How A Prank Turned a Group Into Murder Hobos | Narrated D&D Story

[@impofstpete727]

Just want to clarify: They didn't want to spend gold on a pillow but they were willing to spend gold to 1) Pay for the broken window. 2) Buy the homeowner a drink. AND 3) Give to the remaining occupants to keep quiet. This is either a load of crap or the biggest bunch of idiots ever.

[@GuyInnagorillasuit]

Cleary the second option.

[@thenarrator9204]

100% my group would do stuff like this. We had an execution of a party member occurring at noon the next day. The party decided the best way to break them out would be to overwhelm the town's guards and emergency staff by setting several fires at the same time all around town. Two did so successfully setting a controlled blaze in a safe area without getting caught. The other two tried it in a bustling town square at the height of the morning market. They were witnessed, chased, and the fires were so bad they destroyed 80% of the market and killed several civilians. It became a long chase of guards through town and the barracks had gone on lockdown to prevent the break out. No party members died EXCEPT the one that was executed later at noon....

[@thenarrator9204]

@Sie hat mich geschubst hat mich zerkratzt he was caught assassinating a member of that town's royal family (who was as corrupt as corrupt could be, mind you) and the party didn't try to find evidence of corruption to exonerate their friend, instead they figured they'd break out and skip town forever. Lol.

[@thenarrator9204]

@Sie hat mich geschubst hat mich zerkratzt yeah. I tried giving them several opportunities to either escape, break out, or investigate so they could win through the courts... but they were stubbornly obstinant.

[@lilmancc35]

Hey all things dnd, i was just curious what happened to the dads, daughters, and dnd series. Im new to the channel and the game and i think that series is great with how simple it was.

[@timtauber5557]

In any case I can’t imagine even a down pillow costing more than 3 or 4 silver pieces.

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

It’s sort of amusing, in a dark sort of way, that instead of simply buying a pillow, costing them maybe a few copper coins, that instead they decided to take a path where the pillow cost them the life of one of their party members instead.

[@verySharkey]

But hey. They have the pillow. Why not start a fire now. Or call the local lady who wants to overthrow the town leadership and start a genuine bloody revolution to cover their own crimes.

[@letsplaysvonaja1714]

That's why you have ranged healing spells! You can't always get close enough for a touch and death saves can fail fast, especially when the enemy wants to actually kill you

[@kcollier2192]

Could have gone WORSE? What, like having everyone he killed immediately turn into zombies, ghosts and ghouls? Sheesh!

[@LocalMaple]

2:17 Let me guess, the drink was more expensive than a pillow… 3:55 And the store pillow is cheaper than the pillow… 8:55 And the resurrection is cheaper than the pillow. All that from a pillow talk…

[@carbumb4229]

how much is a pillow in d&d? a copper or two. "Hey I have some gold."

[@hbfray7437]

Welp. That's some DnD economics right there. Stolen Pillow > store bought pillow, drinks, npc deaths, tarnished reputation, PC death.

[@michaelmorton5698]

"Could have gone worse"? Would a Tango Papa Kilo be worse than a traumatized family and a dead party member? Because if that's the price to pay for a prank that failed so miserably (the family losing their sense of safety and the paladin losing his only family), the DM should drive home the fact that they could have NOT decided to pull a prank in the first place.

[@craigtucker1290]

Are you saying the DM should have not allowed the party to conceive the prank or try the prank?

[@michaelmorton5698]

@@craigtucker1290 Trying it. Some people in the real world have no sense of humor and literally cannot take a joke. Pranking someone like that is a disaster waiting to happen. The idea of a prank is harmless--until the decision is made to implement it.

[@craigtucker1290]

@@michaelmorton5698 So you would interfere with player agency and just disallow it. What other things would you disallow and where do you draw the line between what is allowable and what is not? I think the real issue is the maturity of the players at the table.

[@michaelmorton5698]

@@craigtucker1290 That's actually a valid point. Mature players wouldn't even waste their time on a prank.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

@@craigtucker1290 There's a saying that I feel fits perfectly in this scenario. "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." I'd rule in this case that the player of the Dead PC needs to roll up a new character or remake their character as a Reborn. I usually Homebrew it that the Resurrection Spell is actually more of a ritual that makes you call upon the Goddess of Death directly, and you must make a bargain with her in order to resurrect the character in question. Depending on the bargain and the rolls given would determine if the Goddess will grant you the wish, grant it but with a negative side effect, or just say No. I being this up because the Goddess of Death doesn't have any influence over Ravenloft in my homebrew, so Resurrection doesn't work.

[@andromeda7651]

Okay maybe that was a little too much trolling

[@maxgeckos]

That escalated quickly.

[@tireddoggamingtales2091]

It could have gone worse? How the hell could it have gone worse than that? Someone in their party died because of a stupid prank that went tits up so fast it's not funny! And not only that but they tramatized a family.

[@willparry530]

Only one party member died and you ask how it could have gone worse? :P

[@tireddoggamingtales2091]

@@willparry530 Not the point. The point is he ended it with a phrase that was a bit inappropriate given the situation because A. They completely screwed up so hard right out the gate. B. They killed a bunch of guys in order to avoid jail. C. They scared the crap out of everyone they tried to rob for a "pillow" might I add. And D. As I've stated in my last comment one of them died due to their shear stupidity.

[@willparry530]

@@tireddoggamingtales2091 Then use something better for your point? Because it absolutely could have gone worse. They could have _all_ died, for example. I'm not saying it wasn't bad, but there's little that's worse than a TPW

[@tireddoggamingtales2091]

@@willparry530 🙄

[@willparry530]

@@tireddoggamingtales2091 Though from a teaching perspective, I guess you could say a TPW is a good thing, lol. _A certain point of view_ and all that.

