Narrated D&D Story: The Adorable Tale Of How A 4 Year Old Plays Dungeons & Dragons

[@QuixoteBadger]

The father spins a one-off scenario off the top of his head, and a young child makes friends with family of friendly non-feral goblins... Faith in humanity fully restored.

[@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate]

In a one shot I'm going to play a tielfing storm sorc whose the last of a great kingdom and plans on rebuilding his family's empire and I wanna try to only use Thaumaturgy and Prestation to overcome challenges

[@QuixoteBadger]

@@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate The wizard of odd. I like it! ;)

[@DeadlockDrago]

*Humanity Restored*

[@3XC4L1B3R]

"You can light a torch, or cast a spell..." "I have a flashlight." "I... okay."

[@PoldaranOfDalaran]

I mean, what is a Sunrod other than a magical flashlight? :P

[@MazzaAzi]

Modern problems require Modern solutions

[@andrewkippenhan5494]

When the DM doesn't railroad

[@CommissarMitch]

That sounds like Artificier with extra steps.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

Andrew Kippenhan I don’t railroad, I place limitations. Such as how a player owns a warthog from halo, they have to fuel the thing. Alongside schematics for other halo, Star Wars, and other sci-fi vehicles. However, anything that is beyond a modern plane or jet, requires the heart of a false hydra, which are mythical creatures. There was a TIE fighter, but nobody knew how to fly them and kept crashing them. So, if they try to go buy it again, I’ll say it was sold and crashed in an attempt to fly it. I will explain the tech imbalance between the nigh-space traveling mafias and the main kingdoms with their swords, castles, and magic towers still, once they want to understand it.

[@jacobking7840]

This is utterly adorable! I love the way the dad made the story appropriate for her age group, but still slightly challenging for her. It's a great way to encourage critical/creative thinking, memory retention, and of course, daddy-daughter bonding time.

[@salvadortoscano2534]

All these are crucial in this day and age, too! But nothing can be better than just how adorable this story was!

[@jesterssketchbook]

also snuck in the definitions of stalagmites and -tites plus one to Dad points!

[@jf2801]

He also endorsed eating a well balanced diet, somehow lol

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

Plottwist: (Abridged) Goblin Slayer joins the meal.

[@asilnorahc8910]

And also resorted to pacifist and social interaction rather than violence, too. That's very nice, when she gets to play D&D later, she certainly won't be a murderhobo.

[@danielauen7790]

Did this father just ad lib an entire dungeon on the way home from school?

[@NEOMNIMON]

Indeed he did, that's a good DM.

[@howardjones1388]

He kept it basic, its not that hard.

[@danielauen7790]

@@howardjones1388 Still cool, especially for someone like me who has never even touched a d20.

[@Lallander]

Why not start? It's easier than you might think.

[@danielauen7790]

@@Lallander Love to, never really got around to it, like alot of things.

[@olearris]

Kids in D&D - helps out everyone and is nice, True NG Adults in D&D- is it alive? I attack it.

[@DraconicDuelist]

I mean, the adults've probably gotten more experience in dealing with actual monsters in their many years of adventuring in the wilds. Kinda makes you more weary and less prone to trust when a majority of things attack _you_ on sight...

[@Gr33nH4m]

I tried dming for a group of 6 year olds one time.... they turned out to all be murderhobos.... even the cleric that very specifically said he wanted to just heal people.... good times

[@kingmonster]

Awwwwwwww...they start out so vicious at that age. :)

[@williamfalls]

Child: I want to feed the wolves! My Barbarian: *Leroy Jinkens charge*

[@destroyerinazuma96]

My sister's first character in her first campaign was a barbarian. She wrestled bears with her mace and shield.

[@Wackywarrior13]

This is the sort of D&D story telling that just warms one’s heart

[@miscellaneousshadow7452]

When I was a kid me and my 2 sisters would get bored on really long car rides. So, we created "The Story Game". It was basically Tabletops but, before we knew what they were and a lot simpler. We would tell stories and our characters had to find ways out. It was a lot of fun.

[@derekromero2331]

Miscellaneous Shadow me and my elementary school friends did the same thing during lunch. I was the “dm” before we ever knew what role playing was.

[@miscellaneousshadow7452]

@@derekromero2331 I think RP is a very natural things for human. It has a weird stigma now as being "nerdy" or, whatever but, I think it is in some way integral to how humans veiw the world.

[@salvadortoscano2534]

Imagination is every child's greatest tool, especially in a world just swamped with things to spark it. Sadly, unless we as children find a way to keep that spark lit, by either becoming passionate for a game that inspires creativity, or an art that often requires imagination and creativity to be made as best as possible (for both the creator of the work and the audience who views it), that spark will eventually die out, and those with lost lights will view those with lit lights as something to be belittled. They see that we still cherish our greatest gift from childhood, and that we are preserving and/or enlarging it as we do, and they at some level cannot help but feel envious, because they knew they had the same thing, but they do not know how they got lost when we didn't. Find your spark, if you've lost it. Continue to fan the flames if you still have it. Creativity is a wonderful thing, and it's beautiful when we use it the way we did when we were children: for good, because there was no other way we as children could think of using it for.

