Yeah, I've thankfully avoided the curse, but I knew about the frogs before hand. So when I saw them I got really panicked and scared and just blasted them at a range. Thankfully, curse like poison and bleed out are a meter that has to build up, which I think is actually a very smart system. It makes sense that you may not be immediately poisoned, but repeatedly exposed to it will eventually get to you. For a game that is built as been tough, it is probably one of the more friendlier system. Doesn't mean you won't get poisoned, and poison is really rough.

So far I've made it back the Gaping Dragon as the last boss I defeated. I've been staying away from the New Londo Ruins and Catacombs, but I'll probably venture then eventually. Since I have the Blighttown Key and access to it, I may go there. Still don't know how far into the game I am, but haven't rang the second tower bell yet. But I'm level 61 now I think. Ended up switch from Pyromancy to Sorcery because I found the Sorcery npc and not the Pyromancy npc, which was hiding in The Depths. I've already built so much into Sorcery I don't think I'll go back.