That Guy FIREBALLS The Party. What happens next will SHOCK you!

[@HihiouZabimaru182]

If it were me in the first story I'd automatically stop the game, call a vote to not only retcon the trolling behavior, but remove them from the group entirely. If I were the DM, I'd go along with it, then at the end when everyone is dead say "and then you wake up from what you realize is a horrible nightmare. Care to try this again without trying to derail the game because you're trying to be a douche or want to wake up from another nightmare over and over?"

[@danielramsey6141]

You can do that. But I would’ve said this instead! “Now, I’m only going to ask this of you Once! Either Play Nice with the Rest of the Group! Or I will Kick You from My Game and any Future Games I make from here on out!” Not only that, but I would personally get a Message going telling other groups how awful this guy is.

[@LuigitheMan20]

I think that it'd have an opposite effect unless spell slots and the like weren't restored; they'd just fuck things up more and more as they'd lost interest in the story and want to fuck around for entertainment, to the detriment of the other party members, 'til they get kicked.

[@andrejg4136]

@@danielramsey6141 a lot of the time, things only get this bad because someone is having trouble setting and maintaining boundaries. Predators go after the easy prey before anything else.

[@lalunafate]

I love how you give each of your cats their own style of video + speech

[@SirXer]

Yes, his attention to detail about their personalities make the segments just that much better!

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

I wouldn't give that 3rd DM too much leeway. It seemed like he really wanted to run a masochistic grimdark torture porn campaign, and was throwing temper tantrums at the players who weren't okay with that.

[@MarquisLeary34]

Story 1: Hol' up, this guy has done this multiple times BEFORE? He wasn't kicked, why? Story 3: Yeppp, I've had a few DM's with the "Every NPC is a raging asshole and hate you and your whole family line." too. I know that pain.

[@An_Actual_Rat]

In regards to story 1: Some of these stories drive me insane, partly because of the assholes, but also the fact that so many of them lack people actually nutting up and saying/doing anything productive to stop it from happening. I personally lack patience for BS and will gladly protest dumb shit like that or at the very least, promptly leave.

[@jakeand9020]

Disagree on story 3. They had a problem with every NPC talking down to and belittling them "for no reason..." in a place where they were slaves. DM sounds new, trying a gritty style game. Getting that right is very challenging. Biggest mistake was the permanent injury/maiming, I've never seen a game where that works out, though I'd be lying if I said I hadn't tried it myself anyway. Well, then there's the panicking when the players didn't free the demon as expected. I doubt the boy was supposed to be a demon originally, but the DM didn't know the cardinal rule. "If you expect players to do something, they won't. If you expect players not to do something, they will." Honestly it seems like a game where a good session zero could have helped immeasurably. I doubt OP would have played in it since they even had a problem with loosing all their precious starting gear. DM has some serious potential, if they are new, I can think of a dozen different directions for the campaign as far as it got that could have been great stories.

[@vinluman]

had a DM similar to 3 who did things like that all the time. level 13 party who single-handedly saved an entire city both by organizing the evacuation of citizens AND dealing with the threat? the only recognition we get for that is a footer mention in some newspaper. but some terrorists (somehow) burn down an entire *stone* jail while we were nearby enough to get blamed for it, despite being disguised and apparently every witness being killed in a horrible tragic fire? every npc with any authority, even low-tier guards several countries away, somehow knows about it and treats us like trash that can't be trusted

[@marybdrake1472]

Nipsy always seems to be either super chill, or having fun. Living the life that cat is. 😺😺

[@Vahktang]

"I'm a paladin of the Raven Queen", 'But, we don't have that in my campaign.' "But you should. So, I will do so.' GM then tells the other players that the Paladin is delusional.

[@alarkhar]

About the "I'm a paladin of the Raven Queen"... I wonder what his reaction would have been if they had told him that the Goddess of Death in the campaign was Pharasma (Golarion's goddess of death in Pathfinder) or the position was held jointly by Silent Whisper and White Talon (Everglow's goddesses of death for the pony and griffin races respectively - yes, there is a D&D/Pathfinder pony setting) and THEN presented him with the setting handbooks stating those names IN PRINT...

