DM Discovers Their DnD Player Is A PDF | r/rpghorrorstories

[@fabriziopedani5315]

I spent a good minute thinking how could the DM have taken an inanimated formatted text file for a player at his table...

[@lordgenerias]

KZbin doesn't like the actual word being used, so workarounds are necessary. There are a few words, these days, that either get videos instantly demonitized, if the channel doesn't immediately get a ToS violation.

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

@@lordgeneriasAlgospeak is ridiculous. It doesn’t deter people from discussing hard topics, it just makes them sound silly. Then people don’t take it seriously.

[@lordgenerias]

@@GrndAdmiralThrawn In the end, it only serves to annoy content creators and cause them to look for loopholes and workarounds.

[@shupichii9647]

It sucks dude. You cant mention the man who ruled Russia in WW2. You cant mention Germanys Ruler of same timeframe. They even censor scholarly debate...

[@songsayswhat]

I'm glad it's not just me. Took me a bit to realize it's to keep the word off of KZbin.

[@alphons1456o]

"No, hypnotic pattern is creepy, and you're a creep for using it! I don't care if you didn't see it that way. I did, and therefore, I think you're bad. It's not at all indicative of skeletons in my closet!"

[@monikasernek1177]

Yes I thought so too. I know that hypnosis is an kink (I'm not sure if it's CNC, but it's a a smaller part of BDSM) So dm has definitely some skeletons in the closet

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Enchantment gets such a bad reputation; yes it can be used in creepy or disturbing ways but when you consider necromancy reanimates corpses, fireball leaves charred corpses and illusion traps them in a living nightmare, it’s no worse than any other school. It’s merely a tool, no diffenrt from any other and it’s more representative of the player using it as oppose to the spell itself

[@syralessthanthree]

Im also on the camp of Enchantment is worse than any other Schools. However i also think putting healing magic from necro to evocation (???) is dumb. Necro is the manipulation of life energy, that should include healing. I think ench. is fine if done in a non creepy way and totally okay most of the time on NPCs. And i think having you do stuff against your own intuition is way more fricked up and being burn to a crisp in a lot of scenarios (also the DM is dumb here, why allow it at all and not even talk above the table about it before lol)

[@MetallicPetals]

@@lordinquisitor6233 I generally ban 2 spells only, Suggestion, and mass Suggestion because those spells if you phrase it correctly you can make someone do whatever they want, but that can still be used for good such as using it to make an npc get out of harms way because the players know of some danger the npcs doesn't know about.

[@brandonturner4113]

​@@syralessthanthreeI'd rather be charmed and live afterwards. Than be burnt to death personally.

[@kingfreedom160]

I once knew a guy named... lets call him P. I played Pathfinder Society games with him and we had a mutual friend who lived a bit away. Apparently the two of them used to be best friends. One day, P disappeared. Me and the mutual friend were worried, so the mutual friend looked into it. Turns out, he was pulled over and arrested a state or two away. For what, we didn't know. For a month or two, the mutual friend was sending him letters in jail, but was still looking into the charges. We didn't know what he was actually charged with this entire time. Then... we found out what the charges were.... He... SA'd a lot of people... a lot of... young people.... Needless to say, we cut communication near immediately, and the mutual friend sent one last letter telling him to 'Go F Yourself' and nothing else. To this day, we barely talk about him if ever. We have chosen to memory hole him completely. Thankfully, P will be in jail for the rest of his life, and will never be able to hurt anyone ever again.

[@Eric-md3mp]

Too many players say they are chaotic neutral, only to end up playing the character as chaotic evil. Seriously, how is it anything other than excessively evil to poison somebody just so you can try to sell them the antidote

[@DellikkilleD]

thats just capitalism. at least he offered to sell an antidote. CE would be just poisoning people, and not mentioning you have an antidote, and then stealing all their stuff.

