If you make your microphone separate channels, left and right, you can easily filter unwanted background noise of one microphone and then once the editing done, duplicate the channels.
Story # 1: I am so freaking oblivious that I would NEVER know if a person is flirting with me in real life unless someone actually points it out to me directly.
Between PCs I totally agree with you. For NPCs though, no not really. NPCs do a lot of things, they try to murder you, help you, steal from you, flirt with you... They are the villains, your henchmens, your spouse, everyone in the world and that a single NPC acts in a specific way would make you assume that is the DMs feelings towards you is rather strange to me. Okay, if all female NPCs flirt with you in the same way that might be some kind of warning sign that it is time to switch DM but I don't think that is a common problem. Romance is clearly a part of the fantasy genre, there are romance in almost all fantasy books and movies so it is more something to be expected then something rare and odd. Not all characters are involved in that of course, either in media or in roleplaying but it is still part of the genre and if it isn't for you, then just say your character isn't interested. Romance between PCs can be a bit awkward at time, if you are dating one player and your ex is in the group you probably shouldn't have your character flirt with your ex and if you want to flirt with someone else then your partner flirt with an NPC (but maybe check with your partner if they are comfortable with that first).
@garygood6804 look, I like combat as much as the next guy, but roleplaying is very important to me as well. Hell, when both are intertwined, that's when truly meaningful interactions happen.
Story 1: for character romance, a good way to seperate character from player is to always flirt in the 3rd person. "Duke slides over a shot to you and says "Here, I'll give you a shot"" would prevent you from personalizing it.
Yeah, catching feelings is definitely a potential problem. I've seen character fights turn into real fights, and questions about character abilities turn into unnecessary offenses.
Always do a session zero and be very clear about any kind of PvP. Is physical fighting okay or okay with prior player communication? Is manipulation okay? Can you keep secrets? Can you flirt/romance each other? There are loads of things people feel uncomfortable with OR people can't differentiate between. No shame in it. As long as you make a safe space for all. Most every chronicle that does not end because of sheduling problems ends because of someone being unhappy and escalating it instead of speaking up honestly. (One player ruined my chronicle after over a year, because I dated him completely PRIOR to even starting the game. So he was unhappy to interact with me WEEKLY for all that time. People are wild...)
I personally like to play female characters as a male (if my table is okay with that) because such differences help me not slipping back into playing "myself but in fantasy"
I play DND to live out my fantasy of casting fireball on anyone who insults me and watching my friend polymorph himself into a mosquito to spy on people. One of those is a true story
I know it's easier said than done, but if someone at a game store is trying to blackmail you to do something, tell management. Sometimes the reason that people feel they can do these things is because nobody reports them so they think they can get away with anything. If management won't do anything about it, then don't go to the store anymore. If they won't do anything about customers who are clearly making others uncomfortable, then it's not a good environment to play in.
Sheeesh, I remember in my campaign we had a Fire Genasi who was with a High Elf at the time, broke his ex (a water Genasi swashbuckler) out of jail and the High Elf got taken over for a bit and the Fire Genasi completely knocked the **** out of her tied her up and went back with the Water Genasi. Our group was so shocked that he went back, the only reason they broke up was because he went to Jail. Which is no surprise XD
We also had another funny moment, So think of a 4,9 wood elf, (same campaign, proves how insane we are XD) And She was talking to her God. (name was Vanathor and he was in a physical human form) Well after he was being an absolute idiot Elfine (The Wood Elf) Got ticked off and the god was about 7-8 ft tall, so best option was to do an unarmed strike sneak attack, She was a rogue so of course she rolled really high got a nat 20+6 and so she punched a god right in his No-No square as one could say and he took 54 Bludgeoning damage to his... (The whole party was dying of laughter as I was trying to figure out his health and stats that was about 1/3 of his health) So if she punches him 3 times gets crit for all three XD... welll then....Ouch, Anyway that's just another funny story of our group
I am a male who played a female character once in a dnd campaign who ended up hooking up with a short bald male mage character. Neither of us are gay, but it was fun to roleplay. Most of our actions were determined by dice rolls and we did our best to roleplay the results and it was entertaining.
The thing that always confuses me is why anyone would think they could trust the person who left a long term relationship just for their sudden confession of love. I'd always be worried if that worked out that way, that I'd be left in the dust sooner or later.
There are several romances born out of official Dungeons & Dragons streaming groups. One caused a show to get cancelled even after a petition was submitted by fans with 15k+ signatures. Another couple has since married. Sometimes, D&D just lets you get to know people you’re compatible with, and things happen.
I've been following OSQ for a while and only just started getting into TTRPG horror stories so when you guys started this series I was excited! I think you might be one of the only TTPRG Horror story youtubers that consistently provides two people to bounce off one another, which I think is a really cool spin on the genre. Love hearing different interpretations and insights even on the same stories so I'm sure you'll have a lot of content for it!
I have this group of friends that has my crush in it. Well, the circle revolves around her, she's like the center of the group. We've talked about D&D and I happen to be the only person who actually plays the game. They seemed interested and I've been planning to teach them how to play (and also be the DM). However, I also want to eventually confess my feelings and if I happen to be rejected, the atmosphere would be very awkward because I'm supposed to be the DM and the group wouldn't really gather if not for her. So I've been putting this off since the pandemic.
I'd say go for it before the campaign starts (in private, obviously). That way, your crush on them won't impact the session in a negative way. Remember this, you are awesome
@@doomawsogaming thank you for the kind words. Yeah right now I'm just seeing where life takes us. We're both away from our hometown, I'm finishing my degree and she is working. If things go well by the time we're back then maybe we'll play D&D. I'd rather not start a campaign and make it awkward.
I love watching these videos, one because the stories are interesting, and two, because the way you two look at each other when the other is speaking is really engaged, active listening, and so sweet and respectful of each others' thoughts and feelings. It's cute.