[@Vahktang]

Yeah, what's up with only one diety of death?

[@soultpp]

Also since when has the Raven Queen been a goddess of death? That role belongs to Myrkul in Forgotten Realms, Nerull and Wee Jas in Greyhawk, (probably) Takhisis or Chemosh in Dragonlance, The Keeper in Eberron, and very likely an assortment throughout the non-human faiths. And this is JUST gods listed in the PHB, which the Raven Queen isn't in. I thought she was more a goddess of knowledge or secrets. Though if you go by the lore in M's Tome of Foes she's actually not even a goddess but rather an entity who failed to attain godhood.

[@mesiagamer5217]

@@soultpp Critical Role

[@soultpp]

@@mesiagamer5217 Really? I've never actually watched it. But isn't CR set in it's own contained world that was created by Mercer himself? That would technically mean that anything in it was homebrewed (at least until they started releasing the official books for the setting as they've done.)

[@Helthegrim]

@@soultpp she's also part of the Dawn War Pantheon, which I think Matthew Mercer used when he transferred his home game from Pathfinder to 5e, calling her the Matron of Ravens when he published the 1st print of the Tal'dori guide with Green Ronin for Legal reason ofc. Makes you wonder how Pharasema would have been changed due to leagal reasons if Critcal Role used the Golarion Pantheon 100% instead of just letting Pike keep Saerenrae; who is the Everlight due to similar legal reason as before, and adding her to the God List.

[@l0stndamned]

First story: DM was far too permissive with the problem players. Group should have booted them ages ago if this was a common problem. Last story: Glad the the DM had the sense to boot the problem player before things became too awkward.

[@williek08472]

All right, you got me with Alice's soft little mews. The voice of an angel 🥰

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

First story: Why. The fuck. Are you still playing with this guy? The DM should have shut him down the very first time he tried something like that, and kicked him out if he insisted. I swear I’m going to rewrite the lyrics to the song “Can’t Say No” to be about the DMs in these stories. Second story: Sir. First of all, you don’t get to tell the DM how their own world works. Second of all, you’re wrong about the official lore. The Raven Queen is a death god. One of many. Different settings have different lore, and it’s up to the DM to decide what’s canon for their game. Third story: I get making a game difficult for the players, but there’s a difference between that and just plain torturing them. Also, plot twists are all well and good, but they need to make sense. Good on OP for getting out of there. Fourth story: Yeah, Jane HAD to be trolling. There’s no way anyone could be that naive. Good thing they kicked her out!

[@nodansland303]

The bit with the demon girl in the cage held in by a staff is a crappy redo of a twilight zone episode called "the howling man" except the monks do tell the guy who is in the cage.

[@RiveroftheWither]

That and mistaking hostility and secrecy for depth, complexity and "realism" in a story without thinking about how the party will overcome the extreme adversity he's putting them through, really points at him not only being new but also not really absorbing the media he consumes. Just paying attention to the surface level stuff that he thinks is cool and nothing else. Like this is the kind of guy that would make a character based on Aragorn in LotR... but only focus on the broody, mysterious "Strider" moments, him not wanting to be king and MAYBE the forbidden romance of him and Arwen and that's it, ignoring his entire character ark.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@RiveroftheWither I disagree. All I see here is a mental midget who gets off on torturing and generally screwing with both NPCs and PCs alike while also reveling in the power that being a DM gives him. Kind of like new players who revel in the freedom of ttrpgs and just go wild on the entire world.

