#shelby wants to play a character pretty far removed from religion and also cast spells and help her friends

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and what if i wrote a fic where the unsinkable 8 play d&d on the island

like. they don't have any source books but rachel remembers enough from nora's books, and dot has played enough video games that she can help suggest class abilities and stuff, so between the two of them they can basically homebrew classes for everyone

leah probably played once or twice with ian and i doubt she remembers much but i'd also bet she's ITCHING to write, and this is the first writing-adjacent creative outlet she's had on the island (taking notes on her observations of everyone not included), so she helps with the worldbuilding and coming up with an adventure and winds up getting way more into it than she expected, until they hit a point where she actually volunteers to DM (which no one was expecting; dot was definitely convinced it was gonna have to be her and was kind of dreading it)

(also, once leah winds up kind of taking over and spearheading the creative aspect, which dot and rachel are pretty happy to let her do, dot and rachel wind up deciding to make dice or dice-equivalents out of like. carved bits of wood, probably. or maybe they invent a new system using cards or smt)

shelby is cautiously optimistic; she doesn't really know anything about the game and has probably had some of the more satanic panic opinions on d&d crammed into her head, but from how the other girls describe it it sounds like fun to her. toni's more skeptical, but shelby and martha are both pretty enthusiastic, so she winds up agreeing just for them

fatin's not remotely interested in the game to begin with, and only agrees bc leah's been putting so much time + energy + heart into this and she wants to be supportive (and also bc she doesn't want to be the only one who refuses to play), but she winds up getting really into it, in a way that genuinely surprises her

#anyway: leah is dm like i said already #dot already knows off the bat that she wants to play a cleric #rachel decides to play a rogue just for the skill proficiencies and bc insane amounts of damage #martha's 1000% a druid no question abt it #i think toni probably plays a paladin tbh? #at first she just wants to play a character that doesn't have too much going on mechanically--just a good simple beginner character #but rachel makes the mistake of suggesting that barbarian might be a good class for that #and toni's feelings get hurt and they have a fight and later rachel is like #'u know....there are other characters that also like to hit things with swords but don't have a rage mechanic......' #and toni likes the idea of the aura of protection so. she goes with that #shelby wants to play a character pretty far removed from religion and also cast spells and help her friends #but she doesn't want to play a damage-focused character or do too much direct healing #so she winds up playing a bard #fatin tho. fatin's tricky #she doesn't really know much about the game so she asks leah to pick for her #and leah won't do that but she DOES give fatin a rundown of the options and what she thinks fatin would have fun with #after the explanations i think she thinks about playing a charisma caster like a sorcerer or warlock #but finds that she's not really into the idea of not knowing where her powers come from or how to control them #similarly she thinks abt being a barbarian and having an opportunity to vent some bottled up anger #but honestly she's not like. really seeing the appeal of any of the martial classes #shes like 'if i have to play this dumb game i want to have magic or what's even the point' #so to her absolute horror and self-disgust i think she winds up playing a wizard and LOVING it #anyway this got long but. i cant stop thinking abt it sooooo #the wilds