#dnd rp sentences

[lucifersresources]

stupid shit said in discord servers part four meme. ft special guests from my dnd party!

edit/alter/change pronouns etc as you see fit!  

i never wanna think a cop is funny.

flirty rat man was my nickname in college.

the moon sounds like a fun place to be.

thinking a cop is funny is a gateway drug to being a republican.

today i learned she would punch a seagull.

booty call via shared thoughts.

it's fallen angel math.

i want em gorgeous, awful and bloody.

the fuck did i just read.

i just didn't know what knotting was. i miss those times. i miss five minutes ago.

you're not an edgelord, you're just pathetic.

there will be no butt sniffing in my god fearing house!

wanna see how gay my kindle looks?

i saw a book review titled "unlikely travel companions fight their inner demons" and i just think that's all of us

come to america and we can lay down together with no spoons

sitting in vc with the two of you is probably a bit like couples therapy

i'm not a planner i'm a go with the flow-er

penguins are all non binary, confirmed

the world is a gay penguin waiting to fly

this is a win for the lgbtqa+ community, penguins are gay

new pride mascot just dropped: penguins

it'll be me shoving you in the PIT OF HELL

i'd push my friendguin off an iceberg for money ngl

penguins can accidentally end up in gay relationships

penguins are friends not food

they made weed legal in my state so now all the cop dogs are confused

they always stand there dick to dick

the giraffe wanted a pillow

have you smelt the grass?

like, sure, i am picking fights, but in an affectionate way

well now i'm contractually obligated to fight you

it's like a suburban mom's wet dream

NO ONE EVER TRUSTS WHAT I SAY. THATS LIKE GIVING ME THE NUCLEAR CODES

sure, i'm better than donald trump, BUT LIKE THAT ISNT SAYING MUCH

doe, a deer, a female deer. Die, a long long way to hell -

i know you're a bot but get a grip

the jerking off motion at you is flirting

i hate it when my upper body grippers don't grip.

have you tried the lower grippers?

having to explain my joke makes me want to murder you

don't take my inches away from me, i need all the ones i can get.

nevermind, I'm not an eldritch horror anymore

are you a pretty worm?

i'll airfry a ghost i'm not afraid

kinky. not into that though

gay stuff in the creepy basement causes swollen lips?

*eddie culz voice:* say it out loud.

my brain just imagined Edward Cullen in like a rap outfit

eddie culz before the beat drops: hold on tight spider monkey

but am i a pretty melon?

what is ur secret, thumb

you guys are both bullies, you dont count

i am a hole

not to be a hole about it, but me too.

i am become cheese

mm i'm so edible.

STOP THE LESBIANISM SHES TOO OLD FOR YOU

DON'T LICK MY ASS

i was eating my ass

sometimes it takes a dick to teach

when u don't get a regular boner but a fang boner

he fakes his death a lot

the threat is… unthreatening at best.

i imagined a finger waggle. it’s important.

the ghosts are still in *name* and *name's* head. fucking sick bro.

we see an exorcist fucking freak crawling along the ceiling...

Dora The Explorer: Madre, Pick Me Up I’m Scared Edition

Skel and the eTons make their debut into the world.

YOU GOT NOTHING IN YOUR BRAIN! HOLLOW MAN NO BRAIN!!!!

critique me, writing daddy

it's me and my guiding bolt against the world

humans can’t exactly lick their own assholes

[willczek-art]

D&D LMoP doodles! 👀✨

[pucksrph]

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎: 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚟𝚘𝚕 𝟷 — "𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜" 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜

from the first volume of the taz balance graphic novel! Some nsfw sprinkled about, i tweaked some of the lines from the original dialogue for better starter lines. change pronouns around if desired! if a multi, please specify muse !!

I have proficiencies in vehicles

Trust me, if the law hastles us, i’m the guy you want at the front of the wagon!

Bor-r-r-r-ing! No thank you, not for me.

I’m studying my cantrips!

Just say masterbating, we get it. “Don’t come in, mom! I’m studying my cantrips!”

It’s kinda tough to see… but I think shit has gone south.

I get the whole “wink wink you’re gonna be rich” vibe, but it came across as kinda murder-y.

Right! I’m… precepting…

Dude! You scared the bejeezus out of me!

Suck it up, because this is the way the game works.

It’s dangerous as hell out here, you better cowboy up.

Their warcry isn’t very creative…

I’m with you, my man! I’m always anti-tarrying! 

I guess we should go after him?

Nah, I’m good out here.

Well that sounds… nifty…?

So! How was the ominous clanking cavern?

I don’t want to talk about it.

That’s okay, I really didn’t give a shit.

Heckie darn, a cave in. Can’t get past that!

I would actually heartily recommend you turn around, this is not a great place for tourism.

Oh, excellent! I was just starting to establish a rapport!

