Rules
#GENERAL RULES
- A Hit is defined by a loss of health and/or stagger caused by an enemy.
- Hits from player triggered traps count, environmental damage does not (Static features as lava, water, swamp, spikes, campfires are fine).
- While fall damage does not count, a death from falling will.
- Blocking an enemy counts as a hit, but a pefect parry/deflect does not.
- Summon other players is forbidden, but NPC summons are allowed.
##DAMAGELESS RULES
- Blocking an enemy attack or projectile is allowed.
- Anything that makes you lose health will end your run.
##HITLESS & DAMAGELESS RULES
-All of the Hitless & Damageless rules apply.
SPECIFIC RULES FOR DARK SOULS
Major glitches are NOT ALLOWED (AI Break, Quantity Storage, etc.). Sequence breaking events are NOT ALLOWED, besides the following ones:
- Duke skip is allowed
- Ceaseless skip is allowed
- Goughless Kalameet is allowed
- Manus Foggate Skip is allowed
- Minor glitches ARE ALLOWED (slope fall damage cancel, animation cancel, etc.).
- It is always FORBIDDEN to quitout if an enemy aggros you.
- Quitouts that not affect enemies aggro, but just strictly affects the IGT are ALLOWED (f.e.: quitout while opening Gwynevere's Domain).
Other ALLOWED quitouts are:
- To trade items with Snuggly
- To get the Ring of Favor and Protection.
- To get the Dark Wood Grain Ring
- When lizards despawn, if no enemies are aggroed and no other benefit is gained from the quitout besides respawning the missed lizard.
- To spawn the golden golem after killing the Hydra in Darkroot Basin
- You selected the wrong dialogue option (Daughter of Chaos or Gough)
- After resting at any bonfire
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- Stone Knights slow debuff, before Moonlight Butterfly bossfight is a hit.
- Invader stagger during invasion, when the player stands on top of him is a hit.
- Campfires in which you mistakenly could run in (Lower Undead Burg) is NOT a hit.
- The status effect "Curse" caused by enemies and traps is a hit. The upbuilding bar is not a hit unless it deals damage (Basilisks).
- Nothing counts as a hit in Seath's 1st encounter.
###XY-ONLY RUNS:
- For XY-Only runs, e.g. Weapon XY Only, Sorcery Only, Pyro Only, attacking and/or damaging enemies is only allowed with the Only-Weapon as well as fists and consumables. Usage of other tools like a bow for aiming or baiting enemies due to shooting at the environment is allowed.
- Obtanialible or not at early game, the player is Allowed to adquire the desired unupgraded weapon for their Weapon XY Only run, at the Undead Asylum, using external software. F.E: BGH is only available upon reaching Anor Londo. The player can decide either getting there using fists + consumables, or cheating the weapon at Undead Asylum
- Some weapons are rare drops with a very low chance of obtaining them. For their Weapon XY Only run, the player is allowed to either modify the weapon droprate/cheat the weapon in the inventory, after they defeated the enemy with fist + consumables. F.E: Obtaining BKH using Gadgetlemage.
- For Pyro Only runs it is ALLOWED to fight and kill Queelag, Ceaseless Discharge, Centipede Demon and Bed of Chaos in any way incl. all Weapons, Consumables & other Schools of Magic since they are 100% immune to fire damage.
- For Miracle Only runs it is ALLOWED to choose the Cleric starting class and use the Mace in the Asylum area only since you aren't able to use damaging miracles there.