I have issues with deep romancing in sessions...I am a old DM, I have been playing since 1974, and I have seen it all, honestly most groups just can't stay on the same page some lonely person, will inevitably think it's real...or you get what I like to call swap shop....where one person is digging on another and that person is receptive. I have seen decades long marriages and friendships end...it's just not worth it, so I steer my group away from such things after all there are hundreds of States besides Romance, I try to use the value of Friendships as a replacement and that works out for the most part...I just finished a campaign where a well established group rejoined after years apart to rescue a party member from a Nightmare Realm...it went over well, with no confessions of undying love...to me it's a small price to pay.
With the 1st story, IF the person didn't know the other person was in a Relationship and confessed Affection/Love. That would've been fine and respectable. But, since it was a known Relationship that makes it a bit inappropriate. Sure, even if there is a known relationship then its perfectly fine if someone else is in love with them. HOWEVER, confessing that love or pressuring them it's a problem. As for the 2nd story that is messed up on so many levels. I can't say much else about this. I'm a 30 yr old Man, who unfortunately doesn't have a group to play with:( Nor do I have a computer to try and play online:( Anyway, I have created 6 different lvl 1 characters in case I found a group. All except 1 are Female Characters. Interestingly all of my good Friends/Acquaintances throughout Middle & High School were Female. Additionally, even nowadays I always get along better with Females & understand them more then other Men.
Here's a funny story: Our party was making our way through tunnels, where most everyone nearly died to mushrooms and living slime. We eventually reach an underground lake, where a 50 year old dragon, wounded, lay on an island in the middle. The dragon approached us, and I had remembered I speak Draconic and rolled a natty 20, with my Persuasion being a +11. I talked the dragon into not attacking us, and our party healed him. We got to talking with him and he was alone, waiting for his mother to return. And I went full Naruto Talk no Jutsu and rolled another natty 20 with my +11 Persuasion to successfully convince the dragon to join our party of chaotic goofballs.
Story 1: There is a huge difference between character romance and player romance and my example is pretty great! My friend has a couple of friends that wanted to get into D&D and he wanted to run the game and wanted me as a player to help fill out the party and help the new players. The couple have been monogamously married for years with two kids, I'm socially anxious anxious and ace, and from session one my character and the husband's character were flirting. They flirted enough so that when my character got knocked up by changelings, their first thought was it HAD to have been that player's character (mine was knocked out by the changelings so they could walk around as me for a while and do the things). All players at the table knew what was going on and his wife thought our in-game flirt was funny as hell. We're pretty good friends still and have occasional game nights, the kids are adorable and evil, and the puppy definitely has puppy teeth XD
Gosh, just remembered that one time I wanted to play in a game and wanted to play a nonbinary kobold (doesn't seem too difficult to me to just treat a kobold like a kobold without gender) and the dm straight up told me that that would be "too complicated" and I *had* to play a female kobold (wasn't even allowed to play a male kobold) I jumped out of that boat immediately, cause just eww Maybe one das I'll be able to play Smike, the circle of stars druid kobold that got rejected from their clan when the other kobolds saw them twinkle one night and is trying to find a new place to belong that they'll also protect
That sucks. Nonbinary is not complicated. The DM was just being an idiot. My current character is a nonbinary half-elf wizard, and I have a lot of fun playing them.
some people just suck....have to find the good ones then you have your great RP table and dependable friends forever! :) keep being amazing you two! :)
On the bright side for the first one, the friend knows where he stands in their relationship, he shot his shot and (very predictably) failed. Bow he can move on and find another m'lady.
Yeah, but personally I feel like he should've said something earlier in the relationship if he had a crush on her for 9 YEARS. I mean, I guess it's better late than never and now that that's finally put to rest he can finally move on and hopefully find another
He should have shot his shot 9 years ago and not keep holding out 9 years with growing desperateness and resentment if he never intended to just be friends with her in the first place. If you don't really want to be friends with someone but instead just hope that if you stick there long enough it'll eventually "pay out" as if love was some kind of slot machine where you had to just find the right input to get your desired outcome, then please don't pretend to be friends with someone, especially not for 9 years
@isabell-elise I absolutely agree, He should have made his intentions clear from the gate. That's not what I'm saying at all. What I am saying is, now that it's out in the open, he can move on and learn from this, assuming he's self-aware enough to self reflect
Y'all are so cute. My wife and I have been playing RPGs (DnD 3.5, Pathfinder 1.0, Call of Cthulhu, and Monster of the Week) since I introduced her to them in 2007. Nice to see another couple having fun, thinking hard, and otherwise just being normal as hell while enjoying the world's best hobby.
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1. Lol, it reminds me of how many people watching Crit Roll went (and you still see it) "OMG HOW DARE" about Vex flirting with Percy "and being like Laura is cheating right in front of Travis!" and can't figure out that the characters are different from the players. 2. FOR NUGGIES! If only all unwanted advances could be avoided with food...
The first story was interesting. My current bf for five years sort of confessed through our first dnd campaign. It was pretty sweet, but because of that, we tried not to include too much of our relationship in the campaign so the other players didn't have to deal with that. Listening to this was also awkward because my name is also Tori so oof.
It seems strange to me when an NPC hates the PC the players usually understands that it is a roleplay but often misunderstands that NPC flirting with PC it is also a roleplay
17:20 I've already gave myself the best way to not get blackmailed. It's to not have any secrets whatsoever. No one can hang something over your head if you already gave it away to literally everyone.
Fortunately, I've never had any real horror stories in my games, either as DM or player... but I did have this one I'd like to share that might bring a bit of a laugh to some. My first game ever was on a Westmarch-style discord channel, where I'd randomly rolled for race and class, being spoiled for choice at the time. Thus was born Morgann Solbeard, Hill Dwarf Paladin of Pelor, with his goodwife Soltie and daughter Ephemeral Skye. In the course of numerous adventures with a rotating cast of characters, Morgann and his guild were sent to investigate an unexplored set of ruins. En route, they came across a battlefield, a former skirmish between two opposing armies, but everyone there was petrified. Suitably alert and on edge, the party continued on into the ruins nearby. There, they discovered it had once been a great city, from which Pelor had originated from before his ascension to godhood. It's custodian and guardian was a medusa with thick reading glasses and a well-dressed librarian aesthetic. To break the ice, Morgann, being the Paladin face of that party, stepped forwards, took a knee, and introduced himself with a kiss to the back of her palm, like any chivalrous knight would. He rolled a natural 20 on the Persuasion, and accidentally seduced the medusa, who immediately became flustered, noting his marriage ring and muttering how long it had been. Morgann was speechless, the party were looking to him with just the most shit-eating grins, and he never heard the end of it. Indeed, the half-elf Wizard of the party decided to immortalize the moment in painting and put it on display in the library tower of their city. It was amazing. Then, later, he discovered medusae in that world imprint suitable 'fathers' on their eggs through memory magic... when his illegitimate half-medusa daughter turned up in the city to meet him. xD
Critical Role has several fantastic examples of in game relationships vs real life relationships. All of the players are married, but Sam, Taliesin and Liam’s partners don’t play with them. Matt must be incredibly secure in his and Marisha’s relationship to be able to watch Liam pull the full High Lord of the Night Court (“We have one hour. Fade to feathers.”) on his wife. Travis also gets hilariously excited anytime his irl wife Laura’s PC gets any action. He literally jumped out of his chair during the Bathtub scene.