[@roryscott2941]

"Ancient folk saying: 'You can catch the Devil, but you can't hold him long.' Ask Brother Jerome. Ask David Ellington. They know, and they'll go on knowing to the end of their days and beyond...in the Twilight Zone." - Rod Serling

[@kyriss12]

I had a dm pull a similar twist. But it wasn’t pacifist nun torturing kid for no reason. We heard there were cultists causing trouble in the area, we tracked said cultists to their hide out, and we saw cultists getting ready to sacrifice a kid. It so happened that the kid was a dark god reborn in physical form, and the cultist’s ritual was intended to permanently kill him. Spent the better part of the campaign trying to fix that fuckup.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

Alice is quite noisy peeps so subscribe! Story 1: What the fricken heck party killer. DM is also at fault for allowing this to happen. Story 2: What is this proper DND that so many of these bad players keep referring too? Story 3: A-hole NPCs? A punishing wound chart? Messed up shite altogether? Is it that "realistic in medieval times" DM? That creep? It sounds so much like him again! Hello Nipsy. PRESS the like button, peeps! Story 4: Funny username; an oh shite title. So the grass isn't green but blue and yell at me for saying that it's green and not blue? Sigh. She was trying to use excuses to be a racist. Good going DM for being so fast in cutting that crap. I loved Nipsy's expression at the end there.

[@LiteraryDM]

The change your world story really gets me. Raven Queen is also a god of death, not THE god of death for D&D canon. Mainly worshiped by Shardar Kai in the Shadowfell. More than likely the player in that story is thinking Forgotten Realms in which case that would be Kelemvor. He's the primary god of death in that setting. As far as my understanding Raven Queen is the primary god of death in CR. (I could be misremembering. I know the DMG has the recommended Dawn War pantheon. Which is a solid selection). Even with all of that D&D canon and lore changes consistently. Both from table to table and also edition to edition. For me D&D canon is whatever the DM is running at that table. If I dont mesh with it, I'll give it a session or two then respectively bounce. But above all that. The DM made a pantheon. They put in all that work. Then to have a player say "naw" and that they did it wrong is such a slap in the face. To me that's a sign they care more about their character than the game. More than willing to work with a player to find something close to what they want or pictured. Anyway, solid video as always doge. Keep it up.

[@ChaosCounseling]

I’d love to see his reaction to a game using 3rd edition or older that canonically had different death gods

[@LiteraryDM]

@@ChaosCounseling no kidding. Raven Queen came in during 4e if I recall correctly.

[@ChaosCounseling]

@@LiteraryDM you do recall correctly. I also think that’s because the Forgotten realms didn’t become the defacto setting until comparatively recently it was Grayhawk originally.

[@LiteraryDM]

@@ChaosCounseling yeah. I think around 3e is when it became the defacto. If not then, then around that time certainly. Since WotC tends to prefer FR.

[@Wraithspartan]

The Raven Queen is referred to in the 5e PHB or DMG (can't recall which, and don't own them), and as a goddess of death, but a few alternates are also listed, with a general caveat that the DM (possibly with player input) chooses the pantheon for the game they run.

[@alexinfinite7142]

4:00 I felt bad for the DM Wait, why? He failed spectacularly and should be embarrassed by what he let the other players do. Nevermind the other idiots and what they did.

[@GhostBear3067]

"You are not playing D&D right." While I have never played tabletop RPGs I have run across this in other multiplayer games, most recently in Mechwarrior Online. Thing is, the moment anyone tells me I am "not playing the game right" my goal is now to keep playing "wrong" just to piss them off. People who play regularly with me have since learned to avoid that phrase around me.

[@An_Actual_Rat]

I love doing that myself. Was playing War Thunder once and some teammate was really pissed that I didn't protect him in an extremely intense firefight where I barely made it out myself. He called me stupid in the chat and started ramming into me with his replacement vehicle out of spite. Now to the fun part; his vehicle was a small armoured car, I was in a KING TIGER. So I easily wrenched him off me and t-boned him, spending the last minutes of the game pushing him over the map while he repeatedly called me stupid in chat. Good times.

[@GhostBear3067]

@@An_Actual_Rat with me in Mechwarrior Online it is a lot closer to "dude, you are not playing the current meta, your builds are all wrong". Guess what buddy, you just made it my mission to deploy the goofiest builds just to tick you off. Even if I am getting slaughtered most matches I am having a blast because you are having a conniption that I refuse to play how you think I should play.

