The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[lestatdark]

sabby_e17 said:
Before I use it, what does a humanity do?

And where do I go from Lordran? :/

I just got killed by some weird ghosts and those annoying skeletons are hard to take down lol. This game is much harder than Demon's Souls.

Humanity allows you to return to human form (which gives you a higher rate of item discovery), allows you to kindle bonfires to gain 10 estus flasks, increases defenses, increases curse resistance and there are some conflicting reports about it increasing damage from weapons and some pyromancies. 

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/humanity

Are you starting the game? If so, you're not supposed to go fight the ghosts nor the skeletons just yet, since they're too much powerful for your character. You should go to the Undead Burg, which is located to the right side of the first Bonfire on Lordran after climbing up a hill and entering a sewer (fighting armoured zombies and a rat along the way).