[@Kibaoftheleaves]

How do you deflect a fireball with your shield? Fireball manifests where you cast it, it isn't a projectile spell.

[@cesargeney5268]

Shield master feat?

[@thegreatcanadianweasel9928]

I'm more curious is even if allowed, where did it go? Like you can deflect a grenade away from you in theory, but it still explodes

[@timtauber5557]

@@thegreatcanadianweasel9928 I have seen a few D.M.‘a treat a fireball spell as a projectile that explodes at the desired range.

[@thegreatcanadianweasel9928]

@@timtauber5557 that's my point, if it didn't explode on impact or when it reached a certain point and was deflected, like they were in a street, did it fly straight up? Hit a house? Hit some of the guards? Hit onlookers?

[@timtauber5557]

@@thegreatcanadianweasel9928 yea if it was deflected it had to go somewhere. I agree

[@darko-man8549]

I just started humming “we didn’t start the fire”

[@tlaragihai5953]

I don`t know why there are no more subtitles, but here`s a petition to bring them back. This being said, what a story. I almost waited for Dartennan`s (?) death ^^' I also have a feeling this fight went too easy for the party (except for the paladin, poor man)

[@willparry530]

I think the guy's name is supposed to be d'Artagnan, like the young man who wants to be a musketeer in The Three Musketeers.

[@tlaragihai5953]

@@willparry530 aaand here`s the reason i need subs back! x) thank you

[@willparry530]

@@tlaragihai5953 No problem. I definitely agree there!

[@jeremystone5946]

What were these characters intellect and wisdom?

[@BaldianOfIbelin]

look who fell asleep first, prank him John *commits genocide*

[@gabrielgzz7585]

Pls say “chilli dogs” in one of your episodes, my dude sounds like sonic the hedgehog

[@craigtucker1290]

Why? What was the purpose of the prank? The whole rationale seems utterly idiotic; how old were these players?

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Sounds like real life to me! *I hate pranks with a passion.* dartannan’s a lovely name I hope i’m spelling that right YIRBEL LIVES!

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

It's probably spelled d'Artagnan.

[@AvarFeralfang]

People are home during the B&E, so add "home invasion" to the list of crimes.

[@HestiaVesta]

I wonder if she received Dark Powers bonus just from the ones I know from Puffin Malvrac I think his name is spelled the Death Tyrant Wouls love her brand of chaos

[@verySharkey]

Yeah My party is currently in Vallaki and I forsee that if any of them get in trouble with the guards they will absolutely throw out any common sense and murder every last guard between them and their friend.

[@Michaeljack81sk]

Short of the town spontaneously exploding I'm not sure it could have gone much worse than it did. The moment a non-evil player starts decapitating innocent guards would have been the point I'd have shut this shitshow down

[@hedwigon6951]

This was about a pillow. Why didn't they just ask, "can I please have a pillow?" Would have been much better.

[@cptdeadpool9939]

How much is a pillow?

[@LegendStormcrow]

Not sure if there is a lot of stories of D'Artanian or if it's a common name.

[@mattiagiannotti5124]

Well yesterday I was playing the final session of rouge trader i'm a pilot and I was in disagreement with the capitan (we have arrive at the treasure world we are looking) the big evil eldar have brought upon us a gigantic fight on the planet, the capitan wanna escape I disagree and say loud . We are the proud human race running from eldars would bring shame on our name, and I disagree with your course of action capitan, long story but anyway I fly against the most deadly encounter you could have, shoot the Enemy spaceship, and give support to the capitan and the other party members. In the midtime the party fight down and the capitan get down and go near almost dying (he lose an eye) they clear the oath on the ground capture an enemy capitan, and get on board, they call me back to get in the main spaceship and drive away from this hellscape place, as soon I get on board the the second in command (pc) arrest me for suspect insubordination, and after few minute in cell the guard return saying that the same person ask to bring me on the Bridge to drive the spaceship, I refuse if don't get to talk to the capitan and and he try to threaten me and then after I refuse again he try to stab me to break my empty suit, I dodge at this point the capitan regain enough hp to get up and basically on say that I have to chance driving them away, and he would have granted me forgiveness, I agree drive away and oncei drive back them to safety the capitan give the order to throw me in the space without my suit, by burning my luck point I survived in a mysterious way, and my last words in the campaign ending was some something like this "you will pay dear captain wherever you go I will find you and avenge, you will all die!" After that the master ask my character sheet I became an heretic follower of slaanesh and the new bad evil guy For the campaign we are running next week.

[@foisopracurtir6389]

Khorne seems more appropriate, no?

[@whatsagoodusername823]

Jedan za algoritam

[@DuncStatus]

Deserved

[@ragingmoderate6791]

A garbage can isn't enough but a pillow is? Do the PCs have an intelligence of 3 or the players?

[@erdelf]

You see the difference is they wanted to throw the pillow into a crowd, obviously that makes it very different

[@Rajinbin]

The idiots who tried to heal the enemy deserve the outcome. No half measures, you started the fight, so deal with the outcome.

[@mikesands4681]

Love the story. Still would be better with a genuine human voice.

[@timtauber5557]

I would say I have seen bored players result to bizarre antics, but nothing quite as poorly planned or executed as this fiasco.

[@WizardTheAllPowerful]

NEAT

[@khadarmousa1530]

Neat

[@kitcobb6046]

This story actually kind of pisses me off with just how idiotic this group is. Yikes.