D&D's Worst Neckbeards, Edgelords, Murderhobos, Nice Guys, and MORE - RPG Horror Stories

[@BR-ec2ph]

"This isn't as bad as some of the stories here." *literally describes sexual assault*

[@DiktatrSquid]

The sad thing is that it's still probably true

[@That80sGuy1972]

As a lifelong DM, describing sexual assault is not as bad as it gets. There are some groups that like to add rape as their game actions and role-play the details of it... that's why the "no rape" rule is such a common one, even in games where the whole dang party are evil characters who would probably do it.

[@dillongage]

@That80sGuy1972 especially since people want to go into such detail. I MIGHT be able to let it slide if it was vaguely alluded to and ended with a fade to black, IF it had some relevance to character development or something, but when it starts getting graphic it's a no go. Even consensual stuff should just be a vague allusion with fade to black.

[@__-jt4tv]

"Ohana Means Family to You, Puny Fleshbag" needs to be a t-shirt.

[@FuugaNatsu]

A medieval HK-47 could be a lot of fun to play/see in action.

[@thargs9184]

Any warforge agree!

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@FuugaNatsu Decades ago, before Warforge were a thing, I DM'd a group that had specialized golems after my group spent a lot of time watching Terminator, its sequels, and reading some related media. The HK-47 version was a specialized Mechanical Golem. The T-800 equal was a Mechanial Golem covered by Flesh Golem parts. The T-1000 was a heavily modified version of my Player Character Changeling (which was already a take on the Player Character Doppelganger). One Combat Technition was a Dwarf (Technomancer, a homebrew wizard type, similar to what came decades later known as "artificer" [if that's how it's spelled]), and I forget the rest but they were "fleshy things". It was a fun take on AD&D as an AD&D version of Terminator in it's post Judgement Day world. The HK-47 did a lot of damage, was hard to hurt, and could take a lot of punishment, but there are some down sides to needing a technition, needing costly parts, weighing over a ton, and having treads as your only mobility.

[@MrGamernova]

Pedo: But in medieval times- DM: All the gods in this universe hate pedophiles & will kick your ass if you or your character even thinks about it. Pedo: ... E- DM: ESPECALLY the chaotic & evil ones. Pedo:... DM:... So we good? Pedo: You said my ass, not my cha- DM: I know what I said.

[@VayaKahvi]

I have a burning hate for people that are like "but in medieval times..." Yeah and medieval times didn't have literal dragons in the sky and gods getting involved in people's personal lives.

[@Estarile]

@@VayaKahvi especially because it's not even historically accurate. Most woman married in their late teens at the earliest, and the ones who didn't were A: usually nobility, and B: it was all just a formality until they were in their late teens/early 20s.

[@liamdalemon1525]

that's kind of randomly creating lore on the spot that the characters wouldn't have any prior knowledge about in ways that directly interfere with their characters. not the best move to pull as the DM

[@MrGamernova]

@@liamdalemon1525 I like to think it goes without saying that all my npcs are against that. I get having villains like that when done right, but I think you should go into a game just assuming that stance is gonna be the case.

[@TheNormExperience]

THIS. I want to have a cartoon of this on a shirt.

[@madamefluffy4788]

That last story - Christ! The player gives the DM a sketch of an orc woman (fashioned after the DM) being sexually assaulted by the player's character and when he's called out on it, not only does he claim to have been drunk, but that he was also crushing hard on the DM (implying this sketch was his way of conveying his attraction to her). And she let him back into the party?! Major red flags should have been going off in her noggin the moment he sent her that picture - wtf!

[@nyxstyx388]

Seriously! It takes time and effort to make a drawing. How long was he drunk to be able to do that plus send it to her. Sounds like he had the drawing before he got drunk.

[@the3dluxe53]

I just hated the boyfriend story. That scenario of a player’s irl girlfriends character not being seduced by his character could’ve just been a quick funny moment where everyone has a good chuckle but then they had to make it weird.

[@dragonwerewolf4236]

The group as a whole was extremely shitty for it But the guy that kept dropping the bf down a peg was probably just trying to embarrass him infront if the gf to maybe get some kind of chance with her? Only reason why they would be very adamant at attacking em for no reason.

[@insertname4929]

@@dragonwerewolf4236 maybe they are just sucky people-

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@dragonwerewolf4236 I mean, that's possibly even shittier.

[@shadowwolf8434]

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 not possibly it is even shittier

[@TalonsofWater]

Had to make it weird is a bit of an understatement.

[@brittanyanderson97]

Personal option: I think people tend to forgot consent in dnd exist outside of romance and sex. You’re playing a cooperative game… with other people… DM to player, player to player that’s are still a type of relationship and relationships should be a two way street where both parties understand each other.

[@toenailandthebedsores6682]

I can really relate to the "enforced found family" story. I recently got rid of a toxic friend who would always refer to me as his "brother", despite really knowing nothing about me as a person or making any attempt to get to know me beyond the games/movies I like. And, even then he would forget these and just assume I liked all the same things as he did cus "We're brothers! Brothers like the same stuff". *shivers* made me cringe every time

[@screwgoogle4993]

Try having blood family like that.