For story #1, i'm hung up on the sentence "introduced me as, her girlfriend" If this isn't a typo (as it's the only evidence to op's gender i saw), means that the dude didn't get she was truly into WOMEN and no less tried to convince her that she wasn't.
TO BE FAIR, the girlfriend's sexuality is never stated in the thread, all we can really say is she's clearly into women since yk, she's got a girlfriend, it's possible she's bi and he took that to mean he still has a chance despite her being in a happy relationship already, and of course even if she is a lesbian, a lot of men do not respect this and think they can somehow "convert" lesbians, really nasty stuff.
when it comes to flirting in TTRPGs, as a player I have no issues with flirting and having relationships with PCs or NPCs, but as a DM I have a hard no for flirting with my girlfriend's characters. I'll happily flirt with other PCs in front of her and if we're both players I'm happy with our characters getting together, but for whatever reason flirting with her character when I'm the DM feels wrong to me
Completely agreed 5:49. I am uncomfortable with romance in RPGs. None of us are trained actors and it's usually awkward and weird. There is two player RPGs that you can play with your SO. Star Crossed is one.
okay so 100% not picking on you but "and laminated" :D hahaha had to go back and make sure the comment actually said "laminated" unfortunately no. but still great outtake.
I did romance my now husband in the game (as just friends at the time). After my marriage broke up for other reasons long in the making, we eventually got closer as friends and then started dating (4 years after that initial campaign). Now we have a two year old and play D&D with my tween. But that didn't happen overnight or break up any relationships.
So recently in campaign that we just barely finished, we had an necklace fireballs with only three beads on it, and we were going up against a young adult white dragon. Though through luck and planning, and stealth we approached the dragon when it was asleep. We were all level 5, but we had a gloom stalker ranger/rouge and due to the fact early on in the campaign we had a wizard who really wanted to cast fire ball we bought a bunch of flour. At the start of the fight with the dragon we had the rouge pore flour around the dragon which caused a series of stealth checks to be rolled to see it the dragon woke up, it didn't, so he got away from the dragon and took cover then I being the one with the necklace of fireball, through only one bead, setting the flour on fire, and the dm ruled that that meant that the fireball instead of just being a normal 8d6 was 10d6 max damage, due to it being asleep though it auto failed its dex save and so took 60 damage, but my dm forgot that I was not wearing the necklace( I hooked it around my belt since I was a Goliat, and said that my neck was to thick), and that it does not need attunement, so next player our fighter uses there item interaction to take it from me and then through a bead, 30 damage, and finally are barbarian on there turn also does the same thing, for 29 damage. 60+30+29 = 119, the dragon only had 112 health due to a low health role, so we asked the DM to add some more health, he adds 50 more health, ranger makes a shot, 14 damage, I slip on the ice trying to get close, fighter turn doesn't slip on ice, nat twenty and he had the plus 1 sword first hit 24, not max but good, damage second attack 17 to hit 13 damage, dragon dead again, and still has not had a turn do to it's low initiative role. We just let it stay dead this time.
I know a girl who can’t go to a local game store because of a guy who is always there. She saw him like a second dad, but he apparently didn’t: when he was getting divorced, he tried getting her to sleep with him. On top of that, he knew her gf, and the three of them had even hung out together multiple times. Moral of the story: some people suck, and more importantly, don’t be a creep
from my experience, flirting in character quickly becomes rather cheesy.. like bad pickup lines, over the top winking and inuendo, and ending with a "aaand.. fade to black" That being said, one of my closest friends (we are both straight males) ended up flirting with one of my NPCs, and it had a hilarious turn. He played a Tiefling Rogue, and the NPC was an Aasimar Rogue, the flirting started as insults, and slowly grew to something that was a tiny bit awkward between us as we looked at eachother (irl) with sparkling eyes.. all in all it ended up laughing our butts off (we had known each other for 10+ years when this happened). PS. later in the campaign he met that same NPC again, except by this point the party had time travelled a little and he now had a daughter who was slightly older than him. She was pissed that he abandoned them, and his character suddenly went from being the flirty bard/rogue type to becoming the overprotective dad trying to make up for missing 20+ years of his daughter's life. He kept buying her dolls and toys because his character couldnt wrap his head around the time travel age difference :P
One thing... Us older people started playing before most of you younger people were even thought of.... I'm 59 and started playing with Red box D&D lol sorry I love the idea of the shirt though and want one to wear to the next time I go out with my sons and grandkids... Love your stuff just had to be a smart arse because I can
I’ve never caught feelings for another player Out of Game before (probably helped by only playing online, and having a romantic partner). In game, I had one table joke about it and I was both new and naive, and dumb enough to think we should when in fact there was no chemistry for the characters, lol. So I still cringe a bit because of that. However, I might have started my first official In Character romance (depending on how some dates go, we just had the first in our recent session) after our druid asked my orc fighter/rogue out. The dynamic is there, and I’m excited to see how it goes. But this would absolutely be a strictly In Character thing since not only am I with someone, but the druid is also happily married (they talk about their spouse and their dogs all the time and THEY ARE JUST THE CUTEST FAMILY, AAA! Our play group would die for our druid and their family).
