Neckbeard Double Trouble | r/RPG Horror Stories

[@spartagames5808]

Honestly? I can commend Weeb. He realized his behavior was wrong, he apologized, and he stayed true to his apology. Sure, his behavior was cringe, but at least he didn’t go nuclear like Game Club Guy. God damn. He fucking deserve the banning.

[@bossked1563]

Everyone does stupid things that we look back on and cringe. The important thing is that you learned your lesson and outgrew those things. =)

[@spartagames5808]

@@bossked1563 No truer words have ever been said

[@Insertia_Nameia]

Seriously. I know guys, amd gals, that were red pillers and incels/femcels, a couple it even lasted into theor 30s. I felt bad for then because after they got the help amd support they needed to see the light and make real changes they lost all their old friends. The ones that didn't leave them, they had to cut out of their life because they couldn't be happy that their friend was now happy and would berate amd harass them, trying to drag them back down. Because misery loves company. They also got block and banned from all the groups, sites, and forums related to that stuff once they got out that they got better. (Which they saw coming because they saw it happen all the time when they were still downing the pills like candy.) I also have an ex thay was a m'lady weeb. Like wears a trench coat, fedora/Trilby, claims he lives by a code of honor type dude. This was before I met him amd he was in his teens and early 20s, but I always tell him it's good he got better. Becauae sometimes when he see how bad a lot of those people get, he cringes because he could see in an alt universe where he stayed on that track and became a miserable pos. He's can be a bit of an a-hole lol, but he's genuinely a good guy and super caring and supportive. We broke up like what? 6 yrs or so ago now and he's still one of my best friends. Even though we live in different states now. Change can be good and more people need to embrace it. And it's okay to look back and cringe, but just remember the progress you chose to make.

[@djbigs1055]

True some people end up cringe and not even on purpose. Could have just been trying to be a overly helpful person. Either way they fixed behavior

[@PrincessNinja007]

Weeb is the philosophical question of "is it nobler to be incapable of cringe, or to be capable of great cringe and choose to be based?"

[@VexedVergil]

As someone who Dm's and has a wife that's a player, he's somewhat accurate. I give my wife the special treatment of always being the one to be bamboozled by mimics and gelatinous cubes XD it's a running theme/ joke in my games. I'll just slap them in the most absurd places you'd never expect (while also making sense lore wise). I think the players are more excited about how and when she will encounter the next one vs the actual story

[@Team_Orchid]

Can I please have some highlights of this?

[@reesekilpatrick241]

I feel like I’m gonna end up seeing a video on this from someone else’s perspective

[@kishaa819]

That’s hilarious 😂

[@Zarlos01]

The only "special treatment" my DM's wife has is not killing her character, intentionally, when she needs to leave mid game because their little son; outside this situation see can, and already, died like everyone.

[@Drawdek]

Oh yeah pranking your wife or just making her angry (jokingly of course) is the best thing you can have in a relationship. Like my future wife and I call each other some really nasty names for jokes because if you can act the same with your partner like you act with your bros then you are hella lucky guy.

[@firespirit8026]

Prepare for trouble, M’lady And make it Double, M’lady ~ Neckbeard Friends, probably

[@YuainLucky]

OH GOD NO!

[@AlexThePyroshark]

Oh hell naw.

[@bryantspears119]

To protect the girls from devastation, M’lady To unite all neckbeards within our nation, M’lady.

[@jamiedavies3810]

Looks like Team Neckbeard is blasting off again!

[@Margen67]

birb

[@Qwerty95ish]

Credit to weeb. He is just socially awkward. He was told "I don't like you" and said okay, sorry if I made you uncomfortable. All making fun of him does is demonize being socially awkward.

[@blazaybla22]

Am I missing something or was Weeb not the one who was in his 30s with Film Club girl being either still in high school or just graduated?

[@tell-me-a-story-]

I mean, she was like 18 and he was 32. And she FEELS like a teenager in the story.

[@CallMeKes]

I think Drake was a little harsh towards Weeb. It takes a lot of guts to take critique, apologize and ACTUALLY change the behavior. He deserves at least a little praise. He didn't just fake the apology and go back to being a shit.

[@reecetarrant5414]

Gotta agree. I would even go as far as to point out that Weeb did stand up to Gamer Club Guy when he was literally about to SA Film Club Girl's character. Like, yeah, he was acting like a white knight to start off with, but I think we can basically say that Weeb started to use those powers for good right there. Which I dig. And which Drake failed to point out. L take, my man. L take.