[@shadowscall7758]

@DellikkilleD it's not "just capitalism". You have a fundamental misunderstanding of it. To be fair, you aren't the only one. What he did is evil, no if ands or buts.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Learned long ago to NEVER allow chaotic evil or chaotic neutral players in your party. Full stop. Remember the line from Reservoir Dogs; "I don't work with a psychopath. Psychopath ain't a fuckin professional, you never know what the crazy bastard will do next." The last chaotic neutral we allowed tried to steal from the party, and got beaten down to death save level and had a hand cut off as a reminder. We haven't had a problem since.

[@MarquisLeary34]

@@DellikkilleD Either one has no place in a party of professionals.

[@screemingnott]

@@shadowscall7758 The issue is not about a player poorly interpreting alignment. The issue is about a terrible person using rules to justify their behavior. Arguing about whether they are playing CN right or not isn't the point. Because let's be real, poisoning someone to sell them a cure is a REALLY funny D&D choice. I have a friend who did similar stuff because her character was a parody of those "Sigma Male Grindset" guys and we can't stop laughing when she tries to pull off stuff like that. AND MIND YOU. Her character was supposed to be a Lawful Neutral Cleric, but we didn't mind because our party all had our similar running gags throughout our campaign and it was such a fun time. If one of us goes a little overboard, we do our best to read the room and pull back a little. Because the last thing we want to do is have a miserable evening playing a literal party game. When it comes to group enjoyment? It's never about playing the rules right or wrong. It's about agreeing which rules to break and which to follow.

[@davenrippe480]

I could believe that in the tail with the shirt that the boyfriend got sick of the "mlady" and wore the shirt to get it to end but I also have friends who would have told their partner to wear such a thing to do the same thing. So I think it would be funny if the dm asked her boyfriend to wear the shirt to drill a message home

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

In the voice of Butthead, "Huh, huh, huh... He said 'Drill'."

[@TheMuffinManIsHappy]

I think that story was fake. “I just happened to be getting some books and you won’t believe what happened!”

[@phoeberia2734]

PDF friend really glossed over what bad calls they made after finding out sounds like they likely heavily defended him for a bit

[@spiffiermage0040]

I mean... any mind control effect like charm person, command, hypnotic gaze etc is inherently morally dubious because it's one party consent... but so is stabbing, fire and torture...

[@ArcCaravan]

The whole "enchantment is the vilest magic" argument just makes me think of how necromancy is worse since the dead are forced from resting in peace without any chance to resist. Probably because I usually hear such arguments to make necromancers and Sith (since Jedi Mind Trick is treated the same) look like they are victims of discrimination.

[@alanbear6505]

I’ve run into the “chaotic neutral means I can justify any action I want to take” attitude waaaaaaay too many times. It’s a gigantic red flag for me because it usually means their character is going to be a MAJOR a-hole.

[@AbstractStew]

Chaotic Nuetral characters are mostly concerned with their own freedom without being overly worried about the freedoms of others. If the character is actively interfering with the freedoms of others (or callously ignoring their well-being with a complete lack of empathy), that is Chaotic Evil.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Assuming you can't ban the character outright (our table does. We don't cotton to that junk) there's simple solutions to that, including in game. You watch them like a hawk. They pull some CN garbage, the party beats their character till they have to make death saves and take a hand or foot to remind them. Worked like a charm for us.

[@clericofchaos1]

An easy fix for the last story is for the dm to say "You're right a normal guard shouldn't have been able to hear you or get down here, maybe you should investigate that". Then it becomes a quest...maybe the whole town had been corrupted by the evil mage or maybe there was something even more sinister going on.

[@skyguard1an]

If the pdf built him a pc, he probably didn’t know how to reformat it himself, and if he asked others to reformat it for him, and they found kids on that laptop, which, at that time would’ve belonged to op……he probably did not want to get into a missunderstanding with whoever would’ve ended up, helping him out reformatting the pc

[@M_Alexander]

Too many people use Chaotic Neutral to excuse Chaotic Evil actions. Neutral in regards to Good and Evil means you don't go out of your way to help (or hurt) strangers but you still want the best for people close to you. Chaotic means you value freedom rather than worrying about rules or traditions. Obviously it can go more in-depth but that's fundamentally all it is. Like, a chaotic neutral person might steal something to give to someone they like but not steal from a beggar. They might toss a beggar a coin but only if it's not too much trouble or they have something to gain like information. Deliberately causing unnecessary harm is strictly Evil.

