R*PIST DnD Player F's Around And Finds Out! ( r/rpghorrorstories )

[@saintsheepy6682]

Frollo's sobbing (dunno if it was real or crocodile tears) is the same reason predators cry; not because they feel bad/sorry, but because they got caught.

[@austinmiller2170]

Wait... the guy in the second story called a same sex relationship "heinous"... while hitting on another guy IRL. I've heard of internalized homophobia, but this is ridiculous.

[@ArcCaravan]

I'm guessing it was an excusr for in-game adultery. Maybe just thinks males are superior lovers in-game and out.

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

Closest gay with zeron self awareness and some hatered against same sex relionship, let alone against in game lesbians, is rather baffling.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@austinmiller2170 I'd have to double check, but he could have been referring to other factors like race of religion. Or he's a one of those LGBT+ people who hate other LGBT+ people who aren't the same identity as him.

[@Mask0fFate]

Quite frankly, the Wizard in the first story sounded like a psycho. He’s lucky the cops weren’t called. What he did was insane.

[@solsotice6775]

Agreed. OP should have just called the police anyways once the guy left.

[@IceLordCryo]

Jesus that first story... On top of having an overinflated ego, he kept trying to imply the DM wanted to sleep with his sister. WTF....

[@DaMuss-e2w]

maybe some form of projection?

[@Private-Potato]

@@DaMuss-e2win these kinds of cases, very likely.

[@ArcCaravan]

I though he only implied that about the DM and his sister at the end when he was justifiably dumped. Before that was just bragging or claiming to be spited for being DM's sister's boyfriend.

[@spectrelead]

@@ArcCaravan Right before the actual fight, douchebag told DM that DM was jealous about douche being intimate with sister, if you go back and pay attention

[@ArcCaravan]

@@spectrelead Yeah, that sounded less like saying DM wanted to sleep with his own sister and more like claiming DM was spiteful over that guy doing so. Like saying DM is only acting out over his sister's relationship.

[@StateBlaze1989]

The funny thing about that artificer is that, if he just waited for level 3, he could have just chosen the battlesmith subclass and gotten his prized mechanical pet that way. But no, he wanted to be difficult and bend the rules to suit himself right off the bat. Dude was a selfish asshole.

[@thephantomwolf1002]

or he could've waited until level 2 and picked the Homunculus Servant infusion (not as good in combat as steel defender, but not locked to one particular subclass)

[@ArcCaravan]

He also could have taken a feat to cast "find familiar" and claim it was mechanical.

[@TailAbNormal]

@@ArcCaravan There's actually a feat from the Plane Shift Kaladesh PDF, Servo Crafting, that lets you make a mechanical Familiar that counts as a Construct.

[@nocount7517]

Story 1: Strangling someone is an automatic Attempted Murder charge in the US. He should have had the cops called on him, at minimum.

[@Slashthekitsune]

Imagine being a party member in universe in the second story. Frollo keeps making unwanted advances from time to time, but other than being a bit creepy seems harmless (since most of the warning signs are coming from the player) *and then the quickened fireballs incident happens.*

[@dwaynejackson551]

I am tempted to make an NPC called FAFO just to deal with this kinda stuff.

[@AngelusX92]

Love it. I’d give a ridiculous name whose initial are FAFO Finneas Augustus Fafnir Octavious

[@dwaynejackson551]

That I is better than my plan. I was gonna make it a small gang of hiveminded chaos goblins that use guerilla tactics. Basically a party of murder hobos. They are only for dealing karma. They only come into play when the party pushes too far off the beaten path and go against established lines.

[@hatihrodvitnisson]

That’s a brilliant idea. I’m going to add something like that too. Just in case.

[@bluesandman7566]

I know it's not TT, but the idea of a FAFO NPC reminds me of Judges in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Like, they know your every move, can see you no matter how far you are, can't be killed, can't even be attacked, ride lightspeed fast chocobos and are cold as ice in the enforcement of the rules.

[@CallOfCathulhu]

Problem player: “I lunge at them!” OP: “TWO FIREBALLS TO THE FACE!!” DM: “……..: I’ll allow it.”

[@AmonDevilman]

Funny it's always about player agency when they're being horrible people.

