ALSO ALSO not to send two asks in a row, hows the module been so far? + I'm curious what Ethel's relationship with Ireena would be- i can definitely see some bonding over the parallels of escaping a man obsessed with you (though as i see it you guys are playing with a femstrahd, so the dynamic would deffo be different)
It's no problem at all!!!
I'm having a lot of fun, we are playing with female Strahd and some other changes to the module, but I went into this 100% blind knowing absolutely nothing about it besides "there's vampires" so I don't know exactly what has been changed.
Going in blind was really fun though because I had NO idea the character I made was such a.... relevant theme. She ended up connecting with Ireena a lot- I actually debated romancing her before the thing with Shiloh started happening LOL they have a LOT in common and Ethel understands her very complicated feelings on the countess. Ireena was also the one to point out the parallels between Marcus and Strahd and the person Ethel admitted something was very very wrong with Marcus to. Ethel has decided she is Ireena's personal body guard and refuses to let Strahd within 10 ft of her she goes full guard dog LMAO
Vasilka was also our fated companion from the tarroka reading, so she can speak and has a personality. Ethel connected REALLY strongly with her and is trying really hard to save her and convince her that marrying Strahd is not going to work. Unfortunately, Ethel is super jaded and filled with grief over her situation while Vasilka is still filled with hope and the idea that her story will turn out differently from Ethel's. Unfortunately Ethel then self-sabotaged to an INSANE degree by crashing out really hard after taking Vasilka away from the abbey (under the guise is taking her to Strahd) and kinda.... heavily trauma dumped about the medical horror she'd endured in front of everyone. (Unfortunately her crashout let to her feeling DEEPLY ashamed for having such a moment of weakness in front of the whole party but on the upside... nobody yelled at her for fucking everything with Vasilka up so badly because they can tell she is GOING THROUGH IT...)
SO SORRY FOR THE TEXT WALL I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS LMAOOO