[@jessesmith4167]

I did the same thing on the playground as a kid, a very stripped down version of a tabletop...the only problem was we never ahd any rules so sometimes my friends and I would butt heads about were the story went

[@darkfang797]

I did something like that with my younger cousin. We’re best friends and back then he’d come to my house every weekend right, so we’d play Minecraft, I’d have built some stuff in creative over the week, and then we’ll play it on survival and role play as our characters. We based it mostly off of Skyrim I think. Funnily enough he dislikes d&d. Too many bad memories of me pretty much being a DM.

[@alfiewilliams8682]

She was surpriseingly logical

[@Ruby321123]

I think a lot of children and animals are smarter than we're led to believe. I try not to assume too much about newcomers until I've observed them - I've met wise children & petulant adults before.

[@RikkuTakanashi]

Kid logic can be surprisingly logical. It tends to seem fantastical to adults but to a child it's bare bone common sense.

[@VexChoccyMilk]

T Thung uh huh and I’m the top of my class from sniper school with over 300 confirmed kills. That “kid” has a better grasp of the English language than I do. I believe that this is one of those “everything dies, even wolves. But not words, words live forever” type deal.

[@nerdletter3773]

Rikku Takanashi yeah. I remember learning in my high school psychology class that little kids aren’t dumb, their brains are just wired differently than us

[@cullenlatham2366]

yet smart "kid shows" exist. seems paradoxical, doesnt it? the truth of the matter is that kids are not as dumb as many would believe, they are just innocent optimists. As we grow up and start to learn how harsh the world can be, both the innocence and optimism of youth begin to fade. Even the most optimistic adult has nothing on a child who can trust anything until it bites them a few times. (yes, they will try more than once. it is hard, if not impossible to detect true malice from one negative outcome. the innocence of youth knows that inherently.)

[@thesaltybeard1793]

This child is precious and must be protected.

[@nexelray3207]

The first step to introduce D&D to your child, with a story. ^^

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

I need a cleric! This story is too wholesome for my heart!

[@Ryan_Silver_Fang]

*death cleric walk out with a nife*

[@stephenbarau6485]

She rolled a nat 20 dude

[@MZZE-my7hz]

this 4 year old has a greater use of the English language than current me does

[@tomboy_kisser]

than I currently do*

[@MZZE-my7hz]

@@tomboy_kisser I don't know if this is a woosh moment or if its intentional in response to me doing it wrong on purpose. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[@UNSCMarine117]

Well I assume the father worded it better for the readers.

[@ESCL2004]

@@MZZE-my7hz definitely an r/whooosh moment

[@undyingjuliuscaesar7402]

Father of the year goes to.

[@salvadortoscano2534]

Absolutely!

[@andresmarrero8666]

So wonderful, and for once we have nice Goblins.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@caileanseoilidh5716 well Goblins in mythology are part of the fairy folk, their name even means ugly fairy, and they were generally helpful around the house unless you somehow insulted them but it changes depending on which one you are talking about.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Wholesome Goblins are the best Goblins.

[@Ruby321123]

I don't know about in D&D, since I'm still new-ish, but in mythology, helpful goblins were called hobgoblins. Well... generally helpful. They were still prone to mischief, and were not immune to anger if provoked.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@Ruby321123 they are one of many, another is the Brownie which becomes a Bogart if you anger it. Fortunately they like honey and crackers.

[@Ruby321123]

@@andresmarrero8666 😃

[@joeybrown6146]

My kid were playing with a lg foam d6 (who can get the bigger number) in the living room. I walked up and asked them if they wanted to play d&d. Immediately had the interest of my kids at the mention of dragons. I let them pick their character classes (a wiz age 7 and a war age 5). Before starting I explained initiative, attacks, and checks (with only the d6). I started the story of their adventure in the quest to kill a lg troll. After killing a few mobs to teach them how to play they find the a large cave where the bbg was. I was quite surprised at how well they were doing. They get to the final cavern of the cave to fight the troll and their imaginations go wild! After a few round of back and forth conversation, my son (the warrior) moves behind the troll near a few stalagmites while distracted with my daughter (the wizard). Troll: You're going to die down here. Wiz: Not if you do first War: The bigger you are the harder you fall! Unknowingly to me, my son got behind the troll to bring it down. He attacks the back of the troll's leg with a critical attack, hamstring it, and runs back to the wiz. Staying balanced on it's one good leg the troll yells : You think this is going to stop me! Wiz: NO, but now you fall, and die. She used a "wind spell" to push it over onto the stalagmites. I couldn't help but laugh 😂 at their imagination. With it being hamstrung and falling into all the stalagmites, they just killed the bbg without much effort.