[@funifin]

@@screwgoogle4993 oof even worse.

[@TheNormExperience]

I have to assume he was an only child??

[@sophiaa.4538]

I understand that probably sucked Irl, and I'm sorry for that. But your story reminded me of Todo from jujitsu Kaisen, and it made me laugh.

[@justanotherguy560]

@@screwgoogle4993 Jesus. I recently cut a toxic relationship I had with a cousin. He’d gaslight, and try to convince me that I was in the wrong and I DESERVED all his bullshit (don’t really feel like specifying that part). And for a while, it worked on me. I was in a bad place, and he used that to basically have me feeling grateful he was in my life and all the “help” he’d give me. Eventually with the help of my brother and a few other friends who really had to convince me, managed to get through to me and I realized how much of a fucking leach he was. I’m doing better now, but I really wish I hadn’t been as naïve as I was, wasting several years being with him and losing some good friends because of it.

[@mikefang9995]

That story about the town of @$$holes made me think that could actually be worked into a plot hook. "Jeeze, everybody in this town is an ill tempered jack @$$." "...make an insight check." "17" "Something about everyone's behavior strikes you as...unnatural...like something is...influencing them."

[@blisterfingers8169]

For the love of God, not another Innsmouth ripoff scenario.

[@mikefang9995]

@@blisterfingers8169 Not necessarily. It could be a mind flayer, or a lich using an amplified version of Dominate Person, or perhaps a demon or devil.

[@dillongage]

@Mike Fang still kind of an Innsmouth rip off though, but frankly I'm all for it. It's a classic, and it's great.

[@julyol119]

Good thinking!

[@mar30999]

I thought the same and gave me some good ideas for the future, and i have no idea what Innsmouth is

[@SamWeltzin]

...Wait, you're not really a rat with a plague doctor's mask? The shock!

[@thebritishgamer836]

The "rapist" story reminded me of a short story of my own: In our descent into Avernus campaign, while still on the material plane, My human divine soul sorcerer / Twilight domain cleric had been the only one in the party to charge into a burning temple upon hearing a child crying for help (half the party was evil and our lawful good paladin and neutral forge cleric always sided with the evil characters for whatever reason). My character, Augustus, charges in, and manages to save a young girl by throwing her out the door as a pillar falls on him, almost killing him. He manages to get free, and from that point on is very protective of the child. He learns that she has a relative in the next town over, and plans to take her there, keeping her distracted with his "nice horsey" that she rode with him. At the next town, the party finds the relative, an older grandfather or uncle I think, and PVP almost breaks out when one of the evil characters makes a veiled threat asking for payment from them. I believe the cleric sided with me in paying the poor family money so they could afford to care for the little girl. Here is where the big issue occurs. As the party goes to leave and sleep in their barn for the night (as they had gratefully let us do), the little girl goes and tugs Augustus' hand, and says she wants him to sleep in her room for the night to make sure she is safe. I thought this was adorable, but both in and out of character I knew how it may seem odd to the older relatives, so Augustus' first reaction was to look to the relative and ask if they were okay with this, which they were. I think you can see where this is going with the problematic party, when one or two of them start making pedophile jokes about my character, which everyone laughed at. This was obviously upsetting, and I felt like I couldn't have nice moments with children around this party simply because my character was a man. I was in a poor mood the rest of the session, but I believe before we left the town to proceed with our quest to go to Avernus, Augustus found a woodworking shop and paid for a handmade horse model to be made and sent to the little girl's family, because she liked his horse so much, to give her something to remember him by.

[@byronsmothers8064]

That social specialist in the political apocalypse campaign hurt my soul Always hated the "I decide how useful you'll be" gms.

[@SamWeltzin]

Reminds me of when my brother and I got told that we could be useful as a Smart and a Wise in a Modern d20 campaign and then the campaign turned into nothing but a series of fights, so only the third party member, the Strong, could do anything of any particular note. We TPKed against the final boss. Surprised we got that far.

[@Tirath]

I'm curious about the "Family" player and why they're so insistent. It sounds like they're missing something in their life and I hope they find whatever that is.

[@Neko141212]

I think there was a follow up edit to that story or something - I heard the same story on another channel. I think the two players talked about it and reached some sort of understanding of each other's perspective.If I'm remembering the right story, at least

[@curtisfranzen986]

I don't know. What I do know is that humans, either IRL, or in Fantasy don't work that way. In fact, really no semi-intelligent creature does. The development of relationships is literally part of the human experience.

[@AsraliaX2]

Honestly the family player just was playing her character too well.

[@AzureKyle]

​@curtisfranzen986 Exactly, it takes time for relationships to form. It's one thing if they started already knowing each other, but if they just met they wouldn't instantly thunk of each other as family. You need time and bonding moments.

