You certainly seem to display a tendency toward troublemaking characters. That being said, however, I don't think that's especially relevant to the current discussion. Most of the Aralis 2 players either don't have extensive experience of Rolend, Jeremiah et cetera, or likely aren't influenced much by that experience.
So far as I have seen - which is not to say that I couldn't have missed something - Caulder hasn't especially "caused trouble" in the way that Ross did. Some people don't approve of the Blood Magic thing, but I don't see that it's been an especial problem for the town.
I do think, however, that many PCs (players and characters both, I suppose) lump Caulder in with Ross until they're given a reason to do otherwise. So if there's a Ross image that you don't want Caulder to have, e.g. "Ross is trouble", I think that will to some extent persist until Caulder is seen not only as the absence of that, but the opposite, e.g. "Ross is helpful to have around".
When it comes down to it, I think that's all you should focus on: what aspects of (people's impression of) Ross do I not want Caulder to have (or been seen as having)? How do I actively reverse that impression/assumption?
You certainly seem to display a tendency toward troublemaking characters. That being said, however, I don't think that's especially relevant to the current discussion. Most of the Aralis 2 players either don't have extensive experience of Rolend, Jeremiah et cetera, or likely aren't influenced much by that experience.
So far as I have seen - which is not to say that I couldn't have missed something - Caulder hasn't especially "caused trouble" in the way that Ross did. Some people don't approve of the Blood Magic thing, but I don't see that it's been an especial problem for the town.
I do think, however, that many PCs (players and characters both, I suppose) lump Caulder in with Ross until they're given a reason to do otherwise. So if there's a Ross image that you don't want Caulder to have, e.g. "Ross is trouble", I think that will to some extent persist until Caulder is seen not only as the absence of that, but the opposite, e.g. "Ross is helpful to have around".
When it comes down to it, I think that's all you should focus on: what aspects of (people's impression of) Ross do I not want Caulder to have (or been seen as having)? How do I actively reverse that impression/assumption?
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