[@Wraithspartan]

It's ironic how he also whined about DM allowing the party to fight an enemy that was too powerful for them...

[@Crimzon_Nova]

First story: I wonder how did dms sister ever wound up with that psycho in the first place.

[@ArcCaravan]

He probably hid how horrible he was.

[@Bladedwind]

10:36 Normally you can't cast two leveled spells in a single turn without Fighter's Action Surge, even with Quickened Spell, but in this scenario, I feel the DM going "I'll allow it" was a good call. >.>

[@ArcCaravan]

Toss it in the same pile as rolling without DM permission.

[@swallowed103]

Last story, Rule of cool is totally fun and perfectly fine within reason. You said it yourself "Give an inch, they'll take a mile" the Artificer was just a dick trying to have his cake and eat it too.

[@ArcCaravan]

Artificer could have just waited for battle smith's steel defender at level 3 or tried getting "find familiar" instead from a feat at level 1. As another person noted, he could have also gotten homunculus servant at level 2. As for exceptions, it could work if the table were allowed similar exceptions. Also sounds stupid for Artificer to complain about being hindered as a caster when the class is a half caster with use outside of spell slots.

[@starbird3939]

Story 2 DM’s have the right to say “This is not happening.” Whether that is allowing a person to go into a sleeping quarter, to even allowing any sort of roll. “Congrats. You rolled a 19… but I didn’t call for a roll and I’m not allowing this.”

[@l0stndamned]

I have a policy in my games that if I haven't asked for a roll, then bad rolls count and good rolls don't.

[@DevilMoon567]

You have such a calming voice, I often have your video's on to relax or even to help me fall asleep (I often have to rewatch some parts to get the rest of the story 😂) I just wanted to thank you for helping me with relaxing, because it's something that doesn't come easy to me😊

[@ViVi1159-d1]

With the plot hook story, I kind of understand the first instance; I’d feel like the call had a 50/50 chance of being a trap too. But if the plot hook was important, the DM and player could have worked together to find a less sketchy method of contact if that was the problem.

[@dionysus_adores]

Yeah I agree just call the other player, but why eat the phone! Phones are expensive even in a fantasy world. I get the feeling he might've eaten the other player's phone too lol

[@stethespaniard2]

I think that second one went perfectly. Guy did something that was not okay and had his character destroyed

[@amberdawn868]

I very much appreciate that the DM in the Frollo story had OP's back and kept talking with Frollo to get him to stop (even if in the end Frollo still went too far). Major kudos there.

[@skunk9883]

If a player ever does anything out-of-line, such as murderhobo behavior, ask the player; Why do you want to do this? Their response will be; "It's what my character would do" Counter with; OK, but YOU control your caharcters actions. Your character doesn't control you. So, again, Why do YOU want to do this? They probably won't admit an answer to this and you can shut them down.

[@Wraithspartan]

To an extent, this is generally true. However, sometimes a character is different from the player's own base personality and acts in a way that might even contradict the player's ethics. Example - a character okay with torturing an enemy for information. He is ruthless enough to "do what needs done" or "do the dark and nasty things to protect society", etc. Now, there does enter the question of why a player would design a character who does some of the really stupid or extremely nasty actions...

[@finnmchugh99]

In story 2: this may be me being a nerd but I would have used 2 sorcery points. The quicken and careful metamagics to avoid the self-harm...but that's just me

[@BlueTressym]

Story 1: Yikes! I'm just glad DM's sister got out of what sounds like a terrible, if not outright abusive (the 'must be more important than her character' is a red flag) relationship. Story 2: I don't think I need to go into details about just how appropriate Frollo is as a name for this creep. What I want to say is, GMs, YOU decide when characters roll; if they roll unprompted, especially in a situation where they're trying to do something like this, you do not have to acknowledge the roll, much less accept the result. Story 3: The third answer is the right one; Artificer was just being a dickhead. 'Rule of Cool' is not meant to be about making super OP characters, especially when everyone else is playing by RAW.

