Characters and Love in D&D [Archive] - Wizards Community

Characters and Love in D&D [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Kensan_Oni
02-14-07, 10:44 AM It's Valentine's day! So I thought it might be neat if you could retell some of the greater love relationships that you're characters have had.

For example: There was the love-hate relationship of Sarah and Varlet. Sarah Holdsheart was a Anthromorph Cheetah noblelady. Varlet Lovesgood was a Human Gypsy Con-Man. Varlet had a lot of negative things going for him. He wasn't tough, he was a womanizer, and he was not in any postion of power. However, he was persistant in wanting that kiss! The only problem is that Cheetah's just don't kiss like he thinks they do. That, and Sarah didn't often feel nearly the same way, but she was definatly of the opinion if anyone was going to kill Varlet, it was going to be her. Kissing has never been such a confusing thing.

I know I'll remember the other one I had up as an example later today... but I have to admit, that was the one that was my favorite. What about yours?
Squirrelloid
02-14-07, 01:58 PM Hmmm... romance in game can be problematic without mature players. I fear what some of the posts on this thread are going to be.

However, I do have one example that's apropo. I was DM at the time. The NPC in the following story was variously played by me and one of the players, although I actually played the romantic scenes and the player ended up playing most of the manipulative scenes (I was busy handling other things her character wasn't involved in, so I delegated).

So, most of the party came from one small village in a custom world of mine, and visited it occasionally. One of them, Ethan, an archer with delusions of grandeur and an inflated opinion of his skill with a bow, started courting Olivia, one of the NPCs in town, and she reciprocated his affection, having been won over by his bravery. However, there was a world to be saved and a war coming, and our erstwhile hero and would-be lover found himself away from town for long periods of time. Away from town and in the presence of a number of attractive ladies who were also members of the adventuring party. (In particular, there was a certain rogue).

His lonely beloved was unfortunately of a jealous streak, and knowing her man was off in the wilderness with other attractive women fueled her imagination. Olivia became jealous and manipulative, and tried more than once to keep Ethan in town but to no avail. This couldn't end well.

Distraught and alone, the young lady was easily 'seduced' (not in a sexual sense) by the lies and promises of a stranger. He corrupted her feelings for the hero, and turned her to his purposes.

The next time the heroes saw her again, they were prisoners of the nefarious stranger. She was his trump card, and when she walked out before them while they were chained to the wall they were flabbergasted. And Olivia, with all the rage in her heart that had been carefully focused and nurtured by the BBEG, fatally stabbed to death the then helpless PC (our poor rogue) who she felt had been trying to steal her man.

The rest of the heroes (minus our poor archer) escaped, only to find both the woman and the BBEG had left the stronghold to prepare for a dark ritual. As they aren't yet important to this aspect of the story, we'll come back to them (the heroes).

Ethan eventually found himself bound to the altar - the sacrifice for the ritual. And it was to be Olivia who would wield the sacrificial blade. As the ceremony commenced, the PCs fought their way towards it, many bravely giving their lives. But as Olivia approached the altar with the dagger, and the BBEG turned to destroy the last few members of the party, Ethan spoke to her from his heart. It was not enough to stay her hand, but his words combined with the reality of her actions broke through to her. At a crucial moment she stabbed the BBEG in the back with the dagger, distracting him, and ensuring that the almost completed ritual would never be finished.

The two surviving characters are 'currently' keeping a close watch on Olivia to ensure that her repentance is genuine. (Campaign ended, but the world goes on). I can only say that I was blessed to have sufficiently mature players that they were ok with both a PC-NPC romance (both sides being played by people of the same gender) and two plot deaths.
Rickiel
02-14-07, 02:49 PM I'm still waiting for the day when one of my DM's would continue to run the Steel Fang campaign!

My Raz has a freaking princess to swoon after all!