[@An_Actual_Rat]

@@GhostBear3067 Exactly how it should be. Metamancers should always be looked down upon and counter-acted, as it brings great joy to the world.

[@johnschroeder163]

First story - I can completely sympathize with the OP, but the big question is why was "D" even at the table at all. I believe the OP flat out stated that the problem player has done similar things before. If you are going to wander around with a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse, no matter how long the fuse is eventually it WILL go off. For any of you future posters who have stories of total a-hole companions, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell us stories of the aftermath - ie - The next session is scheduled and Joey Jerkoff is not invited. How said jerkoff keeps attempting to call/text the DM who promptly blocks them. How the bonehead actually encounters the other players IRL whining about "but it was just a joke, dude" or that other famous chestnut "but it's what my character would do" and is promptly told "Yes, it WAS a joke, and it is on YOU" and "But once word gets out, no one (in character, of course) wants to work with you because you can't be trusted" If the murder hobo's reply with "Nobody outside the party knows what happened because we (the guilty ones) are the only ones who made it back", tell them to do a google search on Alfred Packer (Colorado, late eighteen hundreds)

[@GundamAngelicDevil]

I get a feeling that Raven Queen guy would behave like Cicero with the Night Mother if he had things his way.

[@SirXer]

Aww, Alice is so sweet! We should all like the video to be sure Nipsy gets more toy time to compensate for his hard work :)

[@pulsefel9210]

if you use a slur so often with a "friend" that it applies to that you can readily say "oh by the way i might slip", they are 1. not your friend and 2. waiting for the day they REALLY need to let something out and youre there to be the target.

[@coffeefox5703]

3:59 - What to do afterwards? The DM should have removed the sorcerer and barbarian. Then he should have retconned that entire counter. Assholes like that deserve no lee-way and DMs need to lay down the law. Any player that so blatantly hampers other players enjoyment like that need to go - so many DMs seem way too lenient. You shouldn't need ground rules to at the very least recognize that your being an ass and ruining the fun.

[@Wraithspartan]

Barbarian was one of the ones killed. Killer Clown #2 was Artificer.

[@jaysonklein6018]

Alice goes "Weeee-yewwwww!", and I must thumbs up

[@Saru5000]

The Raven Queen isn't a god in Eberron or Forgotten Realms. I guess those aren't D&D either by this guy's standard.

[@Sl4wt3r]

If I was DM of story 2: "Okay, fine the raven queen exists in the grand scheme of this multiverse, but due to how hierarchy and jurisdiction works, you have no access to your god or anything connected to her as the gods of this realm are insular and deny the other gods." If I was a player in story 3: "My character spends as much time it takes to locate and speak to the first sentient npc who is not an asshole, a murderer, a rapist, a pickpocket, a mugger, or insane. What? I can't? Okay, It's murderhobo time."

[@BlueTressym]

While that 3rd GM may have been inexperienced, OP did say that people tried to talk about it and did express their unhappiness but were met with bs excuses, so I don't think it's fair to blame OP for leaving. Honestly, it's arguable whether or not the players were too charitable in staying that long. I don't even want to get started on the NPCs all being awful or tormented. What was that supposed to achieve? GM knew the players were unhappy and did nothing to fix it; they don't get to be surprised Pikachu when people leave.

[@RAClaus3]

Geez, the Raven Queen isn't even that old, she was brought in to replace the more overtly hostile death god Nerull in the default pantheon. Also, there is no one confirmed death god/goddess for every setting. Greyhawk still has Nerull as well as Wee Jas, Faerun has Kelemvor, who took the spot from the previous death god, Dragonlance has Chemosh, etc.

