I am a decent chunk of the way through the game. I am level 40, and just finished Blighttown. I went to the blacksmith Andre of Astora, and I accidentally hit him. He is now hostile. I have not really upgraded any weapons at this point yet. I would go ask Oswald for Absolution and pay the 20k souls, but I had a similar encounter with him earlier in the game (sloppy fingers I guess) and he is dead.
First of all, are there any other options I have at this point to be absolved or to make Andre of Astora not be hostile? It seems that he is probably one of the most important blacksmiths in the game.
If not, is it worth playing through the rest of the game at this point, or just starting over? I would really like to keep playing but don't want to miss out on important thing because of my mistakes. Also I only really have a couple hours tops each day to play during the week because of work and only have a few hours each weekend to play so it isn’t like I will be able to play a few days straight to get back to where I am. It will take a few weeks.
So what are your thoughts? I really appreciate the feedback.