Hello, I've decided to build a character following the Knights of Carim, famous for not using shields (parrying daggers). Since this set is still in the processing stages I'd appreciate all the help I could get.

My plans so far

Main Weapon: Estoc
Secondary: Shotel

Left hand: Parrying Dagger
Secondary: Black Bow of Pharis/Darkmoon Bow

Ring1: Leo Ring
Ring2: Ring of Steel Protection/Ring of Favor and Protection

Armor: Set of Thorns/Set of Favor/Ornstein's Set

Stats: Still unsure, probably primarily DEX, VIT, END, and maybe STR

As you can see I need all the help I can get, thank you.

For Lautrec you HAVE to use Fap and red tear stone
just pump some points in endurance up to 40, strength for additional requirements, dexterity for whatever scales with dexterity, and the rest in HP.
The same applies for Kirk of the thorns.

Ornstein is iffy if you want to use his spear, but over-all just get 35-40-45 End, build around weapons and finally invest what's left in HP.

The sniper crossbow is another goody from carim, aso maybe that could replace your bow? You'd have to learn how to aim unlocked, though..

The items from carim that I know of are shotel, parrying dagger, sniper crossbow (+associated bolts), red tearstone, F&P ring, lautrec's armor, -bite rings, and purging stone. I don't know of any magic from carim. Of course, there's nothing that states your carimite couldn't have picked something up in his/her travels, ne?

Looking at that item list, I'd say about 40 dexterity, and just enough strength to use your stuff one-handed. For vit and end, personally I like to have 50/40, but lately I've been seeing builds with substantially less than that.