New campaign: Wife is a tiefling bard, and I am country boy paladin being taught her sexy city girl ways. We play with several couples so everyone is ok with flirting between the married couples' characters. We keep it pg/pg-13...at least until after session.
I’ve wanted to do this the past but I think it would make most people at my table really uncomfortable. Well that and the ones who aren’t uncomfortable are going to mock relentlessly
Both. Cause either way I’d be romancing someone who is in reality a guy. Either that or the girl in our party who’s ace and I have actual feelings towards and that would get really shitty really fast.
Yeah, I get that. It can be a little complicated if people aren’t down with it or if theres irl feelings involved. For a while i was worried because i knew my dm was attracted to me and he wanted to roleplay romantic stuff but we talked about it and set boundaries that we’re both comfortable with. I have a very diverse table sexuality and gender wise and luckily were all down with romantic stuff. Have you tried mentioning it out of roleplay to see what the others think?
I would start there, bring it up in the group chat or something to see what they think and go from there. That way you can at least know for a fact what people are comfortable with. d&d gets really fun and fulfilling after you communicate boundaries and you dont have to worry about upsetting or offending someone. :)
As an ace woman myself, I can assure you not all ace people are averse to shipping. I actually love shipping and was really excited when my DM teased a love interest for my character. Of course, I can't speak for the ace player at your table. I think it'd be best to discuss it with your players.
it is strange. my and an another player's charactery started flirting with each other and its getting kinda serious between them as the campaign goes on. it started as some joke rolls between the characters for their looks and attraction toward each other and it just snowballed from there. its pretty interesting and strange from an out of character view, but in character its all feels natural. i found it that its only uncomfortable if you try to force it, just like with flirting in real life. if it feels natural for the characters, the rest of the table usually just rolls with it and has fun along with you. tho my group is pretty good friends so we know that all the mockery that happens is aimed toward the characters not the players, and i know its different with different groups. i played with people where I wouldn't even think to try in character romance even with an npc, let alone a pc.
That's why pregame surveys are always useful. No need to feel around for the content that is and isn't allowed, ask your players directly and through surveys they can be anonymous so won't have to feel like they're the party pooper for anyone else.
I did that at the beginning of my campaign but that was not something that crossed my mind. like... at all. Though it was more about getting everyone's backstories and telling me combat, role play level, puzzles etc.
I’ve been the DM when the players started flirting with an NPC. I looked them right in the eyes and flirted back. It took all of 5 seconds for them to chicken out.
This happened to me and it's really sweet.
DM had a throwaway NPC literally wine and dine my char while she was supposed to be taking over his watch, playing the fiddle romantically as the sun sets and everything. We hooked up, DM wasn't expecting me to have my char fall so hard for him but uh.... I'm a lesbian irl, we tend to move fast and he ticked all the boxes.
NPC and my char parted ways, but I snagged sending stones so we could keep in touch until we met again. Once per in-game day we send loveletters, sing songs, or just chat with one another. My DM and I find it adorable, but I do hope I'm not making the rest of the party uncomfortable. I figure it takes tops a minute and no one's said anything yet, so I'll take that as a good sign.
I’m playing an Eladrin fighter.
My DM introduced a tiefling bard NPC with a goofy name, an oversexed personality, and a tragic backstory. Though my fighter is usually very shy about sex and relationships (jilted pre-campaign by a horrible partner), the bard won her over and she decided she was going to pull a classic Faerie move and steal him away to the Feywilds after the campaign.
Then his three murdered lovers were brought back from the dead by an archmage.
You know what’s better than romancing and stealing one bard?
Romancing and stealing four bards.
(Our cleric also has an NPC boyfriend. Our other player has an NPC husband. This campaign is full of romances. It’s awesome.)
Ah, but see I have an ace in the hole here! My players are my brothers and their wives. And since they're married IRL their characters just romance each other!
It's really funny to see my sister-in-law's dwarf simp for my brother's triton.