[@PaladinGear15]

That dude who freaked out about "furries" and how the person wanting to be a bear race was a furry... 1: I doubt they were a furry, you don't have to be one to wanna play a freaking bear monster. 2: If this is what he thinks, why doesn't he yell about D&D being a "furry game" in general? There's freaking tons of anthropomorphic animal characters in D&D, including werebears! 3: It's no big surprise everyone ditched the guy after his freakout, because it was genuinely ridiculous, and god knows how long it would have taken for them to be kicked next.

[@LaylaSpellwind]

Yeah, I've seen a few people who's only complaint about something has literally just been "There were furries!" And it's like... so? Most furries are lovely people, you should be happy they're in your game. =D

[@PaladinGear15]

@@LaylaSpellwind Wholesome ^^

[@SeymourDisapproves]

The found family friend is so weird. Like, you're usually into that trope because you want to avoid, dismantle, or overcome the dysfunction, overstepping of boundaries, and abuse that can come from people who aren't bound by much besides blood in favor of the joy that comes from being around the people that you want to surround yourself with and the community that you want to be a part of, but here she is trying to replicate those exact problems with her "found family." Like, what's going on in your personal life that makes you want to dismiss interpersonal conflict with the really shaky idea that "families don't fight?"

[@Mrinsecure]

Regarding the "Wait, You Want to Contribute?" Story: DMs, you should always be honest with your players about what kind of game you're running and what sorts of abilities/gear will, or will not, be useful. If you're going to run a game where non-combat skills are going to basically be useless, let your players know that. If you're going to run a game where magic is absurdly rare and its practitioners are persecuted, make sure your players know before they start rolling up sorcerers and wizards. And if your game is going to take place in an environment with extreme cold, make sure they know to pick up warm weather clothing. This doesn't seem like it should be hard, and yet...

[@Elkator955]

I get the feeling he wanted to make a "hard" campaign, considering he said no to the guy who was willing to switch classes.

[@Mrinsecure]

@@Elkator955 Difficulty is always contingent on people having the information they need to make rational decisions in a given scenario. This DM just straight up *lied* to his player about how viable his character would be in the game's setting, making him look like an idiot for choosing to make what he believed was a perfectly acceptable character concept. That's not making a "hard" game, that's just being obnoxious.

[@Elkator955]

@@Mrinsecure I agree, it's why I put it in quotation marks. The way described and my imagination the thing I can imagine is the following: GM knew what will be in the game: Talking to factions, fighting a dangerous foe etc. The guy asked if his talky person was okay and he was like: "Ah yes, I have factions I will do the talky and convincing stuff." Then he was like: "Oh wait I don't want them to be just convince people, that would be too EaSy. I have to make them dicks so he can't convince them to help so "easily"." And of course he wouldn't switch because by the time he realized it was already game time if I'd have to guess. Or he just didn't even think about it to begin with. Of course I'm just playing devil's advocate, I can't really see his mind, just some intuitive creativity on my end.

[@TRONkhfan13]

So I got an ad in the middle of the “Family” story and so the audio went “Don’t you know the most important thing is ” “PAPA JOHN’S!” Made me bust out laughing

[@GrievousFrom]

That episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog where his enemies teamed up to kill him, except Crispy is Courage and neckbeards, edgelords, murderhobos, nice guys, and MORE are the evil council.

[@cyranojohnson8771]

23:35 In the spirit of the request for advice: 1. Don't sign up ten players to a game. Overlarge groups make for extremely slow gameplay. People will be less motivated to come out for something like that. 2. Don't ask people to commit to nine-hour sessions. Anybody who tells you that they can and will show up to a regular game that's longer than the average working day is just not going to do that. They might think they will... but they won't. It's an unreasonable ask. (This is different if you're twelve and the game is part of a sleepover or something, but nine solid hours on VTT is otherwise just not going to be an attractive prospect for most people.) 3. If you're playing on VTT, make sure you've got your audio sorted before the session. 4. Also... usually not a great sign if combats are taking four hours? A game that consists of waiting forever while nine other players take their turns is pretty demoralizing. Most DMs have had slogs come upon them from time to time, it happens, but if that's *half* of an *eight-hour session* which is also the *first* session... ouch. It sounds like your group conveyed what they really thought of all this when they no-showed en masse the session after. No, they probably do not care about the campaign at this point, and in what you describe, there are some clear clues as to what the reasons might be for that (shitty though it is that more than half of them just ghosted you, the least one can do is send a quick direct message or something). I'd try scaling things back, recruiting a smaller group, and shooting for more focused sessions. (IDK how much help this is going to be given that I'm now realizing I'm two months late, but I'll leave it up.)

[@thefakecat8340]

To me the long sessions (past the 4 hour mark) are like blessings. When the stars align where the entire party is free and have nothing important worry about so you can just enjoy playing the game. But if its a constant then the magic will be lost soon

[@sethmiller2532]

My group's sessions have been largely around 12 hours in length (i.e. Starting at 4PM and ending around 4AM), and we love it. We never planned for them to go that long, but we just weren't done with the session before then.

[@sonicismybrawler]

The face reveal was a genuine surprise, those DM skills coming through for you with the build up lol. Hope to get many more than 50 videos out of my time here, it's been great.

