As you probably know I’m a bit of a geek. What’s more, my geekery doesn’t just confine itself to messing around on computers and a healthy appreciation for Sci-fi films. No; it goes deeper than that. It’s time to come clean; I’ve been in the closet too long. I am a roleplayer.
Hello, my name is Dan Hughes and I play Dungeons and Dragons.
Now that the secret is out I’d like to share a few things with you. I’ve been looking over the Midwife’s medical notes on Evan and I’ve come to a few conclusions:
Evan Hughes at 2 weeks old
Weight: 9lb 2oz – on the 90th percentile (heavier than 90% of all other babies)
Height: 56cm – on the 100th percentile (taller than 100% of all other babies)
There is no doubt about it; those are the stats for a Fighter. Oh sure, he’d make a pretty good Barbarian with those scores – but I don’t fancy him going into berserker rage every time he drops his sippy cup. No, Fighter it is. Maybe even a Paladin, but if he’s anything like his Dad his wisdom score won’t be high enough.
I’m quite glad in a way. For a start I won’t have to pay all those expensive Wizard guild tuition fees, nor will I have to watch my valuables as I would if he had been a thief. As for Druid or Ranger, quite frankly I don’t think I could have coped with having to clean up after the animal companion all the time. Sure it would be “I’ll take good care of him Dad†at the beginning – but as soon as the novelty wore off it would be muggins here left cleaning out the bear hutch every Saturday morning.
As I said, I’m a geek. Apologies to the 95% of you who won’t have understood a word of this post. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
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you realize this could backfire someday, don’t you?
“oh yeah dad? well, let’s see you MAKE me take out the trash!”
I know nothing about role playing, unless we’re talking kinky bedroom games:-), but it’s obvious your son will rule day care and kick you ass at 5 years of age. Have you got steroids in the breastmilk?
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Commitment…
All blogfathers are geeks, but there are few who will admit it. Fewer still are those who would use a newborn son’s two-week check-up to determine his character class: ‘There is no doubt about it; those are the stats for……
How do you determine his alignment?
Oh dear – is it time to put in a call to Social Services already? *grin*
I was talking to a friend of mine who is also a roleplayer today (and geek and sci-fi fan) and he said that one day he hopes his little girl will follow in her daddy’s roleplaying footsteps. I said I’d teach her the number for Childline.
Too funny! And yes, I understood every word of that. I’m one of those rarities–an adult woman with children who still plays D&D (when I get a chance).