[@reecetarrant5414]

Obvs that was aimed at Drake (tried to edit the comment, but KZbin app was being uncooperative)

[@ShyGuy-d8e]

Totally agree. Dunno about calling guy weebdom and simp and neckbeard. Dude actually got it together. Just a guy tried too hard and finally got the hint. Made amends as well. Straight up dude in my book. Showed real growth.

[@brendenhawley2225]

Prehaps more importantly after being told to knock it off, he tries to get the other player to knock it off. He did not just learn, he was willing to fight for what he learned. This was a white knight, that was actually the white knight he throught he was.

[@GarkKahn]

He was the definition of "i learn my lesson, now i'll use my power to help others instead of my own gains"

[@dreamcream3738]

First Story: OP shouldn't have restrained themself and just knocked out Gamer Club guy. Some people just need that kind of pushback. Second Story: Holy fuck. I play with a married couple and that's nothing like what the OP is talking about.

[@AlexThePyroshark]

Nah, the Gamer Club douche would have just retreated harder into his delusional world, I'm afraid. OP would have just hurt his knuckles on a slimy, coarse neckbeard cheek for nothing.

[@dreamcream3738]

@@AlexThePyroshark He was stuck in his delusional world either way; but at least OP would have looked more like a hero if he took a swing for the effort.

[@dreamcream3738]

@@AlexThePyroshark It also took a while for me to reply because KZbin hid your reply

[@jacobtheorangeyoshi8710]

Honesty the biggest plot twist for me was that the weeb ended up being the chill one in the first story. Gaming Club guy went from 1 to creeper as soon as he got called out.

[@Margen67]

Yoshi needs HUGS

[@360entertainment2]

My thoughts exactly!

[@whoasked376]

I expected the exact opposite honestly

[@Imtrashbutimfree]

"Could it be that this woman is just a thief? No it's all married people's fault." Dude you should be a boxer with that reach.

[@AlexThePyroshark]

That or a politician.

[@Zarlos01]

​@AlexThePyroshark I don't know from which country you are, in the end, it doesn't matter, but we don't need more morons on politics.

[@Margen67]

Geese need HUGS

[@giselle9230]

As much as I commend the badassery of Film Club girl, I’ll also point out the non-confrontational victims in these stories that Drake is comparing her to are likely exhibiting a “freeze” response to conflict, a behavior common in people who have experienced trauma. While Film Club girl’s direct response is something to look towards as an ideal, I wouldn’t say that the other victims are always at fault for their relative timidness. If you see someone freezing up in the face of bullshit, do the Chad thing and stand up for them. They might not be able to help themselves in that moment

[@dreamwanderer5791]

I really, really appreciate this comment as a DM with a past that makes me......ill-equipped to deal with situations like these. DMs are DMs because they are storytellers, treating them like they should be perfect omniscient beings is just an excuse to cast blame at a lightning rod far, far, FAR too many times.

[@doibantikov2486]

If there's one thing I know is that most D&D players would rather explode their entire friend group than kick the obvious abuser.

[@sephy26946]

A lot of people are also just plain averse to conflict. That's why things are allowed to escalate in so many of these stories. It's REALLY easy to say 'oh, don't stand for it, just stand up and say NO FUCK YOU' and it can be hard to actually do that.

[@brendenhawley2225]

Yeah, I used to game a lot and be victimized by one of those that players, and I kept on asking myself if I was provoking it and if doing the right thing can get him to change. I was the last player to accept he needed to be kicked, thankfully the rest of the party had more sense. I can be cringe sometimes but trouble player was so self unaware, that I once informed npc he was traitor in front of him, NPC kept on talking how the awesome weapon they were forging must be a trustworthy one, just like he must be a trustworthy party memeber, and he was surprised it was cursed, not even bad cursed, he could drop the weapon, it just was almost useless. I thought he had to be role playing when others pointed out no that how he is. There was the time he thought me wanting to start with a black pearl was absurd and did not fit the themes while he had pepperbox. Guy thought a muti shot expensive fire arm fit fantasy better than starting with a magic item. There was also his repeated betraying the party and character suicides, his murderhobo tendency and total social deafness. @@sephy26946

[@bouncycomix]

I don't think Drake was blaming them, just commending her. If he was blaming them, he probably would've used stronger language.

[@kylegardner5346]

“I would like to respond by saying shut up” I laughed so hard I had to pull my car over

[@magnuswannabe4374]

6:14 I find it hilarious that he calls druids blasphemous when he is playing a ranger lmao. That's like claiming that goblins are not worthless scum as a paladin.

