Before you tell me to search the forums, I did, thanks.
So anyway, is it possible to kill all of the redcaps outside before you ever talk to Auntie Ethel in her house and it not affect said convo? Or will she be automatically hostile and in her hidey hole if I kill the redcaps? I uh, didn't exactly expect to be immediately hurled into combat when I went through the fireplace, so now I'm just wondering if I can reload and try again or if it won't make a difference and she gets fight-y anyway.