To be fair, he wasn’t as cool as you were! 

Loooooook, my dude… I think we have gotten off on the wrong foot…

Everything’s chill my dude, prommy! 

See, now THAT’S impressive!

You weren’t kidding, you ARE dangerous! 

Smell you later! 

Oh, I’m gonna have to give you ten embarrassment points of damage… aaaaaaand ten psychic damage.

Wonderful! Now I got a pee stain!

Don’t you worry! I’m perfectly fine!

Is that… sniff sniff… roasting meat?

I need to take a knee after hawling your sorry ass…

You just HAD to go and shoot poor old [name], didn’t you? What’d he ever do to you?

Are you always so judgemental?

I’ll let you leave here alive if you do one teensy-tiny thing for me.

Hey, uh, I think this might be a trap.

Oh yeah, my dude, we’re killing everybody… Okay, maybe not kill everybody.

Gods, I love it when we plan shit out.

Okay, as you seriously going to try and befriend everything that tries to kill you?

YOU THREW MY WOLF IN THE FIRE! THAT WAS MY FAVORITE WOLF!

I cast CHILL THE FUCK OUT!

Why, it’s my dear friend, whatever-your-name-is!

Do you need any money? Can i just sort of give you everything i have?

Hey! Heeeyyyy, look at me. Look at this face. It’s [name], this is [name] talking. Would I lie to you?

All I want you to do is help me… and give me a little gold. Or maybe a moderate amount of gold. Or a lot. It’s really whatever you feel comfortable with.

You’ve cleaved the final gerblin! … Cleft? Cleavered? Clefted…? He’s fucking dead, alright? I’ll buy a thesaurus before the next battle. 

Boy! I wish I hadn’t needed to murder them! 

Save them? Before teatime? Never! 

[ name ], since we’re friends here — best friends, I would say! Lovers, maybe? Time will tell — what happened here?

Man, [ name ], when you charm someone, you charm the HELL out of them! 

Oh great, he’s a douche. [ name ] is a douche.

We’ve been wandering around here for two hours! 

We should have a map, a good ol’ adventuring map. It’s pretty standard operating procedure.

Whoever designed these caves has no sense of feng shui! 

Maybe she thinks your tractor is sexy, but you’re no longer welcome here!

[ask-karlachbear]

rp prompt December 7th.

"Let's play a game" She looked at them thoughtful, before her face beamed in a smile. "I say one word, you tell me a random word back, I give you another word, and together we make a random story.. what do you think?"

"I start" She thinks for a moment. "Plain"

Taglist: @thewildrover @anderwelt @gweneal-ainsley

[demonsndystopia]

𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙎 & 𝘿𝙔𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋𝙄𝘼 . 「」a literate roleplay server revolving around two unique universes you can partake in.

Said two stories are: ➡ Demon Slayer . . . ( an oc-only kny story with custom lore. ) ➡ Andromeda . . . ( a homebrew fantasy/apocalyptic dnd story. )

「✦」We have . . . Ⅰ. A UNIQUE RP SYSTEM. ➡ a dnd-esque system that includes levels, stats, dice rolls, forage, crafting, combat, and much, much more.

Ⅱ. TRIMONTHLY + BIWEEKLY REWARDS. ➡ we value activity, and wish to help you improve on your character's development!

Ⅲ. GAMING DAYS / MOVIE NIGHTS. ➡ besides roleplay, we also like to host community events!

Ⅳ. A VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

「✦」We are . . . Ⅰ. OPEN FOR PARTNERSHIPS.

Ⅱ. 17+ / NO NSFW.

Ⅲ. LITERATE (7 SENTENCES MINIMUM).

Ⅳ. LGBTQ+ AND POC FRIENDLY.

「」LINK: https://discord.gg/QpwyP583pP

[banethebloodgoat]

Things that my dnd character - Hemlock, a satyr Bard - said when we finally started our groups campaign in the dnd class at my school (not accurate down to the words but still very close)

"-" indicates that the sentence continued in the rp when at the end of the quote

Hemlock: you aren't gonna set us on fire, right? Not saying that I'm not into that-

Hemlock: Excuse my acquaintance, John here - that's a stupid name btw John-

Hemlock, said as a joke: arE yOu flIrTing wiTh HEmLock??!

Hemlock, first thing he said in the campaign: how the fuck are we floating

[There was another kinda funny one that I can't remember the wording of sadly]

[smonklegonk]

Lowkey pissed off because I'm listening back to old recordings of my dnd sessions,, and its all dramatic and shit but I can see so much more potential for rp. Like,, I really wish I had elaborated a little on this thing that only got a sentence or two out of me, that way the party would have more to latch onto later.