[@salvadortoscano2534]

They will be gods one day

[@justinblocker730]

***Spoilers*** Heard it before part 2 has the child using the shield next time, and hunts down a large winged beast a dragon that wants ice cream and makes friends of Kobolds. Got to train the children young~

[@ladymecha8718]

That is what I am happy with the resurgence in tabletop rpg like D&D, the encouragement of imagination development.

[@therealscorpion95]

You know this probably going to get lost in the comments but I’m gonna say it anyway I was having a really crappy day just a lot of drama and everything like that and just hearing the story made my day pretty good and kind of pulled me out of the dumps and warmed up my heart. So glad I found your channel like a month ago. It’s a shame you don’t have a lot more subscribers your content is really good keep it up man ( high five)

[@johnrafferty4364]

Your comment wasn't lost on me my twin two year olds Luke and Leia have been sick on and off for like two weeks and I found this channel and it's really kept me occupied for when I'm trying to get them to bed or getting woke up at night and stuff it's great

[@brendonhavener]

The wholesomeness, it’s too much! It burnssssss.

[@brandonkaminari]

"Dad, someone's here! She's looking for something!" Every D&D Player: *thinks of their characters taking out their weapons and spells*

[@monsunoguy19]

Media: Gamers are horrible parents. Dm's with kids: Hold my mead

[@salvadortoscano2534]

You missed the pun, man! It's: "Hold my dice" :P

[@sebastianlodge7549]

Salvador Toscano Technically that’s not a pun, but here we are.

[@allthingsdnd]

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[@silvertheelf]

All Things DnD, it was a good story.

[@colderdrymatt1581]

I want to play dnd or somthing like it but i dont own any but a star wars one and cant find anyone to start it with

[@silvertheelf]

Durranng DurrINC, do you have discord?

[@johnnysizemore5797]

@AllThingsdnd -- First off: DDDDAAAWWWW Second off : i introduced my(then 12 year-old) son to DnD via Fantasy AGE. I highly recommend it as an intro for younger players, as the 3d6 system is real easy to learn, then after you've ran 3-4 games, move them to DnD 5e. It worked great for my Ninja Son(who's currently playing a LAWFUL GOOD Human Rogue Assassin)....

[@pcity15pheenom]

I've never introduced Dungeons & Dragons to anybody. Rather it's been introduced to me recently. There are a couple people the I know that play it on the weekdays and weekends and I like it. as a person who is an artist that can create characters and a story very well I'm pretty cool with it. Right now I have a kensei Monk character and I'm pretty good with him. He uses a longbow and a Chinese miao Dao, you know the Chinese two handed Sabre.. I'm also thinking about creating a home Brew using a character from Saint Seiya as inspiration. Specifically Phoenix ikki! And I was told to look up Sun Soul Monk as a backdrop. So far I enjoy the game and I always look forward to my Tuesdays and Sundays cuz it's always something different and we cut up all the same

[@DaxterL]

This is just too sweet, i love it ^^ i can totally see later in her life when she plays her character the DM would spin this little encounter in, stakes and bonds.

[@Sniper0Spike]

Genius DM Dad - age appropriate content & a lesson taught about sharing and making friends! D&D has so many applications likes this; you can literally teach leadership, morals and values with it. I have a friend who uses D&D in child behavioral therapy.

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

I got a niece whose 12 now, but has been playing d&d for a couple of years. Her Half Orc Path of the Berzerker Barbarian is a goddamn wrecking machine at level 15. Edit: But yeah, she learned about the concept of D&D through Stranger Things, and asked if I ever played that game... One thing led to another, and now she and her group are planning an assault on Menzoberranzan.

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

And she's brutal about it too. she has dropped villains off of cliffsides and even intimidated someone into revealing thier battle plans by threatening to rip their fingers off until they sang. She also one time got a Mind Flayer to release his Tentacle grapple on her by grabbing him by the head and biting a hole in his cheek.

[@salvadortoscano2534]

Savage of the year award goes to

[@destroyerinazuma96]

A bit of a technical question how does her GM deal with exhaustion? Berserkers are infamous for needing long rests or high level spells to recover.

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

@@destroyerinazuma96 We go by the five exhaustion levels. But we play it fast and loose in terms of pushing back against it... She has temporarily faught back exhaustion levels by eating fistfuls of sugar before. .. We also got a Cleric and a Druid in the group, so she's covered nine ways to Sunday in terms of magical help. It's safe to say we use a bit of homebrew stuff too... Magic Items, Enchantments, Mountain Dew, ect.

