Upon His Visage, An Exquisite Mixture Of Pride And Horror Was Writ

[theron]

Today was the second go-round of Kids and Dads playing D&D.  Overall, it went well.  I ran two encounters with some investigation/roleplay in between and left them on a mild cliffhanger.

By far, the best moment came from Andy's son E.  He is eleven, extremely enthusiastic, and already has his father's knack for absorbing and retaining information.  In the first session, his father had to caution him about broadcasting his memorized information about monster stats.  Which brings us to today's choice exchange.

Andy:  You pretty much need to roll at least a 10 to hit all the time.

E:  Well, actually, a camel only has a Willpower of 9.

The look on Andy's face was utterly glorious.

Comments

[srhall79.livejournal.com]

I have a good feeling about the next generation of gamers :)

[(Anonymous)]

I was completely awesomed by this. I have redonkulous mad pride with respect to the soul-destroying nerd-hip prowess displayed by firstborn. Some day my son shall rule the world, and by 'the world' I mean Blackmoor, and by 'rule' I mean 'strike fear into the hearts of camels'.

Which is easy. Because, you know, they have a Will defense of 9.

I was also very proud of K for her outside-the-box analytic skills. She immediately started brainstorming solutions for the silvery disc problem, most of which made tremendous sense.

[theron]

Yeah, I was really impressed by the way the kids latched on to the disk. I hope it doesn't end up too much of a let-down.