Cringe DnD Player Stalks Female Player | r/rpghorrorstory

[@zacharysieg2305]

The whole “I refuse to end my turn so you can’t do anything” gag is one of those things I’ve only ever seen as a joke - I never thought anyone would actually do that!

[@ArcCaravan]

Sounded like Undertale to me.

[@RayneGrimm1]

For real I'm aghast at that leap in logic. "The system we use to mark the progress of time in combat is in fact a hold that both doesnt progress time forward to your turn until I end mine and also has time continue moving around us" is one hell of an attempt

[@zacharysieg2305]

@@ArcCaravan Right, Sans’s “ultimate attack.” But even then the game actually gives you a way past it!

[@JohnSmith-qp7xu]

I doubt it’s real and I’m betting the OP made it up

[@christianknight1649]

​@@zacharysieg2305Not just a way past it. Undertale also justified how Sans could do it at all. If you tried to do something, you would be reset as long Sans was aware of the attempt to act.

[@marielistopad2886]

Standing and waiting IS a turn. It is inaction as an action.

[@YouW00t]

No, DM. You can't just Sans Undertale your ass out of this pickle you yourself created. Also, I take issue on Halflings not being allowed to be attractive.

[@silentdrew7636]

Elijah Wood fans wood agree with you.

[@Nesseight]

That's precisely what i thought. Frodo may have hairy feet, but he ain't ugly and there's always wax.

[@Nazo-kage]

The Sans thing is even stupider when you remember that, that particular move done by Sans didn’t even work for him. Because the player literally breaks the mechanics of the game to take his turn anyway. In terms, that’s the equivalent of the player, deciding that they’re going to perform their attack, by legitimately, punching the DM. (which is something that I would legitimately be considering if they pulled this crap on me)

[@tarvoc746]

​@@silentdrew7636 Yep, Sean Astin as Sam too. Even Sarah McLeod as Rosie Cotton (the hobbit woman Sam marries at the end of the third movie). She was just an extra and I admit that she isn't exactly conventionally attractive, but I wouldn't call her ugly.

[@metalsasquatch3410]

Sometimes I think I'm not a great DM, then I hear stories like #1 and I feel a lot better about myself hahah

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

I similarly tell my DMs, every time they start doubting themselves, that, in order to be a "bad DM," they'd have to actively start sabotaging the game and they'd have a ways to go doing that, while we're telling them there was a problem, before it got to the level of shit I've seen.

[@reiman1308]

Ikr?!

[@Midnight3Wonder]

I find that first story about the turn-based combat to be absolutely ridiculous. Just because you decide your turn is to not move does not mean it's your turn forever. Undertale LITERALLY broke this rule during the Sans fight when he decide to not move and starts to take a nap, the player presented the opportunity to break the rules and literally force a chance to attack him. The DM trying to pull this Sans tactic but not allowing the OP to do anything is so stupid and makes no sense. D&D may be a turn-based game, but that's a game MECHANIC to make combat more organized rather than how the imagined reality of the game would actually work. No adventurer would just stand there and let themselves be crushed by a crumbling temple when they have a means to escape simply because the enemy they're fighting just decide to stand still and not move during "their combat turn". It just makes no sense and completely destroys the immersion of the game and screws over the entire party.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Action Economy Story. That has got to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard a DM say. I would say it is the dumbest, but I have been corrected several times before.

[@carbonscythe]

Yeah, they're perpetually locked into those aprox. 6 second until they all die...

[@StationJay]