[@brendenhawley2225]

Or the rouge calling the bard a whore profession.

[@clankthetank4286]

I think now is a good time to confess i always thought drake was calling it "the gallery of the drink" which sounds like a badass name for tavern themed gallery of adventures.

[@hernehaugen6878]

Hope you don't mind but you just inspired an idea for my own setting. A seaside tavern built from the wreckage of several shipwrecks called "The Galley of the Drink".

[@GarkKahn]

​@hernehaugen6878 before shipwreck it was galley of the drunk

[@seto_kaiba_]

I feel like Weeb was more or less socially awkward than as malicious as you seem to think. He changed his behavior instantly when he realized how his behavior made her feel. IDK what is with the DM though. Maybe the whole thing was a major shock to him and he didn't know how to respond. Hopefully he nips shit like that in the bud next time. It was obvious Gamer Club Guy was using the game to sexually intimidate the girl. Gamer Club guy is beyond a creep and I'm glad she has security cause he sounds like an unhinged incel.

[@natebernasconi]

Completely agree re Weeb. God knows I can say things too earthy for some without realising, especially on Discord, etc but try to tailor than as soon as I know I've made someone uncomfortable. A decent proportion of DMs I've played with want everyone to just get along, even when one or more (think West Marches re multiple rather than a campaign) people are toxic. People-pleasers that get into DnD seem disproportionately to wind up DMs, and bless them for it, but they won't be great in a situation like this.

[@blazaybla22]

Am I missing something or was Weeb not the one who was in his 30s with Film Club girl being either still in high school or just graduated?

[@seto_kaiba_]

@@blazaybla22 Sounds like she just graduated.

[@alphons1456o]

Gamer club guy: "I'm gonna whip out my--" Any DM with half a brain: "Yeah, as soon as you do that, a bulette comes out of the ground, chomps down on your crotch, and drags you deep into the earth. No you can't roll a new character. Get out.

[@EurikaKoli]

The last story REALLY bugs me. My husband, when we met, got me introduced to D&D and we developed a great relationship at the D&D table. He is the DM and goes the extra mile to make sure I don’t get preferential treatment. (Had 2 REAL big monsters attacking my monk that was stuck between them, for instance). We have, now, a really special group. None of us like drama, we're all introverts and getting SIGNIFICANTLY better at RP, and have started a second campaign with my husband as the DM. I do agree with not generally keeping your expensive stuff at someone else's house, though. I hope the OP recovers from their awful experience, but it doesn’t always end poorly.

[@Zarlos01]

In my group, in the game that I don't run, the DM is married to another player. I don't know if is on purpose but the monsters attacks are based on reach, who is more threatening, or he rolls to se who is attacked. And Loot is a system that he invented that we roll a d6, that determines the next dice (so far we know that has a d4, d6, d8, d10), and each of the results of the final dice is something different, for money is a dice for each coin, it changes depending on the situation, multiplied by something.

[@EurikaKoli]

@@Zarlos01 big chunk of why my monk was attacked ha ha. I was rolling crazy high until I tried to jump over them

[@Noblesix84]

Club Guys God sees this terrible vision of what he wants to do to this poor girl and decides he cannot have such a vile being under his service, so he strikes down the character, erasing them from existence itself. Sounds like a good retcon to me.

[@Megamanlanprime]

I was actually thinking the retcon is the rest of the party wakes up, realizes what he’s doing and attacks him.

[@Noblesix84]

@@Megamanlanprime I mean that works, but that's so boring, even if it's more realistic.

[@AlexThePyroshark]

Multiple neckbeard stories? It must be my birthda-no, wait, I would punch whoever made me this kind of gift. Nevermind. On the other hand, the Drake in today's fanart is endearingly derpy.

[@DulcetNuance]

The husband in the 2nd story was just as bad as the wife. He seems to think that being married means you have to be a complete pushover and accept all the bad behavior of your spouse. How could you be married to someone and not have the communication skills to resolve such a simple situation? "It's someone else's property honey, you obviously can't keep it, don't be silly." If your wife gets mad and kicks you out for that, than you made a mistake and should have went common law.

[@FLUFFERKINZ]

Abusers come in all genders. The wife in the second story definitely is used to using people like doormats. And the OP does have a point when it comes to married couples playing together; sometimes they have a toxic relationship and that dynamic can spill over into your own life in a negative way.

[@17joren]

6:59 he tells them to stop metagaming, yet his actions are metagaming. He’s using his personal feelings and vendetta to influence how his character acts.