Story #1: I've had so many characters romances with other characters that hasn't turned into anything else. In fact, my husband knows all of them, and one of them is even happily married himself. It's where you separate between fact and fiction in your head. Remind yourself that it's just a character being played. I even had a character ask another character if he was flirting with her cause she wasn't sure. All of it is written in character though, as we usually gather at the table for combats and do the rp on the side. Drama Story #2: I don't usually play my opposite sex either. I prefer to be my own gender, specifically a beautiful Elven woman of some sort. That said, when it comes to say, video games, I have no issues with playing a male led game (say the older Assassins Creed) but if given my choice about gender, I'll always choose a girl.
Story 1: word of advice to any girls, is a guy confesses to you, it is probably best to not try and be friends after that. This is for a couple reasons, so guys will try to put a wedge in your relationship as they may see that as the only reason you won't be with them. The second is the mental health if the boy, often guys will not want to ruin the friendship as the feelings are still there and any level of relationship is better than none in their mind. But this can cause a lot of insecurities and negative rumination. Even if the guy says they want to still be friends it's probably not in their best interest.
I think whether or not romance is greenlit at your table, it should be assumed that IN GAME flirting is IN GAME only. It's a game of fantasy and imagination -none of it is real.
When I was in highschool I made some friends who played DnD, they invited me to their table and I spent some session laughing with them. The DM, who was one year younger than me, and myself were always talking during bus travels, joking and laughing. I know his feelings were starting to change when I told him this exact sentence 'I know you are playing dumb with people and make a joke of yourself but deep down I know you're not'. He had 'that' look, not quite lovestruck, but like his facade just fell down and felt... 'seen'. A few seesions in and he kinda lead my character to meet with her disapeared parents when the party was being decimated, losing a huge battle. We were going to die, but we were saved by several Npcs from your different backstories. And when his turn playing his own character came, he expressed that his 'character' was in love with me. His and mine didn't really talk that much, technically speaking there was no reason why... unless he really had feelings for me. Which was really confusing for me, to come out like that in front of his friends under the covert of our campain, never talked about it again after. He was absolutely terrified of my answer I think, and this was very offputting for me, I wasn't 'the girl people want to date', just a huge weirdo who liked anime and videogames, talk to loud and too much, and well, apparently I was a huge dumbass cause several guys I had befriended did ask me in fact. Always felt a bit betrayed because I really liked them as a friend, and I really didn't want to hurt them because of that. It was very strange and very confusing.
10:07 Given how old D&D and other TTRPGs are now, I'd be willing to bet there are retirement communities running regular campaigns with game sessions at least ever other day. Instead of bridge or dominoes for previous generations, some would go for TTRPGs. Game day and one of your grandchildren is coming to visit? Give them a quick precon for the day.
I am always a sucker for romance but a i am awkward as hell when it come to flirting but if i think my character have a liking for such and such character or npc, if I am unsure if it something i can do I will ask the player before hand, if it okay if I start flirting with their character.
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Story # 1: I am so freaking oblivious that I would NEVER know if a person is flirting with me in real life unless someone actually points it out to me directly.
I've had that happen before, a cashier was flirting with me and I had no idea until my dad told me in the car
I'm oblivious too sometimes, I wonder how many people try to flirt with me
@@BardicRanger I had a cashier once tell me I looked like Johnny Depp out of nowhere. Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing in today's world.
@@DolFan316Probably a good thing
I can sometimes pick up on it, but I can't flirt AT ALL
Is no one going to talk about how Duke said "laminated" instead of "lamented" bc that got me lol
Saaame
Yeah, for a sec I expected it to be he'd laminated something for her...I don't know, a poem?
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to laminate over it.
Yeah if you're planning on reading stuff on the internet as a hobby or job...maybe don't be a sub par reader, I've heard him mess up lots of words
@@michaelc1626or do it on purpose to drive engagement in the comments? certainly plausible
petition for Wife to become "Duchess" to fit the theme and match his name
I'll sign that petition.
I just want one video that opens with "I'm Duchess and this is husband." "I'm husband!"
NEVER, there's something about being called that and her owning it the makes it great
I am a huge sucker for romance in D&D. But like you said, it's in character. Everyone needs to be on the same page.
Between PCs I totally agree with you. For NPCs though, no not really. NPCs do a lot of things, they try to murder you, help you, steal from you, flirt with you... They are the villains, your henchmens, your spouse, everyone in the world and that a single NPC acts in a specific way would make you assume that is the DMs feelings towards you is rather strange to me.
Okay, if all female NPCs flirt with you in the same way that might be some kind of warning sign that it is time to switch DM but I don't think that is a common problem.
Romance is clearly a part of the fantasy genre, there are romance in almost all fantasy books and movies so it is more something to be expected then something rare and odd. Not all characters are involved in that of course, either in media or in roleplaying but it is still part of the genre and if it isn't for you, then just say your character isn't interested.
Romance between PCs can be a bit awkward at time, if you are dating one player and your ex is in the group you probably shouldn't have your character flirt with your ex and if you want to flirt with someone else then your partner flirt with an NPC (but maybe check with your partner if they are comfortable with that first).
Romance doesn't give xp. If it doesn't give xp, doesn't belong in dnd. Less romance and more bonk bonk.
@@garygood6804 I really hope you're joking lol
Every single one of my characters has been shipped in game 😂
@garygood6804 look, I like combat as much as the next guy, but roleplaying is very important to me as well. Hell, when both are intertwined, that's when truly meaningful interactions happen.
Story 1: for character romance, a good way to seperate character from player is to always flirt in the 3rd person. "Duke slides over a shot to you and says "Here, I'll give you a shot"" would prevent you from personalizing it.
and instead of 'you' you can use the character name instead
@@LunarAngel01 true, I tend to respect the person people want to use in D&D. But I guess this would be a good exception.
I'm reminded of your "try not to laugh" one-shot campaign where Tori tries to flirt with you as the princess and ends up dying........ twice.
She must've been a wizard.
Link (time-stamp)?
Where was this, did I miss a video cause I would have loved to see that!!!
@@AzureFenris ruclips.net/video/oxXSmw0xOuI/видео.html
@@AzureFenris it's on his one shot campaigns channel and it's literally called "try not to laugh" challenge.