Its also hilarious to skip through the recordings because I'll just hear "-Willow is gone forever-" "-AND HIS FUCKIN NAME WAS WUMBUS-" "-a fate worse than death-"

But lowkey I think I die a little on the inside (/pos) every time I listen back to early campaign stuff because of all that's happened since then and we're never going to be able to go back to how it was. Also, the (accidental) foreshadowing is so real.

[okthatsgreat]

SENDING ASKS AT YOUR REQUEST MY LIEGE. OC asks in particular. ONE. Any songs you associate w your ocs? Which songs for which ocs? TWO. Who took the longest to come up with? Who're you still working on? THREE. Whose arc took the longest to come up with? :) Who still doesn't have an arc? FOUR. Who's the most fun to draw? Who's the hardest to draw? Answer as many or as little as you like... ENJOY!!!!!

vibrates wildly yessss YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ONE: any songs i associate with my ocs?

TOO MANYYYYYYY TOO MANYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! FAR TOO MANY. my oc playlists are so scattered and strange bc they’re all a mix of like. songs they would LISTEN to and songs that REMIND ME of them/have lyrics that apply to them lmao. i’ll try to choose a few!!!

- JUST BECAUSE SHES THE CHARACTER IM CURRENTLY PLAYING IM GONNA GIVE HER TWO SONGS LOL. “sinking boat” by infinity song for sadie!! extremely relevant considering the rp takes place on a cruise ship LMAO. song all about not worrying about rocking a boat that is doomed to sink anyways :) feels relevant lol. but the one i think is MOST relevant right now to her is “paranoid android” by radiohead!! told from the perspective of somebody very miserable and paranoid but still finding a way to place herself above others

- “cop car” by mitski for sæunn. literally every lyric of this song………… so good for her. she DOES get mean when she’s nervous like a bad dog. she doesn’t think about the past because it IS always there anyways. FUCK man FUCK!!

- i KNOWWW ive said this so many times before but “the fear” by lily allen for pippy/erin it’s just such a good song for her……. losing yourself to fame the image of stardom you portray…..

- “nothing bad ever happens to me” by oingo boingo for ryobeee :) this is HIS song lmao, truly so in his own head that he can’t feel empathetic to the tragedies around him, especially because nothing bad seems to be going wrong for HIM

TWO: who took the longest to come up with/who am i still working on?

UMMMMM to be completely honest with you ALL of my ocs are in constant states of reworking LMAO they’re hardly ever complete!!! there’s always little minor changes being made all of the time…….. i’m not too sure who took the longest to come up with i’ll be entirely honest just because they mostly come to be like prophetic visions in the middle of the day BUT YOU KNOW WHAT. ryobe took a bit of reworking LMAOO. went from the ultimate tv host to the ultimate prankster to the ultimate content creator, design changed up a whole bunch, PERSONALITY got switch up

THREE: whose arc took the longest to come up with/who still doesn’t have an arc?

UMMMMM honestly as of right now probably sadie LMAOO purely because she’s an rp character that’s in the middle of an arc right now!! however with sae and erin (my other two rp characters) i had a pretty solid idea of what i wanted their arcs to look like (pippy progressing into erin, sae taking on more of her fathers temper). with sadie i ALSO had a few ideas, however it just so happened that chapter 2 fucked her up BAD STYLE and how her arc inevitably ends will depend on how things progress………. teehee :) other than rp ocs i think ries whole deal didn’t really click for me for a bit either, but i really like how tragic it is that when she does truly learn to step away from the persona she had created it leads to her class voting incorrectly and getting sentenced to death . awesome sauce!

oh there are a few ocs of mine that only have vagueish arcs LOL. like mika girl sorry you are vague 2 me

FOUR: who’s the most fun to draw? who’s the hardest to draw?

THEYRE ALL PRETTY FUN TO DRAW i do especially love drawing pippy just because she’s super bright and colorful and always has the worlds LARGEST grin on her face like this -> :D

A LOT OF MY DND CHARACTERS ARE HARDER TO DRAW AND THAT IS SOLELY BECAUSE OF ARMOUR LMAO. i LOVEEEEEE drawing for null but it definitely has been pushing me into more dynamic poses!!! it isn’t super expressive in its face but is VERY expressive in its body language, not to mention how inhuman and strange it’s supposed to look

[sitorrothekitsune]

Alright. So. The blog I reblogged this post from deleted their original post, and maybe even blocked me, but I think what I said was actually important so I deleted my post and anonymized it. This is the original post:

And this is the original response from my end:

Hey, I don’t know who or what this group involved, and I’m not saying it’s not wrong, but I’ve actually done this to somebody before. And at least in my case, it was a complete accident.

I was in a Roleplay with somebody and our characters had good chemistry. I was enjoying it. I had typed out this really long response, pressed send, and thought nothing of it. I get a response like five minutes later, but I was kinda done writing for the day so I put it off until the next.