[@potatofairy8535]

I literally play in a DND game with the DM and his girlfriend, who's a player. I've never caught him playing favorites with her. She's never gotten more loot, she's never not faced consequences, it's always been fair.

[@scarecrow2097]

Let's be honest, Weeb's actions are fine foreshadowing of a Chad transformation, his apology based on how the story went seems honest and he understood where the boundaries were. So props to him too for knowing how to not being a jackass, it's a rarity these days.

[@flyguydev2008]

NECKBEARD: ENDGAME COMING WHEN THEY FINALLY TAKE A SHOWER

[@ihatehandlestheyareannoying]

So... never?

[@briarblackwood]

my husband is the dm of our group and its soooooo annoying to hear that ppl seem to think its impossible to be fair if your SO is playing

[@chantalchandler-pease8206]

In regards to the second story: my husband introduced me to D&D when we first started dating and we're almost always on opposite sides of the screen. Neither of us has ever benefited from the other being the DM, I think it's less about couples and more about people just being assholes.

[@Margen67]

Penguins need HUGS

[@juliusnebulus7303]

I was just watching some of your old content and then you gave me something new immediately. King, i will never forget that. You dropped that👑

[@pallydan893]

I've heard the Husband/Wife story and only now does it occur to me that this story had no support for op's opinion of having couples on opposite sides of the screen, the wife insisting on having a pet dragon was the closest evidence to this but the op did really get into what in game issues occurred because of this. That being said it's not like there isn't precedence for Couples becoming a problem at the table, I recall one story where Dm's girlfriend placed a slave collar on the op. While it's not guaranteed your game will go belly up you still have to keep bias in check when you are playing with people in close relationships like couples, family, and close friends

[@kochen_keks783]

Hey im glad that you still make these great videos. They help me sleep. I discovered your chenal between 2 and 3 years and you helped me get to sleep or just relax a lot of times. So if you read this I just wanna say thanks you helped me a lot. Sorry for bad grammer I am German.

[@annie1313uwu]

This may have been my favorite fan art ❤😂. It may have also been because of Larry's honest "no." I need more Larry in my life

[@ArcmageZaln]

every time i hear the story about the guy who lost the black dragon, the readers are always on his butt about how people that are married and play DnD are not all like the ones he played with.

[@JISHBOSIN]

I was a player, and the DM was the husband of another player. She kept getting near one-shot because the DM would play it by the dice and.... It fucked her up sometimes. But it was good, not all DM partners are bad.

[@StSubZero]

"Is there a female equivalent for being a Chad?" There is, known as the Stacy. That's the term you are looking for Drake.

[@littlegiantj8761]

I don't think you know what these words mean in this context, Redpill

[@StSubZero]

@@littlegiantj8761 I grabbed the context from the "Becky vs Stacy meme" (which is a literal genderflip of the Virgin vs Chad meme, right down the same color schemes and poses, just feminine). But I'm guessing it's more complicated then that?

[@littlegiantj8761]

@@StSubZero yeah, that's derogatory context. It's evolved outside the Redpill sphere

[@StSubZero]

@@littlegiantj8761 Ah gotcha, I feel a bit silly now. Thanks for the info my dude.

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

Female CHad is a stacey btw

[@DenoftheDrake]

Eh, "Big stacey energy" doesn't sound like a compliment to me.

[@TheBingusBongus]

Really? I thought “Stacey” was the incel term for girls that “Only want jocks who treat them like shit.”

[@dychostarr]

Stacey? I only know that her mom has it going on.....

[@blazaybla22]

@@DenoftheDrakeYou could just call her a Chad

[@tell-me-a-story-]

@@TheBingusBongus Jocks? If your young enough to be upset about jocks, you should definitely be celibate not because of social issues but because you are a CHILD.

[@chelsiejakobsen3382]

My ex was my GM until he died. He NEVER treated me any different from the other players, and I NEVER expected special treatment either, and always made sure to respect his call. In fact, we made fun of that sterotype a LOT. Flash forward some years and my husband has been GM'ing for me since the beginning of the pandemic - same still goes. Saying to never have spouses/partners on opposite sides of the screen is pure bullshit.

[@justinnash177]

I've played with a few different couples and this is my take: Every new table you sit at is rolling the dice. If it's a DM/player couple, you're rolling with disadvantage, but you still get to add your proficiency bonus to spot red flags and it's only a DC 14 to know what tables you for sure don't want to sit at.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

Story 1: Well that escalated quickly. Like, that got out of hand fast. At least Weeb got a quick smack in the head and improved. Story 2: Look, as long as both the DM and their partner are, you know, responsible people, its fine. But then Gruntilda was insane. If true.