Y'all know Wife be talkin serious when she pull up with the squirtle
Wife hiding Squirtle's face cause he's scared by these stories 😂
Yeah, catching feelings is definitely a potential problem. I've seen character fights turn into real fights, and questions about character abilities turn into unnecessary offenses.
Always do a session zero and be very clear about any kind of PvP.
Is physical fighting okay or okay with prior player communication?
Is manipulation okay?
Can you keep secrets?
Can you flirt/romance each other?
There are loads of things people feel uncomfortable with OR people can't differentiate between. No shame in it. As long as you make a safe space for all.
Most every chronicle that does not end because of sheduling problems ends because of someone being unhappy and escalating it instead of speaking up honestly.
(One player ruined my chronicle after over a year, because I dated him completely PRIOR to even starting the game. So he was unhappy to interact with me WEEKLY for all that time. People are wild...)
I love the subtle showcase of the plushie collection through this series.
The difference between DND romance and IRL romance is DND romance is a possibility.
This comment officially wins the thread. The GF would've been way better off acting like 99% of modern women and immediately #metooing him.
Aromantic moment
@@FreyjaBreadWitch I am Aroace
@@DolFan316Who hurt you?
I'm always laminated about past mistakes
I personally like to play female characters as a male (if my table is okay with that) because such differences help me not slipping back into playing "myself but in fantasy"
I play DND to live out my fantasy of casting fireball on anyone who insults me and watching my friend polymorph himself into a mosquito to spy on people.
One of those is a true story
The mosquito friend is true. You'd take yourself with the person insulting you if you slapped them with a Fireball.
I know it's easier said than done, but if someone at a game store is trying to blackmail you to do something, tell management. Sometimes the reason that people feel they can do these things is because nobody reports them so they think they can get away with anything. If management won't do anything about it, then don't go to the store anymore. If they won't do anything about customers who are clearly making others uncomfortable, then it's not a good environment to play in.
Sheeesh, I remember in my campaign we had a Fire Genasi who was with a High Elf at the time, broke his ex (a water Genasi swashbuckler) out of jail and the High Elf got taken over for a bit and the Fire Genasi completely knocked the **** out of her tied her up and went back with the Water Genasi. Our group was so shocked that he went back, the only reason they broke up was because he went to Jail. Which is no surprise XD
We also had another funny moment, So think of a 4,9 wood elf, (same campaign, proves how insane we are XD) And She was talking to her God. (name was Vanathor and he was in a physical human form) Well after he was being an absolute idiot Elfine (The Wood Elf) Got ticked off and the god was about 7-8 ft tall, so best option was to do an unarmed strike sneak attack, She was a rogue so of course she rolled really high got a nat 20+6 and so she punched a god right in his No-No square as one could say and he took 54 Bludgeoning damage to his... (The whole party was dying of laughter as I was trying to figure out his health and stats that was about 1/3 of his health) So if she punches him 3 times gets crit for all three XD... welll then....Ouch, Anyway that's just another funny story of our group
I love those analytical discussions so much, we needed that in Narration niche. Bless you two.
I am a male who played a female character once in a dnd campaign who ended up hooking up with a short bald male mage character. Neither of us are gay, but it was fun to roleplay. Most of our actions were determined by dice rolls and we did our best to roleplay the results and it was entertaining.
The thing that always confuses me is why anyone would think they could trust the person who left a long term relationship just for their sudden confession of love. I'd always be worried if that worked out that way, that I'd be left in the dust sooner or later.
Hope y'all are going a great day! Love listening to these with your commentary
Hope you enjoy the video!
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There are several romances born out of official Dungeons & Dragons streaming groups. One caused a show to get cancelled even after a petition was submitted by fans with 15k+ signatures.
Another couple has since married. Sometimes, D&D just lets you get to know people you’re compatible with, and things happen.
I've been following OSQ for a while and only just started getting into TTRPG horror stories so when you guys started this series I was excited! I think you might be one of the only TTPRG Horror story youtubers that consistently provides two people to bounce off one another, which I think is a really cool spin on the genre. Love hearing different interpretations and insights even on the same stories so I'm sure you'll have a lot of content for it!
I'm enjoying your content. You both have a good chemistry together. You don't try and talk over each other. Have a great day.
Duke talked over his wife once.
Once.
I like how they say “I’m duke and this is wife.” “I’m wife”
Edit: thanks for the likes I never thought this will ever happen ❤
Surely she would be duchess because married to duke
@@stephenadams8712 duchess wife
Oh we all do. It's the most charming adorable thing
It is great.
I have this group of friends that has my crush in it. Well, the circle revolves around her, she's like the center of the group. We've talked about D&D and I happen to be the only person who actually plays the game. They seemed interested and I've been planning to teach them how to play (and also be the DM). However, I also want to eventually confess my feelings and if I happen to be rejected, the atmosphere would be very awkward because I'm supposed to be the DM and the group wouldn't really gather if not for her. So I've been putting this off since the pandemic.
I'd say go for it before the campaign starts (in private, obviously). That way, your crush on them won't impact the session in a negative way. Remember this, you are awesome
@@doomawsogaming thank you for the kind words. Yeah right now I'm just seeing where life takes us. We're both away from our hometown, I'm finishing my degree and she is working. If things go well by the time we're back then maybe we'll play D&D. I'd rather not start a campaign and make it awkward.
love these vids and the interaction between you two, you two ar adorable together
I find it funny how near the end duke was trying so hard to not say anything that has the potential of throwing a certain group of people off
Laminated. Feeling disappointment and covering that feeling in see through thin plastic.
I love watching these videos, one because the stories are interesting, and two, because the way you two look at each other when the other is speaking is really engaged, active listening, and so sweet and respectful of each others' thoughts and feelings. It's cute.
him saying “laminated” instead of “lamented” without missing a beat had me in fits 😂😂
The first story proves why I have a two week rule. If you meet someone that you are interested in, make your move within two weeks.