As a young buck I was part of (and ran/co-ran) a lot of Play by Post games. This was long before I learned about D&D and long before I played my first true tabletop, so this was my only real "player interactive" outlet for RPGs outside of video games. Since every player is highly dependent on a round robin type storytelling format, it was important to keep people moving, sometimes even dictate "turns," and most importantly, a lot of behind the scenes coordination between players/the DM/moderators etc. to keep the story moving. We would need to keep railroading and godmoding at bay, so we often had rules to which extent you could use other people's PCs, and would do our best to negotiate consequential story twists from as grand as world shaking events to as subtle as changing the dynamics between characters. Long story cut short, there was no way your character would have their dirty laundry aired out to everyone, especially if the player wasn't involved, let alone then pushing them into a relationship based on this exposed secret. It's a violation of player trust, and an impediment on player creativity and cooperation. Deep character moments were always the privilege of that person playing the character, not for a substitute to run away with. I totally understand them peacing out of the game without a word, and honestly the DM/Admin/Mod (whoever was in charge) should have made sure they were preserving or serving the player's vision, or if not that, at the very least making sure the player was cool with it, especially if they were only on temporary hiatus.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Stalker Story. There is not much you can do since the Incel has not done anything directly yet. However, as this Incel seems to live in the area (based off this being at a table and not online) OP can take screen shots of the evidence of stalking to the local Police or Sheriff Department and make a Complaint. This will get the Incel at least a phone call from an officer or deputy asking about all this. Might scare them off, but even if not it does start a record and if anything does happen in the future, that is where the Police or Sheriff will start looking. As for the immediate problem of OP's and GF's security, they should immediately change all passwords to a random alpha numeric, get some cheap cameras set up, and scrub their social media of any tell tale clues to their location. It is amazing what we have on social media that others can find out about us we don't even realize is there. A simple picture of where you live can give away your location. Talking about where you shop, eat, etc. can give clues to where you live and go.

[@timreynolds4785]

This is obviously a made up story to farm karma on reddit.

[@brianvance1178]

I don’t understand why an elf or half-elf couldn’t hook up with a halfling

[@ArcCaravan]

I'm guessing they'd say it's to close to looking underaged or something else insulting or discriminatory to little people.

[@frederikklotzskov9673]

the DM evidently never heard the good word of the shortstack, they shall inherit the earth.

[@rommdan2716]

​@@frederikklotzskov9673 Shortstacks are almost always females, the male equivalent it's shortpack

[@fmor2779]

I'll be honest, for human preferences in general yes a halfling is not the most attractive race, but this is ALSO a made pretend game, I've seen people play "sexy female goblins" when goblins originally are extremely hideous, so I don't see how it would be imposible to make an attractive halfling. But I think the DM wanted to prioritize the social part of DnD and leave exploration and combat at minimum, so maybe OP leaving wasn't so bad after all.

[@Dragmiredraws]

WHO SAYS HALFLINGS CAN’T BE ATTRACTIVE!?!?! 😡😡😡😡

[@PTp1ranha]

That golem is playing by Sans rules.

[@ToonamiT0M]

That first story is so stupid. A round of combat is 6 seconds in game. Additionally, choosing to not act on your turn IS your "action," so that character's turn ends. Nothing about what that shitty DM did is in anyway part of the rules. Players need to learn that they don't need to put up with toxic DMs who openly abandon the rules in order to force a specific out come.

[@LiteraryDM]

Knowing the cheat dice story was in 3.5. The point buy numbers make way more sense. In that system you could actually dip into lower numbers to give you more points to work with. So starting with the max of 25, giving yourself a 7 would give you 4 or something close to that. Boosting you up to 29, so on and so forth. (Which explains how he got an 18 [17 points] and two 16's [10 points each]. Hence the term min-maxing. So what this guy did was basically min-maxed his character to hell and back at first. Then used cheating dice to get better stats, just wild.

[@ArcCaravan]

The anti-hobbit story makes me think, "If I wanted to play as a generic fantasy pseudohuman, I'd be playing video games instead of this." That and generally not being invested in official DnD settings, personally being brought in by homebrew settings with parties of less conventional races.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

There's a clause in the PHB that says they can be anthro mice if you want, and other flavor like that.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 I've heard about that clause, though it feels unfortunately underutilized. I also noticed my original comment could me misconstrued as condemning the hobbit player. That was never my intent, I was trying to refer to the DM/players that seemingly insisted on elf variants.

[@hollowblaze2320]

On that first story. After the DM pull that stunt. There is no need for me to take to the DM. I would just leave the game. I say. "You win. I am going to do something else without you. Good luck in your war with my opinion of you now. Spoiler alert. You will lose."

[@Juju2927]

"Nah, be as petty on his level : Play it like his imput doesn't matter. "Well actually my character is out and alive, and wih the treasure" "Wh- No, he's dead." "No he's not." and continue until the DM either realizes his douchery or kicks me out.

[@braedenmclean5304]

“The temple can’t collapse, as the golem hasn’t taken its turn yet, it’s not the temples turn”

[@MarquisLeary34]

"Beginner campaign" "Death House" One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong. Also, that story shows TTRPG's are not well suited for introverts.

[@BlueTressym]

I think they meant 'Beginner Level' mechanically, as in it's (supposedly) meant to be for first level characters, as opposed to Beginner players. I personally think it would be a terrible first experience.

