[OT] Do you see influences of your role playing on your kids, family etc...

[MEG Hal]

So I posted this in another thread and since Wednesday is my normal OT post day I figured I would do this one early since Wed. is X-mas.

Ok, on to the post:

Have you seen any bad or good influences on your real life that may have been due to role playing. My example is my 3 y.o. daughter who is now scared at night comes to my bed saying she is scared of monsters (normal), witches (a lil off) and dragons (is this my influence?). We own Shrek and have seen Barbie Rapunzel which has a dragon but she has never even mentioned it during the movies, so is it my influenece that does it to her, is it my influence that she says she has a castle and asks people to come visit her at her castle...

Not upset just wondering if anyone else has similiar experiences.

I would not change her for the world and my son will be a barbarian, at almost 2, when he gets pissed he goes into a great rage .

 

[Milo Bloom]

Most definitely.

I just picked up six packs of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Three for each child's stocking, per my wife's request.

That's just the tip of things. I'll have to break each child down.

My son, who is six, is very much into anime and fantasy television shows. He draws such things as spider-man, dragons, lord of the rings characters, and power rangers. This goes beyond the typical child fascination with such things. The lord of the ring drawings are usually for my wife. He has expressed an interest in gaming as something he would like to try.

My daughter, who is four, is not as in to anime as my son but is definitely affected by our gaming. She was just as excited by the prospect of seeing Spider-man as my comic loving six year old. Of my two children she is the one most likely to turn into a larper. I can see it in the games she gets my son to play with her. Typically Legend is a favorite game of hers.

I think those are some pretty basic examples of my children. Fortunately nightmares are not in their psyche as they seem to have inherited my common sense and ego.


Milo

 

[rich_f]

Well, I tell my 3.5 year-old fairy tales based on my campaign setting. No blood and guts, typically the good Knights tricking the evil dragons/ogres/wizards into becoming good or dispatching them in some non-violent way (like dumping a barrel of water down the dragon's throat and putting out his fire. The dragon then flies away very quickly, it's main weapon being rendered useless). He has the typical 3 year-old fears of the dark and monsters, and the stories have actually helped, because I've told them they only exist on TV, in stories, and in games. That has seemed to set well with him.

My wife raises an eyebrow whenever a new RPG product arrives.

Other than that, not much influence, except for the time I spend on it, and the space it consumes. But I manage that stuff well, so it doesn't interfere with my life.

 

[MEG Hal]

Other than that, not much influence, except for the time I spend on it, and the space it consumes. But I manage that stuff well, so it doesn't interfere with my life.

Oh it does not interfere in my life, working in the industry is my life, but 90% of the time (besides phone calls) are done when the kids are sleeping or with their mom, so I have no issues there either.

 

[WizarDru]

Most of our actual gaming takes place after the wee ones have gone to sleep, but they know _of_ the game. My daughter refers to it as 'the dice game'.

We've bought her a dice bag and two HUGE d20s, which she likes to roll on game night, before she goes to bed. One of my players has sat down with her and showed her some of the monsters in the MM, after she asked him to (with a 'what's that?' 'It's a red dragon, he's mean.' string of questions that went on for a while).

Both my son and daughter like things like anime (heck, even the new Ultraman), Harry Potter (though he's on the restricted list, as the movie gives my 5 year-old bad dreams) and so forth. My 2.5 year old son loves The Princess Bride...can't see it often enough. He loves the R.O.U.S.s, for example. We plan to show them the Hobbit, soon. My daughter wanted to see Fellowship...but that ain't happening for a while (I mean, if Lord Voldemort scares her, what's Sauron and the black riders going to do?)

So, yeah, it affects the kids, somewhat...but not to their detriment, AFAICT. And yes, my son is a barbarian, too.

I fear my daughter is a multiclassed bard/rogue.

 

[Shapermc]

YES!

Aside from the fact that my wife has now gone to the point of learning how to play D&D she has startded to say things like. . .

"Well he must have rolled a low INT score at birth." To someone who says something stupid on TV. Or. . . "Well he needs a few more Driving Skill points added to his stats." to someone who cuts her off.

Stuff like that. Not as far as I go with similar things, but RPing takes up so much of my hobby time that I think that she inhereted it through osmosis.

 

[rich_f]

but 90% of the time (besides phone calls) are done when the kids are sleeping or with their mom, so I have no issues there either.

Yep, same boat here. most of the time I spend is at night, or when I'm watching compiles here at work

 

[rich_f]

We've bought her a dice bag and two HUGE d20s, which she likes to roll on game night, before she goes to bed. One of my players has sat down with her and showed her some of the monsters in the MM, after she asked him to (with a 'what's that?' 'It's a red dragon, he's mean.' string of questions that went on for a while).

hah! I bought a pair of d30s which are "Richies dice" according to him. I bought them before he was about 2, because they are too big to get in his mouth. he sometimes comes to the table and rolls them when we game.

He's seen some of the MM stuff, but being young, I don't show him too much.

 

[Milo Bloom]

My daughter had her own boffer sword at one point. Unfortunately she tended to hit her brother with it, so we had to take it away. Though it is funny that both children can state the ifgs saftey rules for boffer combat.

 

[WizarDru]

My daughter had her own boffer sword at one point. Unfortunately she tended to hit her brother with it, so we had to take it away. Though it is funny that both children can state the ifgs saftey rules for boffer combat.

We have two play swords, one of which is a soft foam gladius with accompanying shield and helmet. When not battling his sister, my son is off slaying dragons and monsters with it. The other sword didn't weather such use as well, and now has duct tape (ala Red Green) holding the hilt to the blade.

We also have a huge stuffed dragon from Manhattan Toy Co., but he's a little TOO big, so he spends his days sleeping in an unused bedroom. Wonder what BADD has to say about that.