The Finale! DLC eve! 12 hours remain.
I can't decide if "Better Gideon" or "Gideon Ofnir 2" is a funnier name. You decide!
This one is actually based on a challenge run idea i had: Basically, collecting all the spells at once! I did much the same thing in a coop run of Dark Souls 3 with a friend, but in that game it was much easier because i only needed to split between faith and intelligence, and that was a more intended playstyle because that's what Pyromancy was.
With Elden Ring, though, i'll need to split between three different stats and decide which spells and catalysts work best with that spread. Thankfully i won't need to juggle three kinds of catalysts (though DS3 had dual-catalysts that made that easier to deal with) but it's definitely going to be an interesting journey into choice paralysis. Especially with the new spells coming in the dlc, most likely! I have much faith that they'll do something interesting with arcane and int/fth.
I'm also tossing up whether i want to get a friend to toss me Gideon's armour and stick to further reinforce the challenge build theming. Just running around the game cosplaying Gideon and blasting everyone with magicks. Cleaning up all his messes!
Anyway, time for dinner, and doing my best to get to bed early so i can wake up early to begin The DLCening. Wish me luck! Not sure if i'll post through as i go, but if i do it will be well spoilermarked.