[@Keiji555]

The detail of the "two sets of stats and pick the better one" is a system different groups may use. I know I use that, and it's a way to ensure a player doesn't roll abysmally, to the point where they have only negative modifiers.

[@timreynolds4785]

It just seems weird that the DM decided to change his entire style of gameplay, and then blamed the table for being against it. I'm not shocked if he had to resort to cheaters for players if he runs things like a fickle dictator who doesn't care about the input of the players.

[@Keiji555]

@@timreynolds4785 It is why he should have communicated with each of them, and explained himself, before session zero, why he wanted to do this.

[@sharingheart13]

Even if we are going by strict turn-based rules, once the golem does nothing for 6 seconds, that's their turn since that's how long a turn lasts.

[@Doodle1776]

In regard to the final story, as I tell all of my players: If they cannot make a session their character can either sit out and gain no EXP and loot or another player can play their character for them with the understanding that the character can get knocked out but not die. Nor can another player make any choices that will affect the character permanently. If anything like that is done it is reverted back to as the character was prior to that session or bad cards that are pulled would only be in play for this session alone and Deck of Many Things with the understanding that any cards pulled, good or bad, would only be in play for the character for this single session alone. The character would go back to as they were prior to pulling the cards, except any damage the character might have taken or goods used up.

[@kairos3855]

bruh what? no exp for missing a session is a terrible idea

[@Doodle1776]

@@kairos3855 why? Are you there taking part in the game? If not and your character isn't there than what is there to give. Equality of chances, not equity of outcome.

[@ELSapp]

@@Doodle1776because you are punishing players for circumstances outside their control. I’ve played in games like that and they turn into a nightmare. PC end up all different levels, which means combats are too easy for some and too hard for others.

[@ss3nm0dn4r8]

@@ELSapp this guy is vehemently against players being the same level to the point where he purposefully rewards exp unevenly

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Halfling Story. Yeah. This sounds to me like it was going to be a straight up DM porn fantasy game.

[@fred_derf]

If the world (game) is stopped until the Goblin finishes its turn, then the world is stopped and nothing else can happen. Period.

[@alarkhar]

About the halfling story... I wonder what the DM would have said if OP had chosen a kobold, a lizardman or an orc...

[@phobiawitch835]

Agreed. Especially cuz I’ve seen some real lovely Halfling art (best example being Veth Brenatto), a ton of great orcs (I play a rather handsome and well groomed young man in a campaign that’ll be getting a second part soon), some scary attractive Lizardfolk (if you know Yu’hiss, you know what I’m talking about) and Kobolds are just adorable and squeaky cuddle pals.

[@fmor2779]

Lets be honest here, to human preferences in general, those races are unattractive, even halflings. But DnD is a game that doesn't always go "by the book", in my experience I've seen players sexify races that are very unattractive, the classic "sexy female goblin" for example. So I don't see why a halfling couldn't be made more atractive. But I agree, that DM was going to prioritize the social aspect of the game and leave combat and exploration behind. So I think OP dodged a bullet after all.

[@alanbear6505]

About the last story: the character got changed to the point where it was no longer OP’s character so walking away was valid.

[@shiagururdnot2116]

I'm honestly surprised that only three or four people recognized sans' final attack (at the time of writing). It's the move pulled in the first story almost one to one. If you don't know about it, you can watch the sans fight from undertale. It's what he does at the very end.

[@Agamemnon-w9x]

LinkedIn?? Who goes to LinkedIn?? Man that dude was reaching far, how weird! Also the dude with the "loaded dice" 😆😂

[@RockR277]

Damn that DM pulled a Sans Undertale on him

[@BlueTressym]

If goblins can be fanservice, so can halflings.

[@Lionwoman]

Can't blame the person from that one last story for ghosting them.

[@marybdrake1472]

Wow, that DM up front doesn't know how turn based combat works. I would definitely give them an earful, because that's not it chief.

