POV Roleplay: A matchmaker tries to find your soulmate 

Lol Most of my characters had quilted armor sleepwear (because warmth, and sometimes that 1 point of AC makes the difference over sleeping in your skivvies), but one of my bards (soldier background, basically a commissar) just slept in the pants of his uniform. And Indulgence, my warlock who's an illegitimate child of Graz'zt and some lesser house of nobles (we reflavored Waterdeep Noble to Remittance Man, his line of credit is conditional on him staying away, so he doesn't tarnish the family's good name with his bad reputation) lounges around in silks with Bracers of Defense and the Armor of Shadows invocation all day, and sleeps with his 20 Charisma on full display.

*laughs in none of my characters have armor.*

My Shadow Sorcerer has a skin condition in which they always have to sleep nude or else they suffer debilitations (worked with DM for backstory, my choice) and is always freezing cold, so they require to cuddle or bundle up with any other party member willing to aid them in keeping warm throughout the night. Yet they are also paranoid so they cast Mage Armor always before going to bed for extra protection. And yes, they can be very convincing to have cuddles with their 20 Charisma, just not in the way you might think.

I had a DM once make us take our armor off, and with that in mind my 1/2 elven fighter/thief/mage went to a fight in town only wearing her "Elven Kind" boots & cloak. Afterwards the city guard promptly arrested her for indecent exposure, but not for fighting in city limits.

My character, who’s armour is fused to their skin:

that will lead to interesting dates, or interesting boxing matches,or both

hahahahaha 😂

This is the most underrated comment and I would LOVE to see a dwarf brawler show up to his date and not realise the mistake until after he batista bombed them. XD

I just burst out laughing that is beautifully brilliant, comedy gold, 10/10 would want to watch that

That was brilliant

Geralt, is that you?

We tried to kill each other 3 days in.

"They died. It's gonna be hard finding people isn't it?"

i'm CRYING that's incredible

Same, same

oh my god I nearly spit out my drink hahahaha

I’m am trying my very best to stray away from the sexual bard i need all the help i can get

Shoutout to the bard man

Ah, but does your characters society even have such age of consent legislation?

Hah!! Mine "... Well I've been told I snore a bit"

@@naiadwalking581 Oml that is AMAZING! 😂

@@connormcneill7773 lol yes

My character who was born 6 months ago "I'd say I'm a pretty good sleeper."

What's funny is due to trauma of her ex girlfriend trying to sacrifice her to a demon lord My Tiefling wizard stopped counting, says she's somewhere between 20-30 but is probably older. Haven't decided.

I Guess my other character Will be 21 cause it's a cat from skyrim a pretty black cat

Elves are considered children until 100 so...

@@alexboyer6691 I prefer to think of it as they aren't considered adults until they're 100 much in the same way a 20-something student who hasn't started their career yet and has plans to backpack through Europe isn't truly settled into adult life yet.

Nice.

Combat veteran diagnosed with PTSD, and I've listened to a lot of counselors. Ginny Di's roleplay 'forms' surprised me as well.

I SO feel your pain. I play a socially clumsy AND romantically oblivious(my party's bard/warlock was practically non-verbally SCREAMING at him that she was crushing on him...and he didn't get the message for THREE WHOLE MONTHS. She LITERALLY just told me in character last week!) goliath fighter/barbarian. And that very week, I was attacked by a group of thugs in our town. I easily defeated them all, but stupid me decided it'd be great to call over a guard and have him take the miscreants away. ...He thought I attacked them first, and because my Charisma was my dump stat, I got jailed for a few hours. Thankfully, someone sprang me out.

My WAY TOO ENERGY Trickster Cleric: short answer, yes. Long answer... yes yes.

My shifter bard who got chased by mobs out of several villages for being a monster and scams: Define “powerful.”

Tiefling Bloodhunter here and... same.

I don't have any issues at all. *sobs in compulsive liar with abandonment issues* If they don't know me, they can't hurt me, right? (What's up with all those sad rogues anyway?)

My half orc barbarian had the same response. "Uhh... well, I was raised by humans who found me outside their inn and treated me like trash, so... yes?"

