I don’t remember how much it was exactly, but on one run of DaS1 I lost a shit load to Bed of Chaos. I had gone through all of the demon bosses after the Quelag bell without using any of the Souls from them because I can consistently get them first try (lol Discharge cheese), and I had a good strategy for BoC that worked first time most of the time.
This time I wasn’t lucky and the bitch unexpectedly slapped me into a pit, and then when I went back to get the souls the ground was broken and she slapped me into the pit again.
In the old games though you could go back, grab your souls, and use a homeward bone to take them back to the bonfire so you could use them before attempting the boss again, so I usually never had the problem of losing a lot.
Anybody feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but nearly 80 hours in to Elden Ring, and I haven’t found anything that’s the equivalent of a Homeward Bone. So either there isn’t one or I missed it/don’t realize I have it already. Whatever the case it does take away a safety net.