So my players HATE her. A little of backstory about it. They came to the tower and a new party member blew up her wagon. They ran away and came a day later. They triggered a dragon and ran into the tower (by opening the door). They were at the fourth floor when Ez came. As the book says — she will go to the tower if her wagon is destroyed. So.... she meets 4 strangers in ash. She is rude to them and do not trust them. They tell her they have an alibi and it is believable.
They offer her some help and she doesn’t refuse. But because of her being rude before they didn’t made any good relationship with her.
i do not understand how she is supposed not to sus players for this whole explosion and how after that she can become a friend. Please help me bring her goodness to players (they are now in Krezk, but didn’t found her in the Abbey and are not going there again)
Yeah, but it is one of milestones. I surely can change it to something else but... why making it though?
There are more than twice as many milestones than are actually needed to get the PCs to a level where they can reasonably take on Strahd. Just skip it.
Yeah, but it is one of milestones. I surely can change it to something else but... why making it though?
There are more than twice as many milestones than are actually needed to get the PCs to a level where they can reasonably take on Strahd. Just skip it.
Ezmerelda is a tank and they're foolish not to build an alliance with her because she's great in combat. That being said, they don't have to join up with her. There are other potential NPC allies they can recruit.
It might actually be fun if when they do get to Ravenloft if you go ahead and run the Ezmerelda random encounter. Let them run into her in the castle and let them see her do something awesome and then walk away from them!
Too bad. She’s a cool character and the only girl ally (also I think the only Vistani or half-Vistani ally). I guess maybe have them backtrack and ally with Van Richten or the Mad Mage instead (the Mad Mage is a very powerful arcane caster if they cure his madness and Van Richten can cast cleric spells plus he’s an experienced vampire hunter).
So my players HATE her. A little of backstory about it. They came to the tower and a new party member blew up her wagon. They ran away and came a day later. They triggered a dragon and ran into the tower (by opening the door). They were at the fourth floor when Ez came. As the book says — she will go to the tower if her wagon is destroyed. So.... she meets 4 strangers in ash. She is rude to them and do not trust them. They tell her they have an alibi and it is believable.
They offer her some help and she doesn’t refuse. But because of her being rude before they didn’t made any good relationship with her.
i do not understand how she is supposed not to sus players for this whole explosion and how after that she can become a friend. Please help me bring her goodness to players (they are now in Krezk, but didn’t found her in the Abbey and are not going there again)
There's no requirement that she become a friend.
Yeah, but it is one of milestones. I surely can change it to something else but... why making it though?
There are more than twice as many milestones than are actually needed to get the PCs to a level where they can reasonably take on Strahd. Just skip it.
Ok, thanks!
Ezmerelda is a tank and they're foolish not to build an alliance with her because she's great in combat. That being said, they don't have to join up with her. There are other potential NPC allies they can recruit.
It might actually be fun if when they do get to Ravenloft if you go ahead and run the Ezmerelda random encounter. Let them run into her in the castle and let them see her do something awesome and then walk away from them!
They blew up her wagon! What do they expect?
Too bad. She’s a cool character and the only girl ally (also I think the only Vistani or half-Vistani ally). I guess maybe have them backtrack and ally with Van Richten or the Mad Mage instead (the Mad Mage is a very powerful arcane caster if they cure his madness and Van Richten can cast cleric spells plus he’s an experienced vampire hunter).