Sign of Things to Come?

[Oni]

"Elf needs food badly!"

 

[Aeolius]

I then had to explain to them that food didn't restore hit points. All three look at me in slack jawed confusion. "Well how do we get our health back?"

You look them dead in the eye and in your best mock-Mexican accent you say

"In this game, you drink Tequila."

 

[Qwillion]

Fighter need food badly!

Its an old video game trope that food heals you, it makes more sense than a healing surge to me.

 

[Remathilis]

Fighter need food badly!

Its an old video game trope that food heals you, it makes more sense than a healing surge to me.

True, its called Hyperactive Metabolism, and its well documented.

Hyperactive Metabolism - Television Tropes & Idioms

 

[Oni]

Also appears in some manga/anime, One Piece springs to mind. Stabbed through the gut? Nothing a couple hours of sleep and a heaping pile of meat won't cure.

 

[tsadkiel]

I'm sure that this was a unique situation but I hope it's not a sign of things to come.

I hope it is - enthusiastic young players are awesome! Rules can be taught later.

 

[Cadfan]

They were enthusiastic kids trying a new game. They assumed it would work like other games with which they were familiar.

You had a chance to teach them a new way to have fun. I hope you kept your worries about Kids These Days to yourself, and didn't blow it.

I'll take an enthusiastic newb who's only familiar with computerized RPGs over an experienced curmudgeon any day of the week. The newb can learn.

 

[Pramas]

I wish I could heal myself by eating bacon. Mmmmm, bacon.

 

[Shemeska]

"Elf needs food badly!"

Yep. It was a trope in video games when I was a little kid, but I didn't stare in abject confusion at the DM the first time (or ever) when I was exposed to D&D and grabbing food didn't heal you. Grabbing burgers and meat in Final Fight, the food in Gauntlet, etc.

Those players don't have a generation difference making problems with their understanding D&D, I think they're just amazingly dense.

 

[Shemeska]

I wish I could heal myself by eating bacon. Mmmmm, bacon.

That's awesome. And I can. Sorta kinda. I'm a diabetic. Next time my blood sugar drops low at work I'm going to grab some candy while chanting "Wizard needs food badly!"