[@matthewbreen1951]

I came for the D&D stories, I stayed for the kitties

[@D3adR3ign]

Lol what kind of artificer puts an 11 in con? And if he wanted a pet he should have played battlesmith

[@jamesscheurich6006]

I was thinking of the Quote from Disney's The Three Musketeers, "with a flick of the wrist I can change your religion," when the main antagonist was getting too close to a female antagonist.

[@CallMeKes]

Commenting to improve the algorithm! Be nice to our good boy!

[@TigerW0lf]

Insert Cover of Hellfire here👇

[@thephantomspectator407]

Absolutely! Have you heard Colm R. McGuinness' version, right here on KZbin? Man has done some INCREDIBLE Disney Villain Covers, and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

[@starbird3939]

@@thephantomspectator407 I also love Johnathan Young’s covers, bonus points that we actually wore a priestly outfit

[@ArcCaravan]

I am tempted to try quoting the lyrics now.

[@jordanhunter3375]

Naaaaah, this "man" doesn't even deserve to be tied to such a powerful song.

[@jordanhunter3375]

The "man" being the problem player, for clarification

[@picallo1]

I don't know why the artificer guy couldn't just wait till level 3 when he gets a steel defender.

[@marybdrake1472]

The player in the first story was a douche, Frollo in the second story however made him look a mere inconvenience. Frollo bleeped around and found out in the realest way.

[@TigerW0lf]

Nah, the Wizard was worse. He tried to kill someone

[@aaron75fy]

@@TigerW0lf better murder than sa

[@TigerW0lf]

@aaron75fy no, not really. The attempted murder was out of game. The sa attempt was in game. Both horrible crimes to attempt but the circumstances clearly make one far worse than the other

[@aaron75fy]

@@TigerW0lf who's to say the frollo did an oog sa?

[@TigerW0lf]

@aaron75fy for the sake of the stories in question, he only attempted sa in the game. While the Wizard actively tried to STRANGLE the DM and only stopped when someone threatened to call the cops. Hell he should have had the cops called on him regardless, THAT'S ATTEMPTED MURDER!

[@ChrisHarperBooks]

I get the frustration of the dm in the superhero game...but i do think the dm, after hearing the player clearly reject the given mode of story hook, should have not gone on to try it the same way two more times. While the players reaction to the calls was a bit extreme to say the least, i don't really see a fundamental flaw in the reasoning that trusting a random dude, who is calling you in increasingly sketchy ways, is a bad idea. The dm should have pulled the player aside and just asked if he didn't want to follow that storyline at all, or if presented in a different way he'd be willing to follow that thread. But, either way, the phone call should probably stop...if only for the phones safety.

[@ArcCaravan]

I'm guessing the phone breaker above-gane insisting on learning what the plot hook was made GM inclined to try phones again.

[@Keram-io8hv]

Yeah that SA stuff happened to me too (and Iam not even a girl, I was just guy playing one) but noooo edgy guy just wanted it... Well DM wanted to give him lesson for some time and in the end everything turned out well

[@evilstermegaman]

Kitty gets the liiiiiiiike 👍👍👍

[@monikasernek1177]

I'm still confused about the Frollo guy plan. Why did he wanted to roleplay a straight relationship with another guy? Did Frollo know OP is a guy? How good was OP's female voice? I know Frollo is probably homophobic with the comment about relationships, but damnit I want to know the logic behind it.

[@gimok2k5]

There was no logic, so I don't recommend looking for one.

[@monikasernek1177]

@gimok2k5 Probably there is no logic, but is still weird and OP was weirded out by it too.

[@foxinator2739]

Tell me why the first story literally sounds like an irl Eric Cartman from the hobbit episodes 💀💀

[@miharu654]

Dms sister dodged like all the bullets there

[@galdrnixthral6140]

Honestly on the last one I probably would have just weakened the spell for the pet and made it like a find familiar spell to summon it. The HP thing though I would have just not budged and made him take the average

[@bradywomack9751]

YOLO Frollo. Real Frollo’s do not cry yi yi yi.

[@bleach3413]

Why does our favorite things always seems to attracts the most socially inept people?😅

[@ArcCaravan]

Because its popular. It attracts more people, and not everyone is good.