I looked at it the next day and had no ideas on where to take it from there, but I think I’m a pretty good writer, so I knew I’d think of something. Fast forward a couple days and I get a text from the guy. Just checking up on me. He asked me if I was still feeling the desire to continue, and I said yes. I was having fun. But every time I looked at that message, I didn’t know how to respond. I didn’t know how to own up to that, and I don’t think I would be able to still today. Well, a couple days turned into a week, and then into two. He already knew I was a slow writer, but he was starting to get really concerned. It was every day that I got a message, and every day that I told him I still wanted to do it. And one day, I finally owned up to it. Told him my shame. And he blocked me. Ghosted me. And I still haven’t been able to apologize.

Partially, this post is my apology to him. If you ever see this, dude, I’m sorry. This was never about you or your character. I was too invested in the story, and I was too caught up in my own shit to admit that I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to ask because I was always slightly jealous of how easily it came to you.

But this is partially to say that creativity is hard, and no matter how good someone is at creating a story, it’s hard to sit down and put pen to paper. This is especially true for TTRPGs where you not only have to make the story, but also do all the background math, balancing, character sheets, scheduling, and all this other stuff.

I love RP, DnD, and TTRPGs. I’d pick up another in a heartbeat. But it’s hard, and I don’t want to cast blame on creators for not being able to keep up the pace. At least they tried.

That about sums up my end, but I’ll leave with these final thoughts. These stories are the brainchildren of their creators, and most of the time are given so much thought and attention that they feel real. This gets people excited and emotionally engaged, but comes at a hefty cost. The people experiencing the story can never go back to being bystanders. They are as much of the story as the world is. And this can be a death sentence…

Some of my readers may be unfamiliar with this feeling. “How’s that? It’s just make-believe.” One might say. But the feeling I’m talking about is one more primal. You don’t consciously realize it’s there until it’s gone…

Thanks for reading my little rant if you got this far. I’m sorry to talk about something so frustrating. I just don’t think it’s fair to throw shade at people if they had good intentions. I’m not saying that the DM from OP’s situation did either, I wasn’t there. But we should “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” (Hanlon’s Razor)

[dirigibleplumbing]

Would Cas be any good at DnD, with Charlie doing her best to shepard him, or is that perhaps a step too far for him? It took him 10 years to figure out Dean wanted him to wear a cowboy hat and he wasn’t very subtle

Jack would get there eventually. He might try eating his dice and he’ll forget the rules half the time but he’d get there

Actually, Cas would get the rules and know 49 different ways to break every scenario Charlie comes up with but he’s not RPing very much when he does this I imagine

(I also imagine at a certain point Cas and Charlie are still trying to make it work for Dean…’s character’s sake, yeah…his character who’s arc relies on Cas’ character that may or may not involve a bit of romance RP that’s plot NECESSARY ok????!??!)

Or perhaps Cas is a natural, he’s had to pretend to be human and he’s been so many different versions of himself he channels say his time as CrazyCas for his character who’s like the (sexy) Court Jester Bard. And said (sexy-yes Dean thank you) Sexy Bard knows the Royal gossip and has to relay this information to the (also sexy) Wandering Warrior Dean plays who is very much like a cowboy but in medieval times (but is secretly the lost heir??? And Cas’ character would know that dundunDUN)

((Am also assuming one of them is playing a female character at Dean’s repressed insistence if this is pre-slash lol))

Cas has read and memorized all of Charlie's DnD books, including the Dungeon Master's guide. He can tell what numbers dice will land on while they're still falling. He has listened to and watched livestreamed DnD. 

And he absolutely sucks at roleplaying. 

After some practice with Charlie, he figures out how to get by without maintaining a complex character persona.

His first character is a Kenku, who only repeats sentences that other player characters have said, phrased exactly how the character did, but in Cas’s voice.

Next he plays the sapient steed Dean’s paladin character rides. Cas’s ability to narrate his horse behavior aloud takes a big downturn every time Dean says (blushing furiously) something like “so then I saddle up--um--Cas--Cas’s character--and we--ride--”

Finally, Cas comes up with a humanoid who’s a real player character’s player character: a drow Aasimar cleric. Cas is great at knowing when to smite and when to heal!

And yes, his character is a woman. Sure, he’s familiar with Drizzt--maybe he’s even read the books--but he’s well aware that it’s more likely for a woman drow to be powerful. That’s just the rules.