[@jrepra]

I'll never understand dms who make a whole town or more just hostile to any and all characters in the party for no reason. Do they not want help when they are inevitably attacked by anything grouped in the near area? Sure would suck if the village was attacked by goblins and the only ones that can do anything skip town because there's no one worth saving.

[@AMPMASTER10]

To be fair it would make sense in certain circumstances 1: One or more party members are of a typically evil (Drow/Goblins) aggressive (Orks/Lizard folk) or misunderstood (Tieflings) races. Especially if the town has been or under attack by evil members of said races. 2: A player character is part of an organization that that town folk hate or mistrust. For example a paladin player in a town that a notorious criminal hive. A wizard in a country that hates magic. A fighter that served as a soldier for a opposing nation. 3: And of course the PC or even the party's past actions. Caught stealing, local shopkeepers refuse service. Oh and the guards hate you. Take down a local crime lord, guards will love you but the former crime lord's employees will hate you. Burn down a orphanage, every town guard EVERYWHERE HATES YOU.

[@animeotaku307]

@@AMPMASTER10 Or 4. The town is run by an evil cult who has decided that the party are a threat.

[@AMPMASTER10]

@@animeotaku307 Good one.

[@DrakeKnight99]

@@AMPMASTER10 What do you mean aggresive? My gator boy resembles that remark...wait a minute...

[@AMPMASTER10]

@@DrakeKnight99 LoL

[@bradleyhampton15]

First story bothers me. I've always played that if someone wants an enemy alive and have knocked them out. Then unless that player says otherwise then it's not my business in finishing them off.

[@silverbullet7691]

I love found family but it takes a lot of time, especially in a situation where characters have a lot of aggression and tension due to differences in beliefs, morals, and even upbringing. I would not expect a lawful good character to be all buddy-buddy with a chaotic neutral or be trusting of someone of any evil alignment. It’d take a long time and a lot of trust building that will sometimes just amount to genuine respect between otherwise sworn enemies. Not everyone is gonna part on terms of found family and even friends.

[@AsraliaX2]

Honestly the OP is the ass in that post.

[@TheNormExperience]

Lol I love the idea of a terrible wizard who can’t reliably do magic because they put their largest points into strength but plays it off every time he succeeds a strength check saying, “Er-hem, The power of magic!!!” 😂

[@dillongage]

That even opens it up for some interesting backstory. Are you from a tribe of barbarians so you grew up strong and only recently started to learn magic? Is there something about your race that makes magic difficult? Maybe you're a fighter or rouge who stumbled across a dead wizard and just took his identity. There's a lot you could do there.

[@jasperspearl2768]

I laughed at Den of the Drake's cameo.😄

[@DenoftheDrake]

Me too, that guy is nuts 😂

[@insertname4929]

*fire crackling sounds ensue*

[@Tytoalba777]

I like how a 38 minute episode was massive for the series back in episode 50. Now it's just this just a slightly longer run time.

[@DrPluton]

The baby shields thing reminds me of a fiend from the 3.5 book "The Book of Vile Darkness" who wore armor made out of living humans into combat. If you hit one of the humans, you would automatically start to turn evil.

[@Leafy1-j1l]

The Dread Emperor? I don't think he was a fiend (might've been, but I don't recall him being one)and technically didn't have armor *made of* people. He had a collection of children chained to his armor that would magically absorb damage dealt to him. So, even worse, and even more ridiculous.

[@draconicfeline6177]

@@Leafy1-j1l Yeah that was messed up, the children would beg you to stop.

[@generaldreagonlps6889]

Or Lucius the Eternal from Warhammer 40K. Not exactly the same thing but sounds similar.

[@Dreigonix]

@@Leafy1-j1l 40K could probably get away with that because it’s supposed to be comedically edgy and ridiculous… but otherwise? That’s just really, _really_ cringey and dumb.

[@Leafy1-j1l]

@@Dreigonix It doesn't work there either. 40k is exaggerated to the point of black comedy, but it's still consistent, and nobody in that setting would even hesitate to blast a fool using children for armor.

[@justinecourtneysgavel89]

I once played a character who was easily attached to an incredible degree. She was extremely quick to see other people as family, and took being lied to by them way too personally. The difference between this character and the one in the story is... my character was a literal CHILD. She believed whole-heartedly in the power of friendship, and didn't understand that not everyone could be trusted on their word, BECAUSE SHE WAS A CHILD WHO DIDNT KNOW ANY BETTER! It wasn't me as the later trying to force a found family where there was none, it was my character simply being a naive. kid.

[@brianjohnson1509]

The wizard getting struck by lightning would be hilarious in most other contexts, really. Unfortunate.

[@theend6490]

The “Found Family” trope I don’t think is too bad. I have only played two campaigns (well, we haven’t finished one and just started another) so I have only have two character from a constant party. One is a blood hunter who had his daughter stolen by hags and so has to help these strangers through the feywild, viewing them as friends but bothering more, and an urchin Druid who was a stable hand in Chult. The Druid is new to water deep and has been with the same people for weeks, opening a bar and living in it with everyone, as a result she views these people (and a robot) as family that she’s always hoped for.

