Player Wants To Use OVERPOWERED Homebrew - RPG Horror Stories

[@rururu432]

Story two had me cracking up when the entire bar was squawking "No beer?!" Like the seagulls from Finding Nemo

[@williek08472]

MINE MINE MINE

[@RagnarokAvatar]

What did that guy think was going to happen?

[@pippo17173]

never mess a bunch of customers wanting their beverage.

[@brianvance1178]

That should be a lesson to problem player: NEVER threaten the source of booze in their own tavern. You will have the ENTIRE BAR on your ass for doing so. Most people will tolerate absolutely anything as long as they can drink their troubles away with cheap and easily available alcohol. Once that holy fountain of regret and poor life choices is artificially dried up, then you’ll see just how little people will tolerate of your bullshit

[@ShyBiiteVT]

It would have been so great if the other people in the store chimed in as well and shouted "NO BEER!?" in unison.

[@supermarioblacktiger]

Rolling initiative for the entire bar has got to be one of the best "actions have consequences" I've heard in a while.

[@monkeyking7972]

That really speaks of how much the player fu@ked up in that moment.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

You can tell everyone was just waiting for him to do something wrong.

[@paulman34340]

The moment the Dm was getting all those d20's I knew it was going to be the entire bar coming down on newbie's rogue! He really was stupid for attempting to attack a townsperson in his place of business where he was likely VERY WELL KNOWN by the patrons who'd not take well to his actions! He should be lucky he was just merely beaten and humilated and not gilded or worse for his actions! Hope when he ran away like the little bitch he was, DM DMNPC his rogue to help the party till he outlived his usefulness and had the rogue shulk away as his creator did humbled and humilated!

[@amitamaru]

I was cracking up at that last story. That is like the equivalent of watching the dungeon master load a revolver bullet by bullet.

[@Ozzy08018]

That last guy wanted realistic and he got realistic.

[@kevinchong5424]

I think that's exactly the right thing to happen. I mean, you have a bar full of local regulars. Everyone knows how protective they are of their barkeep (and daughters)

[@hannon4]

The entire bar: EVERYONE, GET IN HERE! While dealing with the issue outside of the game is often the best choice, this one brought a smile to my face.

[@johngleeman8347]

Pile on! >:D

[@siobhannoble8545]

He said he wanted a realistic game. The DM gave him what he wanted. Attempted murder and rape aside, you don't mess with the guy who serves the beer without consequences.

[@coreyfogarty4469]

"Fuck with the bartender or barmaids, the patrons fuck with you" - random human fighter named corey proudwinds

[@monkeyking7972]

I really do love the second story, the way the DM just shut that problem player up is just hilarious to me. 😂

[@marybdrake1472]

That dummy was very luck that the tavern wasn't full of adventurers instead of commoners. It would have been even more one sided. Sometimes though, you have to solve the problem in game. Guys like that just don't listen. And it is important to impress upon people that actions have consequences. You can't let them what ever they want free of said consequences.

[@AmaryInkawult]

That d20 tidal wave must have been a beautiful sound to hear in person

[@shadiafifi54]

Not if you were the edgelord. Would have been one hell of a WTF moment for him.

[@AmaryInkawult]

@@shadiafifi54 hehehahahaa~

[@mdpenny42]

A quote I came across years ago with a similar point - "Was that thunder, or were you rolling damage?"

[@MarquisLeary34]

That rogue got off easy, IMO. I would have not just had regular bar patrons, but also emphasized that a squad of off duty town guards and some righteous minded adventurers of another party were there too. Fists, walking sticks, AND blades would have been on the menu for him.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

Bring the battleaxes too!

[@elvacoburg1279]

The good thing with the story of the Rogue and the tidal wave of d20's is that the story will be remembered by the players that were there that night, and not just those that were at that table, but others who were in the store that night, and the story will be told to new players, which might make them think twice before repeating the Rogue's actions and thereby averting a problem.

[@Leshantra]

Now I have to imagine a scene... A new player joins a table. After rolling up a character, he enters a tavern. The group is having fun, chitchatting. Until the new player claims: "I want to have my way with the barmaid." The table goes silent. Then one of the other players asks: "Do you really wanna end up like..." He lowers his voice. "..that rogue..?"

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

That second story was the best D&D story I've ever heard. I'd love to be DM'd by that DM, he's OBVIOUSLY very clever and funny.

[@Renkencen]

Ok the last story was hilarious! I'm supirsed that "edgy" player didn't leave straight away after that gang up!