Otherwise I can play the hero whom is oblivious to EVERYONE'S advances rather well. Or so I'm told. For one thing I never really picked up on the clues :P
Oompa
02-14-07, 03:11 PM For love i refer to this book..

http://www.elffantasy.com/shop/images/wwp13100.jpg
Seeker95
02-14-07, 03:14 PM In my high school campaign (1983-1986), we ended our gaming group with the wedding of the Paladin in our group to his cohort/follower acquired with the Deck of Many Things somewhere in the middle of our campaign.
Rickiel
02-14-07, 03:54 PM Seeker95, that is the absolute best outcome from the Deck of Many Things I have seen yet!
ArcTan
02-15-07, 12:27 AM The best relationship one of my characters ever had was one with the character of the girl who ended up becoming my current girlfriend.
Lhordaxes
02-15-07, 12:41 AM In my latest campaign, a halfling sorceror had a major crush on a half-elf swashbuckler. He tried to hide his feelings but his actions betrayed him. One episode involved his attacking a wyvern, to rescue his fallen love, after all his spells were used up, with a sling!

After braving many missions on behalf of his deity Sheryl Peroyl, the halfling goddess of romantic love, he was granted a wish to become a half-elf himself. Instead, his object of affection petitioned Sheryl to become a halfling. The campaign ended with the two of them sailing the Seas of the Moonshaes together at last.
johnhansen
02-15-07, 01:25 AM My girl friends first character in my world was a dwarf female cleric of the god of hearth and home, no romance on that one. Her second character was a halfling rogue the closest she ever got to a meat shield npc that was traveling with the party was when he once picked her up and threw her over a swarm a giant fire ants as the party made a retreat from a encounter they were not ready to fight. The halfling retired after she was resurrected (she had been cut in two at the waist). But her third character was a ruff female human fighter and years later she married that meat shield.
Kensan_Oni
02-15-07, 01:44 AM Thank almost all of you for sharing your stories... all except you, Oompa. However, we forgive you anyway. Hopefully we will continue to get more, and show that D&D is not always about death and bloodshed, but occasionally about things that really count.
Cromag
02-15-07, 04:01 PM I've had this three times
once while I was the DM an NPC with a PC
Once as PC to PC
and once as PC to NPC

The first was with one of my players playing the homeliest of Half-orc barbarians with a 6 Cha and in dire staits for money. He tried his best to make a living without violence for awhile. Having no skills he decided to turn to prostitution... after very little success he found a female Half orc that had her own money, but could be descibed as a two bagger (one for the face and one to throw up in after). Despite this she was impressed by his strength and he enjoyed her with all of her foibles (she was rather violent as well) and they fell for each other. I thought it was kind of nice and gave the player a reason to go back to town now and again while fleshing out the character to be more than just a beat stick.

The second was in a space faring game, I was the 3foot tall midget space pilot of derring do, she was the bi-sexual female preacher (she was a female friend OOC). In space a man and a woman can get lonely... I'll leave the rest to your imagination, but I will admit there was fruit involved. Unfortunately her character ended up having a break down due to some of the murderous actions of our fellow PC's and her character ended up leaving. Afterwards the player brought in a more amoral character.

The last was in D&D again I was playing a very animalistic druid of fairly high level. We found a woman who was losing her sanity, she was being forced to marry a Were-wolf as a sacrifice to protect her village and specifically her father was becoming rich from it. My character became very attracted to her over time to the point that I challenged the were-wolf over her. During this I transformed into a Direwolf (I do love irony) and tore him to shreds. She was somewhat fey touched (which was part of why she appeared to be going insane). The two ended up very happy together in a very nonstandard lifestyle.

-Fortunately my real life relationships don't have anywhere near this much violence :P
Bullshido
02-15-07, 04:07 PM We had a running joke in one of our campaigns. Prince Muatus (the villain of the campaign) was after the party because they had stolen his gold. He fell in love with the groups fighter (a male) made several personal appeals for his affection.
Morits
02-15-07, 09:20 PM My PCs are too much in love with themselves to care about other people.
Zaryn_Maelstrum
02-16-07, 12:23 AM Morits, I am one of those PCs.