@@johnp.wintergreen5712 in the immortal words of one of all of our favorite voice actors: content happy people don't feel the need to go out and HUNT DRAGONS (In this case it's 'pick pockets and rip off nobles' but)

"outliving my friends and family count?"

Guess yur single then

@@Spiceodog my boi's alone forever 😥

Date a necromancer. Problem solved ;D

My goth half-elf who's only family is his mom but he hates her for not letting him store his cursed artifacts (just spooky looking crap he finds out and about) in her house: that shouldn't be a problem

mine who hasn't seen her family in a 100 years: I see

Shapeshifter made me go: "Never thought about it but, like, possibilities...."

@@FlatOnHisFace my first thought was the Bard × Dragon trope... (idk if it's an actual rule but I've heard Dragons can shapeshift)

@@evelynnsophia7631 I bellieve that originates from Japanese folklore and has been adopted into a lot of fantasy novels, but is not actually part of DnD's dragon lore being it's more based on the writings of Tolkien, old German dragon stories, and metals, for some reason.

@@sourwitch2340 ah, thank you for clarifying! I've had a couple dms use it but it's probably a homebrew element of sorts that theyve put in (also I love your user so much)

This lady is uber-talented.

SAME my character doesn't like to talk a lot and he would probably be confused at all the notes

Perfect!! That's exactly the kind of creative angle I love to see - because a character who would resist seeing a matchmaker is probably the kind of character for whom this interview would be the MOST fascinating and would teach you the most about them!!

Now I wanna hear what that interview would have been like, that's a really good idea!

Same that’s how I answered 😂

You could always be doing this to distract her from the rogue who is currently pick pocketing her

"I was told to come here. Honestly, I am not prepared for this at all."

When they ask if you want to settle down and raise a family. Necromancer: yes!

@@Spiceodog more like: YES! Oh My God! Finally someone who understands me!

"Any weird kinks? Necromancy? Don't worry, we've seen it all before."

Hah. Same.

My preferred necromancer joke is about "making friends". Or the perky goth, putting the romance back in necromancy.

I caught that too! ... I may have screamed a little

Yeah, both characters I had do the Elliwyn interview perked RIGHT up at the idea of meeting her again. It's possible my bard has a slight crush... My warlock definitely has one, but he's also got a thing for Augury. And another tiefling. Multiple humans. A couple of Genasi. And a snow-leopard Tabaxi. Actually, that warlock gets around more than some bards... I never should have let him learn Greater Polycule.

100th like

Matchmaker, Elliwyn, and Na'akrasha are connected at the moment! (I believe that's it but I could be wrong)

I don’t know though, 21 September is pretty good to

"I sounded like rain man". Miss Congeniality.

How does a bard manage to seduce a dragon? Easy. Higher Persuasion checks than your Wisdom saves...

I'm pretty sure most characters were tricked into this.

@@an8strengthkobold360 My edgy ranger certainly was

@@an8strengthkobold360 my Large stupid barbarian was less “Tricked” and more Mislead as to what would be happening in this office

My paladin follows Shelyn, the pathfinder goddess of beauty and art, so he probably came to see how the followers of Sune (I think she’s a beauty goddess as well) worship and then got roped into this...

@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 because New Jersey exists outside time and space and is accessible from all realities

@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 I don’t see why she has to have a certain accent. I mean like she could have moved there to work with sune idk

I like how people are willing to accept that there's "fantasy Britain" and "fantasy Germany" and "fantasy Russia" but "fantasy New York" is too much to stomach 😂

@@GinnyDi Well, I for my part know fairly little about English (or American) accents, but I find this one absolutely delightful! xD

Is there a fantasy New Zealand? Well besides it being Middle Earth lol.

Ohhhh I love this!

Yes it does

It looks like a couple of little mermaid tails

Indeed it does

I love seeing her hair progress From green ooze jello To braided mermaid tail To whatever she does next

True

I'm playing an evil paladin too! I tried to rationalize the situation by supposing that one of the other party members made him come. Somehow I can't imagine his edgy self coming by his own volition either

@Good Day 👀 He's probably my favorite D&D character I've ever made. He's a Conquest Paladin/Hexblade Warlock Scourge Aasimar on an eternal quest to become powerful enough to return to his home and become king. I have thought.. way too hard about his lore and some worldbuilding stuff for him

I have a fun time coming up with reasons for my less romantically inclined characters to be here. One character accidentally stumbled into the temple while drinking with a friend, and was nursing a hangover the whole interview. It was a good time.

