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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6689962" data-attributes="member: 82779">I have to say that, in general, I am not a big fan of whimsy unless it's a dark and twisted whimsy.&nbsp; Lighthearted whimsy just comes off as being too. . . I don't know what but it's just too much of it.&nbsp; It has always been my experience that the sense of humor of most players and their PCs provides enough counterpoints to darkness that any whimsy I intentionally include in the game should come across as creepy.I generally feel this way as a player as well.&nbsp; Most players have a lighter sense of humor than I do, and they do a fine job of lightening a dark mood.&nbsp; One of my favorite moments as a player is when my 4e warlock who had been touched by the Far Realm was keeping watch while the rest of the group slept.&nbsp; She entirely neglected her watch to stare at the stars and dance to their song, which she claimed she could hear.&nbsp; She also saw the rapid eye movements of one of the sleeping PCs and straddled him, leaning in really low, in an attempt to read his dreams in the patterns of the movements.&nbsp; After he awoke, and woke the rest of the party, she mused that she might be able to see his dreams if she plucked out one of his eyes and gazed into the hole.&nbsp; They never let her take watch alone ever again, and they were right to do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 6689962, member: 82779"] I have to say that, in general, I am not a big fan of whimsy unless it's a dark and twisted whimsy. Lighthearted whimsy just comes off as being too. . . I don't know what but it's just too much of it. It has always been my experience that the sense of humor of most players and their PCs provides enough counterpoints to darkness that any whimsy I intentionally include in the game should come across as creepy. I generally feel this way as a player as well. Most players have a lighter sense of humor than I do, and they do a fine job of lightening a dark mood. One of my favorite moments as a player is when my 4e warlock who had been touched by the Far Realm was keeping watch while the rest of the group slept. She entirely neglected her watch to stare at the stars and dance to their song, which she claimed she could hear. She also saw the rapid eye movements of one of the sleeping PCs and straddled him, leaning in really low, in an attempt to read his dreams in the patterns of the movements. After he awoke, and woke the rest of the party, she mused that she might be able to see his dreams if she plucked out one of his eyes and gazed into the hole. They never let her take watch alone ever again, and they were right to do so. [/QUOTE]

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