[@destroyerinazuma96]

@@King_Thulsa_Doom wow thanks for the reply. This team plays smart

[@ProfWulfenstein]

This reminds me of how I came into D&D. I was about 6 or 7, and my family life wasn't the best. However, the 1 time I always remember it being a lot of fun and peaceful was when my three older step-siblings, my step-mother, and my dad all sat around the table and played D&D. This was AD&D mind you. Anyway, I would watch my Dad who was the DM spin this amazing tale of fantasty, dragons, and other such amazing things. I loved it, and I listened intently at the door to the dining room which had the large table where they could play this game. My Sister was an Elf spell caster (Idr what kind), my oldest sister was an elf Cleric, my step mother was a human rogue, my step brother was a half-orc Fighter. They went on so many quests, and had heroic adventures. Finally, I just couldn't help myself, I asked my dad after one of the sessions when he was cleaning up, and taking notes on what went down "Hey Can I join?". He looked at me "Who would your character be?" Now I was thrown at this one, I wasn't half the writer I am today, nor did I understand that I could be anyone at all. I thought I had to pick an already existing character. Well, it was at that point that I remembered my Sister, the spellcaster had a familiar. The Familiar could change into a Hawk, a Cat, and a snake. It was able to talk, and it was sentient/sapient. So, me being me I said "I will play Vampira's Familiar (Vampira being the name of my sister's character). My dad laughed, but he pulled me onto his lap folded his DM screen down to hide the notes he kept there, and we sat down and made up my character. The next session I was right at the table playing with everyone. My dad explained "Vampira, your familiar has begun to act slightly strange. It's as if he's becoming his own entity." My sister looking at me as I was at new at the table "Oh? Is he? How so?" My dad looked at me "Well, how do I mean Xavier?" I smiled widely "I am pecking at your cheek gently trying to get you to wake up. As soon as you do wake up I say 'Vampira, I want to be more involved in your quests. They seem like fun, and I hate only being used just like a scout. Will you please let me do more?'" My whole family was very impressed, I did have a huge Vocabulary at 7 despite being unable to spell most of the words I could speak. They were amused, and so I was quickly welcomed as a full player. My sisters teaching me how to keep notes, and roleplay. My step brother teaching me how combat worked, and how to think on my feet, and my step mother showing me what greed could do to harm a party. I had a lot of fun, and have been playing D&D ever since.

[@thatlycantomboy]

My heart is warmed. Makes me want to introduce DnD to my little cousins!

[@salvadortoscano2534]

Same!!!

[@chrisradek6693]

50% Good Dad 50% Great DM 100% Legend Edit: Also, this is a great example of how you don't have to be a murder-hobo to get somewhere in a D&D game.

[@timeagenty4560]

Aw man this is so wholesome. But now I'm like, "how come I never run into nice goblins like that family? I always seem to run into, and subsequently slaughter, the nasty ones."

[@nnelg8139]

It might have something to do with being a group of heavily-armed thugs instead of a lone child... Or, maybe you just need to ask your GM.

[@ArtOfShannonLee]

I used to tell my younger sister improvised bedtime stories. Now we're in our 20s and we're going through the backstory of her character for the first campaign that I will DM. It's harder to make things up as I go along now that I have the shitty adult version of my imagination haha! But all of my friends and I are excited because character creation and storytelling have always been important to me. I doubt everything will go smoothly in my first group session and I'm GLAD! It's not just my story now, it's all of ours and I will LOVE IT when everything becomes a glorious mess and the story takes a totally different path from what I expected.

[@Ruby321123]

That's awesome! The campaigns I've been in are full of blood & treachery - and I like that - but I also wish there were a few moments like this scattered throughout, too, as a brief respite from all the darkness and grime. If I ever become a DM, I'll remember this.

[@1perspective286]

Jeez, this kid is better prepared than most adult D&D players, she had the foresight to bring a flashlight AND a pie!

[@NatsuDragn33I]

That right there is a great DM... I would love such a light-hearted world with friendly goblins and such.

[@Jake-dx7vn]

Father: "What do you do as you leave the cave? The goblin family are all waving bye to you." Daughter: "I cast Fireball!"

[@noahhornbeak8831]

Oh no

[@realmofdoors9605]

I introduced D&D two a handful of 10-13 year olds and a 15 year old. Don't regret a thing, they had an amazing time and I'm starting a long-term campaign come January. 10 - Goblin Thief 12 - Elf Divination Wizard 13 - Aasimar Fiend Warlock 15(16) - Human Fighter Their mom - Halfling Dream Druid They're all so excited to play a 1st-10th Level campaign and I can't wait to see all the crazy stuff these kids will think of

[@erictolman8031]

My current game has been running for about 2 months playing every other week. Many of my of players have kids and the eldest belonging my best friend. We recently introduced her character, a halfling fighter, to the group. I made sure to make her feel included by having monsters attack her, giving her choices during roleplay, and handing her options for all situation. It was her first session and looks like she’ll enjoy it once she gets her “sea legs”

[@dominique4732]

I'm not crying. My eyes are sweating. So wholesome!

