#ToddlerDnD

Parental actions that come with an immediate alignment check:

- Introducing the child to the Muppet version of Ode to Joy (sung by Beaker)

- Putting the batteries BACK into the whining toy dog

- Turning the jets on while the kid is in the bathtub

- "Glitter is fun"

- Cocomelon

- Saying "shark" after the toddler yells "baby!"

- Quoting your toddler during sexy talk with spouse

If the check fails, your alignment automatically moves to Chaotic.

#ttrpg #parenting #DnD

@TarkabarkaHolgy IME sound making toys make you learn basic electronics 2x as fast and your dexterity also improves so you can dis/reassemble as quickly as possible without the kid noticing

@buherator Also, modifier on Bluff checks. "Oh noooo.... it's irreparable..." :D

@TarkabarkaHolgy not baby shark, not this close to bedtime where i am, nooo

@pootriarch lol sorry

@buherator @TarkabarkaHolgy So many of these toys mysteriously lost the ability to produce sound in our household.
But my alignment is chaotic anyway. 😂

@TarkabarkaHolgy @buherator
For that we have “verschwindeln” in German (well, I invented it):
– verschwinden = to disappear, to vanish
– schwindeln = to swindle, to cheat, to fib
☛ „verschwindeln“ is what you do with all these annoying toys your children get as gifts. “Oh no, we seem to have lost it! But how about this cuddly plushie…”

Can’t find an appropriate portmanteau in Englisch…

@fiee

Perhaps use "disappear" as a transitive verb?

Instead of "the annoying squeakie toy disappeared", say "we disappeared the annoying squeakie toy".

That is not-quite-right syntax, and by being just a bit wrong, it emphasizes the "accidentally-on-purpose" nature of the disappearance.

@TarkabarkaHolgy @buherator

@ErictheCerise
Thank you! I’m sure I read this use of “(dis)appear” somewhere. I remember how it confused me.

@TarkabarkaHolgy @buherator