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Not necessarily Shackled City related - but has a D&D element to a short story I want to share that I found absolutely hilarious:
Last week, my daughter was the flower girl for a wedding of one of my good friends and player in my D&D games.
I rode with my friend to the airport the night before the wedding to pick up the catholic priest who was performing the ceremony. He is a childhood friend of the groom (D&D player in my game). We live in California, and the priest, Father Rob, was flying in from jersey.
In the car ride, I learned that although I dont know too many religious figureheads, Father Rob was the coolest one I ever imagined meeting. He talked about comic books, anime' movies and his love of D&D and other RPGs he used to play. He still loves to play D&D but isn't interested in switching to 3rd edition yet.
At the wedding rehersal etc the day before, Father Rob met all the staff of the church, who didn't really know this side of him, and of course wasn't part of any conversation throughout that day.
Fast forward to the day of the wedding; ceremony complete. The new married couples presents a gift to my daughter for her role as flowergirl. The gift: a name engraved sterling silver jewelry box in the shape of a heart. My daughter, who has a unique name: Kristalyn, was surprised that her name was on the box. I said to her, "You need to thank them, because you can't imagine how many stores they had to go to in order to find one with YOUR name on it." Her eyes got big and said, "I know, that's because my name isn't a real name - it was made up." The bride said, "Yes you do have a real name - it's Kristalyn, that's your real name!"
My daughter incredulously said, "My name is made up - it was my mommy's character's name in D&D!"
Suddenly the chuch went silent. I saw many eyes look to the priest. My wifes face looked concern about what others must be thinking.
Suddenly the silence was broken as the priest exclaimed loudly, "Why couldn't I ever find a woman like that!!! No wonder I became a priest!"
Words cannot even begin to describe the raucous laughter that we all erupted in!!!!
That story and those words will be forever immortalized by the coolest priest I'll probably ever know, and I'll cherish that memory.
Robert
That is a great story. Thanks for sharing!
~LAUGHTER~ That is a good story! Thanks for sharing it!
How cool is he!
great story, and well told.
So, now I gotta move to some parish in Jersey! I'm glad to say I know many cool priests, but that's absolutely awesome.
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So when is Kristalyn (Junior?!) joining your game? My best mate (and regular DM) started indoctrinating his eldest quite young. After school holidays one year, the kids told the class what they'd spent their vacations doing. One child said "I went to the beach", one said "I played at the park". My friend's son said "I bought some elves and goblins".
Bless him...
My wife and I have discussed allowing her to play after she completes grade school (between 5th and 6th grade - or 11 years old) and my daughter really wants to play, and seems interested (she'll be 7 in a month) so we have indicated to her that us teaching it to her is hinged on whether she does well in school with her grades - as sort of an incentive.
That being said, for the past couple of years I have made up stories to tell her at bedtime, but I make the stories "choose you own adventure" allowing her to choose the path of the protagonist - thus provoking creative thought and the ideals necessary in a role-playing game.
She loves it.
Robert
That being said, for the past couple of years I have made up stories to tell her at bedtime, but I make the stories "choose you own adventure" allowing her to choose the path of the protagonist - thus provoking creative thought and the ideals necessary in a role-playing game.
That's awesome. As much of a geek as I am, I don't think my 9-year-old really grasps or has any interest in roleplaying. I even had to beg him to read one of the half-dozen choose-your-own-adventure books I passed down to him.
Two great anecdotes, Robert, awesome thread.