[@Canadian_Ry]

In a similar fashion to the featured story, I run a game with my 6 y/o son. He plays the equivalent of an Aarakocra fighter skinned as a white dragon wyrmling (the mini he liked best). It's great seeing how he interacts with story elements. He's always eager to dive into the next stage of the story, showing kindness and settling disputes every step of the way.

[@austinperdue7106]

I just wanna say man, you’re a great dad! So many kids nowadays have parents that won’t play along with their imagination or just say “mhm cool” and that sucks. I’m just getting into dnd and although I’m not a dad myself, my sister and I are quite a few years apart and I was/am a big part of her upbringing and I always try to play with her when she’s making up these crazy stories and games. I’m glad that you’re doing the same thing for your kid. Great Dad!

[@Warrgen]

3 years before I introduced a young player (he was 15) to Pathfinder. It was his first Pen & Paper RPG and he made a Cavalier. I asked him what he wants to do after he rented a room in the local tavern. He said "I go into the woods looking for wolves or bears to slay and earn experience." I said OK and rolled on the table for random encounters. Five Werwolves came from the shadows und lurk upon the young cavalier. After a few hits the young cavalier ran for his life. This time not the Character get the experience, but the player^^

[@lurkydredd]

in a couple years the girl will realize goblins are actually evil and she'll be like: *"WHOOOAT!?"*

[@salvadortoscano2534]

But then she could get into D&D and make a nice goblin! Hell, she could make herself a relative of the goblin family in this story! Besides, children shouldn't be introduced to evilness until they get into middle school xD Then they're on their own

[@brutaleditor1197]

@@salvadortoscano2534 well in 5th grade it would , but middle school is for real adventures

[@RikkuTakanashi]

Honestly it depends how you perceive them and if the DM is doing a stereotypical version of them or being more creative then "Ooo evil green guy." Technically, in real world mythos, Goblins were considered members of the fae and could be as capricious as the fae. If you did good by them, they'd do good by you. Chances are a lot of "evil" goblins you could trace their background back to a point where the more "civilized" races showed aggression towards them. Either due to their appearance or pushing them out of their home to claim that land for themselves. The goblins already have a lot of natural disadvantages such as being homely and small so when the more advantageous races then go and bully them out of what little they have, yeah they're gonna react badly.

[@jessesmith4167]

@@RikkuTakanashi Plus in canonical lore Goblins are a lot like kobolds in that they physically mature very quickly, but mentally mature very slowly, but are capable of living a long time. The end result is that you have a whole race of children in adult bodies with a penchant for violence and mayhem and without the wherewithal and self-control to know better

[@RikkuTakanashi]

@@jessesmith4167 Yeah, kids tend to be little hellians without proper guidance. That's why most goblins in D&D have a Hobgoblin.

[@MrSilvUr]

"Wait! I have an apple pie in my backpack!" Okay. The kids a natural.

[@Owlaf]

Awww, that was great! The kid was creative thinking, as was the dad coming up with an impromptu adventure like that. Might also do that as a bedtime story, only instead of a book, you have a quick little adventure like that.

[@moniquebousquin8583]

My best friend was basically my sister. She introduced D&D to me while we were in college together in 2000. Three years ago before she died, we started teaching my kids. The first time we played with them, my enby decided to be a dwarf. We told the kids they met in a park to go on an adventure in a cave. When we asked how they planned to get there, my then 10 year old kid told me they would use the griffins they bought off the black market. Evidently, there was “a guy for that”. Cancer took my sister before we could finish but that will always be one of my favorite memories. We still have the character sheets and will probably finish at some point, but now it just feels too hard without her.

[@dybcreations]

I want to see a part 2 where the DM introduces the exact same concept to a regular group and they hastily decide to slaughter all the goblins

[@bethanysmith5856]

I think he's got his 4 yr old daughter hooked. I'll need to remember this for suggestions to babysitters when I have kids.

[@feralbunnydonut8495]

Psh nicer than my uncle during our first game when I was 6, I rolled a natural 1 and fell to my death 2 hours into the session.

[@FriendOfLegolas]

Oh, as soon as i read "my uncle during our 1st game when i was 6" i was like oh no, and then when i read to the end i feel relieved

[@DarkSamson1]

@@FriendOfLegolas 😂🤣😁

[@QuixoteBadger]

Oof.

[@destroyerinazuma96]

My Warhammer character died to a nat 1 from another player. Quaterstaff blow to the side of the head - ded.

[@zanderatkins1970]

That was enchanting, had a bad day, heard this and now its better. Wholesome dnd at its best indeed.

[@y1inae160]

I teared up when she decided to share her pie. So straightforward and kind, yet practically unexpected from DnD stories with all those put-on morality systems.

[@davalious5107]

I remember in elementary school I had a friend that I would walk around with during recess and we would make up stories about characters going on adventures or fighting monsters along side our favorite cartoon characters.

