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In today's episode of Dungeons and Dragons Horror Stories, we have a tale of a player that could be a contender of the most creepy, cringey, horrible person ever, a story of a DM and Player that makes highly offensive jokes and comments, and a tale of a Westmarch server, where the admin DMs plot to destroy player characters for being "too powerful"
Gameplay Footage: Chorus
Music: Nowhere Land, Loopable Medival Music by Alexander Nakarada
Ale and Anecdotes by Darren Curtis

[@schwarzerritter5724]

13:25 "... and minority characters being as deep as Aup from The Simpsons..." So... very?

[@Qwerty95ish]

Massive age gaps in game groups can become a real problem. The workable difference grows as you age but I am 37 and there is no way I would play with a 17 year old unless they were family and it was a family game.

[@johngleeman8347]

If you don't want characters at level 12 or higher, just say you have to retire any character that makes it to level 12 and offer to make them NPCs if the player consents. What the fuck is the matter with those referees?

[@RiveroftheWither]

West March adim? Power tripper.

[@WladcaPodziemia]

> Ranger managed to flirt and get GF via TTRPG > Ranger is jelus about his (then) GF talking with other man during TTRPG If nothing else, at least his own logic is consistent :D

[@ninja_tank25]

The second story....no this isn't about OP's comment about Apu, and I'm kinda surprised so many people latched on to that given the fact this DM was a blatant racist and misogynist from the jump and the OP just kept playing with them? Why? You had to know what he was about right? I am with you Doge, but even with the age difference, I can't imagine that this dude heard those villains' names, saw how female NPCs were treated, trashing a "friend" that had depression, etc. and didn't see the problem until it affected him in a major way with his own game. Sorry if this sounds cynical, but OP should have gotten out WAY before it got to this point and the fact they didn't does paint them in a bit of a negative light.

[@emeryltekutsu4357]

That story just had me thinking, "This is made up for attention." Seriously, if you meet someone and they just randomly spout out every stereotype you can imagine right away, why would you be sticking around them at all? It didn't take long to be questioning the OP because their involvement made no sense given how they want to portray themselves as seriously offended here. Couple that with the fact that a "bunch of people turned on them" at the end, and it sounds like someone trying to retell a story and paint someone as awful as possible in order to make themselves look better. But in repainting that person, they don't realize how bad they're making themselves look. "So I met this person and they did every racist or racist sounding thing ever that I can think of and also I'll throw Trump in there for some reason, and then I decided to keep hanging out with them..." I think it's just OP making up BS about people after those people realized they were a crummy person and ditched them. As they say, if you're having a problem with everyone else, at some point you have to consider that you're the problem.

[@eminempreg]

Nah literally. Like the DM finds out this person isn't white and immediately makes extremely racist characters and OPs just like "well what can you do??" Like get away. Leave, grow a backbone and respect yourself. There's DMs out there that aren't racist, mysognist,, and just all around terrible

[@Ashiel87]

Fake stories are fake. Lol

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Story 2 got off to a bad start. Criticising Apufrom the Simpson's for being shallow? Apu was one of the smartest, well rounded and capable people on that show.

[@DnDDoge]

Fully agree with you. I think that juxtaposition was a bad take.

[@druid6452]

Haha I thought exactly the same, but I guess they just mean the npcs were all just like "thank you, come again" Though yes, he is actually a wonderful character.

[@etcetera1995]

He only became that over a very long running show. He sure as hell didn't start nuanced and well-rounded.

[@knottheory79220]

Apu is actually a pretty developed character and one of the most virtuous people on the show.

[@Sigilstone17]

Yeah but "certain people" only see a brown cartoon and that's all they can fixate on

[@CooperAATE]

But y'know, brown people can't exist, right? Lol

[@Labyethan]

Apu was one of the best boys in that show, and got done dirty.

[@andrejg4136]

People always go after the wrong target because they'd rather be part of the mob, instead of actually understanding the issue.

[@EvanBear]

Didn't he have a huge family with wife and kids that he loved and was working to support?

[@REfan2002]

Story 1; Ranger: Let me heal you with a kiss I'm sorry, what? Story 2: DM grapes OP's character and is also all of the worst parts, then plays a cringe, that guy player. Yikes! Story 3: Server Owners plot to kill OP's Bf's character for being too strong. Well, guess I won't be joining that server.

[@NopeNaw]

Story 2 is more than likely fake

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Story 1 he was healing by licking, so the precedent was set.

[@richardwright747]

They were okay with him literally licking their wounds? No wonder he thought he could kiss without getting in trouble. I'm not defending him. But there's already issues here if you ask me.

[@rainond.cooper2971]

Gotta be honest, the last story's beginning threw me for a loop for a moment because I have a barbarian goliath character named "Raagu" who is pronounced the same way, but none of my former partners have played DnD with me

[@Ironbattlemace]

I don't understand how in the hell this is 4th or 5th barbarian named Raagu, two plus your have been Goliaths.