[@vortega472]

You are correct Doge - the Kitties deserve ALL the treats. It's not that easy being so cute - for them it's 24/7!

[@ganmerlad]

Guy says to the married female DM (out of nowhere) "I can tell we have chemistry, I'd like to take it further" but she's unhappily shocked and doesn't reply...an hour later the guy tells the DM's husband "You're standing in the way of our love, move". That's delusional and aggressive. Guy needs to take his meds or get some meds to take because that's not normal. First thought is Guy was going through a manic episode. I probably wouldn't let him play anymore without explanations, apologies, and guarantees about handling the problem though. Awkward. Hypnotic Gaze isn't evil, it's basically just a stun without any head-bashing...the result is: "the creature is incapacitated and visibly dazed".The reason you use Hypnotic Gaze determines whether it's an evil action or not. Did you stun someone to keep them from jumping off a cliff, or, stun them so you could push them off the cliff and steal their stuff? The DM calling it "evil" and "creepy" means he has personal issues about being controlled that he needs to work out -- they're intruding on the game.

[@dakotastein9499]

theres nothing worse than finding your player is a PDF...i prefer my players to be Jpg and GIF format only thank you very much.

[@bandwagonbuzzard1617]

Only if they're pronounced gif. The peanut butter sounding ones aren't welcome either.

[@CallOfCathulhu]

Thank you for another great year of content Doge! I hope you and the kitties have a safe, happy, healthy new year!

[@benwil6048]

8:35 needs more than a simple reformat, normal 'deleting' things is basically flagging it as free space (thus can sometimes be recovered). A good deletion scrubs everything by overwriting and deleting

[@elderliddle2733]

Honestly, the t-shirt one was hilarious. I’m glad he did it that way.

[@jboogie7944]

The Charisma story is as frustrating as it is understandable. Roleplay is hard, full stop. It's not only a way to express your character fully, but there is the expectation to entertain the others at your table. In the case of OP, the "rewarding good rp and not punishing bad rp" was a good way to ease into it on the DM's part, and i think OP took it as, if they arent rewarded, theyre not a good roleplayer, which i dont think that is what OP's DM was going for. For those of you who relate strongly, approach it as describing what your character would say, how they would say it, and what they are trying to convey. However, if your DM is blatantly forcing you to roleplay your part, its just not going to be fun, especially if you're unsure how to roleplay or if you feel uncomfortable doing it at all. Find your D&D style and dont let others make your experience uncomfortable. No D&D is better than Bad D&D.

[@biffwellington6144]

My advice for the shy player who has a high-Charisma character and is feeling that pressure to perform is, don't worry so much. I know that seems easier said than done, but when you get right down to it, it's just a game. I'm sure you've seen other players screw something up, right? You've seen the Rogue fail at stealth or disarming a trap, you've seen the Fighter miss on a key attack roll, you've seen all the enemies succeed on a save against a spellcaster's magic... and what happened? The game went on, didn't it? If you make a mistake in this diplomacy situation, the game continues. It's not a big deal. Things might become more difficult for the party as a result, but overcoming adversity is just what heroes do. The other players are your friends, right? They want to see you succeed, and they'll forgive you if you don't succeed. Maybe you're on top of your game, performing amazingly, but the dice don't roll your way. Maybe you fail to assert yourself at a key moment. The game goes on, regardless. Just do what your character is good at doing, and don't worry too much about it. Giving your best effort is all anyone can ask of you.

[@beansat3am]

Dr. Disrespect in the thumbnail is wild _💀_

[@attackboss6]

Why? Did he do something?

[@beansat3am]

@@attackboss6 In short summary, he came clean about DM'ng a minor explicitly, then played victim

[@AeonTrespassField]

What do you mean? My thumbnail is just an image of a story from the middle of the video.