[@Yuki_Of_Snow]

I still remember DMing a game where my half drow wife refused to sleep in the inn with the party and stood outside, so I warned her in advance, "are you absolutely sure you want to do this?". She said yes and within 5 minutes, I sicked a displacer beast on her. The bard looked out the window and went back to sleep and the cleric.. well, the less I say about her, the better. It took a npc and our arcane trickster to start fighting before the bard and cleric were like "fine. We're coming." My wife just looked at me and I shrugged "I did warn you" and now she has an unbridled hatred for Displacer Beasts. We were watching the recent DnD movie and when they came up, she shot me a look, and held up her middle finger at me. I really should pick up that game again. My wife even did some cute drawings of the group.

[@RinsMelody]

With this video I've now gone to watch every single den of the Drake video after a huge binge. Absolutely love this content man

[@giselle9230]

My bf doesn’t need special treatment at my table table because he’s a damn power gamer lol. If anything, I have to slap his cleric harder than anyone else just so that the fight isn’t ended too quickly. Love that he gets really into the homebrew lore and the world building when we talk about it out of game, one of the perks of having your SO as a player is you get to geek out about your world all the time at home

[@horrorsage1346]

Oddly my experience with the married couple I play with is the DM is way harder on her husband than the rest of us.

[@roboticgentlemen1970]

The worst part of that first story is that nobody kicked the DMs ass for letting that happen

[@SageDarkwind]

Drake: "Is it any good?" Larry: *flatly* "No." Me: "Wow, never thought a red dragon would get a burn like that."

[@prettyfreaknordinary7982]

Omg that dm from the first story should have stepped in a long time ago. Who the hell just let's one of their players get harassed ever session without fail, this guy apparently... I'm not one for conflict and my social anxiety can cripple my communication skills on a bad day, but even I don't find it hard to just say "NO, YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT." Hell, I dealt with an incel at the table in my first TTRPG session and even though that guy was a long time friend/acquaintance of everyone at the table, everyone had my back over his the moment he got inappropriate.

[@bouncycomix]

It's ALMOST understandable due to social awkwardness and being conflict averse (understandable, not acceptable), except for the fact that the DM didn't allow for other Perception checks. They had a really easy out there.

[@Ieatpaste23]

Crazy how hard it is to be a woman at the table.

[@IronMant420]

I’ve been running a story with my wife and closest friends for over a year. We are all happy and have experienced zero issues. 2nd OP can get fucked.

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

As someone who plays with his wife, the only "favourite" thing I do with her is talk about her backstory and potential story arcs since she's right there with me and a lot easier to reach than the other players (save two) who have no real interest in story arcs and are there for combat/loot/light rp.

[@silentraisin]

damn caught this a minute after it uploaded, my greatest achievement.

[@Slugger1990]

Fun story from my 3.5e days: I remember buying those blind box minis in the early-mid 2000's. Even then they were 16$ a box, coming out to about 20$ after taxes and such. I used to buy them as often as I could manage with whatever money I could come up with. Either that or YGO cards. I was also involved in a 3.5e game at the time and we were needing wolves and werewolves and such. So I was buying "The Dark Below" boxes and got the exact "Werewolf Lord" mini we were hoping for. like a week after I popped that mini, the game broke up due to the couple having some issues. Not a married couple, mind you, but yeah. I still have that Werewolf Lord Mini. I sold the rest to the same guy who was hosting the first game. Then, several years later, in one of my last games I was playing in, another 3.5e game, hosted by another couple, married, also got broken up by marital issues. So I can kinda see where OP might be coming from, but I don't agree with it either. Both of those games, oddly enough, were the case of one spouse is the DM and the other is a player, but I don't recall any unfair treatment or anything like that.

[@allenfox7186]

Did the DM just forget that he can say ”No, your not doing that” in the first story? That dm really needs to grow a pair and tell that creep and future creeps “I don’t allow that kind of behavior in my game, try it again and your out of the game”. Ok second story, I’ve played D&D with a family (Younger sister being DM, the Parents, the brother, and brother in law also the guy who invited me and my best friend). It’s was the best first impression of D&D one could ask for. So yeah, the op is full of crap. Furthermore why did he just grabbed his stuff when he left the DMs house?