I have issues with deep romancing in sessions...I am a old DM, I have been playing since 1974, and I have seen it all, honestly most groups just can't stay on the same page some lonely person, will inevitably think it's real...or you get what I like to call swap shop....where one person is digging on another and that person is receptive. I have seen decades long marriages and friendships end...it's just not worth it, so I steer my group away from such things after all there are hundreds of States besides Romance, I try to use the value of Friendships as a replacement and that works out for the most part...I just finished a campaign where a well established group rejoined after years apart to rescue a party member from a Nightmare Realm...it went over well, with no confessions of undying love...to me it's a small price to pay.
The advantage of being denser than a dying star. I cannot be caught up in a situation like this easily.
14:48 "the other race" 😂😂😂
I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggles with trying to say "differentiate"
Welcome to the club 😂
With the 1st story, IF the person didn't know the other person was in a Relationship and confessed Affection/Love. That would've been fine and respectable. But, since it was a known Relationship that makes it a bit inappropriate. Sure, even if there is a known relationship then its perfectly fine if someone else is in love with them. HOWEVER, confessing that love or pressuring them it's a problem.
As for the 2nd story that is messed up on so many levels. I can't say much else about this.
I'm a 30 yr old Man, who unfortunately doesn't have a group to play with:(
Nor do I have a computer to try and play online:(
Anyway, I have created 6 different lvl 1 characters in case I found a group. All except 1 are Female Characters. Interestingly all of my good Friends/Acquaintances throughout Middle & High School were Female. Additionally, even nowadays I always get along better with Females & understand them more then other Men.
Here's a funny story:
Our party was making our way through tunnels, where most everyone nearly died to mushrooms and living slime. We eventually reach an underground lake, where a 50 year old dragon, wounded, lay on an island in the middle. The dragon approached us, and I had remembered I speak Draconic and rolled a natty 20, with my Persuasion being a +11. I talked the dragon into not attacking us, and our party healed him. We got to talking with him and he was alone, waiting for his mother to return. And I went full Naruto Talk no Jutsu and rolled another natty 20 with my +11 Persuasion to successfully convince the dragon to join our party of chaotic goofballs.
The Guild covers this first scenario brilliantly.
Story 1: There is a huge difference between character romance and player romance and my example is pretty great! My friend has a couple of friends that wanted to get into D&D and he wanted to run the game and wanted me as a player to help fill out the party and help the new players. The couple have been monogamously married for years with two kids, I'm socially anxious anxious and ace, and from session one my character and the husband's character were flirting. They flirted enough so that when my character got knocked up by changelings, their first thought was it HAD to have been that player's character (mine was knocked out by the changelings so they could walk around as me for a while and do the things). All players at the table knew what was going on and his wife thought our in-game flirt was funny as hell. We're pretty good friends still and have occasional game nights, the kids are adorable and evil, and the puppy definitely has puppy teeth XD
Gosh, just remembered that one time I wanted to play in a game and wanted to play a nonbinary kobold (doesn't seem too difficult to me to just treat a kobold like a kobold without gender) and the dm straight up told me that that would be "too complicated" and I *had* to play a female kobold (wasn't even allowed to play a male kobold)
I jumped out of that boat immediately, cause just eww
Maybe one das I'll be able to play Smike, the circle of stars druid kobold that got rejected from their clan when the other kobolds saw them twinkle one night and is trying to find a new place to belong that they'll also protect
That sucks. Nonbinary is not complicated. The DM was just being an idiot.
My current character is a nonbinary half-elf wizard, and I have a lot of fun playing them.
"too complicated" It's just different pronouns.
Wait a circle of stars druid kobolt is amazing cause of the dragon form, I need to use that idea. Thanks
some people just suck....have to find the good ones then you have your great RP table and dependable friends forever! :) keep being amazing you two! :)
18:31 I love seeing people looking at their partners in this way.
“And nuggets” needs to become a running joke.
been loving these ttrpg story videos a lot :)
On the bright side for the first one, the friend knows where he stands in their relationship, he shot his shot and (very predictably) failed. Bow he can move on and find another m'lady.
Yeah, but personally I feel like he should've said something earlier in the relationship if he had a crush on her for 9 YEARS. I mean, I guess it's better late than never and now that that's finally put to rest he can finally move on and hopefully find another
He should have shot his shot 9 years ago and not keep holding out 9 years with growing desperateness and resentment if he never intended to just be friends with her in the first place.
If you don't really want to be friends with someone but instead just hope that if you stick there long enough it'll eventually "pay out" as if love was some kind of slot machine where you had to just find the right input to get your desired outcome, then please don't pretend to be friends with someone, especially not for 9 years
@isabell-elise I absolutely agree, He should have made his intentions clear from the gate. That's not what I'm saying at all. What I am saying is, now that it's out in the open, he can move on and learn from this, assuming he's self-aware enough to self reflect
classic :D nice format, it´s quite relaxing listening to you both :)
Y'all are so cute. My wife and I have been playing RPGs (DnD 3.5, Pathfinder 1.0, Call of Cthulhu, and Monster of the Week) since I introduced her to them in 2007. Nice to see another couple having fun, thinking hard, and otherwise just being normal as hell while enjoying the world's best hobby.
Ok so I just wanted to say every night I can’t go to sleep all my problems just poking and scratching at me and I just type in one shot questers and all my problems melt away that’s how much I love this RUclipsr
1. Lol, it reminds me of how many people watching Crit Roll went (and you still see it) "OMG HOW DARE" about Vex flirting with Percy "and being like Laura is cheating right in front of Travis!" and can't figure out that the characters are different from the players.
2. FOR NUGGIES! If only all unwanted advances could be avoided with food...
how 'lamented' became 'laminated' got me in stitches...
The first story was interesting. My current bf for five years sort of confessed through our first dnd campaign. It was pretty sweet, but because of that, we tried not to include too much of our relationship in the campaign so the other players didn't have to deal with that. Listening to this was also awkward because my name is also Tori so oof.
"Laminated" when the word is lamented. Rofl
I stopped playing BG3 for this. This better be good 🤣🤣
What about when the dm and other players ship two players so they try to make their characters get together so that they actually get together.
It seems strange to me when an NPC hates the PC the players usually understands that it is a roleplay but often misunderstands that NPC flirting with PC it is also a roleplay
Morning ttrpg peeps. 🖤🎲
This is my absolute FAVORITE content you put out! Especially bc my gf and I are huge into DnD as well!
