Barking Alien's RPG CAMPAIGN TOUR CHALLENGE! Day 27

Day 27 - Amusing Anecdotes

Day 27-Do you have any amusing anecdotes from the campaign?
Forget dramatic, tell us about a moment that made everyone laugh out loud.

Elowen’s Journal

"Witches laugh to stay human. I’m convinced of that.

Doireann is usually the spark. She’s always doing something that sends the rest of us into laughter, often without meaning to. Amaranth and Katrina pretend not to be amused, though sometimes Amaranth cracks despite herself. Katrina is harder to read. Esmé has a dry, razor-sharp wit that sneaks up on you. She’s always wonderful company. And Aisling… Aisling laughs at everything. I swear she finds joy in chores, cantrip practice, and spilled ink. I envy that about her.

Larina is quieter, but when she laughs, it builds. A soft chuckle, a wry smile, and then suddenly it turns into a full witch’s cackle. Sometimes it catches her by surprise, and that just makes her laugh harder. She enjoys flustering Amaranth, and she shares a thousand private jokes with Esmé. We’ve had coven meetings where absolutely nothing got done because something Esmé or Doireann said sent us all into fits.

I laugh more now than I ever did before. Before West Haven. Even before I died.

I want to say it’s a witch thing, but whatever the cause, I know it’s good.

My parents came to visit not long ago. We were sitting in a dwarven restaurant when Omar burst in singing opera at the top of his lungs. I don’t think he has any other volume. The owner came out to join him, singing just as loudly. It was chaos. Loud. Ridiculous. Perfect. So I did what felt right. I clapped. I laughed.

My father nearly cried. My mother did.

They told me it had been more than fifteen years since they’d last seen me laugh like that. I think, more than anything else, that’s how they knew I was adjusting to my new life. That their little girl was going to be okay."

Designer’s Notes

Humor has always been part of my games.

Grenda and I used to get into pun battles. My son and I trade awful Mystery Science Theater 3000 quotes. Every group I’ve ever played with eventually devolves into Monty Python. I can’t walk into East Haven’s Cathedral of Light without thinking, “It’s the Bishop!”

Even my most serious games have room for laughter. Especially those. Humor humanizes characters, releases tension, and reminds us why we’re playing in the first place. In West Haven, laughter isn’t a distraction from danger. It’s how people survive it.

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