Same, my character Rowan has a five year old son from the relationship, I'm sorry but I do not think he's gonna be able to put that behind him any time soon.

Same for my recent character. One of their starting arcs is actually them slowly coming out of their main numbing grief phase as they make connections with friends (npcs) and the party. They threw themselves into their work and research after a huge argument with their mentor and spent some time with an understanding friend (npc) who eventually got them on their feet and gave them the empathy they needed (survived a similar attack). They are still navigating the fall out of some of their relationships from their initial break down, coming to terms with the idea that they don’t actually deserve their late lover’s sibling’s feud (because the incident was an accident and negates the late lover’s protective sacrifice), and that they can open up again and experience life without feeling guilt about it, even when little things hit them with thoughts of “oh he would have loved this” and other such feelings. Basically rebuilding after a life thinking “this is the one” and then suddenly losing them and reworking what their own future looks like now. Lol yeah I know, complex arc but it’s going well so far.

Oop same

Mood

Unless you answered yes to the necromancy kink

My character is in a relationship so my thought during this whole thing was distract so the rogue doesn't get caught

Same, also I’m the 69th like

Alexander DeWitt she deserves an Oscar for this performance

Mark M an Oskar

Nah, she just rolls nat 20s on her charisma checks each video.

@@maksymlynnyk2361 would that be charisma or performance checks? After all, she is acting, so both could apply here.

@@wubraxco4836 True! That would be up to DM to decide. My idea was that viewers may criticize, therefore a pure charisma check, but your interpretation may be even more viable as a performance check.

now im interested in how that happened

@@lunardarkangel5237 The short version is that my character has made a hobbie of pushing his luck, and a career of rebuffing the machinations of outsiders on the Prime Material. Here's the itemized list: Hexblade Patron- He was adopted by a Hexblade Warlock from a long family line of Warlocks that used their power to protect the Prime Material from outsider influence (they had a very "fight fire with fire" attitude to the subject). My character was trained in this capacity, and eventually took on the role previously held by his adoptive father. Over time, he grew suspicious of the family's Patron (a seemingly ancient and immensely powerful entity rooted in the Shadowfell, but of uncertain ilk or origin), and grew ever moreso as he continued to dig up the scant clues available to him. He hasn't broken his pact, but he has come to an arrangement with a Solar that keeps his connection to the Hexblade Patron suppressed while he finds a more permanent solution. The Two Demon Lords- One is Orcus. No introduction necessary. I forget the name of the other. He's not quite a full-fledged Demon Lord, but has styled himself as a rival to Orcus and is attempting to steal his throne and title. One of their spats spilled over into the Prime and resulted in a major city being besieged by undead. Our party lead the charge to seal the Abyssal breach and destroy their minions. We were successful, and neither took it well. Probably didn't help that my Warlock gloated like the smug bastard he is. Tiamat- Long story short, the party ran into a particularly brutal barbarian tribe of Tiamat worshippers. Like, "they fed their prisoners to their other prisoners," brutal. My Warlock made the call to leave no survivors- young, elderly, and infirm included. When my character was later briefly dead, Tiamat was able to temporarily waylay his soul, though she lacked the jurisdiction to do much more than temporarily hold up his transit and offer threats and insults. She called my character a flea. My character responded that the concept seemed appropriate considering that he had annoyed Asmodeus' favorite lapdog to a sufficient degree to warrant an audience. She understandably took umbrage with the comment. LN Celestial- This is actually the Solar who is assisting my character with the whole "not having your soul ripped out and absorbed by a disgruntled former Patron" problem. He's also my current Patron. Neither of the two like or trust the other, and their pact works purely through the power of mutual self-interest. The Solar has the power to shield my Warlock from his previous Patron, and my Warlock just happens to have the rare mixture of skills, knowledge, and connections to handle certain business for the Solar on the Prime Material. They are both constantly looking for any source of leverage they can use against the other, and are likewise both racing to find a solution to their problems that will let them end the relationship between them- knowing full well that whoever finds an alternate solution first is going to drop the other like a sack of potatoes. So... yeah. Moral of the story: Never leave home without an Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Divination.