"I'm not like Scanlan who will take any height" PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF---
I love me some OSQTV Vox Machina references
"at least i've got my chicken"
I keep forgetting about the baby I hope they are going to be a wizard
My character is literally just an Mrs degree in a character
17:20 I've already gave myself the best way to not get blackmailed. It's to not have any secrets whatsoever. No one can hang something over your head if you already gave it away to literally everyone.
"You wake up the following day to find (Name of Creeper) dead on the floor. No one cares, so you go downstairs for breakfast."
Fortunately, I've never had any real horror stories in my games, either as DM or player... but I did have this one I'd like to share that might bring a bit of a laugh to some.
My first game ever was on a Westmarch-style discord channel, where I'd randomly rolled for race and class, being spoiled for choice at the time. Thus was born Morgann Solbeard, Hill Dwarf Paladin of Pelor, with his goodwife Soltie and daughter Ephemeral Skye. In the course of numerous adventures with a rotating cast of characters, Morgann and his guild were sent to investigate an unexplored set of ruins. En route, they came across a battlefield, a former skirmish between two opposing armies, but everyone there was petrified. Suitably alert and on edge, the party continued on into the ruins nearby.
There, they discovered it had once been a great city, from which Pelor had originated from before his ascension to godhood. It's custodian and guardian was a medusa with thick reading glasses and a well-dressed librarian aesthetic. To break the ice, Morgann, being the Paladin face of that party, stepped forwards, took a knee, and introduced himself with a kiss to the back of her palm, like any chivalrous knight would.
He rolled a natural 20 on the Persuasion, and accidentally seduced the medusa, who immediately became flustered, noting his marriage ring and muttering how long it had been. Morgann was speechless, the party were looking to him with just the most shit-eating grins, and he never heard the end of it. Indeed, the half-elf Wizard of the party decided to immortalize the moment in painting and put it on display in the library tower of their city. It was amazing.
Then, later, he discovered medusae in that world imprint suitable 'fathers' on their eggs through memory magic... when his illegitimate half-medusa daughter turned up in the city to meet him. xD
"Dudes, if I'm flirting with my GM's female NPC, and me and my GM are both male, is it gay?"
Gonna say no... But idk
No
Critical Role has several fantastic examples of in game relationships vs real life relationships. All of the players are married, but Sam, Taliesin and Liam’s partners don’t play with them.
Matt must be incredibly secure in his and Marisha’s relationship to be able to watch Liam pull the full High Lord of the Night Court (“We have one hour. Fade to feathers.”) on his wife.
Travis also gets hilariously excited anytime his irl wife Laura’s PC gets any action. He literally jumped out of his chair during the Bathtub scene.
*Hears "city of mist"* Oh?! I'd be interested in watching that .x.
As someone who is already adjusted to stage romance, doing so in ttrpg’s was an easy step. It does require trust and comfort with the table.
I want that squirtle plushie. It looks so squishable!
For story #1, i'm hung up on the sentence "introduced me as, her girlfriend"
If this isn't a typo (as it's the only evidence to op's gender i saw), means that the dude didn't get she was truly into WOMEN and no less tried to convince her that she wasn't.
TO BE FAIR, the girlfriend's sexuality is never stated in the thread, all we can really say is she's clearly into women since yk, she's got a girlfriend, it's possible she's bi and he took that to mean he still has a chance despite her being in a happy relationship already, and of course even if she is a lesbian, a lot of men do not respect this and think they can somehow "convert" lesbians, really nasty stuff.
when it comes to flirting in TTRPGs, as a player I have no issues with flirting and having relationships with PCs or NPCs, but as a DM I have a hard no for flirting with my girlfriend's characters. I'll happily flirt with other PCs in front of her and if we're both players I'm happy with our characters getting together, but for whatever reason flirting with her character when I'm the DM feels wrong to me
Omg I have that Squirtle, my fiancé and I call him Squirt!!!
14:35 you just described 90 percent of guys
Completely agreed 5:49. I am uncomfortable with romance in RPGs. None of us are trained actors and it's usually awkward and weird. There is two player RPGs that you can play with your SO. Star Crossed is one.
I like this angle. Might be a good direction for the channel to take on.
okay so 100% not picking on you but "and laminated" :D hahaha had to go back and make sure the comment actually said "laminated" unfortunately no. but still great outtake.
I did romance my now husband in the game (as just friends at the time). After my marriage broke up for other reasons long in the making, we eventually got closer as friends and then started dating (4 years after that initial campaign). Now we have a two year old and play D&D with my tween. But that didn't happen overnight or break up any relationships.
Laminated.
So recently in campaign that we just barely finished, we had an necklace fireballs with only three beads on it, and we were going up against a young adult white dragon. Though through luck and planning, and stealth we approached the dragon when it was asleep. We were all level 5, but we had a gloom stalker ranger/rouge and due to the fact early on in the campaign we had a wizard who really wanted to cast fire ball we bought a bunch of flour. At the start of the fight with the dragon we had the rouge pore flour around the dragon which caused a series of stealth checks to be rolled to see it the dragon woke up, it didn't, so he got away from the dragon and took cover then I being the one with the necklace of fireball, through only one bead, setting the flour on fire, and the dm ruled that that meant that the fireball instead of just being a normal 8d6 was 10d6 max damage, due to it being asleep though it auto failed its dex save and so took 60 damage, but my dm forgot that I was not wearing the necklace( I hooked it around my belt since I was a Goliat, and said that my neck was to thick), and that it does not need attunement, so next player our fighter uses there item interaction to take it from me and then through a bead, 30 damage, and finally are barbarian on there turn also does the same thing, for 29 damage. 60+30+29 = 119, the dragon only had 112 health due to a low health role, so we asked the DM to add some more health, he adds 50 more health, ranger makes a shot, 14 damage, I slip on the ice trying to get close, fighter turn doesn't slip on ice, nat twenty and he had the plus 1 sword first hit 24, not max but good, damage second attack 17 to hit 13 damage, dragon dead again, and still has not had a turn do to it's low initiative role. We just let it stay dead this time.