[@ProfQuibblefingers64]

My guess is the guy in the cheat dice story first used point buy and then rolled and was planning to use whichever was highest

[@tenshyklonik]

DnDDoge, when I were showing RPGTablegames to new ppl in my city, I met a guy that have little xp in the games, I told them "Ok, this is it, to create a pc, you need to distribute X points in this 8 stats (It wasn´t D&D), 5 is the normal Human Stat, 10 is the f*cking best to a human", well, when I was chatting with some of the players, the experience one come and tell me "Here, I finish my character", when I see the pc, I was in shock, not only no stat where nearly a 5, all of them where for 9 to 18.... for all D&D ppl understand, it was the equivalent of start with a pc with the bottom stat at 14 and the top stat at 36... when I ask how in heaven have him make this monster, he told me "Oh, I roll 5d6 and drop the lowest 2" then I ask if he doesn´t hear me when I say we were distributing points and he says "I heard, but I like this metod more", was instakick from the table in that moment, no explanation no negociations, like that, it was infuriating

[@BlueTressym]

The sheer gall of people like that is astounding.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Cheat Dice Story. I started RPG's with AD&D rolling up character stats. I was introduced to alternate ways of doing this with Mechwarrior and it's Point Array in which you had 5 stats to assign the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to. Fell in love with point buys and arrays after that. Especially as a DM/ GM.

[@dracone4370]

Happy New Year! It could be fun to see Doge make a Species template for playing his race in D & D and the like. Also, the Chinese/Lunar New Year is February 10 this year (we'll be going into the Year of the Dragon). It could be fun to see Doge do something special for around that time.

[@ShyBiiteVT]

A part of me feels like the reason the DM in the second story didn't think halflings were attractive was because they saw it as a form of lolicon, but tried to hide it by just saying they're ugly. Either that, or she just really hated short people.

[@AryaYvanne-cj4tq]

If i was op i’d just make my character and doing the same to his bbg. “He cant move or take his turn because im not ending mine”

[@Keiji555]

Problem is with the first story, is that by applying the DM's logic, time would be frozen as a turn lasts 15 seconds. So by the rules of DnD, he would either have to a) pass the golem's turn and let the player have his turn, or b) have time freeze, and the DM cannot impose his ridiculous ruling.

[@chaos4654]

Neverending the turn is a godd meta twist in the context of turnbased videogames, and maybe a few card anime, but really does not really work in this context. This is just straight up an excuse to kill the Player in an unwinnable encounter.

[@Theokal3]

can't help but find the ultimate from the cheat dice story hilarious. "either you let me play this or I won't play." Dude, what did you think the DM was gonna answer?

[@BlueTressym]

He had an impressive lack of self-awareness if he thougtht the GM would back down just so he wouldn't leave.

[@vfa-2126]

My favorite thing to use is Curly's line from Tombstone; "Well...Bye."

[@abrokenmachinescreations5326]

While the whole "I don't act on my turn" stalemate is bad and a little funny, I can see an actually encounter that's kind of interesting. Picture a fight with a few enemies and a clockwork golem, your party is doing good. However you kept track of who dealt the most damage during the fight and describe the golem's ticking rapidly increasing until you ask the highest damage player to make a high con save. If they fail, they and the golem are locked in place and cannot act. It can be undone if the player makes the save or a player finds the kill switch on the golem with a good investigation roll or you hit it real good. It's an interesting puzzle and conundrum in a fight where it could make the players go "Oh shit" and strategize around this new situation.

[@SoraPierce]

I see this a lot with horror story DMs. They'll have an awesome thing or the groundwork for an awesome thing but they just be an asshole, creep or whatever instead.

[@dragonlord0784]

The first story floored me. I have a feeling that the DM recently played undertale and thought "lol, what if I took that one moment from sans' boss fight and randomly incorporated it into my game at a whim to mess with my players and watch them squirm at my brilliant 500 iq galaxy brain gotcha moment? >:) ", but the thing is.... the reason why the "I wont use my turn" was interesting in undertale was because the game has a theme of frequently being meta and sans was a powerful character. But in that game of their, it was just a regular golem. Plus, it wouldn't even make any sense to suddenly make the golem have this kind of power out of nowhere with no foreshadowing, and even if it was a modified homebrewed golem, the DM should've gave hints that it wasn't a regular golem beforehand. I really don't like it when DMs pull nonsense like this and prioritize "outsmarting" their players and making unwinnable "rocks fall, you die" scenarios to inflate their egos and make themselves feel superior to everyone else, when in actuality they're just being both unfair, petty, and downright mean. This DM just misses the point of DND entirely- to have fun *with* your players. I wonder if OP called him out on this move after the DND session, and how the other players reacted to the DM's asspull, and if OP talked to the other players about it afterwards in private?