My Paladin who use to work at a brothel gave a similar response. Air high-five.

Great background, I hadn't thought about it before!

So... would probably really appreciate the "simple" stuff like shy glances across the room and quick pecks on the cheek "just because".

Tbh this made me realise that my tiefling wizard is ace and I'm interested to see where that takes her.

@@eveescastle5866 Yeah, that's why I love these POVs. It makes you discover your character/flesh them out. I especially like the details it makes me come up with, for example: Aver "married" his cousin Sofija when they were six and "playing adults" but both kinda just forgot about it after a while.

Interesting my character is either that or pan. Like her mind has no real focus on that, and she's hesitant as she's an aaismar with a destiny, that she excepts to be her death, or at least eventual end to her time in the mortal plane.

@@Zarsla That sounds intriguing

Perhaps they are asexual and panromantic, not interested in sex but open to romance or demi.

Is he nude because of his monastic traditions or is he just THAT vain?

@Geek Guide 100% vain as the night is dark. Does he believe his own hype?? He is the hype!!

@@vaderothormbiten Oh, man..pray he doesn't meet my dragonborn barbarian. He HATES arrogant chumps like your genasi....and he has a short fuse. Emphasis on short. Then again, monks ROCK at 1v1 fights. What's his monastic tradition?

@Geek Guide path of the long death. The ego comes as a by product of being a gladiatorial entertainer. If you ain't showing off you ain't loved (It's been great to see the character grow)

my skeleton is just like "i never remove my armour it stays on even when i sleep"

Tbh my Asexual Tiefling didn't really get uncomfortable until she was because asked about kinks.

My introverted ranger: Already was but ok

@@eveescastle5866 My aro/ace Drow was uncomfortable all the way through

No sh*t

I too did it with a runaway. The you marry the hole family got a bit awkward until she realized it didn’t have to be actual family. Although if it meant she would find her real parents she would be good. But she was like “Oh I hope not, I am never going back to them.

“You’re usually the pursuer or the pursued?” My drow male: “more hunted than pursued really... they tend to sacrifice us to the spider god.” “What went wrong in your last relationship? You take any responsibility?” Well I guess shouldn’t have been born male lol

@@idkman2633 Ziron, one of my drow guys: "I didn't get her pregnant in time and she decided torturing me might speed up the process..." *laughs nervously*

Lol same my tabaxi warlock noble is also runway

This helped me realize my tiefling is ace. Though she's not opposed to sex she just doesn't seek out sex. Though the kink stuff did make her uncomfortable.

yeah, basically same but my warlock/cleric is also aro so uncomfortable all the way throughout

Asexual Chaos mage: "Preach."

My ace druid is in the same boat.

I play a Simic Hybrid. He doesn't even really knows where his junk is, how it's looks or how it works or if it's even there to beginn with.

Probably and I love it

Be better if Ginny as Tasha did the reverse interview.

I only do these videos with original characters!

@@GinnyDi I'm probably not the only one looking forward to seeing the healers Elliwyn responses to these questions. I'm also curious what / how your tiefling Augury would respond.

@@GinnyDi I mean maybe asking a lot here, I think many of us would love to see your other NPC responses to these sorts of things, and thanks for improving my day again!

Or as my semi-oblivious druid put it: - I can wildshape into something that have any of it ...

I mean, internalized racism is a thing.... >.< Ha! Oh dear

@@annafantasia Or just general self-loathing too!

My satyr: "No, of course not. Especially not horns or tails... obviously."

My Tiefling fighter: I'm... Not a hypocrite...

My initial reaction was "My matchmaker is Harley Quinn. I feel I should be concerned." I had to listen to it a few times alone before I could even attempt to play any of my characters.

sounds like a girl I knew back in Boston. Now I have to find out if shes a matchmaker lol

What do you call that accent ?

@@hadrienpoudevigne2269 New Jersey if you're specific, but I'd consider that a Tristate area accent. New Yorkers also have a similar accent.

