Week 7 Session: The alternative-build workshop

Allocating 50 attribute points to a deliberately unconventional build and drafting the pitch copy that sells it

12 April 2027

Before the session#

Think of one stat, in any Souls-like’s system, that has a reputation for being weak or a trap. Bring it, plus a guess at why players call it that.

In the session#

Allocate a 50-point budget to a build centred on that “weak” stat, then draft the persona it implies: who plays this way, and why, in-world. Write a first pass at the pitch copy — 150-250 words aimed at a skeptical player — naming both what the build lets you do that a balanced build can’t, and the specific cost it accepts for that.

We read a few pitches aloud and the room calls out whether the cost named is real or hand-waved. A pitch that only lists upside hasn’t found the actual trade-off yet.

Afterwards#

Revise into your Loadout Pitch submission, due this week.