[@AlexThePyroshark]

On the one hand I hope that DM doesn't get or keep future creeps, on the other... yeah, not putting his foot down with THAT kind of behavior is a problem on so many levels. Here you're just asking too many questions, you just gotta assimilate his wisdom, not think about how he could have had some agency in his problems. Yes, this is sarcasm, and yes, his wisdom is just bull: it's almost like being in a healthy relationship of any kind doesn't wire your brain to be a bumbling moron.

[@allenfox7186]

@@AlexThePyroshark I also hope he doesn’t have any more creeps in his games and hopefully he learns from this and puts his foot down on bad behavior in the near future.

[@fred_derf]

DM: "Your god [insert god's name here] sees what your about to do and rips open a hole in the multiverse and uses a Super Natural Ability that hits you with cross-planar damage doing 400d12 damage, save for half (DC: 312).

[@Shenn3165]

My best friend has all of my mini’s since he DM’s, but I keep my most expensive mini’s, namely iceing death the gargantuan white Dragon, that came with Drizzt, and wulfgar.

[@cozykomala]

As the wife of a DM, they're contractually obligated to frick with you the most.

[@Aros-pr2xr]

Drake… is it bad that I have my villains go out of their way to try and eliminate my S/O’s characters when I DM? And yes I adore him but I feel like certain villains thematically making sense to want to kill him (as well as villains for each party member) just rings so well

[@AilynMatson]

Second story OP: "I won't use their real names, or even say what I played as, because it's unique enough that people could realize I'm talking about them." Also OP: *gives enough context clues that a blind and deaf person would know who the story is about, provided they were in the room when the story happened*

[@rogue_ranger1633]

Dude I have played d&d with couples tons of times and every time they were able to separate their relationships for the game entirely. Some of the best games I’ve ever played

[@crypticwander421]

I love that you're against embracing victimhood. Too many of the other horror story narrators latch onto that shit like a cuban to a door.

[@nateshandy2070]

My wife and I play with 2 other couples (2 separate groups). SHOCKINGLY, nothing like story 2 has ever happened. (Actually, if you can swing it, I recommend 2 couples playing together: a small group makes it easier for everybody to get time in the spotlight, and it's (usually) easier to coordinate schedules. It helps, of course, if you're IRL friends and mature adults who generally get their 'gaming kicks' in the same way.)

[@lovinglifebutnotonearth3909]

My DM is married to one of the players. And she has never favored her spouse at all. Hell, she is more critical of her spouse than the other players.

[@carolynwilliams5918]

I mean, my husband and I both are DMs and we do play with a few couples. Heck one of our groups is literally us, his best friend and his wife (who met in a game), and my sister and her partner (who is a friend of ours, and met HER through a game). One of our DMs does give a favoritism towards her wife (Powerful NPC only her character talks to, big connections to the entire world, etc), but it's the sort of favoritism that's going to result in WAY more pain and suffering for her character down the road. Which I for one am here for.

[@Shlock7]

lol special treatment. my partner is a player in my games and I have to say - it's probably good that I cook most of our meals cuz she'd probably have poisoned me by now after all the shit I've put her characters through haha

[@_PannieCake_]

One thing about DMing: Dont have your sibling be a player if you DM either. My brother constantly tramples on my DMing and gets pissy when he cant do whateverr he wants (hes showing psychopathy in my games sometimes).

[@Wrathura]

"I had this one experience, maybe twice, so now everyone everywhere should expect this to be universally true, always." lol

[@IzzyMarrie]

Just finished the video and agree with how weird OP's "never play with married couples unless they're both players or dm and co-dm" is. I haven't had the pleasure of playing a lot of d&d due to multiple reasons (scheduling being the biggest), but a few of the games I've played were with my long time boyfriend. Never once did it feel like he was playing favoritism. He always tries to be fair, unless he thinks the consequences of a tiny action of ours would be astronomically disproportionate to what any reasonable person would come up with... Leading into some pretty wtf, unintentionally funny moments on his end, which always tend to be fun. We have fun, no one gets the extra op weapons or special treatment unless by law of his nature, it's chaotic (and it's glorious).

[@emberfist8347]

“It’s what my character would do!” Is there any Paladin oath he wouldn’t be breaking by that disgusting act?

[@goodboi6329]

Oathbreaker

[@Shodanlu05]

Coked up chimpanzee with a keyboard and a dream, words don’t describe how much I love this line

[@OmniTron1000]

"badboy asshole flirt" is genuinely one of the worst terms I have ever heard hahaha.