"laminated"
I know a girl who can’t go to a local game store because of a guy who is always there. She saw him like a second dad, but he apparently didn’t: when he was getting divorced, he tried getting her to sleep with him. On top of that, he knew her gf, and the three of them had even hung out together multiple times.
Moral of the story: some people suck, and more importantly, don’t be a creep
from my experience, flirting in character quickly becomes rather cheesy.. like bad pickup lines, over the top winking and inuendo, and ending with a "aaand.. fade to black"
That being said, one of my closest friends (we are both straight males) ended up flirting with one of my NPCs, and it had a hilarious turn. He played a Tiefling Rogue, and the NPC was an Aasimar Rogue, the flirting started as insults, and slowly grew to something that was a tiny bit awkward between us as we looked at eachother (irl) with sparkling eyes.. all in all it ended up laughing our butts off (we had known each other for 10+ years when this happened).
PS. later in the campaign he met that same NPC again, except by this point the party had time travelled a little and he now had a daughter who was slightly older than him. She was pissed that he abandoned them, and his character suddenly went from being the flirty bard/rogue type to becoming the overprotective dad trying to make up for missing 20+ years of his daughter's life. He kept buying her dolls and toys because his character couldnt wrap his head around the time travel age difference :P
One thing... Us older people started playing before most of you younger people were even thought of.... I'm 59 and started playing with Red box D&D lol sorry I love the idea of the shirt though and want one to wear to the next time I go out with my sons and grandkids... Love your stuff just had to be a smart arse because I can
If she is Wife, wouldn't that make her Duchess?
I can't help but wonder if love confession dude would have been so bold if the DM's relationship was with a man, rather than a woman.
And they "unceremoniously" killed off his character. Girl was a c@nt. He was only admitting his feelings. Women always make thar out to bea war crime
"Laminated" 😂
The clap and the squirtle... *clap clap* Pokemon meme review!
Can I get a "Hail Yeah"!?
I’ve never caught feelings for another player Out of Game before (probably helped by only playing online, and having a romantic partner). In game, I had one table joke about it and I was both new and naive, and dumb enough to think we should when in fact there was no chemistry for the characters, lol. So I still cringe a bit because of that. However, I might have started my first official In Character romance (depending on how some dates go, we just had the first in our recent session) after our druid asked my orc fighter/rogue out. The dynamic is there, and I’m excited to see how it goes. But this would absolutely be a strictly In Character thing since not only am I with someone, but the druid is also happily married (they talk about their spouse and their dogs all the time and THEY ARE JUST THE CUTEST FAMILY, AAA! Our play group would die for our druid and their family).
I love these videos guys but I would like to maybe leave a few minutes for like an awesome ttrpg story as well
Story #1: I've had so many characters romances with other characters that hasn't turned into anything else. In fact, my husband knows all of them, and one of them is even happily married himself. It's where you separate between fact and fiction in your head. Remind yourself that it's just a character being played. I even had a character ask another character if he was flirting with her cause she wasn't sure.
All of it is written in character though, as we usually gather at the table for combats and do the rp on the side.
Drama Story #2: I don't usually play my opposite sex either. I prefer to be my own gender, specifically a beautiful Elven woman of some sort. That said, when it comes to say, video games, I have no issues with playing a male led game (say the older Assassins Creed) but if given my choice about gender, I'll always choose a girl.
Story 1: word of advice to any girls, is a guy confesses to you, it is probably best to not try and be friends after that.
This is for a couple reasons, so guys will try to put a wedge in your relationship as they may see that as the only reason you won't be with them.
The second is the mental health if the boy, often guys will not want to ruin the friendship as the feelings are still there and any level of relationship is better than none in their mind. But this can cause a lot of insecurities and negative rumination. Even if the guy says they want to still be friends it's probably not in their best interest.
Bro needs to move on. Friendzoned for 9 years. Not good
I think whether or not romance is greenlit at your table, it should be assumed that IN GAME flirting is IN GAME only. It's a game of fantasy and imagination -none of it is real.
Not yet anyways.
Could you invite critcrab to one of these?
Wait... the wife plays a dwarf, and small characters in Mario Kart.... I am starting to see a connection.
Random asides are not 'deeply held ideas'. Someone who says something once is not actually revealing their deeper being. They are just talking.
When I was in highschool I made some friends who played DnD, they invited me to their table and I spent some session laughing with them. The DM, who was one year younger than me, and myself were always talking during bus travels, joking and laughing. I know his feelings were starting to change when I told him this exact sentence 'I know you are playing dumb with people and make a joke of yourself but deep down I know you're not'. He had 'that' look, not quite lovestruck, but like his facade just fell down and felt... 'seen'. A few seesions in and he kinda lead my character to meet with her disapeared parents when the party was being decimated, losing a huge battle. We were going to die, but we were saved by several Npcs from your different backstories. And when his turn playing his own character came, he expressed that his 'character' was in love with me. His and mine didn't really talk that much, technically speaking there was no reason why... unless he really had feelings for me. Which was really confusing for me, to come out like that in front of his friends under the covert of our campain, never talked about it again after. He was absolutely terrified of my answer I think, and this was very offputting for me, I wasn't 'the girl people want to date', just a huge weirdo who liked anime and videogames, talk to loud and too much, and well, apparently I was a huge dumbass cause several guys I had befriended did ask me in fact. Always felt a bit betrayed because I really liked them as a friend, and I really didn't want to hurt them because of that. It was very strange and very confusing.
10:07 Given how old D&D and other TTRPGs are now, I'd be willing to bet there are retirement communities running regular campaigns with game sessions at least ever other day. Instead of bridge or dominoes for previous generations, some would go for TTRPGs. Game day and one of your grandchildren is coming to visit? Give them a quick precon for the day.
Love your videos please put a noise gate on your mic I can hear one of you breathing again love your videos 10/10
I am always a sucker for romance but a i am awkward as hell when it come to flirting but if i think my character have a liking for such and such character or npc, if I am unsure if it something i can do I will ask the player before hand, if it okay if I start flirting with their character.
I think the second one was just a couple of people goofing off and the OP being socially unaware that their threats aren't real