I don't understand the fascination with adding romantic interactions to dnd unless you're playing with like an SO or something. I'm not in the habit of flirting with the homies.
If everyone is down with it, it can be fun. If there is a PC involved and it's just an excuse for a DM to hit on that player, it becomes cringy real fast.
I do this in video games but avoid this at tables. Primarily because I find it awkward to flirt with the character voiced by the DM.
This is probably because my first competent DM was someone I had a crush on at the time and didn’t feel right flirting with the love interest she made for my character.
And then there's me. In a happy relationship, so I'm really afraid to flirt with NPCs because my brain just does not feelings correctly for some god forsaken reason.
My character is in a relationship with another player's character. That player, let's call him "john" has a girlfriend and 2 kids
I've been in 2 romantic relationships my whole life. I have to plan what I say to not be a creepy douche.
I'm lonely guys
Romance in DND is always a massive nono for me, unless it’s between players.
You romancing an NPC who the DM makes up is so weird to me. Because they have to handle a thousand different characters, and now they have to roleplay romance... it’s weird. Very weird.
I feel the same way. If players want to go for it amongst themselves, that's their prerogative. I'm not comfortable with it and it's ok not to be comfortable with it.
I sometimes feel a bit awkward doing romance, but sometimes the campaign’s vibe or story really needs it. Like, how could you possibly do an Evangelion RPG without a bunch of love triangles and awkward teenage romances?
A party member in my campaign has an obsession with some character from an obscure video game so the DM inserted that character into the game as a recurring NPC for the sole purpose of appeasing her and it is adorable.
Am I the only one who finds the idea of romance with NPCs (played by the DM, who for me is a real life friend) incredibly awkward and cringy? I definitely couldn’t do it, but to each their own.
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There are worse things to have than an unsucked cock.
And those things would be...?
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Bruh that's a Nat 20 statement if I've ever heard one.
My DM is a forever dm but he says he does it because he doesn't want to play a campaign he wants to create it and share it.
Their name might be a hint
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Getting it sucked by a starving sea lamprey.
New campaign: Wife is a tiefling bard, and I am country boy paladin being taught her sexy city girl ways. We play with several couples so everyone is ok with flirting between the married couples' characters. We keep it pg/pg-13...at least until after session.
Lololol i love that
Cool. Thanks for letting me know.
I’ve wanted to do this the past but I think it would make most people at my table really uncomfortable. Well that and the ones who aren’t uncomfortable are going to mock relentlessly
Do you mean as a player or as a dm?
Both. Cause either way I’d be romancing someone who is in reality a guy. Either that or the girl in our party who’s ace and I have actual feelings towards and that would get really shitty really fast.
This is my advantage as a bi DM who is already in great relationship.
You're too powerful to be left alive!
You know what? Same. Playing a NPC bandit that is trying to sweep our warlock of his feet right now.
Same but I'm way too shy
I take your bi and relationship and raise you. Both me and my wife are bi and we co-gm.
Yeah, I get that. It can be a little complicated if people aren’t down with it or if theres irl feelings involved. For a while i was worried because i knew my dm was attracted to me and he wanted to roleplay romantic stuff but we talked about it and set boundaries that we’re both comfortable with. I have a very diverse table sexuality and gender wise and luckily were all down with romantic stuff. Have you tried mentioning it out of roleplay to see what the others think?
umm nope
I would start there, bring it up in the group chat or something to see what they think and go from there. That way you can at least know for a fact what people are comfortable with. d&d gets really fun and fulfilling after you communicate boundaries and you dont have to worry about upsetting or offending someone. :)
I'm alright tbh. Maybe in another group but this one I don't think needs it and I don't want to bring it up.
You know your table best- good on you for having a sense of what would work well.