[@FranTheNerd]

he is a pdf file so it makes sense

[@41dn]

It's not like he's short of choices at this point

[@AzureKyle]

A lot of people do not understand Chaotic Neutral, and think it's a catch-all of just doing anything they want, which is what we call Chaotic Stupid. A good example of Chaotic Neutral would be Shadow the Hedgehog after he finds out the truth of Maria's dying wish. Everything he does, he does to further his own goals, and he will do anything he can to achieve them, wheter it means going with or against Sonic. He doesn't just kick Sonic in the nuts for no reason because it's what his character would do.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Nah if he had the opportunity he'd still try to kick the blue Faker in the nuts. And make some revenge guac afterwards.

[@axelwulf6220]

Ahh, yes The Inexplicably Present Guard who is instantly Summoned as a Free Action Regardless of the location of the summoning, or the means of being present Can be summoned Infinitely, and directed to to arrest under reasonable suspicion, but completely ignore all other suspicious activities

[@TheMrSeagull]

As far as I'm concerned, the morality of the use of Enchantment magics is entirely dependent on the situation. My personal view is that all individuals have a right to their life and liberty, and that an initiation of force to violate said rights is wrong, and choosing to do so is to forfeit one's own rights (appropriate to the severity). If someone attempts to bring your harm, you are justified to use whatever is necessary to prevent that act. Using Hypnotic Pattern against some random civilian to get information is coercion. Using it against a raiding bandit to subdue them is justified self defense. (and letting them off easy, IMO) It's telling that this DM is perfectly fine with the character being a wizard who uses their power to pickpocket people, but get all DM godmode when someone might be coerced into something regardless of context. Also, punishing a player in such a heavy-handed way is unimaginative and lazy. Also it goes against the spirit of roleplaying, IMO. If the PCs are forbidden from doing things morally dubious, then it makes doing the right thing hollow and unrewarding - like playing the game on rails.

[@AtelierGod]

Wouldn’t formatting the PC to factory settings remove anything the guy could’ve hid? I get not wanting to keep it because it came from him, but there are other ways of dealing with that problem other than throwing away a PC that at the very least could’ve been sold far parts.

[@carebear224]

No. Reformatting doesn't delete data from a drive, it resets the File Allocation Table and makes the space available to the OS but the data will still be there until it happens to be written over by new data. There are tools you can use to recover that data. The exception is modern SSDs, those have a trim command that actually deletes the old data.

[@CausmaticCosmo]

So I have a short story for being part of DnD, and let's just say the two ppl involved are no longer my friends for unrelated, and personal reasons, but the DM, a girl Named Katie, handed me a character sheet to fill out, and I said I wouldn't mind playing a barbarian class, and they literally tried to gatekeep me from this option, acting like I wouldn't be able to pull it off at all, which was very hurtful at the time.. They proceed to ban me from the game, all because I politely, and very eagerly, said I'd play barbarian. I feel they could have been a bit nicer about the situation.... I felt I was excluded without a chance to prove myself.

[@soldierbreed]

NGL i do agree enchantment is pretty non heroic. But i feel like theres steps to no suprising your player with that fact

[@l0stndamned]

The "Enchantment is hated" thing could have worked if it had been explained and not railroaded, but that would require DMing skill.

[@ArcCaravan]

Sounded like DM just wanted a "gotcha moment".

[@wolfstarchaser]

I live in a very gun-friendly area; I would have been very concerned about tshirt guy returning armed and opening fire.

[@RayAkuma]

"Ah man, you're a PDF! And here i was hoping for a txt!"

[@M_Alexander]

That must have been some amazing roleplay

[@AbstractStew]

I know it wasn't the point of the story, but you shouldn't give XP for taking down a friendly character. After all, the party member have a CR equal to their levels, so why not kill off one of them amd level up? You get XP for overcoming challenges and a friendly character isn't one.

[@ArcCaravan]

I'm guessing it's in case players decide to side against anyone rather than denying experience unless they follow the company's preordained plot.

[@AbstractStew]

@ArcCaravan OH, having the value listed makes perfect sense. I'm saying the GM shouldn't award it for attacking friendly characters, since there is no challenge to be overcome.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@AbstractStew I'm guessing the NPC defending herself counts as a challenge to overcome. Which that player did not overcome. I'm not even sure that guy even got the level up, just that a consequence of trying just got him killed fighting that NPC alongside the villain she was originally supposed to help with.

