[quote=Overwatch]
ahh, thanks. I thought the dragon was something everyone went for. I'm actually only level 31, and every time I get close (past the stairs to the underside of the bridge) It burns me to a frigging crisp. I actually used that to my advantage early on, by soul grinding for 300 souls each visit (By letting the dragon kill the undead soldiers) And trekking back to the bonfire, then going back up. I do that with the hydra in darkroot basin now.By the way, how do you summon ally npcs when offline? Cause, I've been tackling all these bosses with no help other than advice and error. I'd like someone who can get wrecked in my place, while I'm doing the real wrecking.
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Occasionally you'll be able to summon help from NPCs, in certain locations and when certain conditions are met, but they're not everywhere. Usually it's Solaire, but there are others. NPC summons are usually somewhere near the fog gate, behind a pillar or up some stairs or something like that.