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

I love the delivery on "I'M GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM"

[@ozpin8329]

As a DM, never let your players roll opposing skill checks for social interactions unless both players consent. If one character needs to convince another of something, have that play out in role play.

[@NonApplicable1983]

For the record, the medieval age of consent in christian Europe was sixteen, as enforced by (ironically) the Vatican. Children did get married, often to other children, as young as twelve, but then they just went home until they were of age to consummate the marriage.

[@ArDeeMee]

Commoners got married at around age 18, actually. It was the rich and noble families who married off their kids as early as possible for political reason. And that’s a worldwide tradition, unfortunately. It’s the origin of the „beauty and the beast“ story trope. That horrible man who hurts you every night? Endure. He might turn out to be nice after all. It’s great for grooming girls into accepting their fates worse than death.

[@starbird3939]

1st Story We actually have at least one character who wants to be a pacifist-in that he won’t strike to kill. And I was thinking of doing the same thing since my character was not a soldier but a mailperson.

[@tarrker]

I have a story I need to tell. First, a little background. I've always been the DM going all the way back to the early 90's. Nobody else wanted to and I'm alright with taking up that mantle so, that's how it's always been. Needless to say, when I got a chance to finally join a group where I could just be a player, I jumped at it. I was ready for anything. I didn't care how they played or what happened, I was gonna play with this group... I was not prepared. The DM was really good. He and I worked together to create a character that we were both comfortable with. I ended up being this "human", female, priestess that was secretly a sort of revenant undead. Mostly because I enjoyed the juxtaposition of being this undead horror who is good natured and loves all living things. Was honestly surprised by how willing the DM was to let me play an undead character. I was extremely excited. This was gonna be a great campaign! *foreshadow* *foreshadow* First session starts. We do the basic meet and greet. Everyone seems pretty cool. Five guys and one girl so five players, one DM total. All in their 20's except for me and the DM. We sit down and take turns explaining our characters and their motives. When it gets to my turn the other players look visibly upset as I'm explaining my character. Next player is explaining her character when one of the other guys interrupts with: "I'm sorry but, did you say your character is... female?". I look over at the DM who just kinda shrugs. So I respond with: "Yes. Person-X was trying to explain her character, though and I'd like to hear what she has to say.". She continues telling us about her sweet, buff barbarian when she is interrupted again: "Sorry to interrupt you Person-X but, how are you guys ok with this?". The DM and I are both confused and barbarian girl is looking kinda frustrated now. I'm gonna do my best to transcribe what happened next: DM: "What wrong? If you have a problem you should really wait until someone is done speaking to say something." Guy 1: "Am I really the only person who finds this guy really creepy?... No offense." Guy 2: "No he's a creep. Why is he here?" Guy 3: "His hair is gray and he's playing a young girl. That's kinda fucked up man." Me: Just sitting right across from them feeling anxious and confused while staying very silent. DM: "If it's bothering everyone so much then I guess we can talk about it. But this is kind of inappropriate.." Barb-Girl: "Inappropriate!? You guys are ignorant! My character is this big, buff guy. Why can't he play a girl if he wants!??" Moment of awkward silence... Barb-Girl looking at me: "How old are you anyway?" Me: "I turned 41 this past January." Barb-Girl: "Ok that's a little creepy, I guess." At this point they started arguing and the DM was pretty much silent so I just got up and left. Pretty much without saying anything. Left all my shit there. Not gonna lie, I was kind of emotional about it. Even just writing this is bringing back some strange feelings for me. Had to get my stuff back from the DM later who was really upset that I left. But, wtf was I supposed to do in this situation? I admit I probably could have handled that better but I was about two seconds away from shouting at them in anger and I did NOT want that. Haven't joined or hosted a group since then. It's been about four months, I think. I know they were wrong to act that way but I still can't shake the feeling that it was me who did something wrong. I'll get over it eventually but... It's gonna take some time. x_x

[@banyalaplace]

This is really sad to hear! My first D&D group had people of mixed ages, one of the best players of the bunch was a 40 yo dude, we learnt a lot from him. He also managed to calm down conflict between the youngest players and gave advice to the noobs like me. It's their loss they lost you in the game, I'm sure you would have contributed a lot to it!

[@higueraft571]

You see the funny thing with that... They wouldnt let you play them for shit, no matter how old you are :V In particular, likely the sort that cant grasp how someone would want to play a female character, who isnt themselves female, no matter what. They d e f i n i t e l y exist, same for female players playing male characters. Pretty prominent in MMOs as well

[@linglingspacewhales1977]

I know this comment was from a year ago but im so sorry to hear you went through that I'm a 26 year old female and my boyfriend is 30. We play DnD with his coworker friends and they are nearly all 40+. They play a mix of gendered characters and it has never struck me as odd because we are all sitting around and having fun playing the game. Hopefully you have joined a group as a player since that expirence and had an enjoyable expirence!

