I made a child cry...

[MichaelSomething]

Well first I need to make a correction. It wasn't a child. It was a short teenager. We keep calling him a child as a running joke. Sorry for the mistake.

Anyway, here is the concept I told him...

"His name is Shady Cents. He's a Half-Orc Bard from the mean streets of Waterdeep. He survives via a combination of deft beatdowns and deft rhymes."

He was crying because he knew that meant that I would write up a bunch of raps lyrics and rap song parodies and perform them in character during D&D sessions. This includes rewriting "Gangtsa's Paradise" into "Adventurer's Paradise."

Since then I thought of some other character concepts like...

A Half-Orc Barbarian/Bard who sings Dragonforce songs when he rages.

A human or Half-Elf Bard who is a decedent of another character I played. The decedent discovered some tomes that the other character wrote and used them as an adventuring guide.

A crotchy olf wizard who spents all his time complaining about how much better the old days were and how much this new stuff sucks.

I'm not sure which one to use. I think I'll create a survey for my playgroup to fill out.

 

[Mircoles]

 

[Nymrohd]

Cannot say I've made people cry in D&D that often. I have gotten people to fall off their chairs a lot though.

 

[Nightchilde-2]

I make a child cry every day. But that's just one of the fringe benefits of having three kids...

 

[caudor]

I've actually choked up some my players during one game session. One of the NPCs gave up his life, in a dramatic way, to save the party (involved cutting a rope to let himself fall). Describing the events was even a little tough on me. At that point there came like a natural, but silent pause in play.

I fought hard to keep my eyes from watering. One player excused himself from the table because he had to 'go to the bathroom'. Another player was very red faced, but he didn't weep. Nevertheless, he offered to drive out for pizza.

However, my son (very young at the time) somehow sensed something was wrong and just started crying on his own. So, yes...I've made a child cry with D&D, but not with a character concept.

 

[Mark]

A crotchy olf wizard who spents all his time complaining about how much better the old days were and how much this new stuff sucks.

. . . and sings?

 

[Gunton The Terrible]

. . . and sings?

80's rock ballads

 

[Jib]

I've actually choked up some my players during one game session. One of the NPCs gave up his life, in a dramatic way, to save the party (involved cutting a rope to let himself fall). Describing the events was even a little tough on me. At that point there came like a natural, but silent pause in play.

I fought hard to keep my eyes from watering. One player excused himself from the table because he had to 'go to the bathroom'. Another player was very red faced, but he didn't weep. Nevertheless, he offered to drive out for pizza.

However, my son (very young at the time) somehow sensed something was wrong and just started crying on his own. So, yes...I've made a child cry with D&D, but not with a character concept.

that must be a great campaign with a great bunch of players!

 

[ppaladin123]

I've actually choked up some my players during one game session. One of the NPCs gave up his life, in a dramatic way, to save the party (involved cutting a rope to let himself fall). Describing the events was even a little tough on me. At that point there came like a natural, but silent pause in play.

I fought hard to keep my eyes from watering. One player excused himself from the table because he had to 'go to the bathroom'. Another player was very red faced, but he didn't weep. Nevertheless, he offered to drive out for pizza.

However, my son (very young at the time) somehow sensed something was wrong and just started crying on his own. So, yes...I've made a child cry with D&D, but not with a character concept.

I'd like to play in your campaign. I envy your DMing talent!

 

[SlyFlourish]

My paladin player cried when I told him I was nerfing Hospitaler's Boon.