[@jasonchilders3642]

This story made me cry so many happy tears. It was awesome!

[@mastahoffman4137]

The wolf looks menacingly at you and drools whole growling... Roll initiative

[@matan8074]

I wonder if next session they had a rogue with expertise in animal handling and Persuasion at there table?

[@MarkATorres1989]

Truly a wholesome story, the kind to not only restore my faith in humanity but also a reminder that it up to us and those like us to pass on good memories and stories for future generations. Hahaha it is interesting that one could look at D&D and other tabletop games as a sort of oral tradition of passing on story telling and inspiring various hearts that sit by the fire to listen.

[@Tasfarel]

Give this dude a medal

[@grethistigra2477]

This encounter showed that diplomacy is a good way to face a challenge.

[@a_cynical_mad_man_vods]

The most wholesome wild goblins I've ever seen. I've seen kind goblins in games before in cities but never in the wild this was a cute story and the man is a great father.

[@levianderson8822]

but what kind of wolf is it is it a direwolf is it a timber wolf or is it a gray wolf

[@colderdrymatt1581]

Plot twist its a werewolve and it picks the child up with its mouth while digging it teeth into there flesh bringing them farther into the cave to be slowky eaten alive

[@crunchevo8974]

@@watcherofmemelords7967 plot twist the stick is to beat the child with

[@QuixoteBadger]

Plot twist. It's actually a reverse werewolf that transforms into a feral human. Also has an uncanny obsession with wooden crates, of which there are many in the cave. Most are full of wooden spoons. The werehuman accepts the sausage, which it eats awkwardly and sloppily with a wooden spoon atop a wooden crate. The girl sneaks past without incident.

[@RiotKurhein]

@@QuixoteBadger I think wolfweres are an actual thing in D&D?

[@Hawkkiller2]

@@RiotKurhein You're probably thinking of Jackalweres, which are servants to...someone? I forget who. Basically, they are enchanted jackals that have similar/opposite abilities to weres in D&D. They're jackals that transform into humans rather than the other way around. Mind, however, everyone plays D&D different, so some settings, especially homebrew, might have different ways they're handled, and wolfweres can be a thing.

[@davidjohnson6665]

That is a really good father, great story!

[@willropa4226]

Aww, a little cub poking her head out into the vast world of fantasy, so precious.

[@Xarestrill]

My brothers little girl used to watch us play D&D. About a year and a half ago I was starting a game and she wanted to play with us. So we helped her make a character. The group was my brother, his wife, and my niece. My niece (who was about 6) decided to make her character the 8 year old daughter of her mother's character. She was a bit shy so we all had to make sure to include her when coming up with ideas and making decisions, but she got bolder as she gained confidence. We all had a lot of fun, but we never got to finish the adventure, changes in job schedules made it impossible for us to have the time to role play. I also used to run games improv games like that with my brother and a couple of friends during some long car drives and other persods where we had lots of time with nothing to do, and no dice or anything.

[@davidmsmith268]

My 6 year old boy would likely just try and kill them immediately. In September we started reading him the Junior D & D books that are now available starting with the Monster book and then the Warriors book. They're reasonably priced and explain some of the basics (mostly) for a kid to understand. He has sat and watched and listened to some groups playing. After we finished the last book we sat down and rolled up a character for him. He wanted to be a red Dragonborn with a sword and shield but also wanted a dog so we compromised with a lvl 2 fighter/ 3 ranger. My game groups tend to start at lvl 3 or 5. Once we built his character we purchased the model online and he painted it. Older boy who is 14 is our DM for the current game, learning as he goes with a little guidance from me.

[@joshbowman7114]

​That was adorable. Also, you are an amazing story teller!! You had all of that planned out from the beginning I could tell! You should post a tips and tricks to dm-ing.

[@lukeh8891]

Josh Bowman I don’t think it’s his story, I think he just narrates other people’s stories

[@joshbowman7114]

Luke H oh dang you right. Lowkey, he needs a disclaimer at the beginning of his vids. He has a source in the info section but who really looks at that?

[@williamfalls]

@@joshbowman7114 Description has sources.

[@kenlicno5623]

when i hear it at the end i was liek AWWWWWWW and a tear went down my face

[@lkriticos7619]

The first D&D game I played was an intro game designed to be family friendly. There was a DM, a few adults (including myself) and three kids of about 5-6. They were great. The little girl wanted to be a unicorn and the DM flavoured things and helped her create a character, even made her speaking Sylvan relevant. The boys were both rogues and kept trying to out-compete each other but were very good sports about it. At one point they started an argument about who was sneakier while sneaking through a cave of goblins. The DM gave them disadvantage to sneak and made them roll again, explained why and they laughed. It was a nice, wholesome little one shot.

