Thanks man! Dragonbane is such a fun system I can't wait to really dig into it!

Should have mentioned she also wrote extensively about environmental ethics :)

I don't think I've seen her name yet so I'll say Val Plumwood! She did a lot of work on Ecofeminism and Hyperseparation.

Holding down the D-pad button will cycle back to the first item on your hotbar. That will almost definitely be your estus and being able to snap back to it so quickly can be a life saver.

Also always exhaust dialogue with NPCs.