Funny how easy it is to get souls in Dark Souls III, so that me losing for good the 850 souls I had on me doesn't hurt really. I ended up cheesing that damn sword master again and I finally got him to follow me off the cliff; last time he just jumped by himself... Went and got the giant crystal lizard as well, and even cleared an area I'd missed originally. Got 5 firebombs; those would have helped earlier.