[@markconro5796]

I currently play in a group where my friend is the DM and his fiancée is a fellow player. We’ve had no issues, if only that we, as a group, sidetrack each other with random bullshit and jokes 😂😂

[@kinsan89]

As someone whose GF is a player, I feel like I do the opposite, and usually on accident. I can't tell you how many time I've had goblin ambushes start by either attacking her character (she likes to lead) or by rolling to determing who gets targeted and it ends up being her. It's hilarious, and we all get a good laugh out of it

[@adam-px2ye]

its stories like these that make me think if their dm is a robot. don't know how the person with the power to stop all, do all, make anything the rule or make something not a rule, just sits there while 3/4 of their players talk about how they are upset with 1/4 of the players. infact, dm almost was helping the gamer guy.

[@kairinightingale7718]

I don’t usually comment on videos but just wanted to add my two cents about couples playing fairly. I often dm with my husband as a player. Sometimes my husband helps me with encounter ideas, but I always add in twists and surprises that catch him off guard to even the playing field with the other party members. He also makes a point of taking a back seat if he feels he knows too much so the other players have a chance to figure things out (like if he played a piece of a module before, he would stay in the back and play minimally with his character until the group catches up to the point that things are new to him as well). My husband and I both agree it’s absolutely no fun being biased or fudging rolls; everyone should get a turn to mess with others, be messed with, have successes, and be the butt of the joke so everyone in the group is entertained. We also have no problem giving each other corrective feedback or criticism in the games because healthy relationships are built on being able to be honest and open with each other about issues and feelings (which the couple in the story fail at). So, please, those of you who think couples can’t be unbiased, rest assured they absolutely can. A couple with a healthy relationship and respect for each other, the other players, and the game should be able to play fairly with with anyone no matter the roles. I’m sorry for those who experienced otherwise, and I hope you find games with more mindful players/dms (couples or no) if you haven’t already. 😊 (My husband and I love your videos, Drake! You’re our favorite rpg horror story channel!)

[@SirFryStirFry]

The guy who wrote the second story sounds like the guy enjoys the smell of his own farts

[@Asher_Tye]

I get the feeling the guy in the second story had to really restrain himself from listing EVERY SINGLE THING he had D&D related.

[@questionable69420]

Props to the weeb for apologizing and stopping his advances

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

Screw having in a damsel in distress, I want a strong Paladin gf to hit the gym and engage in armored combat with after Sunday school

[@Tailstraw_xD]

Whoa, Game Club Guy. That's royally messed up.

[@DezzriktheDM]

If I had been the DM to that first story, when Gamer Club Guy says he [does the thing Drake doesn't want to mention] I would have snatched that guy's character sheet. When asked "What the hell?" I would have then said, "The moment your character became a r*pist, he becomes a monster... The DM controls the monsters. Now get out!"

[@pippo17173]

The second story is basically simp max out to door mat settings because you gotta lose a spin in order to be ok with your wife stealing crap. Reminds me of a AITA story where op was the husband to a stealer only he has the spine to leave her.

[@WhyseWytch]

A dude who values things over people. I curse that neckbeard to the eternal exile of TTRPG tables. He's exactly the type to play the same character over and over. Probably a loot hoarder, too. Okay, off my soap box.

[@RoseFlavoredLemonade]

I like how the tldr is actually short in the first story.

[@Zal-TheBug]

Ireally enjoyed this style! Pretty good and nice story content that’s easily rich and less of a slog. Honestly I’m tempted to write my own one of these, not for clout, but because my first dms experience was a dump. But… my memory is sorta shise after it being a year since the dnd session. There was faults on 3 of the 4 fronts, but the DM was of the worst (yeah I had a fault too).

[@360entertainment2]

Go for it, tell your story. There’s probably people out there who’d want to read it!

[@DianaTaffie]

Ngl, intrumental Drake is a helluva picture.

[@warvampgamer8478]

My wife DMs one of the games I'm in. 1: I do not take the forefront of RP, my dumb as rock Barbarian with a cursed axe is geared towards combat. 2: I have come closer to death more than anyone except for a "That guy" early on in the campaign who did die for being stupid. The key is to not treat each other as husband and wife during the game, specifically since it's supposed to be for everyone's enjoyment and not just my own.

[@rileyeverheart1188]

My baby girl is sick right now and i was wondering how she was finally able to fall asleep while listening to you, hntil i remembered that i listened to your videos through my entire pregnancy 😂

[@cleio81]

The last story really gets me... My husband DMs games for a group all the time. I go out of my way to make sure that our relationship never results in special treatment in game. But it can be hard to find players sometimes because of stories like that. :( Makes me really sad because he loves Dming and I fee like im just making it harder for him. He wont hear of playing without me though. ^-^

[@WorldWalker128]

Shrek and Gruntilda?! LOL, what a crack-ship!

