We got banned from a house!

[Particle_Man]

Well, it finally happened. We were playing D&D for months at one player's house, and his four-year old girl, while not playing, was apparantly picking up more than we thought. By word-of-mouth I hear that we are playing somewhere else today (and forevermore) because she was trying to cast lightning bolt on her classmates at preschool.

I can sort of see this. I mean lightning bolting in a crowded room is very irresponsible. Magic missle eliminates the possibility of friendly fire.

It is my first time being banned from playing D&D anywhere. I am 32, so I guess the odds finally caught up with me.

 

[dream66_]

Did they feel your games were too violent her to overhear? Was she being disruptive in her lightning bolt threats?

I don't really see this as entirely your fault, she's a young child with obviously a healthy imagination, if not lightning bolt she'd be turning people into frogs, or doing whatever Harry Potter does to the bad guys. Also, I'm wondering something, what relation is the party wizard to her? That might have something to do with the emulation.

 

[mythago]

That's too bad. Can't her parents explain to her that we only lightning bolt monsters, not people?

 

[Teflon Billy]

We don't worship th Devil...

We rob the Devil

 

[Silver Moon]

For our first decade (until I owned a house) we alternated houses for games. While we were never "banned" from any house there was one where the player's wife didn't want us there. We played in the kitchen there, so she made a point of coming in and interrupting every ten minutes. She would also watch tv in the adjacent room with the volume turned up, and would be sure to watch things like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Trek, and Indiana Jones films during our games, knowing that they would be distracting.

 

[tetsujin28]

Silly woman. Didn't she know that would just attract people to her house?

 

[Particle_Man]

Did they feel your games were too violent her to overhear? Was she being disruptive in her lightning bolt threats?

I don't really see this as entirely your fault, she's a young child with obviously a healthy imagination, if not lightning bolt she'd be turning people into frogs, or doing whatever Harry Potter does to the bad guys. Also, I'm wondering something, what relation is the party wizard to her? That might have something to do with the emulation.

I don't know too much yet about the why directly. I shall talk to the potentially angry, pregnant mother today (ulp!) . The party wizard with the lightning bolts was not the girl's dad or other relation. Personally, I thought it was more funny that the girl would do that than anything, but I am not her parents.

 

[Emirikol]

Interesting. It's funny how many psycho-possessive O.J.Simpson-type people there are out there. I never understood why so many mis-understanding spouses feel it's their job to ruin games.

When it comes to gaming, DM's and PLAYERS need to come to an agreement that their spouses/G.F's get one night out and YOU get one night out. It's worked well for my wife and I for YEARS. She gets Tuesdays and I get Fridays (understand we have kids so Friday's mean NOTHING nowadays). It's that simple. Delegate some time and stick to it. Oh, and always play somewhere like a Basement where you're not going to be distracted.

...babysitting kids while gaming? Inconceivable!


jh

 

[Greatwyrm]

At least she didn't clock some kid upside the head and say, "that's gotta be at least two dice of Sneak Attack."

 

[Gundark]

Well, it finally happened. We were playing D&D for months at one player's house, and his four-year old girl, while not playing, was apparantly picking up more than we thought. By word-of-mouth I hear that we are playing somewhere else today (and forevermore) because she was trying to cast lightning bolt on her classmates at preschool.

I can sort of see this. I mean lightning bolting in a crowded room is very irresponsible. Magic missle eliminates the possibility of friendly fire.

It is my first time being banned from playing D&D anywhere. I am 32, so I guess the odds finally caught up with me.

I would also ask what kind of language that you were using at the house as well, was it just the lightning bolts or was there some colourful language as well? At my table we have a strick no-swearing policy. It just seems a little wierd that the banning happened over a lightning bolt threat. Then again this shows what kind of father I am..."What my daughter tried to cast lightning bolt on a kid at preschool? Cool!!!!! *evil laughter*"