[@AbstractStew]

@ArcCaravan Also, there were worse problems.

[@JacobL228]

If I ever date a DM, I'm so getting a shirt like that. As for the "Charisma" story, as someone who actually understands the social anxiety thing, I can tell you that switching pronouns from "I" to "she" does nothing, as the spotlight will still be on you. My advice is to take a drink of something alcoholic (even something with low alcohol content can still have a placebo effect) or taking some doctor-prescribed medication (preferably not both) and try to push through without worrying about what others will think of you. I know it's easier said than done, but if you try enough times, you'll eventually be passable at it, and even have the occasional moments of actual dramatic roleplay. Also, avoid DMs who want to "help" you by purposefully giving you the spotlight as much as possible thinking it's some sort of fear you can conquer by just facing it. This is something you have to get over in your own time, and it could take years, which is fine. It's your problem, so in the end, only you can deal with it.

[@CooperAATE]

Missed you, Doge!

[@CeistylAela7205]

1. Good quick response to the problem 2. Maybe a bit over the top response to the problem player, but I hope the DM and the player are playing a fair game for the others.

[@mrfoxly6833]

Alignment story: “Great, let me guess, evil? An evil character in a good party is usually… Chaotic Neutral?! Crap! That’s even worse!” Honestly, hearing Chaotic Neutral and “I can do what I want!” Mentality just reminds me of Qara from Neverwinter Nights 2. In case you’re wandering, Qara was basically a human version of Nixie from 1 for all, with none of the cutesy charm. She was just a spoiled brat who loved burning everything in sight, lashed out at anyone who criticised her and got the party into trouble by making enemies out of nearly everyone from the Academy she was expelled from. Including a teacher who created a construct to turn her powers against her, and after fending it off, you’d think Qara would undergo some character development and learn her lesson, she doesn’t. To top it off, if you don’t suck up to her, she ultimately betrays the party and sides with the BBEG of the main campaign, but on the bright side that does mean you get to kill her. Really, Qara should be shown to new DnD players as an example of how NOT to play a chaotic neutral character.

[@absolutfx]

That charisma story makes me so sad. The other players should be rooting on OP, not putting them down.

[@dreamer9398]

Did not expect Azura from FE:Fates on the thumbnail

[@oneandonlymario659]

I admit, I would have reformatted the laptop and made sure it was used for something more positive than the creep ever would have used it for.

[@John-pe7nf]

DnD Doge makes my Dogesticles Dungeoned and Dragoned

[@41dn]

6:15 Wait are you telling me the guy took that one stupid gamer shirt seriously?

[@ArcCaravan]

If the guy wearing the shirt is truly the female DM's boyfriend, I could see it as bragging.

[@marybdrake1472]

A player's alignment is never a justification for overtly harmful/hostile actions. The player in the fourth story isn't playing chaotic neutral, the player was just being a problem for the sake of being a problem.

[@ArcCaravan]

I believe in some circles that's known as "trolling".

[@marybdrake1472]

@@ArcCaravan No, that was just being plain stupid Arc.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@marybdrake1472 Looks like a fine line between the two. Hanlon's Razor, and all that.

[@marybdrake1472]

@@ArcCaravan I know of Occam's Razor, but I have never heard of Hanlon's Razor.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@marybdrake1472 (copied straight from Wikipedia) Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Admittedly I'm saying the reverse regarding this situation since I don't see how trying to pour poison down someone's throat multiple times isn't malicious.

[@AvatAR42420]

"Chaotic Neutral" can be a red flag that the player wants to do whatever they feel like in the moment an to hell with the rest of the party. Chaotic Neutral can be just as big a flag as Chaotic Evil as most players that create characters with that alignment prioritize their own possibly murderous shenanigans over any sort of moral code. What the hell was the DM thinking with the stupid guard thing in the last story? The NPC mage had a whole magic lab down there. Maybe Doge is right and the DM is punishing the OP for breaking his railroad. If the DM did not want this bad guy to lose yet, he could have had them easily escape due to some hidden contingency as it was their own secret lab. Maybe the DM regretted having a PC magic user. I don't know, but they ruined their own story and created bad will at their table.

