Crafting material to build shortcuts

I don’t know if this could work, maybe the devs have already thought of this idea. But gathering resources such as wood and other materials to build shortcuts around the area we’re travelling and to bosses sounds more interesting and useful than using those materials to build your home. Games from soulsborne expects you to use their environment but it would be cool and unique to build that environment to your benefit e.g. building a ladder, bridge etc.