[@ketrava0425]

I always love them, kitties . They are the best

[@vortega472]

At this point, I can't really do cringe now without kitties. Sorry Lady KZbin hasn't been nice Doge. Keep up the good work. Now as a DM, and this is just me but this is my recommendation - for the first 3 levels of play - I give the players full hit points. The beginning is when things are toughest. Still, the DM gave the player a compromise and he did not want to go with it and that's on him. I love the fact that this DM had a backbone. So many of the issues here are DM's who let the cringe players escape free.

[@CooperAATE]

Time for DTT, of course!

[@DJRM01]

yay kitties

[@Autobubbs]

EARTH. SHATTERING. KABOOM.

[@Jean-Luc_Renard]

RE:FAFO I still haven't seen The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so those references don't mean anything to me. I really should get around to watching it, especially because I speak conversational French and could probably recognize mistakes.

[@darknesswolf1628]

You don’t play fair with the kittens

[@corsaircarl9582]

Isn't there an Artificer subclass with a pet?

[@ArcCaravan]

Yes, Battle Smith. And there's also an Artificer Infusion called Homunculus Servant that's also a pet.

[@corsaircarl9582]

@@ArcCaravan So that player is just an idiot.

[@clericofchaos1]

I love the fact that The Don made FAFO a meme for screwing with Columbia.

[@SofaKingDead]

What does this have to do with this video?

[@clericofchaos1]

@@SofaKingDead Other than the name? Not a thing, seeing the name made me laugh though.

[@SofaKingDead]

@clericofchaos1 you are aware FAFO was a meme before he did it right? He very much did it as well, and columbia changed their tune real quick, but FAFO has been around for years.

[@clericofchaos1]

@@SofaKingDead true but it went away for a long time. Memes never die, they just disappear for a while. I haven't heard this one mentioned in a long time. The Don brought it back.

[@clauro6153]

3rd story: no "bite the hook" joke. So disappointing😥

[@5eyoshi]

Hello

[@flashmcgordan8364]

Comment

[@dracone4370]

It could be fun to see Doge post a game on the channel, doesn't matter if it's a stream or prerecorded. It could be D&D, or a different game, like Pugmire/Monarchies of Mau or Mouse Guard or Magical Kitties Save the Day! or some other game Doge has been considering beyond the suggestions here

[@tega8404]

Second!

[@5eyoshi]

Anyone watching this in 2019?

[@shanerasmussen5225]

No, because time travel isn't real.

[@ArcCaravan]

​@@shanerasmussen5225 OR IS IT!? Maybe, maybe not.

[@ArcCaravan]

Huh, so it's not just music videos getting these comments.

[@gravitynightmare2607]

I don't feel like looking and it may say something about me. And you may complain, but who wants to bet his tiny companion is a mouse 'cause if you give a mouse a cookie

[@MarquisLeary34]

I do not remember D&D being this dangerous to play. Just more reasons to never touch that game again.

[@ArcCaravan]

I do not remember tabletop games being this dangerous to play. Just more reasons to never touch those games again.

[@MarquisLeary34]

@@ArcCaravan You don't hear about this stuff at Mothership or Lancer games, do you?

[@ArcCaravan]

@@MarquisLeary34 I hear this about tabletop games.

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

I still stand Monopoly is worse. And Mario Party

[@MarquisLeary34]

@ So you aren't paying attention what game it is, gotcha.

[@pwpqwq7648]

Now we got people feeling sexually harassed over words in a roleplaying game.

[@ViVi1159-d1]

Sexual talk through proxies is still sexual talk. That’s why you can get in actual legal trouble by ERPing with minors.

[@ss3nm0dn4r8]

ha funny anonymous guy belittling sexual harassment

[@pwpqwq7648]

@@ss3nm0dn4r8 Being touched without consent and someone talking to you dirty are two different things. You can guess which one leaves a bigger impact on a normal human being. I'm not saying the guy mentioned in the video isn't a creep, but any decent human being can just shrug it off instead of throwing a tantrum over some words

[@ShartSniffer34]

​@pwpqwq7648 Alright so what i want you to do, is go into work and talk dirty to one of your coworkers. Let me know how HR labels it, and then report back to me

[@ArcCaravan]

​@pwpqwq7648By that logic, it isn't harrassment if a boss constantly says sexual comments to an employee.