How's the Love?

[Shemeska]

My last campaign I had an NPC end up falling in love with and marrying a PC, and when she died they went literally to the other end of the universe to bring her back to life (to a thousand mile wide fiendish soul-trap in the depths of the negative energy plane)

In the same campaign I also had another PC fall in love with an NPC and they too got married (their kid is now a PC in my current campaign).

My current campaign there's a love triangle between two PCs and an NPC, but I suppose it's questionable how much love is involved in portions of that.

 

[Ilium]

There's an ex-prostitute turned pirate that's probably falling in love with a character IMC.

You know whats awkward. Talking to one of my friend (a guy) like a lady (i have a deep voice) expressing her feelings for him. I'm probably just going to do that part on the message board. But yeah it is tricky. It does add realism though I guess. And whole new dimension of roleplaying (oh, look at that your girlfriend is now the one those pirates kidnapped... not random NPC #15)

This guy feels your pain

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=951

This is a great web-comic, BTW.

 

[Sir Elton]

This is getting really interesting. In my game, I deal with love and interpersonal relationships all the time (I see them a lot in the movies). I asked the question, and I get separate answers. Ranging from prudish (Numion's), to pruient.

Such Awesome variety. Keep them coming!!

 

[Ilium]

Well to actually contribute to the thread: Romance comes up in my games pretty regularly. One of the PCs in my current D&D game (played by my wife) is engaged to an NPC. Others have had casual liaisons with various people. In neither case do I engage in prolonged romantic scenes (of any kind) but I have no qualms about saying "I love you" while playing an NPC, even to a fellow male player. That's why they call it roleplaying.

 

[Aeric]

I've only played in one group where such things were considered weird or uncomfortable. The rest of them were played out, no problems. We never had any R-rated scenes or anything like that; if/when it came time for two characters to get intimate, we had a fade-to-black or the "camera pans up to the candle next to the bed" and that was that.

I've roleplayed romances between PCs and NPCs, as well as between two PCs, many times. In all but one occassion, the other person (player or DM) was also male. There was no discomfort or awkwardness that I could discern. In fact, those times when members of the opposite sex roleplayed romance, it was more likely to turn awkward than if they were the same sex. It's too easy to read real-world intentions into things sometimes.

 

[ChristianW]

In high school we really got into relationships during role-play sessions. I think it was our awkwardness with real females that encouraged us to pursue fictional relationships. Maybe it was a little kookie in retrospect, but we had fun.

Later, as we grew to adults and got married, relationships in role-playing sessions still occurred, but it wasn't so intense. Characters still get married and date, but we handle it with brief narratives rather than direct DM-PC role-play.

 

[Herobizkit]

My whole most-recent solo campaign was a romantic action/comedy in the vein of Tenchi Muyo. It was the story of one ultra-powered angelic Prince and his desire to have a foursome with all of his female adventuring partners, some more willing than others, and the men who tried to keep him in line. Hilarity was had by all.

Funny story, different campaign:
Playing The Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, we come across a beautiful evil priestess (shocker!). At the time, my young virgin 16-year old bad-ass Fighter/Thief is travelling with his lecherous CN Enchanter NPC (among others). Upon encountering this lovely vision, the Wizard suggests that he use his Charm Person ability and have her teach me the ways of manhood. I grin, knowing that the majority of Good characters will clean house, and say:

"If I'm going to lose my virginity, it might as well be to an evil priestess. She's gonna die, anyway."