[@ShiKageMaru]

Reformatted files can be recovered. Better safe than sorry. That evil shit isn't necessarily gone

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"I do not punish bad roleplay, I reward good roleplay." What is the difference? Whether you reduce the DC by 5 for good roleplay or increase it by 5 for bad roleplay, it is sill a difference of 5.

[@shadowscall7758]

The difference is he DOESNT increase the DC for bad role play. He would only decrease it below what he originally had planned for it. So he is starting at the no role play baseline.

[@bandwagonbuzzard1617]

​@@shadowscall7758any difference is mechanically influencing a player based on non-rules criteria.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

It is not a difference of 5. It is the difference of a Player making a valid point, convincing argument, or charismatic appeal that is really good. And IIRC many editions of the DMG has said this sort of thing should be rewarded.

[@shadowscall7758]

@@bandwagonbuzzard1617 so are you saying that people shouldn't even try to roleplay? Just roll dice and no roleplay?

[@bandwagonbuzzard1617]

@shadowscall7758 the dice are for rules, the rp is for fun. I'm a fan of the roleplaying aspect of it, but know that not being able to talk well IRL is bad enough, and mechanically enforcing that just brings down the mood and makes effective rp even harder the next time.

[@crazieevee101]

Kitty break in the middle is amazing. Very sweet kitties deserve all the treats

[@DnDDoge]

Every video has kitties in them. I get yelled at if I don't at this point.

[@deepseastonecore3017]

How often do l make jokes about chemistry? Periodically.

[@septemberforajedi7701]

Yeah throw away the laptop better safe than sorry.

[@cmndrkool321]

The player did not “fall in love with the DM”- the DM gave the player some sort of positive reinforcement by being their DM and they fell in love with the dopamine it gave them. Happens all the time with the introverted players.

[@littlegiantj8761]

I fall into that trap in realspace at times. I'm not introverted, I just work overnights and miss out on going out because of it.

[@dandepalma9305]

The I Am Chaotic Neutral dodge has been around at least since I started playing in 1980. Weak!

[@DellikkilleD]

... if he committed a serious sex crime, he wouldnt just be on the registry, he would be in jail/prison. This smells of bs.

[@stephenadams8712]

13:43 that dm is good player 2 needs to mind his manners they probably didn't mean to harm OP but they need to learn players feelings matter especially if they are not comfortable with role play

[@ArcCaravan]

DM sounded good intentioned, but that statement could easily be taken the wrong way. Like saying OP isn't a good role player or the lack of reward being a punishment in itself.

[@stephanreiken9912]

Would it be in bad taste to make a joke about Adobe Acrobat?

[@spoonyluv19]

Dylan should have read the room, OP was clearly not polyamorus

[@ChaosCounseling]

The chaotic neutral excuse yuck

[@bellarose4816]

Dude i thought pdf was the file type

[@ArcCaravan]

Wordplay to bypass censors.

[@Rein377]

For the T-shirt story, I'm sorry, it's just too funny. Like, I feel bad for the dude if that's how he finds out she has a boyfriend, but if he knew and still simped? Bro got what he deserved, in a hilarious way, too. Power couple move, lol. For the person with social anxiety, yup, been there, done that. The best thing here is to try and match the vibe of the team. When someone groans about you, jab at them back for being an asshole. People don't actually get hurt forever about these kinds of jabs, they laugh it off and think better of you as a result (surreal, I know, but that's how people with no social anxiety roll, apparently, insults are light-hearted banter for them, and even if it's not, the person groaning was an asshole, they deserve to be called out on it). Try doing some theatre and speech exercises in your spare time, you can find them on KZbin, too. Getting better at RP takes skill, but you can do that with enough training!