[@lessoriginal]

"If I was the DM I would just retcon all of that event and do it over" I see where you're coming from, but no! Here's what the DM should do. Kick That Guy. Tell him to get his shit together but somewhere else because you're not welcome here anymore. Tell Artificer he's on thin ice. He didn't instigate, but he did actively participate in PKing, and that's not cool. THEN, because it's an Ancient Greece setting, just continue the story, but the characters are now trapped IN HADES. There they meet with one of the many gods of the Underworld who tell them that Hades is a jealous god who does not willingly give up his subjects, but there is a very dire situation and if they can complete a task or series of tasks to the satisfaction of the Lord and/or Lady of the Underworld themselves then they will be allowed to return to the world of the living. That would be sick. Also, let's give it up for story 2 guy, who is SO hilariously narrow minded that he apparently doesn't realise, know, OR CARE that there exist MULTIPLE "canon" D&D settings all with their own pantheons of gods. So even implying that there is a SINGLE canon god of death for ALL of D&D is just hilariously ignorant.

[@2g33ksgamingttv3]

SORCERER was the problem, wizard was the op. DM shouldn't kick wizard but he should kick sorcerer

[@lessoriginal]

@@2g33ksgamingttv3 lol i hear fireball my brain hears wizard

[@mr.badguy8500]

Nice to see Vigil: The longest Night gameplay. I still need to finish it, but I keep getting distracted.

[@sharkjumpingwalrus6744]

For the third story, counting the intro, showing cruelty for the sake of cruelty does not make an engaging story. I get grimdark is a thing, but usually such games are advertised as such. Given how much the D.M. was pulling out of his ass just to make the party feel bad or uncomfortable, it seems like this D.M. was using DND as an excuse to bully others with minimal retaliation. He might be new, but impressions are impressions, and telling what feelings a style of storytelling conveys can help the D.M. find a style that better conveys the emotions that the D.M. wants the party to feel.

[@kyriss12]

The dm messed up the set up for the third story. Aside from a kid in the basement the nun didn’t come across as particularly evil, and the party has no reason to actually attack the nun to begin with. I had a dm pull a similar twist, but evil kid wasn’t locked in the basement of an orphanage guarded by a pacifistic nun. We heard rumors about cult activity, tracked down said cult, and found them in the process of sacrificing a child. At that point it’s only natural to stop said ritual and kill the cultists, it just so happens that in this case the cultists were the good guys, the kid was the physical manifestation of some forgotten dark god, and the ritual we interrupted was intended to permanently kill the little shit.

[@pulsefel9210]

"the established gods" is kinda hard to argue using canon. the fact gods are NOT multiversal means they have to have worshipers in a universe to have presence. so that DM's universe simply has no raven queen worshippers, done. no breaking canon, its literally using canon. now at the same time he could work with the player and work it in as a universe slip incident and the guy trying to spread the word so she can get a presence, and start a war for the title as only one god can have a specific aspect at any one time per universe.

[@vernonhampton5863]

For the "Change your world" story, this was actually handled badly by the store. This should have been a sit down conversation between the DM and the store manager.

[@JoanieDoeShadow]

Cats: Lucky (black), Ziggy (black), Nippsy (black, tips of ears notched), Simba (orange) and Alice (tabby) Do I finally have all of your cat names down? Is there another black cat?

[@DnDDoge]

That's all of them!

[@ryanrizzo4869]

I really like this Doge's videos.

[@AuntLoopy123]

OMG! Game store owner! You have to stop him! His homebrew world isn't Forgotten Realms!

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

"Are you mad at what I did?" I was asked that once after a similar sort of incident (unexpected and unwarranted PVP) and my reply was much, much, MUCH less polite.

[@gigaswardblade7261]

the raven queen isnt even the god of death anymore in 5e

[@soultpp]

We should always listen to Nipsy. I really like Nipsy! 🥰 (And Lucky and the rest too of course!)

[@TigerKirby215]

"If Jane didn't have the self-control to stop herself from using that word, that just tells me she's used to using it constantly." Couldn't have said it better myself. Someone who immediately starts a conversation with "I'm not racist but" or "I'm not homophobic but" is not someone you want to interact with.

[@vortega472]

Little Alice, such a sweet tabby baby. Hey Nipsy, I really like you, and yes I did like the video - as always little house panther. Great, and infuriating, stories today.