:D

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Kensan_Oni 02-14-07, 10:44 AM	It's Valentine's day! So I thought it might be neat if you could retell some of the greater love relationships that you're characters have had. For example: There was the love-hate relationship of Sarah and Varlet. Sarah Holdsheart was a Anthromorph Cheetah noblelady. Varlet Lovesgood was a Human Gypsy Con-Man. Varlet had a lot of negative things going for him. He wasn't tough, he was a womanizer, and he was not in any postion of power. However, he was persistant in wanting that kiss! The only problem is that Cheetah's just don't kiss like he thinks they do. That, and Sarah didn't often feel nearly the same way, but she was definatly of the opinion if anyone was going to kill Varlet, it was going to be her. Kissing has never been such a confusing thing. I know I'll remember the other one I had up as an example later today... but I have to admit, that was the one that was my favorite. What about yours?
Squirrelloid 02-14-07, 01:58 PM	Hmmm... romance in game can be problematic without mature players. I fear what some of the posts on this thread are going to be. However, I do have one example that's apropo. I was DM at the time. The NPC in the following story was variously played by me and one of the players, although I actually played the romantic scenes and the player ended up playing most of the manipulative scenes (I was busy handling other things her character wasn't involved in, so I delegated). So, most of the party came from one small village in a custom world of mine, and visited it occasionally. One of them, Ethan, an archer with delusions of grandeur and an inflated opinion of his skill with a bow, started courting Olivia, one of the NPCs in town, and she reciprocated his affection, having been won over by his bravery. However, there was a world to be saved and a war coming, and our erstwhile hero and would-be lover found himself away from town for long periods of time. Away from town and in the presence of a number of attractive ladies who were also members of the adventuring party. (In particular, there was a certain rogue). His lonely beloved was unfortunately of a jealous streak, and knowing her man was off in the wilderness with other attractive women fueled her imagination. Olivia became jealous and manipulative, and tried more than once to keep Ethan in town but to no avail. This couldn't end well. Distraught and alone, the young lady was easily 'seduced' (not in a sexual sense) by the lies and promises of a stranger. He corrupted her feelings for the hero, and turned her to his purposes. The next time the heroes saw her again, they were prisoners of the nefarious stranger. She was his trump card, and when she walked out before them while they were chained to the wall they were flabbergasted. And Olivia, with all the rage in her heart that had been carefully focused and nurtured by the BBEG, fatally stabbed to death the then helpless PC (our poor rogue) who she felt had been trying to steal her man. The rest of the heroes (minus our poor archer) escaped, only to find both the woman and the BBEG had left the stronghold to prepare for a dark ritual. As they aren't yet important to this aspect of the story, we'll come back to them (the heroes). Ethan eventually found himself bound to the altar - the sacrifice for the ritual. And it was to be Olivia who would wield the sacrificial blade. As the ceremony commenced, the PCs fought their way towards it, many bravely giving their lives. But as Olivia approached the altar with the dagger, and the BBEG turned to destroy the last few members of the party, Ethan spoke to her from his heart. It was not enough to stay her hand, but his words combined with the reality of her actions broke through to her. At a crucial moment she stabbed the BBEG in the back with the dagger, distracting him, and ensuring that the almost completed ritual would never be finished. The two surviving characters are 'currently' keeping a close watch on Olivia to ensure that her repentance is genuine. (Campaign ended, but the world goes on). I can only say that I was blessed to have sufficiently mature players that they were ok with both a PC-NPC romance (both sides being played by people of the same gender) and two plot deaths.
Rickiel 02-14-07, 02:49 PM	I'm still waiting for the day when one of my DM's would continue to run the Steel Fang campaign! My Raz has a freaking princess to swoon after all! Otherwise I can play the hero whom is oblivious to EVERYONE'S advances rather well. Or so I'm told. For one thing I never really picked up on the clues :P