[@carbonscythe]

I just ran the numbers on the cheating dice story. The chances of getting Wolf's first character's score is 1 in 14 billion... and even if they did some Superhero optional roll system (2d6+6 every attribute) it still would be 1 in 2,4 million... Yeah, them some cheating dice

[@RiveroftheWither]

Second story, I've encountered people like this before. She most likely just wanted to have a bunch of people to do romance rps with her and just used DND as a front to get players. She didn't want a halfling player not because "no npc would romance him" but because SHE'S not attracted to halflings and didn't want to romance one. Back when I used to do play by post forums, this kind of attitude and behavior was common, especially with mods. Just people trying to have captive audiences for their forceful sim dates.

[@greeninja5991]

happy new year, 1st story thought he was playing undertale

[@AvatAR42420]

The DM that believed that if an enemy just didn't end their turn, the player wouldn't get a chance to do anything is an idiot. He completely missed the point of some of the jokes in South Park: Order of the Stick.

[@christopherlancaster-s7t]

Stick of Truth

[@Naga-Raja]

Happy new year everyone! and as I know there's a lot of bad out there and you cover horror stories, I just want to start the new year off with sincere thanks and love for all you do and remind you that you are awesome!!!

[@tesuniekataren46]

First story: A single combat turn is about 6 seconds of time total for the entire round. That is it. The end. So... yeah. It isn't creatures go on pause if another creature sits on their turn while the rest of the world's clock keeps ticking... Second story: Halflings can be very handsome. They are a short person with almost half elf like appearance. I mean, come on. How many of us see something that is small and go "Oh, that is so cute!" Fourth story: Having played with someone else who could "always roll 20s"... playing with someone who cheats is not fun. It is one thing for the GM to do "GM magic" to a few rolls to either save a player or enhance the story, but completely different when a player uses rigged dice or other manipulation of dice rolls to get ahead. Last story: I have played many PBP RPs. Those are some of my best memories for RPing. They can be slow and people do often tend to just disappear in mid story. It sucks that someone took control of the character (which shouldn't have happened) and then revealed all and then "made her their girlfriend". At that point, either complain, or leave. Either choice worked. Still was awful to have it happened.

[@cardinalenergy21]

why do so many players think "let me do what I want or I'll quit" is a good threat?

[@vortega472]

Happy New Year Simba! And the rest of the wacky Doge crew.

[@iank472]

To answer your question on the 2 sets of stats many DMs, myself included, let players roll 2 sets if we are planning on running a more brutal or difficult module or campaign. It helps mitigate the bad rolls. That said point buy is usually a better system if you want to maintain a more balanced party.

[@arellajardin8188]

Death House? For beginners? Assuming it wasn't toned down, that's basically a recipe for a tpk. Heck, I'd modify it for advanced players, as some of the encounters are brutal for the recommended level. Either the dm was new, too, and didn't know what they were getting into. Or, you had a killer dm who wanted to haze a bunch of newbies coming from video games.

[@alexandramusilova8148]

As someone who ran it many times before, it's a good intro to the campaign. It teaches players that running is an option. Curse of Strahd is a difficult campaign, Death House is a difficult starting dungeon. It's perfectly doable unless your GM is out to get you.

[@XanderMorhaime]

"If you won't let me play, then I won't play!" Yup... that's how that works. As for the turn-timestop DM, I do wish someone pulled the reverse on him. Challenge the BBEG to single combat, then just sit on the "end turn" button. Bam, threat neutralised.

[@PiscesAustrinus]

welcome to forum RP games, i was a moderator for a big forum many years ago, heck, me and my at that time girlfriend, invented a bunch of rules that spread out like wildfire over many forums. the sad reallity of forum RP is that its either fantastic or terrible, theres not really a middle point, you get a crap load of badass wanabes all the time, but worse, a lot of people that just hijack characters and freedom from other characters and refuse to let it go, heck i would know, i had to defuse a lot of situations like those all the time. Its sad the dwarf was hijacked like that, but might have been for the best, on my experience the player or heck, maybe the players would have keep pushing for her to reveal her gender or straight out push over and over for a relationship, 7/10 games any girl around got anoyed beyond belief on those forums, I do am glad to hear in the end found a good group to play with, a great silver linining definitly

[@JewelWildmoon]

I haven't started DND as yet, but I always feel a bit weird about someone else getting another player's character into a romance while they're away. I know some people are ok with it, but I feel like that should still be something you run by the character's original player first, right??