Dean, who for this campaign is playing a multi-classed rogue x fighter who was just rescued from Malodomini by powers unknown:😳

[sol1loqu1st]

this is not a vagueblog i just saw something that reminded me of this; look i love the pbta system and would absolutely play any of the games i know about that use it again but you people have got to stop recommending it to people who just want to play dnd. because pbta is very rules-lite, rp focused, and up to interpretation, but also pretty fuckin restrictive in terms of the type of game u can run. what if i also want to crunch numbers and find dumb glitches in the rules and i don't have time to learn a new complicated system brent!! u pick up city of mist expecting an easy rules lite system and it's like "this is a math-free game! instead of adding +2 to a thing you decided you were good at at character creation, you must come up with Two Thousand unique sentences that describe your character's powers in positive and negative ways, remember what you meant by each of them, personally decide when and how they apply, count up the number of positive and negative traits that apply, and then add/subtract THAT from your roll! easy as pie :)" WHICH IS COOL AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY CRITICIZING BUT YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT EASIER THAN DND DJVJSJVJSJGHSHFKD

[desdelacorazon]

hello!! i’m looking for a dnd/critical role multimuse rp!! some ideas under the cut but i’m pretty open to other ideas as well as brainstorming from scratch! i’m big on worldbuilding, plotting, headcanoning, and chatting with my partner ooc, and would love for a partner to be similar! i’m decently active, and don’t expect big replies! (especially when writing mumus, just a few sentences is more than enough for what i’m looking for) i play every gender happily and hope the same from my partner, but prefer f/f, m/f, and nb ships.

so more details! i think a 3x3 multimuse dungeons & dragons rp on discord would be a lot of fun! where we both play 3 character each, making up half of the adventuring group! this opens up all kinds of dynamics and relationships, from romance to friendship and everything in between!

this kind of rp can be a bit complicated though, so i would prefer a partner to have some experience with playing (or watching) dnd, and using dndbeyond! i own a lot of content on dndbeyond + a subscription so if you dont own a lot or any of the books that wont be a problem! but i’d be super interested in running combat when the rp leads up to it! i feel it can add some fun dynamics to the roleplay as well as add a way for levels and abilities to progress! additionally, incorporating dice rolling inside the rp could be fun, if that’s also something a partner is interested in! (insight checks, perception checks, and what not!)

the only thing i want to add is that i’d prefer to keep all races on the humanoid side (and would also prefer to avoid the artificer class)! additionally, i made this post with all OCs in mind, but i’m also happy to play a lot of different characters in the critical role universe! so i’m willing to do CR canon characters, OCs, or a mix of both! feel free to message me if interested!!

[shitpostmontgomery]

Before the Enshittification of WOTC by Hasbro (it's a whole Thing, I could go into details for The Yung'ins but I'll keep this addition brief) I was perfectly, completely, and utterly content with 5e. I would gleefully go on any adventure with that system. I would have bought any book, any additional lore, any conversion to the system. I was breathless waiting for Fizban's book, and giddy at the thought of old 3.5 material being officially converted. I was investing in the long-haul. I watched Critical Role. I had a D&D Beyond subscription. I was thrilled at the concept of the movie. I went back and read old Dragonlance.

Then It(tm) Happened, and I was so disgusted that I put it all down and started looking. I had the opposite of a neckbeard* explain about 5 different systems to me. The only one that I could wrap my head around, explain to new players, and coherently run was Pathfinder 2e (and, it's currently-being-updated cousin, StarFinder). Now, I'm not here to evangelise PathFinder to those who don't want to go on that journey - 5e was (and still is!) an amazing system, particularly for newbies and casual gamers - but after looking into Pathfinder's history and comparing DnD 5e with Pathfinder 2e, I see PF as the 'next level' that some 5e gamers are looking for once they hit the 'powermaxx' cap of about level 17. Again, I won't bore you with details if you don't care for them, but if that sentence rang true with you I'm happy to chat more about it.

For those new to gaming, for kids, for those 'out of practice', or for those who can only really game once or twice a year, I still recommend 5e without hesitation. GURPS is often too complex, MAGE requires a lot more RP than some are capable of doing off the cuff, Matt Coleville's system isn't ready to play yet, Daggerheart was also still in development, Pathfinder can be a bit deadly for fresh and green players, and Ars Magica is a very specific vibe that not everyone wants to play in.

(*an Elder Gamer, in their late 60's and was literally one of the city's first DnD players back when the very first edition was released. He's like a dad to me and patiently showed me all his stuff when I was a novice gamer. It made that much difference because, spoilers, I'm female, and humane treatment in the TTRPG scene is quite rare)

I hate to say it but going on other peoples posts about playing dnd 5e to preach about another system has NEVER made me want to play pathfinder instead. I don’t think this type of person often considers that the reason so many people play 5e is due to readily accessible resources and players who understand the system, it is about ease of setting up a game and getting it running often using the most bare bones of dnd than anything.

Nobody wants to seek out a game of uhm actually rules lawyers when they were having a perfectly good time in their current game. I believe that pathfinder is probably a good system but it being a better system isn’t enough to make it more usable than the one everyone knows.

[themosthatedbeingg]

How do you rp these characters and not be religious ?