[@trylatdar4012]

I am in a couple and I was over worried myself into the idea of doing favoritism with my SO. but after my players telling me I was in fact not giving her enought I simply realise that I was wrong and correct that. My campane is over 1 y's old and we all have fun every week. SO included. So yes, even young couple ca be on bolt side of the DM screen.

[@The_Ragequit_Cannon]

There's something deliciously ironic about a holy man doing something decidedly unholy in the name of religion

[@Alderan3344]

if someone does this kind of thing "in character" then there is a good chance he will do it IRL.

[@pr9039]

Oh and bro, your summary... You're fuckin' AWESOME haha I love this damn channel.

[@pr9039]

"[...] the author was a coked up chimpanzee with a keyboard and a dreeeeam!" Damn, just gonna put George RR Martin out there like that, are ya?

[@grass5496]

Them being married definitely influenced that situation but I guess we can pretend that didnt happen if you really want to.

[@thedappermog1638]

My main playgroup has a husband and wife duo. They're great friends and he is one of our two main DM's, with me being the other. I have never, over the years, seen any legitimate favoritism payed toward his wife. That being said, I know full well this is anecdotal. I just don't think people should assume the worst.

[@kentcarlotto1196]

For me, it's, "Alas! I can't tell you what I played because it was so original it would give my identity away," then proceeding to tell a story that gives OP's identity away. 🙄

[@novadrake9232]

Haha I'm looking forward for more happy and drake

[@deebea6364]

The irony of calling out others for meta gaming when you are actively making choices in game because you’re upset about being rejected...

[@seanmaddex4104]

What's worse than one neck beard? two neck beards. thanks for attending me ted talk.

[@v1de0gamr23]

Both of these stories accurately illustrate my unpopular opinion: There are no problem players, only problem DMs. A player can be no bigger of a problem than the DM allows them to be.

[@raikaria3090]

Ah; the return of Gruntilda

[@CheesenMac123]

2:39 So is no one gonna talk about how creepy it is for a 32 year old grown ass man to simp over a girl who just graduated high school?

[@dariixxiv5371]

I'll agree every time someone says it's RISKIER (not bad) when a couple has one as dm and the other as a player, and it makes the story more immersive if the couple has both players in the game. Both working as dm also sounds wholesome as hell like "no dear, you're being too harsh on them, he meant well" 😂 Lastly, imagine playing d&d with your wife and some neckbeard doesn't stop hitting on her in game until it escalates to him getting the dm to let them play a private round and level up so they come back next round with Lord Edgesword and just ice you right in front of her only for her character to scream trying to put your guts and stuff back where they go as guards take him away for murder and your wife's character has to relive the trauma and point at the guy who killed you, meanwhile lord edgesword is ignoring his exasperated lawyer and is speaking to her like "I freed you from his mind-control spell, that ring is enchanted" and he's STILL trying to cast charm/ seduction on her lmao This whole scenario is fake, but it feels like this had to have happened somewhere over all of the decades this game has been out 😅 thanks to anyone who read this, I had fun visualizing it, sorry to anyone who ever had to deal with this kind of thing

[@tundrarunner4951]

8:19 A bit too far? No dude. That was WAY too far!

[@fred_derf]

A blanket ban on playing with married couples (even if they are on opposite sides of the DM Screen) is just silly. Some couple will be a problem, but most won't and if they are a couple you just deal with it or find a new game. You might as well ban friends playing together if one of them is the DM. That said, playing with a new couple is almost ban worthy -- when two people first get together and their relationship still has that new-relationship stank they're almost always going to be more interested in each other than in the game much to the detriment of the game (there is almost a 100% guarantee that they will try to have their characters "get together"). Once they have been together long enough that it's not awkward being the third-wheel with them, then it's fine. Pro Tip: If you're in a game and get a new S.O. -- take a leave of absence from the game while you get past the infatuation phase of your new relationship. Once you're comfortable being away from them long enough to play a whole session (and then some) then return to the table, but not before. If you can't go a whole session without texting them or they texting you, you've gone back too early.

[@AmaryInkawult]

I despise people like Gruntilda, fucking kleptos. Need to bring back that hand lopping punishment... Also if you leave your shit at another person's house, do not be surprised when you find things missing. Especially if someone is a klepto. It's moronic, just keep a dedicated bag for your stuff so you can take it with you with zero prep and leave with all of it post sessions. The problem was self correcting from the start. Grab a damn backpack, OP.