[@vortega472]

Ah, classic Simba in a box. The other kitty is like...Whaaaa!!!??? So cute. Love the DM's actions on how he dealt with the problem player in the last story, bravo. Well Doge see you next week, same cat time - same cat channel (I just made that up all by myself with no help or influence - true story).

[@kiriandglitchstories8861]

Something similar happened in my game. My party used to have a rogue in it. He was not a problem player per se... But was cleary unexperienced in roleplay, character building and the concept of dnd in general. One day we were all hanging out at a bar and our barbarian goliath starts an arm wrestling competition... So him (gnome rogue) and our halfling druid start taking bets. The only problem is that as the competition goes on our rogue simply disapears with the money. Now... this would be fine if we were at the tabern in an city where we weren't known. But this was done in our main city base... while we were all identified with cloaks with the insignia of our guilds... What ended up happening was that the next day we needed to head out of town for a mission, but his character never showed. While we were waiting we start hearing some noise in our cart. We open a barrel in there and find him naked with zero posessions and the word "thief" carved on his head. I was laughing my ass off cause i had warned him that very day about the consequences of his actions. He never did anything of the sort again. His rogue died in the meantime but to the very end that character was one of those that you look from the outside and cleary see that the player had no idea what he was doing. We still play together though. He's a cool guy in spite of his dnd game not being the best.

[@ErdriedDeirdre]

I love that last story with every fiber of my being.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"A story dealing with That Guy in a unique way." He talks the problem out like an adult?

[@shadiafifi54]

That _would_ have been the ideal solution, but no.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

@druidofscosglen2868 So you believe the person is mentally disabled and still support going straight from rolling eyes in disapproval to public humiliation?

[@informitas0117]

I think being humiliated was better for him than being told off. That way he *might* have learned actions has consequences, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@Theokal3]

.... Okay I absolutely LOVE the build up the DM made to the reaction at the Problem player trying to stab a bartender and rape a girl. Seriously, did this guy REALLY thought he could do that in a tavern with no consequence?

[@aquaticcatfey]

"I want realism! No, not like that!"

[@phillee427]

That was the best GM reaction to a player's Murderous intent. And he was actually being pretty lenient the bar crowd could have Skewered the player Character

[@PaladinGear15]

I saw the Cuisiner class, as usual from anything coming from D&Dwiki it's completely unbalanced and broken. AC for this class if you're using standard array would be 21 after racials, can cut off limbs, +7 to hit, reactions to strike back, immunity to any negative effects that you hear, immune to thunder damage and advantage to all poison saving throws, then later on they become immune to stunned, poison, paralysis, and frightened. That's 5 statuses you're totally immune to (maybe 6 cause I think you need to hear the enemy to get charmed) immunity to two damage types, and one of their main broken abilities is giving EVERYONE including themselves an extra action in combat per short rest... That's the fighter's Action Surge... for EVERYONE, every short rest.

[@TigerW0lf]

Rule of thumb: If you find homebrew on DND wiki, it's BANNED!

[@johngleeman8347]

The image of the ink-clad attempted murderer withering under the press of a bitter hail of fists and stomping feet goes down a treat.

[@littlegiantj8761]

I mean...ThatGuy asked for a realistic campaign. And given the sense of humor in the Medieval Period; if they weren't gonna just turn him over to the guards, he likely would have ended up getting stripped and hung by his ankles in Ye Olden Days. So not far off.

[@jamescole7614]

The first story reminds me of my worst D&D experience. Starting with a Newbie DM, a Newbie Player and a Munchkin. Newbie DM wants to start a 3.5 game with very basics, lvl1 characters. Newbie Player insists she want play a hunamoid Unicorn wizard, we where all furries so while this wasn't cringe to us it's still an issue, as new DM insists on useing Monster Manual Unicorn Stats, instead of home brew or useing useing a standard race's stats as she only wants the visual not unicorn abilities, which means she'll be at effective level 5. Munchkin uses this as a opening to say we should start at level 7, get a magic item and he wants to use a game book the DM does not have, a problem wth a online game, too. He of course uses this to make a min-max Warforge build and has a specific magic sword in mind. I actually go basic and just make a human cleric. The Munchkin then proceeds to abuse initiative bouses and Cleave in such a way he sweeps every encounter by himself. We finally encounter undead and he tells me to NOT use turn undead because they are weak and he can one shot them before my turn anyway. He finally gets hurt but built this character so he can heal himself. After the 3rd encouter and Munckin rushing usmpast the story newbie player is bored, as she's dones nothing, Newbie DM is bored, as Munckin brute forces every encouter, so we end the session, end the campaign, the the newbie player and DM give up on D&D completly, and the Munchkin doesn't get why we ended such a "Fun" campaign.

