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<blockquote data-quote="Theron" data-source="post: 3683541" data-attributes="member: 2326">My usual Tuesday night game got canceled this week, which means my entire clan (Myself, The Missus, and The Kidlet) are actually home every night this week (her regular commitments are likewise on hold at the moment.)&nbsp; &quot;Whatever shall we do with our extra family time?&quot; I ask.&quot;Maybe you could run a one-shot D&amp;D game for me and The Kidlet,&quot; she replies, much to my utter shock and slight dismay.You see, my son is a budding geek.&nbsp; He's been pestering me to show him how to play D&amp;D for months, ever since I got him the cartoons on DVD for Xmas.&nbsp; But he's seven.&nbsp; And has ADHD, which is usually worse in the evenings.&nbsp; And he's still having some problems with reading.&nbsp; So, I've been holding off until I saw a bit of progress, but no time like the present, right?Then, there's The Missus.&nbsp; Who, in her own words, &quot;Hates, loathes, and despises everything about D&amp;D, which should show us how much she loves her son.&quot;FWIW, she IS very much a gamer.&nbsp; She just doesn't like the fantasy genre or D&amp;D as a system.&nbsp; But I think a lot of that has to do with the games she's been subjected to by past DMs (myself included).&nbsp; She's been stuck with the inevitable 1st level dungeon crawl which just doesn't engage her at all.So, my mission for the next twenty four hours is two-fold:&nbsp; create a short adventure that will give my son a taste of the game AND engage my wife's interest.&nbsp; No dungeon crawling allowed.&nbsp; Simplified mid-level characters.&nbsp; Oh, and intended for one sorceror and one rogue (the boy wants to play something sneaky and The Missus is happiest when her characters can blow things up).Granted, as long as he's happy, that will be enough, but part of me really wants to show her that D&amp;D isn't nearly as awful as she thinks.If anyone's got any advice, I'd be glad to see it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theron, post: 3683541, member: 2326"] My usual Tuesday night game got canceled this week, which means my entire clan (Myself, The Missus, and The Kidlet) are actually home every night this week (her regular commitments are likewise on hold at the moment.) "Whatever shall we do with our extra family time?" I ask. "Maybe you could run a one-shot D&D game for me and The Kidlet," she replies, much to my utter shock and slight dismay. You see, my son is a budding geek. He's been pestering me to show him how to play D&D for months, ever since I got him the cartoons on DVD for Xmas. But he's seven. And has ADHD, which is usually worse in the evenings. And he's still having some problems with reading. So, I've been holding off until I saw a bit of progress, but no time like the present, right? Then, there's The Missus. Who, in her own words, "Hates, loathes, and despises everything about D&D, which should show us how much she loves her son." FWIW, she IS very much a gamer. She just doesn't like the fantasy genre or D&D as a system. But I think a lot of that has to do with the games she's been subjected to by past DMs (myself included). She's been stuck with the inevitable 1st level dungeon crawl which just doesn't engage her at all. So, my mission for the next twenty four hours is two-fold: create a short adventure that will give my son a taste of the game AND engage my wife's interest. No dungeon crawling allowed. Simplified mid-level characters. Oh, and intended for one sorceror and one rogue (the boy wants to play something sneaky and The Missus is happiest when her characters can blow things up). Granted, as long as he's happy, that will be enough, but part of me really wants to show her that D&D isn't nearly as awful as she thinks. If anyone's got any advice, I'd be glad to see it. [/QUOTE]

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