Damn FromSoftware don't mess around. I'm still yet to finish Elden Ring (just defeated Fire Giant this weekend and I'm now pottering around in the Consecrated Snowfield) and I intend to play through either DS3, Sekiro or Bloodborne after but I need to play something a bit simpler, more mindless and on-rails in between :)
But the curse status also has an interesting positive side effect: with it you don't need the "transient curse" item to temporarily make ghost enemies vulnerable.
> in the Consecrated Snowfield
The merchant outside of Leyndell sells an interesting torch that'll come in handy in Ordina, by the way.
Ha I touched that site of grace just before I stopped playing. I'll snoop around first and will check out that merchant if (lol, when) I run into issues