[@dreadmonkey6811]

5:56 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

[@axekickstudios2886]

You're doing great. As a professional speaker, I want to say, your diction is amazing. Your pacing on the other hand, needs work. Relax a little bit. You sound a bit stiff when it comes to timing your words. Make it more natural. As if you're speaking with friends. You tend to add an unnatural lilt to your timing. It kind of sounds as if you're trying to do poetry as you speak. Don't count the beats. Just talk.

[@DnDDoge]

I do a lot of editing in audacity due to a bit of a stutter due to chronic tinnitus and have to record some things multiple takes. But thanks for the compliment and I'll try some of your suggestions.

[@jasondudeman]

Very smooth blend into yhe request fir likes. Not sure if yhetes mich left to hecsaud that jasbt about the pedo player...

[@mark9960]

You know, with the last story, it could've worked if it was not just a single guard but a massive raid back by Inquisition type group.

[@bluesandman7566]

The anti-magic Inquisition would have to use magic to acess this only-accessible-by-magic bunker though.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Honestly I don't think it would have worked no matter what anyone says. That guard should not have been able to get there nor even be aware of it. Because if the guards were why did they not hear the tortured screams of the victims of that mage's experiments?

[@ArcCaravan]

It's honestly funnier with one guard. Really shows the railroading. Only way it could actually work without being a tabletop horror story is if OP actually did it in public and was told ahead of time that he'd face discrimination.

[@alkhemi8175]

20:41 Red flag for a fake story. If someone is rude enough to be noticed right off the bat then no sane person would join.

[@lackybracky8414]

is that an ai voiceover

[@DnDDoge]

No, I actually record. I guess my voice just sounds that way because I have a bit of a nervous stutter due to severe tinnitus, and I have to stitch certain sentences together in Audacity.

[@lackybracky8414]

ah, sorry. big ups

[@nadeshikorealnofake2237]

Imma be honest with the bard player, if a single word is enough to send you in the Expresso depresso train, you shouodnt be playing dnd, but doing teraphy.

[@rpghorrorstories]

I kind of agree that using mind whammy magic is kind of creepy, and the DM is perfectly valid in doling out punishments (you made the argument that using magical fire isn't evil, but there is a difference between using Burning Hands on enemies in battle, vs a vigilante using it as an interrogation technique, which Hypnotic Gaze was being used as in this), but if that was the case, the DM needed to make that clear to begin with.

[@ArcCaravan]

Using enchantment for nonviolent interrogation isn't the same as using fire to torture someone. It's no different than persuasion or deception with a bonus.

[@rpghorrorstories]

​@@ArcCaravan Just because you don't leave a bruise or a burn mark doesn't mean it's not force. Using Hypnotic Gaze on an unwilling target would be more akin to drugging someone as opposed to physical torture. This isn't a buff spell used on yourself.

[@gracebellamy586]

I know this may be something that you don't want to hear but I suggest that you change your name if you are in the USA. DOGE is about to become a much hated word here. I like your videos, though.

[@Shadozcreeping]

8:05 i do 😊

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

It os pdph not pdf. These are stupid.

[@MissBoxxx]

PDF File is algospeak for the p-word. Saying PDF is short for PDF File. You're being willfully ignorant.

[@crazieevee101]

Lots of internet people have to use that so posts don’t get flagged and or taken down. It’s stupid but sadly what we have to do

[@ArcCaravan]

Blame censorship, bots, or people not looking at context.

[@ElRojo651]

I want the sleeping with the dm as my dm shirt now

[@Luciferi_Immortalization]

What if instead of DND doge, it was DND SkibiDoge, and instead of telling horror stories on a throne, they told analyzes on Skibidi toilet episodes

[@gimok2k5]

Then it would be a pretty dead channel because nobody would want to watch that.

[@RedCrusader-ph2vk]

Cease.

[@attackboss6]

Dude, epic

[@ShroudedEnigma]

Autism

[@MossMan1985]

No, just no.

[@RS3isRealscape]

chaotic stupids never change i just kick them out and ban them from my game

[@RS3isRealscape]

could be worse he could of been a .gif or .mp3

[@That_Son_Ofa_Itch]

*leaves treats offering for kittys and Dogge* 🫡 we are not worthy~ happy holidays and big loves~