[@Surikoazimaet]

Basically you do minimal with a player's character when they aren't present, or they stay put in some inn or whatever fitting excuse if possible. At my table for instance we might have them roll for arcana checks or something if needed, but nothing that gets them into harm's way, or have a second player assume control in battle for cantrips, or low-level spells if needed. (Which is more about trust on our table's part rather than a rule among other DnD tables.)

[@Surikoazimaet]

Given how stupid that golem story was, my Reborn could just out-starve enemies, or out-drown by that logic....

[@KhanjoOfEthiopia]

in the first story, by the dungeon master's own "interpretation" of turn based combat, time would freeze when the golem refuses to end it's turn

[@vfa-2126]

Sounds like the DM thought they were running "Superhot" instead...

[@UltimatBlitz]

Somebody had to fight Sans and just thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@neoteraflare]

The golem pulled a Team Four Star Krillin on the character

[@ChaosCounseling]

Yeah I also made the mistake when I first Dm in giving all my players way too powerful item’s because it was cool at first

[@akmi1931]

Halflings are Hella attractive! When done right.

[@Evoker23-lx8mb]

OP in the feet story should’ve walked off the moment they weren’t allowed to have a turn.

[@alexsullivan323]

One of the games I was in that I couldn't make all the sessions. Because they wouldn't have a set date for them. They are taking a toll of my character and then of gain him killed. Because he did something that he normally wouldn't do.

[@andrewbyrne2173]

Happy new year Doge! Hope it goes well for you and your cats.

[@VenomousKing]

I'm a simple man. I see a cat. I push the like button. EDIT: About the dice cheater, I witnessed a player soon-to-be joining my campaign rolling stats out of this world. The dice were mine. The story's not the case, but some times sheer luck exists.

[@Redtail45044]

Yeah, you don't do that as a DM in the first one.

[@blesper3415]

It depends on the campaign, but I much prefer it when absent player's characters are not used at all.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Female Dwarf Story. It sucks, but it is a risk you take when giving control of your character to another, they may do something you do not like. This is where Gygax, IIRC, had the best idea of how to handle this. Ending every session back in a town, and the next session would be played with only those characters whose players were present. This allowed new and old players to come and go whenever they wanted and keep control of their characters. Sure it has it's drawbacks, especially for the DM who has to rebalance things and adjust story elements/ arcs on the fly; but allows for a more loose schedule or scheduling conflicts.

[@BlueTressym]

Thing is, OP wasn't given a choice. She was told she HAD to give control of her character to someone else. This is at least partly on the GM for not taking any steps to make sure that such hijacking was prevented, whether because they didn't think, or didn't care. In my group we usually just arrange for the character to not be present if that's feasible and if not, they just tag along. If someone is given control of someone else's character, they have a responsibility to look after than properly and do their best to keep them safe, should they end up in a dangerous situation. What that player did was an AH move and there was zero excuse for doing something they knew damn well OP didn't want. If the babysitter gets a child's hair cut without permission and wrecks it, the parent(s) is/are perfectly justified in being pissed off about it.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

@@BlueTressym You always have the option of saying no. The result may be that you no longer play in that game, but it is still an option. And you cannot guarantee under that even with a DM who is sensitive to your character's needs or a fellow player that is doing their best to play the character the way you want, that things will go the way you want or some secret you were keeping won't be revealed.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

@@viewer6152 So you think it is not a risk you take? You can't know what some one will do for certain until they have or have not done it with the opportunity to do so. How you or I personally feel about what was done in this story to OP is irrelevant to the fact that you are taking a risk of that happening when you give control to some one else. My comment is not on the moral aspect of what happened, but the chance that something like it could happen.

[@AryaYvanne-cj4tq]

Ah, doge some groups roll two sets of stats and pick which set they want.

[@fedykin87]

Sadly my experience is when a game says lgbt+ friendly either it is entirely smut filled or there a couple of more players that want to make it all about sex and relationships

[@samlowsley-williams288]

The player in the first story should have just refused to roll death saves since it’s on the players turn and waited until the end of time

[@samlowsley-williams288]

Hey maybe that be a great way to end every fight, just make sure you eat before heading into combat and if the enemy is a beast humanoid or a creature that needs food you can just wait until you or they starve to death

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Ah yes, trying to use game mechanics to trap a player for absolutely no reason.

[@fylimar]

The second story: As a player of mostly short race characters, I'm offended. I love my gnome artificer and my halfling bard. Even in BG3, the female dwarves and gnomes have the best faces imo (male too from what I saw in game).

