User blog comment:MrMister1237/Challenge run ideas/@comment-36184859-20191004051900

You can go though the game without recruiting Lime, by not going to the village chief's house. This prevents Sonya from joining as well, but plot characters like the four spirits will still join.

All unemployed seems very unfair, perhaps only Basic jobs instead?

Someone's already done a solo Luka paradox run, but I suppose someone you could try it yourself...