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

The first story, OP should’ve conspired with the DM against “that guy” over an under the table text message

[@AuntLoopy123]

DM: Sorcerer, do you want your character to die? Sorcerer: HAHAH! What do you think? DM: I think rocks fall and YOU, specifically die. And then, everyone wakes up, as it was just a dream. You died in your sleep. Hand over your character sheet and leave my group. As for the rest of you, it is the morning after your festival. You all shared a very lucid dream, in which the sorcerer betrayed your entire party, but was then struck down by the gods. When you wake up, and find him dead beside you, you realize that true justice has been served. You will miss his magic, of course, but decide NOT to attempt to raise him, because clearly, the gods WANT him dead, for his wicked heart. So, what next? Wait. Sorcerer, why are you still here? I TOLD you to LEAVE MY GROUP. Sorcerer: Awww, come on! It was just a joke! DM: The fact that you believe GLEEFULLY MURDERING THREE PEOPLE is a JOKE makes me question my safety around you. FOR REAL. Oh, and you can take your laughing buddy with you. Because clearly, he's not fit to understand the seriousness of this situation, either. Give me your sheet, as well, and STOP LAUGHING AND GET OUT! And do NOT show your faces to any of us again, because YOU LITERALLY THINK MURDERING YOUR OWN FRIENDS IS FUNNY.

[@ChaosCounseling]

I had a player demand I rework my homebrew mythos to include their over powered homebrew because and I quote because it’s a homebrew campaign so any homebrew should be allowed in never mind how lore breaking it is

[@DocWolph]

3rd story "Demon Lords": A murderhobo DMs. Everything going on in that game reads like some emo murderhobo, basement dweller (few or no useful social skills), who enjoys killing players in PVP and has moved up to killing players as DM.

[@evilthingslol]

I do what the cat commands me to do

[@SetzerII]

That's every cat. These two are just good enough to make people besides their "owners" do it. If you'll excuse me, I need to pay attention to the neighbor's cat that likes my house.

[@jayteepodcast]

I am so sick of people saying that PVP is a thing in tabletop RPG. Once something attacks the protagonist it's an antagonist and that Character belongs to the Gm

[@lordbreetai]

For the Change your World story... Ive had many arguments with the missus. And one of the things Ive tried to teach her that fits this is "Just because I dont AGREE with you doesnt mean I wasnt LISTENING. I absolutely listened and respect what you are telling me. But listening does not automatically guarantee that I must agree with your point of view." I also feel that many people who are screaming about the various political hot buttons could use that advice.

[@karisasani7006]

The problem player of the 2nd story here screamed "Rules Lawyer"

[@deepseastonecore3017]

Good morning/ afternoon Guardian

[@heatherharrison264]

In the first story, I would put part of the blame on the DM. Given that the problem players had a history of suddenly attacking other party members for fun, why did the DM continue to allow unrestricted PvP at the table? Banning PvP is the clear solution here. If the problem players aren't having fun any longer because they can't make everyone else miserable, then banning PvP will likely drive them away from the game. Considering the problems that can result, I would be reluctant to even join a game that allows PvP with few or no restrictions.

[@RiveroftheWither]

A lot of DMS are convinced, usually by problem players and toxic DMS that any kind of ground rules or restrictions is an attack on player agency. Obviously it's not and ground rules should exist for the kind of game you want to play but some less confident DMS are just so scared of being labeled a bad DM, especially by supposed friends, they take a very passive role and don't stop bad behavior.

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

Story 1 would have lead to irl PVP with me around. I have a hair temper and unprovoked pvp is the easiest way to set me off.

[@gekolvr0734]

The second one would hate my world, it's a gods from real past and present religious

[@ajperry1757]

God damn it Doge stop reminding of the session where we had to fireball ourselves but on purpose

[@GrahamRocks]

On purpose?! Sounds like a story!