Oompa 02-14-07, 03:11 PM	For love i refer to this book.. http://www.elffantasy.com/shop/images/wwp13100.jpg
Seeker95 02-14-07, 03:14 PM	In my high school campaign (1983-1986), we ended our gaming group with the wedding of the Paladin in our group to his cohort/follower acquired with the Deck of Many Things somewhere in the middle of our campaign.
Rickiel 02-14-07, 03:54 PM	Seeker95, that is the absolute best outcome from the Deck of Many Things I have seen yet!
ArcTan 02-15-07, 12:27 AM	The best relationship one of my characters ever had was one with the character of the girl who ended up becoming my current girlfriend.
Lhordaxes 02-15-07, 12:41 AM	In my latest campaign, a halfling sorceror had a major crush on a half-elf swashbuckler. He tried to hide his feelings but his actions betrayed him. One episode involved his attacking a wyvern, to rescue his fallen love, after all his spells were used up, with a sling! After braving many missions on behalf of his deity Sheryl Peroyl, the halfling goddess of romantic love, he was granted a wish to become a half-elf himself. Instead, his object of affection petitioned Sheryl to become a halfling. The campaign ended with the two of them sailing the Seas of the Moonshaes together at last.
johnhansen 02-15-07, 01:25 AM	My girl friends first character in my world was a dwarf female cleric of the god of hearth and home, no romance on that one. Her second character was a halfling rogue the closest she ever got to a meat shield npc that was traveling with the party was when he once picked her up and threw her over a swarm a giant fire ants as the party made a retreat from a encounter they were not ready to fight. The halfling retired after she was resurrected (she had been cut in two at the waist). But her third character was a ruff female human fighter and years later she married that meat shield.
Kensan_Oni 02-15-07, 01:44 AM	Thank almost all of you for sharing your stories... all except you, Oompa. However, we forgive you anyway. Hopefully we will continue to get more, and show that D&D is not always about death and bloodshed, but occasionally about things that really count.
Cromag 02-15-07, 04:01 PM	I've had this three times once while I was the DM an NPC with a PC Once as PC to PC and once as PC to NPC The first was with one of my players playing the homeliest of Half-orc barbarians with a 6 Cha and in dire staits for money. He tried his best to make a living without violence for awhile. Having no skills he decided to turn to prostitution... after very little success he found a female Half orc that had her own money, but could be descibed as a two bagger (one for the face and one to throw up in after). Despite this she was impressed by his strength and he enjoyed her with all of her foibles (she was rather violent as well) and they fell for each other. I thought it was kind of nice and gave the player a reason to go back to town now and again while fleshing out the character to be more than just a beat stick. The second was in a space faring game, I was the 3foot tall midget space pilot of derring do, she was the bi-sexual female preacher (she was a female friend OOC). In space a man and a woman can get lonely... I'll leave the rest to your imagination, but I will admit there was fruit involved. Unfortunately her character ended up having a break down due to some of the murderous actions of our fellow PC's and her character ended up leaving. Afterwards the player brought in a more amoral character. The last was in D&D again I was playing a very animalistic druid of fairly high level. We found a woman who was losing her sanity, she was being forced to marry a Were-wolf as a sacrifice to protect her village and specifically her father was becoming rich from it. My character became very attracted to her over time to the point that I challenged the were-wolf over her. During this I transformed into a Direwolf (I do love irony) and tore him to shreds. She was somewhat fey touched (which was part of why she appeared to be going insane). The two ended up very happy together in a very nonstandard lifestyle. -Fortunately my real life relationships don't have anywhere near this much violence :P
Bullshido 02-15-07, 04:07 PM	We had a running joke in one of our campaigns. Prince Muatus (the villain of the campaign) was after the party because they had stolen his gold. He fell in love with the groups fighter (a male) made several personal appeals for his affection.
Morits 02-15-07, 09:20 PM	My PCs are too much in love with themselves to care about other people.
Zaryn_Maelstrum 02-16-07, 12:23 AM	Morits, I am one of those PCs. :D