[@oliviabean8264]

How the fuck could those people in story 1 justify not kicking that guy out of the server? Knowingly hitting on children isnt the sort of shit that should ever just be overlooked. Like are they seriously more concerned with the prospect of him cheating than him committing a sin so grievous even contract killers will judge you for it?

[@thomasferris1905]

When an adult states they scolded another adult, that's a bit of a red flag in itself.

[@Sigilstone17]

I've realized this channel suffers from a dangerous lack of Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia clips and references

[@sterlingstarlight2320]

Not a horror story, but very well. Since you asked. I joined a Curse of Strahd campaign on Roll20 not too long ago. I LOVE dark fantasy, and have heard nothing but good things about the module, so I was eager to join. I was accepted, and dropped outside Argynvostholt with the rest of the party. The combat was challenging, but the Roll20 post had said as much, so no big deal. We got a plot hook about corrupted undead knights. Next session we spent most of our time running away from revenants that were way too strong for us (we were level 3), a fact that the DM neglected to tell me before I had cast sacred flame on a revenant who had qggro'd the party after half of us failed a stealth roll. The revenants had two attacks each, and took a chunk out of anyone they hit. Our Barbarian nearly died, and my cleric was down to 18 HP thanks to pure luck and a feat light clerics get that causes disadvantage on attack rolls. We escape Argynvostholt in one piece, and go to rendezvous with Vasili and Ireena at some noble's house. Our triumphant return from a defiled death trap was a lot of "You are told this, Vasili says that, he/she explains this to you, at this point in the game, you..." We don't get to interact in any meaningful way with Vasili or Ireena; she barely gives us a second glance before she's escorted away by Vasili, with nothing more than a dull explanation about how she seems to admire him, and he seems to be snorted with her. Don't misunderstand. The DM and the guys I play with seem really cool. And each session is only about 2 hours long, so maybe DM can't get as narratively focused as he would like. But I know for a fact there are DMs who can balance combat, exploration and roleplay in two hours. I want to *Play* the narrative of Curse of Strahd, not participate in an interactive wikipedia summery of Curse of Strahd. I went back to look for games and will be starting one in. Week or so. Hopefully that will be better.

[@NopeNaw]

"... minority characters being as deep as Apu from The Simpsons." Oh, does OP mean Apu, the character that's been so hypocritically misaligned from the "concerned" that he just had to go away? The character that was a successful hardworking business man, a community leader and volunteer firefighter? The character whose heritage and culture shone through in so many ways, yet he was an avid american patriot? Ah but no, he had a funny sounding voice and was played by a person of "wrong" skin, so any depth he had is moot. The people who point at Apu as a problem never bothered to see Apu for the character he was, and they are more of a problem than he ever could be. Any lake seems puddle deep if all you do is look at it. The rest of OP's story sounds like just that, a "story."

[@unknowfornow35]

Ya I was thinking the same thing too with that part alone.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Apu was one of the most well rounded characters on the show. If the OP can't understand that, I think the entire story is fake.

[@l0stndamned]

That last one is just plain weird in addition to being scummy. Seems like a really convoluted way too get someone to use a different character.

[@dustinsimoneau4780]

I swear, between the Reddit story channels I usually frequent, stories about the worst incels and femcels just love finding me

[@teirdalin]

The 37 year old sounds like a 7 year old pretending to be in his 30s. Level 12 average-as-dirt paladin. Such high level, woweeeewowowooow.

[@paulhesketh4289]

These stories are literally my main escape from the world of covid and war and all the regular drudgery of life, thank you doge of the dungeon!

[@Dumbdog124]

I had a dm that just made everything so unfun. I've posted it in r/rpghorrorstories before but it's a super long story that involves space Opera that insists it's scifi, dmpcs, railroads, favoritism, and nonconsentual interactions between characters. It also didn't help we were all furries.

[@talldorf6445]

Would it make me a bad person if I just didn't allow players to relationships in game because that can lead to problems like in story 1? I find it odd anyway, because games like d&d deal more with going into forgotten ruins to find treasure, or dealing with monsters and less about dealing with romantic relationships. And having the potential for out of game things to ruin friendships because two characters with each other is not very good. I'm not saying couples shouldn't play or people can't find someone while playing. Nor am I saying don't do it. I just want people to treat the party as there a group of professionals having a relationships and families outside of the group of people the decided to go kill a dragon with.

[@CooperAATE]

They promoted the 1 player they wanted to kill off...? How stupid, lmao

[@chaos4654]

Yeah. Idiots this dumb to not having a reasonable out for characters becoming "too strong" were probably too stupid to think that far ahead in the first place.

[@mr.uncreative7174]

Op in the second story has obviously never watched a Simpsons episode with apu in it

[@SCP01986]

Here faster than a cringelord crashing a campaign!