[@tarrker]

@@linglingspacewhales1977 thank you. Y'know, it's funny. Usually when something like this happens I don't tell anyone or talk about it at all. I might say something to my wife but, I usually don't wanna bother her, she works really hard and she has enough stress without me adding to it with dumb stuff like this. But, then something happened. I made this post and started talking to other D&D nerds about it. I honestly didn't realize how much it bothered me until I talked about it. This post was like a weird, first step for me. LoL :)

[@VierteMann]

Literally 1984 broke me, I can picture the guy trying to make that character and the character

[@WayToVibe]

"Imagine no-call, no-showing to something you do for fun." That's going on my list of quotes. So much to unpack there.

[@disneydork100]

I heard this episode earlier this week and I keep thinking of and laughing at “‘are anime cat girls allowed?’ ‘No.’ ‘LITERALLY 1984’” I’m obsessed with it and keep saying it to noone

[@hathatto1129]

Okay but the found family one slaps I had a character, whose mother got murdered during the course of the game - basically people in power got super pissed at our party for not letting them do evil things all the time, and since her mom was the person they could get to with little trouble, they killed her, which sent my char into depression and made her resent her previous life choices of going on an adventure at all. At that point she could not quit though, cause the world was about to be destroyed, and she still cared enough not to ditch a quest that involved saving a whole planet. Everyone in the party was chill with that, i asked. They liked my roleplay and the new dynamic my character had with their chars. None of them really liked each other that much, but they respected each other and felt responsible. But the DM ugggh we were having a discussion after the game about what we think of out characters and their future and I said that I don't really see my char getting a full Happy Ending - and I liked that. "Oh, but I want the party to become a family, surely she'll heal with them around" i brushed it off, like sure, he's allowed to have different view on the situation but it became hella persistent in-game, out-game, even when we just went for a walk together, he'll speak about this found family and happy endings i was getting tired our party did not function like family, no and I did not want to do this. My character could not simply just replace her dead mother with a bunch of people she did quests with. Sure, there were some good situations, sure she valued them as comrades and they valued her, but found family would ruin pretty everything that had been established over the course of two real years. No one wanted except him, and it was like he could not see it It was just so annoying We never got to resolve this situation, cause he stopped the campaign because of work problems, but I don't think I'll play with him anymore

[@steveholmes11]

"The first fight took 3-4 hours" and then "Nobody showed up" - not shocked.

[@kemix1006]

I get if a session's first combat runs a little long, because of RNGesus giving both the DM and players the middle finger (The first fight of this DBZ campaign we started this month ran like 20+ minutes because of bad dice rolls on both ends), but fuck me, 3-4 hours for the first combat is just insane. If it was a climatic final BBEG combat, I'd be more understandable...

[@ВиталяКекс-ц6е]

@@kemix1006 new players are simply bad. I’ve had a scenario-5 people start running at you from 800 meters away, this is a homebrew setting with guns going well over 5km of normal shooting, and those 5 refuse to use their guns, to top it all off we had a sniper with a 3km range The combat lasted 2 hours. Party didn’t start shooting until the five were 80 meters away.

[@ВиталяКекс-ц6е]

Tell the dm the problem, don’t be completely spineless and just ghost him, i am at the same time surprised and not surprised he managed to find 6 such shitty people.

[@olly_lmao]

damn the "straightphobia" dude seems like they'd "identify" as superstraight

[@aquaabouttogetfunky]

Super straight? More like a bunch of Super Bullshit

[@corgi8418]

straight pride amirite /j

[@dillongage]

Honestly seems more like he's repressing something. I'd bet someday he comes out as flamboyant gay.

[@972831]

Crispy we love you! It's so great to have this channel and others like it out here teaching young folks (who otherwise might not have the guts to walk away from toxic situations) what is and is not normal in a good TTRPG group. It means these stories will become less common. We can all have a few laughs while learning to treat eachother better.

[@theonlyjer]

"Don't I know the most important thing is..." And into a KZbin ad. The most important thing is NOT GALAXY BUDS 2!

[@Bollthorn]

The last story was just horrifying. That poor woman. If it were me, I'd have run one last session for the party, then went on to describe in graphic detail how their characters were ambushed, captured, and spent the rest of their existence being used by neckbeard ogres, and they all took bets on who would break which party member first. I think that would be suitable just desserts.

[@silverman1205]

While that would be amusing, many people still believe bringing irl issues into D&D is wrong.

[@dudeist_priest]

What a ride. Happy 50th upload! That face reveal!

[@ВиталяКекс-ц6е]

To the guy from the “nobody showed up” video-ban them. Ghosters are not players and have no reason to be present at the table. Start operating on strike rules. Get into youtuber discords. Also consider not replacing them and just staying with a 4 man party, because a 10 man party is nearly impossible, 4 man is perfect, maybe 5 if you really wanted more.