[@mikeyost3672]

I like taverns that are run by retired high-level fighters, perfect for educating aspiring murder-hobos.

[@Thedragonlover95]

The last story, just wow that classic that guy

[@richardsorgo8600]

How did I guess Newbie was going to grab her arm? (D&D barmaids need inbuilt spikes that can be retracted at will).

[@AmonDevilman]

I may have a crush on the DM from the last story.

[@aquicandaquak822]

As a straight guy I may also have a crush on him.

[@williek08472]

I'm just glad they went back and helped heal Old Otto after the edgelord got him

[@tuojiangoman3228]

12:58 Jesus, I have no words for this.

[@GiordanoBruno42]

I play an entirely custom TTRPG with a few friends. Essentially the actual *systems* are almost non existent. We have plusses to different kinds of roll, but when we need to roll, the check requirement is pulled out of DMs ass on the fly. The game functions well despite having no formally documented classes or any books of any kind. A lot of the time there is an out of game discussion about how a new mechanic will work, when something we don't have a ruling about comes up in gameplay. Generally everyone is happy because things make sense, we arrive at consensus for systems designed to be as simple as possible. For example, you can make an enchanted item simply and consistently. By drawing your blood onto an item, then carving/etching your name into it , you can bring an item into the The Plane through various access rituals. The Plane is the source of magic and the supernatural in our game world, like a reality made from dreams, memories and ancient psychic entities. There you can seek out an Aspect, like a polytheistic magical paragon/god, who will bestow an enchantment upon your item. This will be decided on the fly by the DM who will try to relate it to the items and the aspect which enchanted it. I got an enchanted key called Pathfinder, which can open portals to distant places using any doorway with a lock. My PC still can't control the destination of the portals very well, but even with little control it is a powerful object to posses. It's very satisfying to play in a system where you literally could do or make anything, because it is an original creation based on consensus and cooperation.

[@kikiscribbles]

True, in almost all cases the best solution as a DM is to deny any problem players from what they do from ever happening in-game, but I'm petty and the second story is a hilariously great alternative. Problem players will never know their actions have consequences if they never experience said consequences at full force

[@StormerSage]

More "murder and ravage everything" players should be dealt with by a rolling thunder of D20s.

[@Fixti0n]

There is only one creature more vallued in fantasy then a prinsess locked up in a castle, an old woman walking across the road, a little kid who lost her baloon and a cat stuck in a tree, and that is the humble Bartender. Never mess with the Bartender.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

So no ominous chorus for Simba then. Whew. His ire is quelled. Story 1: Main character syndrome. Story 2: Deuche bag alert! Oh crap. Newbie asked for it!

[@ThroughTheThornvine]

love Captain Simba in his beer boat

[@SaturnSenshi3105]

10:50 *Astarion simp quickly looks at phone*

[@eloidasarmi6815]

I checked that Cuisiner, wtf it has more features than four of any classes combined? xd (i don't even say anything about power level of those features)

[@TheRealHedgehogSonic]

The amount of d20s in Story 2 had me ROLLING!

[@pajamawolfie]

I love the "no beer?" story

[@FamiliarEvils]

The first story sounds a bit like a guy I avoided when I was a new DM at a game store. I was running a game that was off shooting from lost mines into Curse of Strahd and he wanted to play first a homebrew class he'd made called "the spartan" which was literally just him taking all the best features of barbarian and fighter that he wouldn't get to stack if he multiclassed those two regularly. D12 hit dice, brutal criticals, extra asi's, more increases in extra attacks than a monks flurry of blows. Overall all it was absurd to even me as a new dm and I didn't allow it. He also later tried to join with his own werewolf homebrew class but I think he skipped when I once again asked to see the thing.

[@ChaosCounseling]

Yeah I had multiple that guys in my first few d&d games like the guy in the first story

[@argusroth3269]

And that's why I always have a level 20 Barbarian Goliath with a Storm Giants Belt ready to have "fun" with the upstart adventurers that want to have "fun" with unwilling NPCs. Theres always a bigger fish.

[@slagarcrue85]

Hey doggie. We have not had the dragon mention for a while.

