Shades have a set of three skills, each with a set of levels. If you can't summon a Shade, just travel to the Soul Orb and fight your enemies with your weapons. It helps make the battles a little more meaningful, which in turn makes the game a lot more fun. It is a nice change to have a hard fought battle forced to be a brief encounter as opposed to a lengthy one. You'll also find Soapstone Branches hanging in the woods, and these can be used to summon a Shade. Shades also appear in other player's towns, and you can kill them to collect their souls as well as increase your own total number of souls. However, enemies that come into the area of the Soul Orb are unable to move, but can attack. Enemies in the area will then be destroyed, and you can collect their souls. You can then visit the Soul Orb and summon a Shade from it. The item called the Soul Orb is a simple item that can be placed on the ground which serves as a marker. For example, if you are using a Greatsword, and you want to use a Staff, that staff will give you a bonus to both attacks and spells using that weapon, but you can't use that Staff for different attacks at once.

Weapons that are built for your current weapon type will give bonuses to attacks. This is another trend in Dark Souls, you can buy items to help you out with any situation.

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