[@swagtastikal3867]

it's okay, we're FAMILY I subbed just for the way you said it

[@zerolucksgivenzeroluckstak1763]

gotta love those games where EVERY NPC hates you.... reminds me of a couple games i played... It got to a point where the DM accused us of railroading because we wouldnt talk to any of the NPC's..... I mean if every single npc is snarky and hostile everytime... we as players are going to start doing are own things and not try to get information through these snarky NPC... ITS EVERY SINGLE NPC ~ Exactly the SAME snarky angry NPC.... everytime... even if we start a fresh new one shot...same snarky npc....

[@alext5390]

Baby shields? I once suggested that we use the corpses from a small village as armor.

[@SetzerII]

Sounds heavy and smelly. How did it work? Tying parts around yourself with rope comes to mind. Did it work well? Intrigued by what happened next.

[@chazzwozzio]

I painted a spider on my shield I was fighting drow

[@thefakecat8340]

@@chazzwozzio i probably would have needed context if i didnt watch a video explaining the curse the drow believed in

[@nvfury13]

There was a Necromancer at my table once who did that…he just used the bones though, and my old Half Orc Assassin using the bones of his Orc father to make daggers after he killed him started a trend of him using bones of important/strong Orcs he killed to make weapons…and eventually escalated to him using Dragon bones to make a special set of weapons (long before Skyrim, early 90s).

[@dillongage]

@@chazzwozzio I doubt that would work tbh. There's spider motifs and paintings on basically all Lolthian drows equipment.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

If that DM in the Found Family story has any semblance of competency, he wouldn't try to push OP into rushing a forgiveness toward Family Player for intentionally attacking their character with lethal attacks. Who gives a shit if FP isn't having fun, their idea of fun thus far has been crowbarring in a trope that has not been earned and thus feels hollow to the other players and is throwing childish fits when she doesn't get her way.

[@CooperAATE]

Eddie: "DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH" Everybody: lmao Marcellus: ...I hate it here.

[@DefectiveDictionary777]

Ah, the American education system. A lovely little place where actual assault victims get mocked by bystanders and shamed by authority figures.

[@angeliquesoenarieblair4523]

Congratulations! So proud of you. I watch this last night. You're a great storyteller.

[@dcgamer_14s.o.s.85]

Congrats on the 50th video!! This was a lot of fun, though some of the stories were a little too cringey to say the least, hope it wasn't too much work xD I was NOT expecting a face reveal, I still am stunned from the suprise xD Congrats once again, and hope to see more of Crispy's Tavern soon. ^^

[@hollowblaze2320]

The epic reveal of Crispy. Legendary!!!!!

[@inversenexarus9152]

Congrats! Keep up the good work you ROUS.

[@pallydan893]

I don't think those really exist

[@billcasey9672]

A capybara might qualify, but they seem mellow.

[@medman6649]

My current campaign: When your Lawful Good Druid makes you wish for alighnment requirements for class to come back. And I laughed way to hard at, "Marcellus is still a little bitch." 😂

[@kitsutilo]

really? blocking a player because of a race they want to play? A simple "no, it doesn't fit the setting" would have been enough and even then I always try to see if I can't fit in what my players want. Mousefolk? Idk, maybe there is a small settlement that nearly no one knows about (could make a fun sidequest at some point). A homebrew class/race? If it isn't too outlandish it's no problem. if it is a more outlandish one I'd like to have a little justification (one or two sentences usually are more than enough). After all it is the players adventure, you just provide a world and a direction and what if they want to go off the rails? Maybe i can just use the map i made for 2 sessions later for now and have them discover something fun or find something (even if it is just a fun memory or something. A player of mine for example managed to land in prision (np, the rest of the party managed to bail him out and he had lots of fun bullying the bandit they managed to capture the session bevore).

[@mimilapin]

aw love the face reveal, great to meet you!!

[@darkshadowsaver]

The jack guy is a real friend since he straight up told her what was going on. I would still have played with him just kick out his other members and look for extras.

[@iasminrodrigues7555]

you're cute

[@ZippKitt]

when you anger den of the drake, He steals your life and all your cringe

[@Externalerror]

You got a sub from me with this one. My brother-in-law showed me a few videos of yours and I've watched every one intently. Congrats on 50 episodes, and I am eager for more in the months to come!

[@Here_is_Waldo]

21:30 - I fully expected that story to end with someone saying, "that's great, but we're playing Pathfinder."

[@Theokal3]

....... Well, that last one was absolutely horrifying. These guys were absolutely awful to this poor girl. Though yet another Curse of Strahd game going wrong. Now I kinda wanna find a game of Curse of Stradh to join just to prove myself this can go well...

[@vaughnnordman4158]

I don’t even play d&d (but honestly it totally seems up my alley) but I find the lore and your horror stories sooo interesting and fun

[@tatersalad76]

That Guy: "UmMmMm ThAt'S nOt HoW tHaT mEcHaNiC wOrKs!" Jeremy Goddamn Crawford: "Well I just decided it did, *fuckboy."*

[@confusedcabal342]

Congrats dude!

[@peterlane7128]

This was my first video of yours I've seen (praise the almighty algorithm) And I think I've just moved in to a real good neighborhood.

[@ookamiprime6646]

I love your content. It allows me to see what can happen in a game and hopefully that with what I have learn from your videos, I may be able to head off any such bs coming into my campaigns.

