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DanChops
Sneak
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Muscat, Oman
 | | 07/23/2006 11:19 AM |
| My wife and I will be moving soon to Oman, where I doubt that I will be able to find anybody to play D&D, DDM, or anything else of roleplaying goodness fun with. (Unless any of you live in or will soon move to Oman. No? Oh well.) So, I'm trying to come up with a scheme way to get my wife to play with me.
My wife isn't too interested in either the RPG or DDM. She has been good enough to try both with me, but they just aren't really her thing. However, she really likes the Heroes of Might and Magic computer game. So, I want to figure out some way, using D&D rules as the basis, to create a Heroe's-esque miniature/roleplaying gaming experince that my wife would enjoy. I'd like to stick to D&D/DDM rules as the basis, mostly since I already know those rules and I have a ton of books and miniatures.
My first thought is to use some modified version of the leadership feat, coupled with the commander rules in Heroes of Battle to create a system in which she controls a single Hero as it were with several weenie-style followers.
I've just begun thinking about this and haven't tweaked the rules yet. However, I was hoping that someone in the community would have had some experience with something like this. Thanks for any help! | |
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 07/23/2006 7:58 PM |
| That's a tough one. I'm not sure how to really work that other than he path you seem to be following, but I do have another suggestion that might help.
If you have a good internet connection and a lot of time, I know you can download D&D clients that would allow you to play D&D online. Living Greyhawk Core mods can be played online and you may be able to arrange something that way (although the time zone issue may be a problem). | |
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kestrel.ca
Underboss
1687 Posts
| | 07/24/2006 1:52 AM |
| Not sure how this would work with your wife's preference for Heroes-esque style play...
When I'm force to play with only one person, I've had the most success with a gladiator style campaign. The player created his "gladiator" (street thug at low levels) and through a series of encounters was able to advance in the world of arena-fighting.
I created several fight types (for variety), randomly generated NPCs (for opponents), treasure (for prizes), different locations, etc. I also tied much of this into Diplomacy (or similar type checks) so he would often spend some of his time travelling in between the different fight clubs trying to set up a match. Diplomacy checks indicated his success, both in the possibility of a fight, but also in the difficulty (and commensurate reward). Success added Reputation points which benefited Diplomacy checks, and allowed for access to gladiator schools (with their own benefits) and access to more prestigious events/arenas. Eventually, he found it much easier to create a second PC (with focus on Diplomacy skill) who acted as a cohort/agent.
To add variety, I would also occasionally adapt adventures that could be run with a single character, or a character with a single NPC. The biggest challenge here is making sure the challenges can be overcome by the PC and chosen NPC (ie. if the NPC is a wizard, lots of traps would be a bad thing; whereas trying to be sneaky is not usually something a cleric NPC would be good at).
Whatever you choose, good luck! | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 07/24/2006 1:53 AM |
| Seems like you need some sort of "transition" to get her interested in PnP RP gaming. A board game might be a good step. Hero Quest set the benchmark, but is no longer readily abailable. The basic starter sets from Wizards are great. For something a bit different, but a similar flavor to DnD look at 'Descent: Journey into Darkness' put out by Fantasy Flight Games www.fantasyflightgames.com
Worst case scenario you both play online games. You could do worse than DDO (Eberron Campaign Setting) http://www.ddo.com/
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10492 Posts
United States
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rhopp
Sneak
54 Posts
| | 07/24/2006 9:14 AM |
| I would keep in mind what aspects of HoMM are appealing to her. I'm guessing one of the things she likes is resources management. You have to decide whether to hire Magogs or build a tavern, etc.
If the gladiator theme is appealling to her, you might put her in the role of an owner of a stable of gladiators (or perhaps just one to start with). She could then manage her expenditures to win herself glory, fame, and riches. She could also play out the combats for a taste of the tactical side as well. | |
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IHawk
Underboss
1054 Posts
Lisle, Illinois
| | 07/24/2006 11:09 PM |
| Dan,
it took years to get my wife to play D&D with me. now she
plays more than I do.
it took only a short time for her to latch on once she
broke through the initial barrier of playing a roll playing
game. I would suggest finding out what that barrier is. for
my wife it was two things.
1. rules - luckily 3.0 came out and made the whole trying
to teach her THACO 2.0 crap go away.
2. self aware/embarasment (i can't figure the correct words to
describe that she was kinda shy and embarassed). we openly
discussed this and we tried playing in a small friendly group
of her friends and mine until she was ready to play in a
convention type atmosphere.
Good luck with this, it will be great if you can sway her to
the dark side.
As far as 1 on 1 D&D. I have been playing the Worlds Largest
Dungeon with my wife. She is the only PC. I play a story line
NPC who basically needs to be there to help with the story.
Otherwise I rotate in NPC's as she progresses through the
Dungeon. It is also giving us a chance to teach the 4 year old
how to play too. Anyway, I treat it just like it was a first
person D&D video game type adventure. She has a good time
with it, we get to spend time together and I get to play
whenever we can!
Oman, wow. That is a commitment. Good luck with that as well.
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