My advice: watch it once for the fun of it then watch it and answer in character

My tiefling wizard: I mean so long as they don't try to sacrifice me to a demon lord I don't have much of a preference, though I do lean more towards women.

This is my bard as well.

That's an awesome answer XD

STRAIGHT HAIR! STRAIGHT A's! Straight guy....(NOPE!)

Are all wizards like this? Because mine also responded like this

Farron the tiefling paladin is such a sweet innocent little cinnamon roll that she wouldn't even know what a kink was.

My Water Genasi Cleric when asked about that would hear that she mentioned “Shapeshifting” as one of them and laugh for an hour straight. Since his best friend and co-worker is a Changeling

my skeleton could use his necromancey to.... raise you up

Fun fact: in french the small death used to referer to an aspect of coitus.

Well, I did not need to know that

Same here lol, this is how I found out he's probably Ace/Demiromantic!

My character is aromantic and asexual, I imagine she came here expecting "matchmaker" to mean for friendships and was thoroughly confused when she got asked about romance.

I found out the exact same thing, though he's apparently a bit of a bibliophile. It was pretty awkward. In my mind, the rest of the party had just shoved him into the temple and he would've rolled perception to check whether they were still at the door eavesdropping and laughing.

Both I and my character new was she aroace going in (though the character doesn't have name for it), I/she gave it a shot anyway. I did find out that while she has little idea what kind of person she'd like, even in theory, she does have really strong idea about her ideal "date". Also, she now thinks Edith has some kind brain illness becuase of the third last and second last questions, after already saying she never been in a relationship, she didn't even hear the last one becuase she was out of the room, looking for help.

I think Caduceus would probably say that he's already found love, in his friends & family - but neither of us can really say, since neither of us are Taliesin 😜

Hmm, this makes me wonder.... If the respective ships of C2 hadn't happened yet, how would each member of the Nein have reacted to Edith & her advice?

Personally at the beginning of C2 i think Caleb would have bolted out of the room and Temple now i think hed at least maybe answer so questions.

@@kdawg2446 This is true. I think Yasha would've had a similar reaction, maybe not completely bolting out of the building but a definite reluctance to answer the questions based on her lingering feelings for Zuala. I think Beau or Jester would be the most forthcoming when it comes to answering Edith's questions.

@@davidparkes7741 idk about Beau i can still see her being alittle guarded about some things. Jester definitely would i think some of her answers would be funny.

My tiefling who nearly got sacrificed to a demon lord: I take responsibility in not running away when I had the chance, she was clearly crazy. She literally said she was going to sacrifice me to a demon lord

Well, at least they didn't try to combine eldritch ((warlock-type)) magic with sorcererous magic to bring back a dead cleric ... making her something between a zombie, and a lich. For the record, my druid was very much against this idea.

An orc bard sounds like as much fun as a minotaur bard with a cowbell

One of my friends playing an orc bard that had to cast mending on his drum every time he played a song

I had a Dragonborn Bard named Talea. She fell in love with a Dragonborn NPC named Kira. Talea was silver, and Kira was blue, one of the first sets of dice I purchased was silver and blue for this reason.

@@lexifilburn4791 thats dope plus those dice will always have a special meaning for you

That is a good idea!!!

How do you do, fellow dark-green s?

You are probably a wonderful DM

Well, how did she actually answer the question?

My very confident pirate tiefling just goes “do I look like I would?”

Now I'm curious. May I ask why your character has the name December? (which I adore btw)

@@Martell364 just thought it was a nice name. Her name is December Goodwill. She’s a half-elven Fae Tomelock. She’s the only one of eight siblings to get her father’s pointed ears, something she’s very self-conscious of, since her siblings teased her about it relentlessly. She covers them with a blue, hooded cloak (see profile pic). I loved playing her. I haven’t gotten to in two years (I’m usually the DM). But when someone says, “tell me about your D&D character,” I *gush* about December.