[@DnDDoge]

he's always there. Watching. Waiting...

[@shinyman9993]

@@DnDDoge I'm watching you wizowski, always watching . . .

[@screamoneo]

the “cuisiner” was going to be a duck… he wanted playing the Kid’s Cuisine mascot omfg

[@damienhailey118]

Yeah, maybe you should run Glory stories at the end of every Friday vid.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Of course the overpowered class comes from DnD Wiki... Source of nearly every single cause of these horror story problem player classes.

[@joshuawiener5003]

"But it's all checked and approved!" By who? The blind?

[@AmaryInkawult]

@@joshuawiener5003 the person who wrote the unbalanced crap.

[@joshuawiener5003]

@@AmaryInkawult tru

[@REfan2002]

Happy Friday, Doge and kitties!

[@thegreatcanadianweasel9928]

While the second story was definitely satisfying, I think that guy probably just went away from the table thinking they were jerks instead of learning anything. Far better to say, "No you don't, get away from my table" whenever a player starts off with a r*pe fantasy

[@adamtifone9243]

That guy - thats against the rules DM- screw the rules I have money

[@alkhemi8175]

I do wish Doge, Crab, and the other channels did more DnD glory tales. My DnD group is great! So I never have any stories of cringe too share. Plus with the same crew in the VtM game I run, no horror to speak of. First World problems I know.

[@JimAbooGames]

Story two reminds me of a Cyanide and Happiness short lol.

[@derajtheyuler7101]

For Simba

[@domd6789]

NO BEER!? 😂😂😂

[@robbietheweirdo]

I hope old otto became an important NPC

[@1Ring42]

No beer is my favorite story.

[@vodostar9134]

Whether to handle a problem in or out of game is an interesting question. Some problems are out of game per se, e.g., hitting on the only woman at the table or indicate OOG issues, e.g., trying to include child porn in the RP. Those definitely need to be handled out of game. But this was a player RPing as an asshole. Killing the bartender and raping his daughter would be well within normal play at some tables. (I wouldn't play at that table - killing the bartender doesn't cross my line but raping the daughter does.) You don't want to remove player agency (unless the action crosses someone's lines- session zero is a good thing). Having the world respond to bad IC behavior in a reasonable fashion is a good thing. This happened to me in my first ever D&D game btw. The in-world response corrected my behavior as a player and left a scar on my character that became a fun RP feature.

[@ajtheva6694]

Ah yes... the classic old edgy edge lord is a lady's man or creep or both. Truly a great character for those with beards on there necks.

[@Bluke420]

Nice playing Crisis Core!

[@nonya9120]

Geezer here.... Yipes. That guy is nobody any table needs. Sure I believe absolutely in talking first. However that guy, needs to go. Maybe come back when they grow up. Gaming on.

[@thephantomwolf1002]

Oh nice, you're playing Crisis Core!

[@iank472]

Did creepy newbie not know that literally every DM in existence pulls stuff out of their asses on a regular basis when running games? It's like half of what DMing is!

[@Maxo11x]

I'm sorry I thought you said "nekomancer" instead of "necromancer" and now I have a character design I need to flesh out

[@ketrava0425]

Be gone tdot (that dragon over there)

[@aidenhughes2472]

Look at all of those red flags

[@nohandlemebruh]

The only homebrew I allow I'd the custom race Super Elf: all stats start at 20. Racial ability Super Elf eye: choose acid or force damage each turn and as a bonus action, you can shoot blasts of the appropriate damage type for 1d12+Int, add 1d12 per character level

[@rocketprime]

There's just one thing I think the good guys got wrong in the second story. A half-orc is not the same as mixed-race person. Two people of different race are still the same species. Orcs and humans are different species. So, it would be biologically impossible for a half-orc to have a human daughter.

[@slagarcrue85]

Newbie got what he deserved.

[@shieldmaiden3760]

🍺💥🤛

[@Vahktang]

‘Realistic’ campaign? Kewl. You have dysentery.

[@conanwingate2753]

GO SIMBA

[@jrytacct]

Actually, I have to say that I intensely dislike special abilities that are NPC-only. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[@thebattleofpelennorfieldsp6081]

You lost me at duck

[@michaelleader633]

No, you may not use your World Smasher class in my campaign, or aviators... Oh and gay is not a race, bathroom lurker is not a gender, and gay bathroom lurking socialist revolutionary is not a backstory. Observe the finality of THE PAPER SHREDDER +1! 😆