//— hi it’s Kas ,

Uh I click the app on my phone and I type dumb words that make a sentence and ppl seem to like it … lol

Uh idk.. I’m just not ??? I know base line stuff if that and I’m ok with that .. I’m just making my own lore and making up shit the show itself doesn’t seem very religious heavy ? So I guess that helps ?

I use a lot of DND stuff if that makes sense ? I’m not against religion just isn’t my thing .. had a rather bad experience at a church at young age that I will not talk about . But I don’t hate religion, my family is religious and very open minded so that helps me.

I’m also very open minded to all faiths

So I try to keep these characters the same way ?

Sorry if this doesn’t answer ur question I tend to ramble .

[starsthoughtsonthings]

"Warning" before the actual content: I do like to write, but I tend to only write one side of an interaction (I rp on another blog on here). - As I'm writing this down, I need to add, I feel like my writing is very very bad and un-emotional. Sorry. I've been writing for a long time - like I said, rp usually - but apparently that doesn't make me any good at it. I still needed to try writing something for them, because I love this character and I just have to try. I feel like I'm in no way capable of capturing any of the characters well, outside of my own Tav that is. I still wanted to try writing something because I need to somehow manage to express my love for this game more. I also know very little about DnD and its world and I just read through a few random search-engine-results on elven trance, which is all I'm basing this on.

This is supposed to take place while Kori (my Tav) and Astarion are in a relationship, and somewhere after the confession of his "nice, simple plan".

It has been another exhausting day. Nothing new, really, when there were so many urgent problems to deal with - both personal for anyone of the group, or more general like the cult and the Absolute - but even if it was common that the days ended with a lot of exhaustion, it didn't make it any easier. As usual, everyone sat together and chatted a little about the day as the group shared food and some drinks, often accompanied by bickering or teasing between everyone - all in all a very nice little routine for the end of each day of this adventure. Soon enough, it was getting late, and everyone retreated into their tents to rest in one form or another. Or, well, almost everyone did.

Kori had a feeling that someone was - again - not ready or willing to rest yet - perhaps only not yet, perhaps not at all, she hadn't been able to tell these last days because at some point she did need to close her eyes and rest to be ready for another day of adventuring, herself, and surely he was more than capable to just pretend to be fine even without any rest at all - but she didn't want to just watch him and wonder if he rested at all, tonight. For a little while longer, she stayed in her tent and watched him from here. Astarion was reading, as usual, some of these last nights she spotted him drinking or tending to his clothes or weapons, all perfectly normal activities of course, but it never looked like something he did to get more into the mindset for trancing. It always looked, felt, like he was actively trying to avoid taking any form of proper rest.

Having watched for long enough from within her tent, Kori got back up from her bedroll and walked over to the camp's vampire. He noticed her approach, of course, and the grin he offered her made her realize that perhaps her constant looking over towards him for multiple nights hadn't quite been as stealthily as she had thought she had been.

"Finally decided that staring isn't enough anymore, darling?", he greeted, and immediately, Kori felt a little blush creep to her cheeks. "It's not like that." Which somehow sounded like an excuse no matter how honest she meant it. "... Maybe it is, but, that's, not the point. I'm just..." She paused for a moment to make a better sentence for her concerns. "You're delaying your rest again, aren't you?" "You're an elf too. You know we don't need to lie down as much as the others do," he responded matter-of-fact-ly, but for once, Kori didn't buy that as all there was to it. "I know. But... I've seen you awake all the time. I don't see you rest at all, no matter how I time my rest." "Maybe I just happen to trance shorter than you need to, and do it at the same time as you." Kori leaned in closer, focusing on his eyes, trying to be able to determine... something. Perhaps whether he was exhausted or not, whether he was saying the truth, or if he had any rest - trance or sleep - at all during the last few days, or perhaps even during their whole adventure.

