Rendition And Dragons

[DerVVulfman]

Trust me guys, I didn't come up with this.
I got this from a website recounting pen-n-paper RPG stories.
Unfortunately, no names were attributed.

Rendition And Dragons

I run an after-school tabletop RPG club for a group of students aged between 14 and 15. I’ve been GM-ing this campaign for a few months now, and I try to keep the tone light-hearted. One session a student brings his younger brother, aged 11-ish, to the game. After setting him up with a character and going over the rules we return to the campaign. The party has captured and tied up a cultist who had attacked them, and are now trying and failing to get the prisoner to give them information.

Younger Student: I get piece of cloth and put it on the cultist’s face, then I pour water from my waterskin over the cloth.

Me: Okay… I don’t see what that’s going to accomplish. You get his face a bit wet and… *slowly dawns on me exactly what his character is trying to do* Oh, no, are you waterboarding him?

Younger Student: *cheerfully* Yep!

Fortunately, the party’s Paladin steps in to put a stop to the torture and I’m able to keep the game moving. After the session finishes I explain to the younger student what is and isn’t appropriate for high fantasy adventure.