[@axelwulf6220]

Me: *HASN'T PLAYED BG3 YET* EE: *WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT*

[@magic257]

10 hours of meditating with simba when

[@pumpkinicing]

happy new year, doge!!

[@wesleystockford2616]

Doesn't a turn only last 6 seconds? So if the golem doesn't end its turn then the collapsing building gets to count down 6 seconds and then politely wait for the golem to end its turn before the countdown can proceed any further

[@diego2112gaming]

Re: Stalker: Call the police. 100%. Yes, block, but seriously, that restraining order is a *GREAT* thing to look into. I'm with Doge on that, but think get the restraining order like, yesterday.

[@koboldking7153]

If everything was turn based, then the temple should never have crumbled

[@TheFaulkned]

Love the stories Doge. Keep being great 😊

[@Wrathura]

"Obviously turn based combat is the only way to do things." Never heard of group initiative eh? Just requires civilized players.

[@purplefanadic234]

That would be a great way to defeat the bbeg just don’t end your turn XD

[@Infovorousness]

Point buy and milestone leveling should be system standard, you just can’t trust everyone to behave

[@jeanannd]

Cheaters decide they want a certain type of character and fake the roll for the stats. Honest players roll, see the stats - the high, the med and low scores and from that figure what type of character can be made and become inventive. I have one I rolled - slightly higher then normal strength, slightly above average charisma, higher dex and good const, but the rest pretty low. Yes, after looking at the stats, decided to put them in that as it would work for a beginning thief oh, not called that anymore LOL. Not the most powerful character, but not the worse I've ever rolled and did well in role playing it. A somewhat cowardly but loyal rogue that had hopes to better their life, but yes - hid if possible behind strong fighter types. Enjoyable role play, but if I'd cheated on the dice - then it just wouldn't really be that great. Cheating would also be cheating myself in the game.

[@rommdan2716]

Halfling, goblin and kobold boys are all handsome and they all desserve love!

[@evancarlson5805]

Pretty sure halflings reproduce somehow.

[@christianknight1649]

DM of the first story was just wrong. Turns are 6 seconds in DnD, not "until I decide it is done".

[@axelwulf6220]

The lady story with the girl who's character was highjacked was cringey

[@CallMeKes]

Low-angle Simba is best Simba.

[@timreynolds4785]

Story 3 sounds like a douche, tbh. I doubt he's being remotely honest. An incel isn't going to start randomly flirting with anyone. He acts like he's too cool for dnd at the start. I guarantee he's lying about this whole story.

[@DomsGamingSquad]

Happy New Year! 🥰🍻🎉

[@serpenttailedangel]

Total bigot in the last story. Disrespecting the bearded women dwarves like that. SMH.

[@Jasmixd]

While still concerning, I really don't like the usage of the word "stalking" in the third story. Looking up information you've posted online about yourself is just that, looking it up. Calling that stalking diminishes how horrible actual stalking is. If you don't want randos getting info on you online, don't post it.

[@phillee427]

Min 8:27. Dungeons and Dragons is NOT the hobby. It is but one game in the hobby. Yes, it is the most widely known name in the hobby, just like McDonald's is the most widely known name in restaurants. And just like be aforementioned, neither is the only or even the best representation in their particular fields. Come on now, fair is fair. Show some love for the entire hobby, not just the tolkienesque high fantasy aspect of it.

[@meyatetana2973]

It's funner to play weak characters. ^.^

[@miscprojects9662]

Nothing wrong with the games. The players are toxic. Rather than role play a fantasy character they inject their own toxic self into character.

[@nicholasesparza2978]

But turns are 6 seconds...

[@jacugo]

Too much undertale on that first story.

[@CooperAATE]

Woo, Doge #1

[@GoranAkuto]

Once again the word incel being thrown out without knowing what it actually means. So I'm going to throw that story as a big fat lie and that op just didn't like him for no reason.

[@RiveroftheWither]

So you don't know what the current definition of incel is and instead of adapting you're instead going to do the very incel action of not believing the op on the principle that you're butthurt.

[@GoranAkuto]

@@RiveroftheWither well there's the first clutter of word vomit of the new year. clearly you don't look up actual definitions and instead actively decide that words suddenly don't mean what they are and mean what you think they mean? whats next? you're going to say jumping off a plane without a parachute is safe? if everyone had to adapt to people like you then humanity would be screwed.