Introduced three of my kids (aged 10, 11, and 13) to D&D (v3.5) in an effort to have them play something more advanced than roblox.

I expected that it wouldn’t be high-paced enough, and that they’d get bored, but it turned out they enjoyed it a lot more than I thought they would.

I decided to start the game really simple. No class, no stats, no feats, no levels. Instead I gave them a feat I chose to call “basic training” so they could use some crude (-1) martial weapons with a -2 penalty instead of -4.

After a “tutorial-dungeon” where they got to learn basic combat and tactics they found a chest with some class-suitable items, based around what they’d told me in advance that they’d like to play. They then chose class and race: Orc Barbarian, Gnome Rogue, and Gnome Wizard, but I told them to leave the level blank.

After some individual additional quest that mostly involved talking to NPCs and some training, they now have classes and they’re properly lvl 1.

The exception is the wizard who only has a couple of spells possible. I figured it’s better to introduce them over time so he doesn’t have to memorize so much. And because of story-related reasons, he can’t summon a familiar yet, but he will soon.

Previous session ended with them ready to embark with some NPCs on a more difficult quest to test them as adventurers instead of peasants with a mission.

We should probably have time for another session tonight. They’re about to learn the hard way what an Ogre is.

UPDATE:
They now know that Shrek is an unrealistic depiction of what an Ogre is like. Also, my 13 year old got somewhat bored during that fight since literally the first thing that happened in the fight was that the ogre charged him and scored a crit, putting him at -8 HP. Lucky for him the cleric was anle to stabilize him, so he survived. But he basically had to sit out that sessions encounter.

After defeating the Ogre and finishing the quest they’re now lvl 2, which is when things start to get interesting.

Seeing my father in law interact with my child. He kind of had nothing to say to me before and I found it awkward plus the language and dialect difficulty. But his face just lights up when he sees my child. He comes home from work 1-3 times a day just to see them :)

Started getting a hyperthymia flare up and I got SO many new art ideas out of nowhere it’s not even funny. Typically when I have a flare up it’ll last anywhere from a few weeks to months and I’ll be even more giddy than normal LMAO

^ Mood

Things running smoothly. No disasters, catastrophes, accidents or major disruptions of any kind in my life. Basically just normal live, business as usual.

I guess the only notable thing was me gradually cutting my caffeine intake. Went from 15 g of coffee grinds to 7 g per day. Currently, tea is my only caffeine source.

I got to sit down on the couch with a bag of cheese puffs and a game on the couch. Simple things

Last week I was on holiday with my family and got to spend a lot of time with my nephew who’s nearly 2 and very cute.

Spent some time with my siblings and cousins! I don’t get to see them enough nowadays, they all live near to each other so I often feel a bit out of the loop.

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