Love, truuuuueeeeee love

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Humperdink. Humperdink, Humperdink, HUMPERDINK!

Hey, quiet now, you'll wake up Eric's Grandmother!


A romance arose in our last gaming session that took everyone by surprise, and left me, the GM, feeling a little dirty. And it was between PCs! *shiver*

Read about it in the story hour.

 

[Silver Moon]

...it would be sort of weird to develop a romance between her character and one of my NPCs (would be like making out in public or something)...Too much room for confusion, hurt feelings and general weirdness with in game romances

I just had a short conversation with my wife about this. Neither of us really see what the issue is here, but then again the players in our group have been long-time friends for decades and we all know where the real-life boundaries are. Most of the group have also done theater before, where they have played parts on stage that involve far more romantic interaction than our games ever have (sexual activity is always kept "off screen").

Also, don't think that our group is Melrose Place: The Role Playing Game (to steal a quote from another thread). The character relationships are seldom more than minor sub-plots, and two of our players have chosen to never have character relationships, it just adds to the overall realism of the game.

 

[Nifft]

I don't have any issue with it. I'm able to separate myself from my character(s) (as a PC or DM) far enough to know when they are lookin' for love as opposed to when I am lookin' for attention.

Still, it hasn't been a major part of any game I've been involved with.

-- Nifft

 

[FungiMuncher]

I once played a campaign where me and another player agreed to play a married couple. I played a female paladin, and he played a male ranger.

The romance part wasn't too bad; we never got too..., um, detailed. It was even kinda fun at some points. My character got pregnant and had twins.

The real problem, however, was that the rest of the party was basically chaotic, including my character's husband. The game had a lot of politics, and the GM was pretty sympathetic to their view points. The characters would do all kinds of things behind her back, and it got really, really old trying to play dumb. The character just did not make any sense at all being in that situation. I wanted to retire her, but the marriage complicated things a bit. When I finally did, I think the husband's player was upset with me. He retired his character, too.

FM

 

[Queenie]

I just played out a romance with another character. We spoke about it before we started our characters involvement, and agreed to continue on. My hubby is the DM and he didn't have any problem with it. My characters relationship has nothing to do with the relationship my husband and I share.

As someone else in our group brought up, all great fantasy has some kind of romantic subplot. It only adds to our character's realism.

Of course, the success of a romantic relationship all depends on the maturity of your group and how comfortable everyone involved is.

In my own case, my character was young and naive and she ran away from home to find "true love". Sadly, her love was recently killed in battle and now she must grieve for him and grow up. I think it's very exciting and brings lots of different emotions to the gaming table.

I would have to say that I would do it again if the situation arose and was a logocal part of the story / character.

 

[Sagan Darkside]

(BTW, love the thread title. "The Princess Bride" has always been a personal favorite of mine, having seen it with my own bride shortly before proposing to her.)

It is funny you mention that- since it is from that book that I generally take my stance on this issue. When Buttercup and Wesley roll down the hill... and spend some personal time together, the author states he is not going to write about it because "each of God's beings, from the lowliest on up, is entitled to at least a few moments of genuine privacy".

It is not an aspect of a game I think is fun- if a player wants to pursue a female npc, then I will generally just go along with him marrying her. I am not going to rp out the romance of it.

We want to play a game- not a soap opera.

SD

 

[Wicht]

It is funny you mention that- since it is from that book that I generally take my stance on this issue.

Not to hijack the thread or anything...

...But I gotta ask. Did you enjoy the book as much as the movie?

It's one of the few books where I liked the movie much better and talking with my brother recently I found that he had independantly arrived at the same conclusion for the exact same reason.

Enquiring minds just want to know.

 

[Sagan Darkside]

...But I gotta ask. Did you enjoy the book as much as the movie?

Yes, but only the William Goldman abridged version- which is pretty much what you see in the movie.

The only things cut from the movie were, iirc; expanded looks at the origins of Inigo/Fezzik and their journies through the dungeons to save Wesley.

The original has a lot of junk in it that hurts the story

I tend to have a fonder connection to books then to movies- so if I had to choose one, then I would take the book. However- I am glad I don't have to choose.. for I like the movie very much.

SD

 

[Wicht]

The original has a lot of junk in it that hurts the story

I tend to have a fonder connection to books then to movies- so if I had to choose one, then I would take the book. However- I am glad I don't have to choose.. for I like the movie very much.

SD

I tend to heavily favor books as well which is why The Princess Bride is a peculiarity in my mind. I don't know which version of the book I read, its been a few years, but the ending of the book ruined the rest of the book for me. It seemed so unnecessary and somehow improper. Like I said, in a conversation with my youngest brother I found out that he had recently read the book as well and had been turned off by the ending.

I did find the backgrounds for Fezzig and Inigo to be a good addition and had no problem with the main body of the book. Its just that silly ending Goldman threw in there.

Anywho... back to the topic at hand.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

PHILISTINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!(This is after Philistines.)

The book is SOOOOOOOO much better than the movie!

ARGH!!!! Yes, the ending is more of a downer. Deal.

Eric Noah is actually Fred Savage.

BTW, the title of the Original book, and this is important,
is "The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure".

The Author is William Goldman.

S. Morgenstern doesn't exist, neither does Florin.

He's also the screenwriter...