[@GlitchGhost1285]

I gonna be real here I don´t like kid that much but this D&D story was a lot of fun and I had big dumb smile all over my face. It made me realize we all lose that feel of wounder as we grow older and do to the times we live in now am afraid that feel might or will disappear. If! The day comes when I have kid of my own I will tell so meny storys and introduce them to D&D when they are old enough to understand what am saying.

[@rickscribner6312]

Just got my wife to play d&d last week..she overheard me listening to this..she enjoyed it... Yer an awesome dad..thanks for all the epic stories

[@DragonicSociety]

@AllThingsDnD my 4 year old daughter actually just started playing in a game with my and my online group. It has been a lot of fun and something we get to do in the mornings before she has preschool. Lucky to have friends in other countries and so happy they work with us and let her play, I may need to send you guys the story of her first session, she has been hooked ever since and always asks when we are playing next. I love it too cause she said that her character's papa is me (she calls me Papa as english is my 2nd language) and its been awesome having the father-daughter team as we are both Aasimar that will gain our wings together soon. Been one of the most amazing bonding times ever.

[@anonymous_person8280]

This is adorable. I also played kind this way with my older sister, though I had no idea about the existence of DnD years after we first started playing. I would just start a story, give her a role in it, and let the story weave where my imagination went. My sister wasn't as cooperative as this daughter though, and she tended to bulldoze her way out of most stuff, which I couldn't really stop her from because she'd get more and more irritated the more I obstructed her. Eventually, most sessions became more of me telling a story by myself, though sometimes I still have her become the character. We played many of these sessions, until we separated due to college, but we still play it from time to time when we meet. It's still fun, because it stretches my creative mind and she gets to hear an interesting story.

[@darkmonkyking]

My heart can't handle this sweetness!

[@sebastianhopkins7322]

This is the best way to get little ones interested in D&D as well as helping them nurture their creative minds.

[@Sardasio]

I get a lot of skeptical looks when I tell people that I’m teaching my daughter how to play dungeons and dragons but the vocabulary you’re describing here is exactly why I’m doing that! It’s a great game for tons of things in early childhood development so much fun too

[@kaneunderwood8261]

That was so adorable. That father is doing it right. Good on him.

[@WorldWalker128]

What a nice story. :) I have to wonder what adventures await those two....

[@leristamerello8225]

Friggin' adorable and wholesome. Always like when a good dm doesn't have creatures alignments as stereotypical.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

I dm for my 3 oldest kids *10, 9, 8* and they are honestly better role players than my adult group. they are so engaged, and inquisitive. they always look for all sorts of things to do other than fight, but they definitely like fighting. they are creative, selfless, teamwork oriented and honestly kick fucking ass. its so cool to see them light up for dnd night.

[@calhoun1968]

That was wonderfully adorable indeed!!!

[@youmandyme]

This is the sweetest thing ever

[@tmoore22]

Well done! I'm about to help my daughter teach her girls, my granddaughters, how to play the "dice game." They are 5 and 6. This story is great inspiration for that.

[@j.michaelcherry8330]

Due to crazy circumstances, I was driving a van full of young kids on a long trip, all of whom were getting restless. So I started a completely verbal game with them and they had a blast. My children love "telling a story together."

[@MHMistol]

Oh my, my heart can’t take the wholesome story!

[@blacksmurf8627]

I love these videos and I've never played a single d&d game in my life. Thanks to this story, I'm gonna try something similar with my own 4 year old.

[@zofifi7549]

Never. But when I was a child, my parents played with their friedns a lot. When i was about five (or something), I became interested with game. I did't understand much but I liked the figures and white- erased board. So they let me have my own character. It was very weird creature. It looked like giant human skull that levitates above the floor. It had tree abilities. Flying, biting and frightening. Of course it was still adults game and it taked hours before something interesting for me started to happen. So Skull (it was a name) just appear sometimes, it was biting something, casted fear on some random characters (usually enemies but sometimes also PC's) and dissapeared again.

[@ChibiKami]

your parents let you be Acererak the demilich?

[@zofifi7549]

@@ChibiKami It wasn't a demilich. Like i said, it has only three magic abilities witch was: casting fear, flying and dissapearing whenever it want. It' couldn't even speak. I belive it was more like some kind of mysterious, chaotic- neutral spirit that likes to mess around adventurers. I made up that character myself and I did't even know what lich is.

[@zofifi7549]

@@ChibiKami But I admit that now: It looks like Acererak.

[@therandomninja5]

I’ve been a DM for several months now and a couple of weeks ago we played a one-shot designed for kids called “Heroes of Hesiod” to teach my son (6) how to play. He has sat in and listened to us play before and showed interest, so we invited him to join. All of our regular group was there and I was the DM. My son picked the rogue pre-made character, and we began. Since the adventure is made for kids it has a simplified rule set, and he picked it up very quickly. The basic premise is the characters are in the final stage of monster slayer training to aid in protecting their village which is often attacked by monsters. This training involves fighting 4 monsters in an arena: a bullette, a pixie swarm, a young red dragon, & a beholder - all Nerf’d compared to their full rule set counterparts. My son, now Evindol the rogue, quickly grasped the concept of his sneak attacks and managed to deal the killing blow to 3/4 of the monsters including the final beholder. After the game was over he gave himself the title of “Beholder-Killer” and drew many pictures of beholders and his character fighting them! He’s definitely interested in continuing to play & I’m eager to write an adventure befitting the Beholder-Killer.