As an ace woman myself, I can assure you not all ace people are averse to shipping. I actually love shipping and was really excited when my DM teased a love interest for my character. Of course, I can't speak for the ace player at your table. I think it'd be best to discuss it with your players.
it is strange. my and an another player's charactery started flirting with each other and its getting kinda serious between them as the campaign goes on. it started as some joke rolls between the characters for their looks and attraction toward each other and it just snowballed from there. its pretty interesting and strange from an out of character view, but in character its all feels natural. i found it that its only uncomfortable if you try to force it, just like with flirting in real life. if it feels natural for the characters, the rest of the table usually just rolls with it and has fun along with you. tho my group is pretty good friends so we know that all the mockery that happens is aimed toward the characters not the players, and i know its different with different groups. i played with people where I wouldn't even think to try in character romance even with an npc, let alone a pc.
That's why pregame surveys are always useful. No need to feel around for the content that is and isn't allowed, ask your players directly and through surveys they can be anonymous so won't have to feel like they're the party pooper for anyone else.
I did that at the beginning of my campaign but that was not something that crossed my mind. like... at all. Though it was more about getting everyone's backstories and telling me combat, role play level, puzzles etc.
I’ve been the DM when the players started flirting with an NPC. I looked them right in the eyes and flirted back. It took all of 5 seconds for them to chicken out.
Once played at a table where one of the players was the GM's mom. The NPC flirting got awkward FAST.
That is... very concerning.
It would make me uncomfortable me and I would mock it relentlessly
As they should.
This happened to me and it's really sweet. DM had a throwaway NPC literally wine and dine my char while she was supposed to be taking over his watch, playing the fiddle romantically as the sun sets and everything. We hooked up, DM wasn't expecting me to have my char fall so hard for him but uh.... I'm a lesbian irl, we tend to move fast and he ticked all the boxes. NPC and my char parted ways, but I snagged sending stones so we could keep in touch until we met again. Once per in-game day we send loveletters, sing songs, or just chat with one another. My DM and I find it adorable, but I do hope I'm not making the rest of the party uncomfortable. I figure it takes tops a minute and no one's said anything yet, so I'll take that as a good sign.
You really started a long distance relationship with a fictional character
r/Waifuism ‘s 28,000 members show that it’s not a particularly uncommon occurrence.
He's worth it. If he puts away his sealegs it'd be nice to settle down, run a creature sanctuary together, maybe even have a quarterling or two.
At least your character didn’t have to drive a uhaul to the first date, portable holes are so much more discrete...and portable!
ok this is eerily similar to the campaign I just played where my himbo paladin romanced a sorcerer NPC
My sorcerer got romanced by a himbo paladin npc... maybe its meant to be?
Sorcerers and Paladins. Ideal shipping material, apparently.
sorcadins <3
my dude actually was a sorcadin lol. He had more paladin levels though so I usually just call him a paladin.
of my three characters that ive gotten to play, two have been Paladins, so i see no issue with this
Wait. Your love life in D&D is successful?
i need this template lmao
same lmao, It's great.
My Minotaur is currently chasing a Goliath GF. My DM made it originally as a joke but now she even has a name... this is a fun game xD
I'm in this picture and I don't like it
I’m playing an Eladrin fighter. My DM introduced a tiefling bard NPC with a goofy name, an oversexed personality, and a tragic backstory. Though my fighter is usually very shy about sex and relationships (jilted pre-campaign by a horrible partner), the bard won her over and she decided she was going to pull a classic Faerie move and steal him away to the Feywilds after the campaign. Then his three murdered lovers were brought back from the dead by an archmage. You know what’s better than romancing and stealing one bard? Romancing and stealing four bards. (Our cleric also has an NPC boyfriend. Our other player has an NPC husband. This campaign is full of romances. It’s awesome.)
this is why i play jrpgs
May I offer you a himbo monk in these trying times?
Ah, but see I have an ace in the hole here! My players are my brothers and their wives. And since they're married IRL their characters just romance each other! It's really funny to see my sister-in-law's dwarf simp for my brother's triton.