@@mickeysmagic89 my tiefling paladin Farron is the same. She's never had any romantic experiences and doesn't even know if she likes males or females better in that context

My new paladin is definitely the same haha. She's been raised by a sect that advises against romantic or sexual relationships, and her race's reproductive cycle doesn't involve sex, so she is very very inexperienced and somewhat in denial over how she's a closeted disaster lesbian. This video was super fun for those reasons lol

Look, she has two hands for holding hands. Nothing wrong with that.

“Or multiple special someones, we don’t pass judgement here”

Well, you know, arranged marriages do have a bit of a... reputation for such things. 😁

Mood for my character. She goes after exclusively muscular women

This is fantastic haha

Don’t worry mine had a tail too bruv. Lol

I mean that's kind of an important thing for a matchmaker to know!

@@andyenglish4303 agreed but it’s always appreciated

Tiefling wizard for the win.

“ are you ready to raise a family?” My confused chaotic good necromancer: yes

I just started adventuring. I don't know if I can nurse a child through plate armor and throw sacred flames at the same time, but I guess if I practiced... I do know, however, it's going to make the Paladin AWFULLY uncomfortable.

My character: "no need for a family. My great-great-great-great-grandchildren are do fine without me adding new aunts and uncles to the mix."

Oh noe not A LOVE TRIANGLE! Sorry to tell you but you're doomed.

Funny, how things go sometimes...^^ As the only woman in my group I foolishly thought: Well, they probably don't want to RP a lot of romance, but at least I'll write it into her backstory. And then one of them comes along with a character that is almost a copy of her (missing? captured? dead?) boyfriend and decided to fall for her. What are the chances... Looking forward to him discovering that it's actually a triangle.

@@SkihaseHH I like how sometimes things just fall into place in DnD. I recently did a train murder mystery for the group I dm, and when the session started I still hadn't thought of a reason why the party would be hired to investigate the murder. So they get on the train (using fake names, since they're wanted) and one of the players introduces himself as a famous private investigator named Magnum McDickelt. Needless to say I did an internal happy dance when that happened. :D

That said I love all of these. Lol

And since both chars were made by the GM, were both char minis available in metallic mint-green paint?

Hey at least your ex didn't try and sacrifice you to a demon lord

​@@eveescastle5866yet☝️😂

“ do you want to raise a family?” My necromancer~ drawing a knife ~ : WHO TOLD YOU???? Uh..... oh. You mentioned everything said here is confidential right?

@@Spiceodog oh my gosh this pun is fabulous

Mood! I was answering as my Druid who very much has a massive crush on his best friend and his answers kept being a bit too specific (like type). I feel like at the end he’d thank her but also apologize because he feels like he’s wasting her time and still isn’t over him

Did they sacrifice a different brother, or the one that they were close to? If they did the latter, that's tragic...

@@novadreamer648 Its been a year, sorry lol, but it was the same brother she was close to She was going through it

My tiefling wizard's ex girlfriend tried to sacrifice her to a demon lord, so you know, she hasn't put much thought into dating until now.

Yeah, that one hits close to home. My bard is still kinda reeling from his girlfriend being killed in an explosion, his fey patron reviving her and her losing all her memories of him in the process and not recognizing him anymore, which he couldn't bear and consequently left, joining his party shortly after.

My tiefling wizard who's working on their gambling addiction: 6 months ago I'd have said a gambling hall, but now I'm thinking tea.

I like the way your gunslinger thinks. My bard's reaction to that would be: "Great! And then let's dismantle colonialism and predatory capitalism."

Or as my Gunslinger would put it: Raisin' hell. 'Specially if they deserved it.

My Potomac Siren : Arson

My bardbarian: She was hung by my enemies. Do you have any enemies who would hurt your partner: Not anymore.

My bard: she was an enemy spy who used me to get information on my home. It’s my fault my home is gone

@@fearthepiggaming2998 I had the same answer, “ not any more, wait, does the tarrasque count? I have a feeling he still had hard feelings about getting beaten by a 18 year old “ ~ not exactly what happened, but close enough to the truth that the kings heralds could claim artistic liberty if they were accused of lying, and she never felt like correcting them ~

My tiefling: My ex girlfriend turned out to be crazy and tried to sacrifice me to a demon lord and I had to kill her.

@@eveescastle5866 that’s rough buddy

she does the same to me. a true crime to this world that there is ONLY one of her