Players - if you would consider your PC having a romance with an NPC, what sort?

[Nagol]

Thanks Nagol, yes that all tallies pretty closely with my experience (except that most male PCs would run a mile from the 'sweet girl from the village', sadly)

A recent Fantasy Trip campaign had my new wizard marrying a pretty farm girl after unintentially participating in a romance so it does happen to me at least.

 

[JustKim]

I would not be interested in a romance with an NPC.

1: I have a girlfriend and I try to play with her, if there's gonna be a romance, I'm gonna romance her.

2: It's just weird, as eventually it feels like you're romancing the DM(who is controlling the NPC).

3: Romance leads to sex, which again makes it weirder if you have sex with the character your DM is controlling.

I was going to ask you how inter-PC romance is any different in the other thread, but I think I see now. I still think your ideas hold untrue for a lot of us. It takes a certain comfort level, and maybe some cynicism, to be able to invest an emotion like romance into something abstract like an NPC (or a PC your girlfriend isn't at the end of). It takes some distance to safely invest an emotion like hatred in an NPC too, but, I think most of us manage.

But yeah, fade to black, definitely.

 

[athos]

2: It's just weird, as eventually it feels like you're romancing the DM(who is controlling the NPC).

3: Romance leads to sex, which again makes it weirder if you have sex with the character your DM is controlling.

Amen to that. As a DM I absolutely HATE IT when a player wants to romance an NPC, because 99 out of a 100 times it is some teenage boy who in real life is scared of girls and thinks it is cool to get laid in a game of D&D.

I am not homophobic, but the idea of a 40+ year old guy having cyber sex with a teenager, is just icky in my opinion.

When I start a game I am VERY clear to my players that if there is any sex, it will be "off screen". If two players want to have a romantic relationship, power to them, just don't include me.

 

[S'mon]

I would not be interested in a romance with an NPC.

1: I have a girlfriend and I try to play with her, if there's gonna be a romance, I'm gonna romance her.

2: It's just weird, as eventually it feels like you're romancing the DM(who is controlling the NPC).

3: Romance leads to sex, which again makes it weirder if you have sex with the character your DM is controlling.

Yes, I asked you not to post in this thread, thanks - see OP.

 

[Odhanan]

What kind of NPC would I go for? I guess it would heavily depend on the character I'm playing. It's the kind of thing where I actually try to think and feel as my character, instead of going for a "type" I would prefer in real life. It's part of the fun of being someone else in a weird magical setting, to me.

For instance, playing Amalruth, my Horned Devil freed from the Nine Hells and adventuring with mortals, I probably would go for a sensitive, innocent person I'd like to protect, because there would be a redemption attempt on a subconscious level for the character.

If I was playing Kagan Altar, my Dwarven Druid, he would probably go for a strong-headed woman, who could actually match him in determination and temper.

It'll depend on the character, most of all.

 

[Barastrondo]

Oh it doesn't have to be described, we all know what "Joe and NPCLady go off into a back room" means, and I have just therefore imagined it in my head and now the NPCLady is my DM and THE IMAGE BURNS.

Huh. Do all the orcs you slay have your DM's face, too? I'm picturing some kind of Being John Malkovich scenario, and it's freaky and alien.

Amen to that. As a DM I absolutely HATE IT when a player wants to romance an NPC, because 99 out of a 100 times it is some teenage boy who in real life is scared of girls and thinks it is cool to get laid in a game of D&D.

You play with teenage boys who are scared of girls in real life too much. The dynamic when you play with adults in stable relationships is entirely different.

 

[S'mon]

Oh it doesn't have to be described, we all know what "Joe and NPCLady go off into a back room" means, and I have just therefore imagined it in my head and now the NPCLady is my DM and THE IMAGE BURNS.

Shoo! Shoo!

 

[S'mon]

Amen to that. As a DM I absolutely HATE IT when a player wants to romance an NPC, because 99 out of a 100 times it is some teenage boy who in real life is scared of girls and thinks it is cool to get laid in a game of D&D.

I am not homophobic, but the idea of a 40+ year old guy having cyber sex with a teenager, is just icky in my opinion.

When I start a game I am VERY clear to my players that if there is any sex, it will be "off screen". If two players want to have a romantic relationship, power to them, just don't include me.

As per OP, please don't post in this thread, thanks.

 

[S'mon]

I was going to ask you how inter-PC romance is any different in the other thread, but I think I see now. I still think your ideas hold untrue for a lot of us. It takes a certain comfort level, and maybe some cynicism, to be able to invest an emotion like romance into something abstract like an NPC (or a PC your girlfriend isn't at the end of). It takes some distance to safely invest an emotion like hatred in an NPC too, but, I think most of us manage.

But yeah, fade to black, definitely.

I would rather not have this discussion in this thread, thanks. I've seen a lot of such discussions and I really want to keep this thread focused on my question.

 

[S'mon]

What kind of NPC would I go for? I guess it would heavily depend on the character I'm playing. It's the kind of thing where I actually try to think and feel as my character, instead of going for a "type" I would prefer in real life. It's part of the fun of being someone else in a weird magical setting, to me.

For instance, playing Amalruth, my Horned Devil freed from the Nine Hells and adventuring with mortals, I probably would go for a sensitive, innocent person I'd like to protect, because there would be a redemption attempt on a subconscious level for the character.

If I was playing Kagan Altar, my Dwarven Druid, he would probably go for a strong-headed woman, who could actually match him in determination and temper.

It'll depend on the character, most of all.

Interesting, thanks. Seeking the strong-headed counterpart like Kagan seems fairly common. The Amalruth case seems rarer, but I remember in I think it was a PBEM set in the Bubblegum Crisis universe, playing an escaped convict John Derrick, who fell for a sweet innocent secretary, and there was definitely a redemptive aspect. Being an Anime setting perhaps made that kind of thing seem more natural.