everything. It makes me wonder how epic Boletaria would be without all the demons. Often I'll just find myself staring at the stonework and designs.:D

http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/ That website will be a huge help to you moving forward. For the time being, don't worry so much about getting out of soul form. And avoid anything that has red eyes..hbk7137

Thanks. I will check that website out. What do you mean by "avoid anything with red eyes?" I'm assuming it's something bad. Also, I don't really understand what Soul form is. What is the point of being forced to return to Soul form?

Starting classes has almost no effect on the futur of your build. It only matters in which equip/stats you start with.

You could do pretty much anything, but templar knights are good for faith builds with blessed mirdan hammer.

Figure out your favorite playstyle and go with it though. You could go for a dex build, a str build, a blueblood build even, anything you feel like.

Look up the wiki that the guy above me posted. Immensely helpful.

I made a knight and used default armor/weapons (in the beginning I mean, my weapons and armor are different now) and had no trouble with Phalanx.

Just play through and beat the 1-1 boss.

From there you will be able to upgrade your character and can decide where you want to go with it. But my warning to you is to avoid the "even" build. Try to put most of your levels into 3 or 4 categories. For a Temple Knight I would go with Vitality, Strength, Faith and a little bit in Intelligence. Or you can choose to forget about miracles and just specialize in melee and go with Vitality, Strength and Dexterity/Endurance.

It's really all up to you to decide how your character shapes up.

I'm more than halfway through the game and NEVER used the wiki or ANY kind of help whatsoever. It's a lot more rewarding if you figure it out on you own, much more time consuming but I believe this is the way the game should be played. The learning curve is incredibly steep in this game, the difficulty is brutal, but it's a phenomenal game. NOT for everyone though.HardGames420

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I'm more than halfway through the game and NEVER used the wiki or ANY kind of help whatsoever. It's a lot more rewarding if you figure it out on you own, much more time consuming but I believe this is the way the game should be played. The learning curve is incredibly steep in this game, the difficulty is brutal, but it's a phenomenal game. NOT for everyone though.HardGames420

[QUOTE="HardGames420"]I'm more than halfway through the game and NEVER used the wiki or ANY kind of help whatsoever. It's a lot more rewarding if you figure it out on you own, much more time consuming but I believe this is the way the game should be played. The learning curve is incredibly steep in this game, the difficulty is brutal, but it's a phenomenal game. NOT for everyone though.KBFloYd

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[QUOTE="HardGames420"]I'm more than halfway through the game and NEVER used the wiki or ANY kind of help whatsoever. It's a lot more rewarding if you figure it out on you own, much more time consuming but I believe this is the way the game should be played. The learning curve is incredibly steep in this game, the difficulty is brutal, but it's a phenomenal game. NOT for everyone though.HardGames420

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i appluad you for doing that.

but what im saying is.. what if you put all this work and after you beat it you end up not liking it as much for some reason... then all the work you did was fail because your left with a negative impression of the game. where as a person who used help maybe will enjoy the game much more.

id recommend not using a stone of ephemeral eyes just yet. dieing in body form again will only make the game even more difficult. wait until you feel fairly confident (read: dont need to make such broad questions on internet forums) until you use one.

most people will say that the royal is the easiest class to start with and theyre right. however, trying a melee fighter is just fine if youd rather do that. my first character was a knight and i did well.

I suggest you go with Royal. And use Turpentine, it helps ALOT on Phalanx. Hide behind pillars and heal your self. The first boss is pretty damn eays, since theres no possible way to upgrade your character until you beat him. (Then you can upgrade your stats and what not) Yeah, what the guy above said, any melee class will be the easiest, the game isn't hard, just INCREDIBLY ANNOYING if you dont know what to do. just make sure you keep your world tendency for all words at white - pure white eaistest way to do this, is, 1. DONT DIE IN HUMAN FORM (full Life, by either beating a boss, or using ephermor eyes) 2. ALWAY
S, i mean ALWAYS, after you beat a boss, go back to the nexus, and commit suicide, because if you die in human form on any level, your world tendacy will shift back to what it was before you beat the boss, and beating bosses is the only way to get white tendancy. I never had full life on ANY level when i beat them, or any boss, kuz i wanted to keep my world tendency the whitest i could. i had like 30 eyes when i finished the game (nearly every single one i picked up. If you choose a melee character, get ALOT of Stength, Vitality, and Enurance. When you beat the last boss (dragon god) on world 2 ( the mine), make sure you go back to th nexus , commit suicice, by jumping from a high distance, then go back to the Archstone ou killed the Dragon God, and get the Dragon Bone Smasher, it makes tis Game, INSANELY EASY. If you need alot of souls, beat world 4 (shrine of stroms) make sure its on white tendency or it will be pretty difficult to get thru, and kill the last bass on that level, the storm king, hes prolly the easiest boss in the game so dont worry, and you keep returning to that level and kill the flying mana rays, and you get 22,000 souls every 1 minute. Follow what i just said and you should PWN this game.

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KBFloYd

i appluad you for doing that.

but what im saying is.. what if you put all this work and after you beat it you end up not liking it as much for some reason... then all the work you did was fail because your left with a negative impression of the game. where as a person who used help maybe will enjoy the game much more.