Apparently she had been looking for too long - again - because a chuckle brought her focus back out of his eyes. "Enjoying the view?" Flustered, Kori didn't immediately have anything ready to answer, and Astarion chuckled again. "If my battle prowess is what you're worried about, rest assured that I'm strong and clear enough to face any of our little battles." "It's not how good you do in battle that worries me." Which, she had to admit, if he was actually running on days (or more) without at least some form of rest, he was surprisingly good at doing his part in the fights the group ran into despite it. As long as she didn't go all out willing to exhaust her magic quickly, he was easily doing at least double the amount of damage to their enemies that she did. "I'm worried about you. Not resting at all is not good for you." Even after all they had already shared, after him opening up and confessing his initial plan, after her reassuring him that she still wanted to be with him; it still seemed to surprise him when she said that she cared - or worried, in this case - about him. For just a moment he was as if frozen from hearing it, and then he laughed, because of course he was going to play it down. "You're sweet, but you don't have to worry about me. You're already doing enough to keep me strong and well - or is that why you've come over?" It wasn't really the reason Kori had approached him, of course, but she also did not mind giving some of her blood when it helped someone important to her be strong. "Well, no, but, of course, you can feed on me tonight," he didn't directly ask to, of course, but she still understood. "But that's not it. Getting enough blood can't be enough alone." It didn't seem like he was willing to admit to it just because she'd ask again and again, so Kori decided to go a more direct route, as much as she'd rather not say it as directly. "In trance, we relive memories. I can't help but think, you're avoiding rest because the memories it brings you back into won't be pleasant ones." She didn't add more, not wanting - likely not needing - to point out what exactly non-pleasant memories she assumed it would bring to him everytime, and Astarion was silent for some moments too. "Just tell me honestly that you actually are resting, and I won't keep bugging you." There was still no answer, not immediately at least. He glanced away, a few times it seemed as if he was going to say something but then didn't, until he sighed. "You're right. Of course I avoid going back to that every single night." Then, quickly, came the usual reassuring, the facade of everything being good. "I'm fine, really. Don't worry so much, my dear."

They were silently standing there for a few moments, until Kori spoke up once more. "If trancing isn't something you want to do... have you considered trying to sleep instead?" "Sleep?" Astarion laughed, assuming it a joke until he realized Kori wasn't laughing along. "You're serious? Sleeping, like the others do, being completely unaware and vulnerable for so many hours?" "Yes," she nodded. "I like sleeping. I prefer it over trance, even. It's fascinating what strange and unusual things you can see or experience while doing it! It often doesn't make sense, but it's very wonderful and refreshing." He seemed curious, although clearly also very much doubting sleep was anything of a good idea. "Things like what?" "One time, I was flying through the sky freely. No limitations, no obstacles or anything that pulled me back down, I could just fly among the birds and brush the clouds," Kori remembered with a smile - it was one of her favourite dreams she had ever had. "Another time, I was in a land made entirely of sweets. The rivers were honey, the ground was made of cake, and it looked beautiful, too. I got myself to be part of stories I've read, too, almost as if they were existing as more than fiction within my mind for the night." She would probably be able to think about more examples, too, but figured these would be enough to name for a basic idea. "And you actually enjoy that nonsense?" He didn't sound exactly interested in trying it, but Kori wasn't going to stop trying yet. "Yes. It really is nice. It's like, briefly getting to experience something completely different, like a different life or something impossible even." After a brief pause, she added: "It wouldn't hurt if you tried it, yourself." "And leave myself an easy target for the whole night? No, thank you." "You know there is always someone keeping watch over our camp." Kori glanced over to the corner where the watch usually was sitting, right now it seemed it was Lae'zel's turn. "Oh, yes, because she totally would have noticed if, for example, one of our group snuck over to another to kill them, sitting all the way over there." "She would have. It's not like someone keeping watch doesn't notice when we move within camp, it's a matter of privacy that they only act if something's off." At least, that was how Kori understood watch to work like. It wouldn't make sense for the one holding the watch to come over to listen in on anyone that wanted to chat during nighttime. Now Astarion, too, briefly looked over to where Lae'zel was sitting for a moment, then shook his head. "It's not good enough, darling," he answered eventually, and it almost sounded like he was sad or disappointed that this was the end to entertaining the idea of sleep. "You have too big of a heart and trust everyone, of course you wouldn't mind knocking yourself out and being defenseless for hours during the night. I, however, would rather not risk to suddenly wake with a blade to my throat."

Of course, it made sense that he wasn't willing to try something that carries such a risk. With the kind of life he had, before this whole adventure, it's very understandable that he would refuse to take any risk like that. But if he also wasn't doing trance because it brought him back to that life... "How about if I keep watch over you while you sleep?" Kori suggested after a moment of thinking about it. "Right here, right next to you, to make sure nothing happens?" He clearly trusted her deeply, that much was clear from the talks they had before, so this was worth suggesting. Astarion seemed stunned by that suggestion, briefly. "I'm not going to send you tired and exhausted into the next day just because you insist I try sleeping." "I can always just trance instead. Stay aware of my surroundings, and so still be able to keep watch over you," she suggested quickly. Somehow, her attempt at convincing him to give it a try did enough to make him consider it, she could tell from the way he looked at her. Maybe he was also just so exhausted that he would be willing to try even as ridiculous an option as sleep might seem to him, that was possible too. He seemed to ponder something for a few moments, almost not wanting to speak up again, until he did. "How would it even work? I lie down, and... then what?" Since she had done it so often already, sleep didn't really feel like something one would need a how-to for, to Kori. But his question about it sounded honest, and she realized that not everyone might have it come as easily as she was used to. "Then... nothing, really. You let your thoughts drift, you try to think of nice things and to get calmer. And eventually, sleep will come." It didn't look like that explanation helped much, but Astarion sighed. "Very well," he relented. "I will try to sleep, since you are so insistent." He laid down in his tent and closed his eyes, while Kori sat on a cushion nearby. A few minutes passed, perhaps half an hour or so even. Kori kept her focus on Astarion, and she could see the point when he started to relax, likely started trying to let go of his thoughts and find sleep. He didn't yet look like he was sleeping, though, and after a while, he grimaced before he suddenly sat upright again. "It won't work," he said almost immediately, and Kori frowned at his words. "I can't just 'think of nice things'. I don't do that." He spoke maybe a hint faster than usual, a sign that his thoughts hadn't been going down a good route.

