SingleCelledPsyk
First Post
Well, it's a complicated situation. My friend is part of a group of 8+ who I DM for, a task I do rather well. The problem is his girlfriend has a problem with our D&D gaming, which we started as of recent. She's got the whole stereotype going, the game's about demons, it's a ritual to satan, the game is not fit for any good person to play, magic is bad, yada yada yada yah. And to boot she's not too keen on math, pretty terrible actually. But just recently (yesterday), the discussion came up and she would be open to trying on the condition that her boyfriend's brother (another one of my player's) DM. Now, it's not that I'm not confident in his ability... but I'm not confident in his ability. Come to find out neither is he, he contacted me last telling me the situation and asked me to help in arranging everything. Now since she doesn't like math we're going with a largely roleplaying game. I'm teaching him all about DMing so there's no problem there.
The thing I need help with is content. I've got enough homebrew classes to fit this world, and race, well, that one's easy. But is there any resources you know of that have Victorian-appropriate content? Have you anything you could contribute that would fit? Any tips in DMing a Victorian-Era game? And then there the question of the quest! What should we do to get her a good feel for the game? Any unique quest ideas? Is there anything you'd recommend to give her a better opinion of the game? Go ahead and tell me what you think, any contribution is useful.
Alright, so here the EDITS begin:
It's not the whole group playing, it's just my friend who has no idea how to DM, me, the boyfriend and her. And whoever she wants to bring, should she want that, I haven't asked.
The girlfriend is a reasonable person outside of her sometimes biased opinion. And she's extremely respectful of the boyfriend's hobbies, she comes to games and stays for a while. It's just she's not approving of it, and feels it's not good for him. A completely logical conclusion from her point of view. She would go to a group but she's naturally shy and I personally would like to be able to mediate her experience to be a positive one. (Also thank you to the person who brought up relationship issues, made me clarify a bit.) She never asked that we cater to her, in fact all she said was she really did not enjoy the thought of magic in the game, it was I who decided to accommodate. If it gets her opinion up of it in this little game, I can slowly introduce more main aspects of D&D and the effort would have been worth it if she ends up enjoying herself. And for me personally I'd love to branch out like this, being able to try a new playstyle (as it's been mostly game not RP) and adapt to the setting. And to boot I might make someone who has a negative opinion have a better one, and they'll have fun while I do it.
Also, it's my first time playing. I have only DM'd for my entire tabletop experience.
The thing I need help with is content. I've got enough homebrew classes to fit this world, and race, well, that one's easy. But is there any resources you know of that have Victorian-appropriate content? Have you anything you could contribute that would fit? Any tips in DMing a Victorian-Era game? And then there the question of the quest! What should we do to get her a good feel for the game? Any unique quest ideas? Is there anything you'd recommend to give her a better opinion of the game? Go ahead and tell me what you think, any contribution is useful.
Alright, so here the EDITS begin:
It's not the whole group playing, it's just my friend who has no idea how to DM, me, the boyfriend and her. And whoever she wants to bring, should she want that, I haven't asked.
The girlfriend is a reasonable person outside of her sometimes biased opinion. And she's extremely respectful of the boyfriend's hobbies, she comes to games and stays for a while. It's just she's not approving of it, and feels it's not good for him. A completely logical conclusion from her point of view. She would go to a group but she's naturally shy and I personally would like to be able to mediate her experience to be a positive one. (Also thank you to the person who brought up relationship issues, made me clarify a bit.) She never asked that we cater to her, in fact all she said was she really did not enjoy the thought of magic in the game, it was I who decided to accommodate. If it gets her opinion up of it in this little game, I can slowly introduce more main aspects of D&D and the effort would have been worth it if she ends up enjoying herself. And for me personally I'd love to branch out like this, being able to try a new playstyle (as it's been mostly game not RP) and adapt to the setting. And to boot I might make someone who has a negative opinion have a better one, and they'll have fun while I do it.
Also, it's my first time playing. I have only DM'd for my entire tabletop experience.
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