Ok now I have to because I was thinking about it yesterday: What D'n'D characters would Jay and Deacon (and Jay and Anders) play? Or would one of them be the DM? (Or maybe Preston as excited DM? He could make awesome campaigns with his love for comics and history.)
AAAAAH ilu omg, you always have the most amazing questions. Thank you so much! I gotta send you some back someday soo! ^U^ This. This??? So good. *shoves actual DnD plans aside*
I really love the idea of Preston running a campaign for his friends in his spare time! Any time Jay and Deacon (and the kids) are coming to the Castle, he’ll have a game session or two planned, or he brings the game with him to Sanctuary when HE comes to visit. It’s fun, and it makes him laugh like nobody’s business.
I think Jay may have played before the war already so he’s not COMPLETELY out of it, I think maybe Nora introduced him to it with her friends, buuut he still mixes the rules up or forgets them - it’s been a while. xD I think he plays maybe a Paladin or a Cleric because he likes to keep his friends safe even in the game (Oath of Ancients paladin, nature domain cleric because he wants to be friends with every animal he meets; he doesn’t care). He’d be maybe be either a halfling, or some kind of a half-giant depending on whether or not he wants to be himself, or if he wants to try to be very small. xD
Deacon? I think he might play something really flashy instead of being a sneak thief tbh, he’s sneaky enough irl. Maybe a sorcerer with a side of bard? Tiefling, I think, takes the Warcaster feat as soon as he can. He has the most outrageous plans and he likes trying to unravel Preston’s plans or makes him improvise stuff that there aren’t clear rules for (Preston is not thwarted, and Jay pulls Deacon back on track on the regular) in good humor, and makes really obscure references nobody else gets. Deacon has a really cool and detailed backstory written for his character, and he’s by far the best at staying in character in the game. Shaun’s good too, but Deacon has seniority and therefore more experience. Once that character dies, I think he might move on to a rogue and play to his advantages. xD
BONUS: I think sometimes Shaun and Rosie are allowed to join, and Shaun gets really excited about it as well, and eventually becomes a regular at the table. He plays a big half-orc barbarian who is very gentle with little children and wants to help everyone; the most chivalrous character in the game, gets mad at evil people, smashes. Very politely knocks on doors before smashing them in. Rosie on the other hand is very little and probably doesn’t entirely get it so she plays with one of the adults’ help. I think Preston specifically makes her a small hard-to-kill dragon character as her first character when she’s little - one that can breate fire and bite people. She roars with glee and actually knocks over figurines. Even when she’s not playing and she happens to be in the room, Preston will tell her ‘Rosie, scream like a dragon for me please?’ and she’ll happily oblige and get sweeties as a reward. xD
In Dragon Age? Anders ABSOLUTELY is the long-suffering healer character. xD The party is too reckless for him to be able to do anything else, and tbh he’s okay with that. It makes him the one they can’t survive without. I have no idea tbh. xD