[@jeffhaack5938]

Ok first video of the morning and my cat is here being adorable and now I get this punch to the feels

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

The kid is one of us now :3

[@TheGroggyTurtle]

This is sooooo cuuute!! She was sucked into the story so quickly! She has a bright future a head of her hehhee ❤️

[@jadejacobs2221]

THIS is the MOST ADORABLE THING

[@joshuarainwater8631]

Now this is just wholesome.

[@NightWatchersPet]

I'll have to write down the game I had with my then pastor's 7 year old a couple of years ago, it was a lot of fun (she played a little pseudodragon who was an elf's familiar... Many adorable shenanigans happened)

[@vasudean]

Dawww *dies from cuteness overload*

[@kcpugh5601]

My whole family plays, so my younger brothers often join in on the fun. They're 10 and 11, so it is interesting watching them interact with NPCs. In a one-shot that my dad was running, there was a sea monster approaching our boat. The 10 year old, a half-orc barbarian, decides to dump all of our spoons overboard as an offering to the monster. The 11 year old, a goblin wizard, makes a very shiny, very big spoon to help. I was playing as an oath of the ancients paladin, so I used speak with animals to help the monster realize the spoons were an offering. We ended up passing the encounter with no blows traded on either side.

[@rickywebb1803]

lol I got a 4yo and theres no way she could play D&D yet kudos to that kid tho

[@breetanyaviolet4986]

Then play Paw Patrol and Perils instead. Have them pick a pup, and they use their abilities to solve problems. My nephews, 3, 5, and 7 all love it.

[@sainttan]

It's more like choose your own adventure than D&D. Keeping it wholesome along the way.

[@omgLOOKitsGIR]

just get her to play, 4head

[@dogvetusa]

The act of playing the game will improve speech skills very well. They may not be ready to sit down and play for ten minutes but getting them to answer a question or three will help loads. Also don't talk to them like they are children (ie: just talk normal, yet clean)

[@thenerdbeast7375]

This was so sweet it gave me a cavity, what a nice bit of story between parent and child!

[@ayroberson6731]

It so wholesome Why am I crying

[@agustinreynoso5609]

I work in a orphanage (in Argentina we name it as "Hogar de niños", "Children's home", i dont know if there is any way to say it in english). They live there, and i started playing D&D with 4 childs (2 brothers, 12 years and 7 years, another boy about 12 years and a girl the same age). They are playing a campaing where they have to take vengange from the human emperor that is trying to conquer all the continent, forming an army to defeat him. I first starter with the two brothers, one cat-man rogue, Stif (12 years) and a lizard-man wizard, Fake (7 years), later in the campaing the other boy took one NPC lizard-man warrior (Slithering) as his PC. After a few sessions they meet Franchesca, the last player. She took an elf druid, princess of the biggest forest in the land. When they meet her, her people where in trouble because of the emperor, that ended up in a war where they took part defending her people. Then the elfs became their allies in the war, but to do so they needed to take care of the goblins in the deepest part of the forest who were making troubles too. The party was guided to the place so they can beat the goblins. They have some troubles fighting with the gigant trolls that the goblins slaved to work or fight, and they needed some recomendation. So the princess Franchesca went to train with his grandmother, the queen, that told her some weakesses from the trolls. Her grandmother was a demanding woman that were so angry with her because she tried to teach her before and never listened her lessons. When she nagged her it was very fun, because his grandmother was very grumpy and any mistakes from her granddaugther makes her shout and bluff. But she learned. So the party went again to fight the goblins and ended up killing all of them, except their leader (it took some sessions). So when they come back with the elves they found that all the elfs were reunited near her grandmothers home. She was laying on the bed, with Franchesca's mother on the side. Another elf told the party that the woman was attacked from a human spy. "The damage in her body will kill her, there is no way back". Franchesca kneel down on her side and her grandmother told her that was sorry from being so rude to her, that she loved her and was proud to her despite her mistakes. And told Franchesca's mother that she will be a great queen. The girl and the rest of the children were staring at me without saying a word. I looked her in the eye waiting her to response but she only said: "I dont know what to say, want to cry...". And then: "Ok, Franchesca cries". That was motivation enough to make the party and the new queen wanted to take vengange from the emperor. It was one of the best sessions that we have. We keep playing. Sorry for my english :B

[@That1Weeb]

This kid getting nat 20s

[@Winterfalke]

This almost made me cry.. and I don´t know why.