[@TheEternalLightning]

Was Casually Listening To Crispys Stories And Playing Elden Ring, Completely Surprised By The Face Reveal I Nearly Dropped My Controller Midfight With Some Imps XD

[@CarsonZXY]

"Sex is not a spell" Well, of course not if you're bad at it!

[@leonard222]

I love your commenting in the storys. Its so so good :D

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

awesome video Crispy's Tavern: D&D Tips and Stories. I shattered that thumbs up on your video. Maintain up the high quality work.

[@SuperBatSpider]

“Hey. You don’t need a good character when you’ve got family”

[@p-thor]

Green newt and rocco are the most awesome friends names

[@peterquynce4343]

Love this video& all your videos,! I listen to a lot of RPG horror stories, but you and Crit Crab are my favorites. I’ve been role playing a long time, and I think the discussion of “that guy” is our “me too” movement. I love your commentary; l look forward to more videos.

[@sanguinemde5031]

Sooooo, Im a furry and made a mixed beastkin race for my campaign setting. There are Catkin(Large and house variety), Rabbitkin, Ravenkin, Wolfkin, Turtlekin, Owlkin...etc. But in the story, 1200 years ago, the world was at war with hell, the forces of the good guys managed to close the gate they were coming through, cutting off their reinforcements, so, the demons CREATED the Beastkin to be foot soldiers since they couldnt get reinforcements anymore. So, the Beastkin are, distrusted, disliked and people can be outright hostile towards them. I think its works well.

[@kramooo9666]

OH NO HES CUUUUUUUTE

[@Dreigonix]

That last story is LITERALLY the plot of The Rage: Carrie 2. Except with D&D.

[@dimwitacans]

War is piece Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength No cat gorls

[@Brainflayer]

I never understood why people complain about things in D&D by saying they're "Unrealistic." If I wanted realism I wouldn't be playing D&D

[@adaligogh4049]

It's nice to put a face to the voice. I really enjoy having your stories on in the background while I work.

[@ruecumbers]

Woah! Face reveal! What a wonderful surprise! :D

[@necronwarlord9188]

Imagine using an identity that you are not to justify your immoral actions

[@APerson-ws4cw]

That's even worse than using an identity to justify your immoral action

[@Arlesmon]

Which part is this about?

[@necronwarlord9188]

@@Arlesmon the guy who made a comment about the age of consent not existing in dnd and said their character was ace so its okay

[@TheRPGNerd]

i think a town of people hating adventurers could be interesting, if done right. maybe have the players have to gain their trust through helping them with problems they simply cant take care of. and slowly the town realises maybe they arent bad. maybe have some backstory as to why they hate adventurers. also as an ace that whole "im asexual so the age of consent doesnt matter" thing pissed me the fuck off!

[@oliviawilliams6204]

“Literally 1984” *spit milk*

[@realdragon]

I've seen worse than babies as meatshields and not even in evil campaign

[@bonkityclonkity]

Only been watching for a few months but this corner is pretty sick. Don't think I'll be leaving anytime soon :)

[@paytonyoder1260]

How can that group tease the guy about trying to assault his girlfriend’s character when the people teasing him are the ones that decided it happened in the first place?

[@LattePunch]

18:20 If this is how the barbarian really feels how family works I feel really bad and concerned for her family in real life. All these guys can go home and get away when the game is over but this person likely has siblings, little cousins and other people who have to put up with her abuse of the words "but we are family" excuse every day.

[@dillongage]

Judging by the way she's acting she probably doesn't have any family she spends time with, or she wouldn't be so obsessed with finding a new one.

[@nathanielfinney5369]

Dominick: *Vin Diesel Voice* Never turn against the family

[@SoilderKrizer]

Babies as shields. Hey sometimes you gotta yeet the baby

[@shadowthehedgehog3113]

9:10-Wait why the FUCK is Marcellus suspended? Fucking zero tolerance bullshit.

[@bentarbbronze6048]

Because the School system is bullshit.

[@DefectiveDictionary777]

Yup. "God bless America," right?

[@RandomAyzed]

My D&D group in high school had only the DM's guide for the first edition AD&D system and they were trying to construct a game from that. Their advancement system was based on conquered land and gold.

[@cam4636]

Don't worry, my mind provided the _Pulp Fiction_ reference before you even mentioned it

[@erei5659]

the wizard and the paladin one with the shapeshifting one seemed nice. it was like a fantasy slice of life.

[@jessicapalmer3455]

Aww! Hands down, the most adorable tavern owner!

[@KertaDrake]

Should have polymorphed the catgirl into a pure human!

[@spoonyluv19]

7:57 I feel ya Crispy, This is why I can never play guess who with kids. Although it is a really good question to ask.

[@hayhay509]

CONGRATS ON VIDEOS AND ALMOST 3k SUBS!

[@kcollier2192]

26:36 This made me laugh. A lot of cringe and horror here, even in shortened form. This is most likely why I stick to RPG console/PC games as opposed to interacting with real people...