For a little bit, both were silent, Astarion probably expecting Kori to give up and leave him to it, while Kori was thinking about how to make it easier for him to find sleep. "We should lie down together," she said after a moment, only after having said it realizing how it might have sounded, and quickly getting flustered to the flirty smirk she got in return. "That eager to bed me again?" He asked teasingly, and Kori coughed to try to shake some of the flustered-ness, then did her best to sound serious even while still blushing furiously. "No, not like that! I told you I want to be with you without that, too. I mean just lying down together. Intimately, perhaps, but not like that." "A rather novel idea," he commented with a little smirk, but shifted to make some space, inviting Kori to join him. She moved in to lie next to him on his bed, and the two of them just lay next to each other for a little bit. Still flustered, Kori spoke up after a few moments. "It'll be of more use if we're closer, I think." Of course that wasn't said without her blush increasing, but she assumed just lying next to him wasn't going to make a difference in his thoughts. It needed to be more than that. Grinning, Astarion rolled onto his side to look at her. "And you're sure you're not hoping for something else here?" "Y-yes, I am sure." Incredibly flustered and very much enjoying being so close to him, yes, but Kori wasn't doing this with any other intention than to help him find some rest. She reached out for his hand, hesitating before taking it as if to silently ask if he was alright with it, then moving it towards herself and resting it together with her own hand on her chest, so he could feel her heartbeat. Hopefully, this would be as calming of a thing as she hoped, and not doing the opposite and perhaps alluring his hunger too much. She looked over to him, trying to figure out if she was as helping as she was trying to be. His breath caught for a moment, and he returned her look for a few moments in silence, before shifting closer to her. Perhaps it was her body warmth that he wanted, perhaps the intimacy, or maybe it was just about being so close to a beating heart. But whatever exactly it was, it did seem to work, Kori could tell from his breathing that he was starting to relax. "Now close your eyes. Try to sleep," she hummed softly, trying to keep her voice down to not pull him out of the calmness again. He did close his eyes, and Kori barely dared to keep breathing to not disturb him. After a few moments, Astarion let out a long sigh, and to Kori, it felt like he was finally letting go of a big tension, a big waryness, that he had been holding onto for... probably for all of his vampire-existence. He visibly relaxed more after that, and as the minutes passed, Kori smiled at Astarion next to her, seemingly finally able to rest again for once in who knows how long. "... Thank you, darling," he muttered in a half-asleep-voice, and Kori's smile widened as his breathing calmed down. Now all that was left for her to do was silently pray that he would find some good dreams, like he deserved. And of course trance eventually to make sure she was ready for the next day, but that was an afterthought, for now.

It was that night that he finally took a rest again.

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Notes:

Yes, there it is. As I said above, I don't think my writing is very good, so I'm surprised if you even came until here.

I don't know much about the DnD world or anything, but a few search results told me that elves' trance is mostly them reliving their memories, mostly focused on the more emotional ones, and I couldn't shake the thought of what his most emotional memories would be. Certainly not the few little adventures or battles the group did.

And before that I already decided that Kori prefer sleep over trance, and, what can I say, this was the only logical consequence to have as a situation. I wish I could write fluffier, more emotional, more touchy, but I guess it's just not how my writing style is. I don't know.

Yes, I know, somewhere in the dialogue I had her offer him to feed on her, and then I didn't actually write it happen before sleep. It just didn't fit in there, I don't know. Assume they just both forgot about it and will do it after sleep, or something, idk.

I also am aware that this whole thing doesn't really fit with, how at the end of each day, we see our companions, including Astarion, sleeping or trancing. But I had this idea, and I had to make it.

I'm also not a native english person, so if there's anything that isn't quite how one would commonly word it, that's probably because I simply don't know how it's usually said. I'd appreciate tips on things that sound too, I don't know, "unnatural" or whatever, but of course don't be mean or anything.

If it isn't obvious, I made Astarion's dialogue red, and Kori's dialogue green. Both based on their eye colors, I suppose.

I will try to not blabber as much as I did in this one before starting the actual text, but this is my first writing on here and I am just someone that tends to overexplain or try to justify myself or something. Like right now. Okay, I'm shutting myself up now.

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