[@gurmyigoll3535]

That's a good Pepe, friend

[@TheOvervoid]

"Yes that includes minors" Ooooohhhh another one these dudes. Uh 🍷 this is gonna be a show

[@ncrtrooper7153]

2nd story. OP at 13:10 tries to shit on Apu from the simpsons saying he isn't deep when in fact Apu is one of the deepest characters in the show.

[@marybdrake1472]

Okay, that last story was just cheating. There are much better ways to deal with that kind of thing than that.

[@VanguardJester]

ya know, don't get me wrong. I completely understand what the guy was trying to say by "as deep as apu", but apu was a bad pick for this if you ever need a character to point to when describing a lack of depth, instead use the hispanic maid from family guy. trust me, it's a much better comparison!

[@Lothmar22]

~hears 'maga-man'~ Sounds fake.

[@NopeNaw]

The Apu hate gave the fake away

[@timothyswanson8773]

Agreed.

[@DrRiddlez2015]

It would've been more realistic if the "Evil Racist supervillain team was called The Democratic Party"

[@EmoBearRights]

@@DrRiddlez2015 Depends what period you're talking about.

[@DrRiddlez2015]

@@EmoBearRights All...just different tactics

[@Ironbattlemace]

"I hate n*****s" Was one of the worst critical role characters ever.

[@broke_af_games9661]

Superhero game: mmmm sounds fishy, but I don't know.

[@TigerW0lf]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS WRONG WITH THAT TABLE AT STORY 2!? JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST, THAT WAS AN INSANE CAST OF HERO NAMES 😱

[@TigerKirby215]

*Story 1.* It's always great when the trash takes itself out. Glad that Bard is in a better relationship, and everyone put a stop to it fast. *Story 2.* OP should've jumped out when the DM made MAGAman. Sounds like your typical racist That Guy who has to be the best person in the campaign. *Story 3.* Yeah nothing more to say than what you already said. If you can't run adventures for level 11 characters (which isn't even that hard like, really?) just tell the players to put those characters on pause. That's literally the point of Westmarches servers.

[@shipper-of-heart8898]

'deep as Apu from the Simpsons' I mean to be fair, if you look into Apu's episodes/lore (?), he is a doctor, likes to make furniture, and is good friends with Paul McCartney. But i get what OP means

[@GrievousFrom]

Your Chorus game is on point.

[@Jermbot15]

Okay... Ausch-Witch is pretty good.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

What, no Like and Comment Kitten?

[@Antsaboy94]

Apu from The Simpsons isn't a bad character.

[@gigaswardblade7261]

why was revised ranger banned?

[@robertheinrich2994]

what is the name of the videogame in the background?

[@DrRiddlez2015]

13:17🙄

[@jaysonklein6018]

So... whose the creepy anime guy on the thumbnail?

[@NopeNaw]

Caesar Clown from One Piece

[@davidsonshane4505]

what game is that in the background i want to try it

[@DnDDoge]

Chorus

[@fmadiva]

White ppl in the comments getting defensive over the brown dude criticizing Apu is very telling, Apu had good development but dude was not ALWAYS a well-developed character and racial stereotypes stick with you when you're a person of color. Especially considering, unlike White people, we don't get a plethora of characters to choose from so we tend be more critical of the tokens we DO get. I suggest y'all watch "The Problem with Apu" and listen to actual brown ppl instead of getting in your feelings about someone criticizing a show/character you like because your white guilt is flaring up. Also, Doge, you agreeing w/ ppl in the comments is the real bad take here buddy.

[@starofjustice1]

I'm a cringe scumbag and I find this video offensive.

[@Spartan135]

nobody cares,go cry alone in a corner or draw a lesson from the mistakes of others to be a better person.

[@snailsarecool]

who's the dude on the thumbnail

[@phelps6205]

Caesar Clown, one of the villains in the later part of One Piece, a mad scientist with the power to control and become any kind of gas.

[@snailsarecool]

@@phelps6205 Ty! Looked up clips of him and I love his voice. He seems like a fun character. One day I'll actually watch One Piece

[@jacobgallegos8762]

The second op only has himself to blame how do u not say anything for thirty minutes while a dude describes molesting your character

[@SolrSurfr3]

OP was a minor, they never should’ve been in that situation in the first place

[@jacobgallegos8762]

@@SolrSurfr3 agreed but u don’t have to be over 18 to stand up for yourself especially in something so simple as leaving

[@NopeNaw]

@@jacobgallegos8762 That along with the over the top names and the mischaracterization of Apu points toward the story being fake. Or at the very least being heavily embellished.

[@draydinbardon9782]

Starts story butching about women and minority stereotypes... Wellp, im out. Not gonna waste time on that.

[@TowerArcanaCrow]

Ranger in Story 1 doesn't need kicked, he needs *shot*