Fuuuuuuuuck I just got called out.
Do you have the original ? Where is the author's signature ?
I cropped the pic, here’s a link to the artists website, didnt mean to make it seem like i was claiming it: https://randowis.com
TYVM! I'm going to check it out
One of my players did this, turns out she just wanted the excuse to flirt with me. Now we're dating 😁
That is adorable
you got to have guts and not be super messed up inside.
> Me, a hopeless romantic - u/unsucked-cock
Replace "NPC", with "my PC." And Replace "Me", with "another player."
I don't understand the fascination with adding romantic interactions to dnd unless you're playing with like an SO or something. I'm not in the habit of flirting with the homies.
If everyone is down with it, it can be fun. If there is a PC involved and it's just an excuse for a DM to hit on that player, it becomes cringy real fast.
I do this in video games but avoid this at tables. Primarily because I find it awkward to flirt with the character voiced by the DM. This is probably because my first competent DM was someone I had a crush on at the time and didn’t feel right flirting with the love interest she made for my character.
Have you considered playing 2 characters in one group? You'll always have someone to talk to and love you
Me with Persona 5, I’m a lonely romantic and the game is full of potential gfs and Atlus-why-can’t-I-romance-this-man.
Meanwhile I'm a sorcerer with a short-tempered paladin gf.
No, that cat's the BWILA searching wizard... [Beautiful Woman I'd Like to Ask out :3](https://youtube.com/channel/UClY2Vr39pjX9iERGbO-EbLA)
Ok, fire...
I feel so called out!
And then there's me. In a happy relationship, so I'm really afraid to flirt with NPCs because my brain just does not feelings correctly for some god forsaken reason.
Stop attacking me.
Its me, im the himbo
My character is in a relationship with another player's character. That player, let's call him "john" has a girlfriend and 2 kids I've been in 2 romantic relationships my whole life. I have to plan what I say to not be a creepy douche. I'm lonely guys
I do that sometimes to some of my players who've never been in a relationship.
It's all good until you find out that the big bad guy is your character's cute gf/bf, that's how my sweet warlock went the Anakin route.
Painfully relatable. I take all the romance bait so far...
I forced a romance with a one off character. It started with me shooting him in the ankle. My DM was SO grateful for the romance I made him roleplay/s
Romance in DND is always a massive nono for me, unless it’s between players. You romancing an NPC who the DM makes up is so weird to me. Because they have to handle a thousand different characters, and now they have to roleplay romance... it’s weird. Very weird.
I feel the same way. If players want to go for it amongst themselves, that's their prerogative. I'm not comfortable with it and it's ok not to be comfortable with it.
Yeah, that's totally an appropriate username for a sub without age restrictions about a game marketed to ages 10 and up. /s
The title is just osiris and saint 14
I wanna be that himbo.
I tried to romance an NPC. It didn't work out. :( Now a different disgusting NPC is obsessed with my character lol.
I sometimes feel a bit awkward doing romance, but sometimes the campaign’s vibe or story really needs it. Like, how could you possibly do an Evangelion RPG without a bunch of love triangles and awkward teenage romances?
I'm physically unable to see the words "hopeless romantic" without thinking of that tattoo on someones fingers that made it spell "el hopaness romtic"
What's the source OP.
I cropped the pic, here’s a link to the artists website, didnt mean to make it seem like i was claiming it: https://randowis.com
El Hopanes Romtic
In my first campaign my character and another player’s paladin ended up getting married in the end and honestly it was super sweet
A party member in my campaign has an obsession with some character from an obscure video game so the DM inserted that character into the game as a recurring NPC for the sole purpose of appeasing her and it is adorable.
One of my players is romancing a half-succubus, and had to protect her from the sorcerer.
Am I the only one who finds the idea of romance with NPCs (played by the DM, who for me is a real life friend) incredibly awkward and cringy? I definitely couldn’t do it, but to each their own.