[@ajperry1757]

@@GrahamRocks yeah the party and I were surrounded by monsters a hag made so the dude who did it took out a big chunk of their numbers plus the hag herself

[@vampire9545]

If I was DM I story 1, I'd make some god shit. A god appears and revives the fallen PCs and the other PCs suddenly feel sick and take 3d6 poison damage.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Or just have a vote whether all players are okay with hardcore PvP? The whole problem seems to be they did not have a discussion how they are going to play the game. The author even made a point NOT to talk with the other players about it.

[@vampire9545]

@@schwarzerritter5724 I mean it's already past that point and the campaign is over. Might as well make it a PvP and start over

[@Fauxknight]

GM should put the kibosh on it as soon as obvious party pvp starts. You stop the game and find out wtf is going on immediately. Guy said he felt sorry for the GM, but it was the GMs fault it went so far.

[@Danielmontalvo88]

Awesome fantasy bollywood movies? Any recommendations? Also, I listen to several dnd horror channels at work regularly. Yours is by far the best.

[@raeishimura]

See, when I KNOW that someone is being an asshat and purposely trying to kill players for their own amusement, sure, i let them, but the consequences are never to their liking because I prefer to punish That Guys, and they get warned before games that i won't tolerate. First, rolls against party are at disadvantage. Second, damage dealt by the aggressor is dealt at half damage, while the victim gets full damage. In terms of spells, I like to be extra cruel. If they are throwing spells around to attack party, I give a 30% chance of the spell backfiring and hitting the attacking player. See, I make it that if you want to be That Guy and attack the party for no reason, I'm going to make it so that any That Guy won't WANT to attack the party, because such a combat will be heavily in the favor of the victimized player.

[@SnaxTheSnaxolotl]

Ahhh!!! Alice is sooooo cute!!!

[@jakeand9020]

Feel sorry for the DM? IT'S THE DM'S FAULT IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL!

[@slagarcrue85]

We love you too nipesy. I called bs the dm in that second to last story was deliberately being an ash and a terrible incompetent storey teller.

[@ketrava0425]

Screamy kitty is full of screams Also FIRST!!

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

I would have just kicked source word an artificer and retcon that whole thing

[@pajamawolfie]

I've never seen a Bollywood movie in my life, let alone a fantasy one

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

... what exactly is the difference between "real slavery" and debt peonage _under penalty of death?_

[@jimmieloop8587]

I never feel sorry for DMs who allow PVP. In fact i would find a new group. No goodbyes, nothing.

[@bidulestruc2257]

As someone whose partner is Indian, I don't understand how that last one was surprised that indian people do enjoy and do play dnd???

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

In the hood gone wrong deadly...

[@rynowatcher]

First one: lol cat players... they will jump down a pit for fun. You need to 👢 the douchennozzle. Second story: 1/3 of the dmg is devoted to world building, so you can make Oz, the great and powerful, the god of your homebrew world, and it is 100% cannon per the rules. Heck, the death god in the Forgotten Realms is not the Raven Queen. Strange... Third: seemed like it was a rookie dm. Most d&d is bad acting with plot hooks you can see coming a mile away, but the you are there to play the game, why avoid taking the plot hook? What benifit do you have from not freeing the obviously evil entity and starting the next arch that the dm has made to be the next part of the campaign? Last: yikes... glad they ended that early.

[@seeker4924]

Missed opportunity to put "What happens next will burn/scorch/*something related to burning* you" in the title

[@TigerKirby215]

If I was the DM in the first story, the god of anti-dumbfuckery would've reversed time and had the exact events play out except with the characters in opposite positions. So the party would kill the Sorcerer and the Artificer. And then I'd kick both those players out.

[@jakeand9020]

LOL that last story... "I'm not homophobic, I'm just homophobic!"

[@wg1751]

Ok Nipsy I'll like the video you cute little furball

[@crypticwander421]

Awesome Bollywood fantasy movies are words that should not be together.

[@Fluffykeith]

Yay! Nipsy!!!!!!

[@dragonwarrioroffire]

oMG i'm dying laughing. As someone who falls into multiple catagories of lgbt the "talking in a gay accent" part got me real good

[@pLanetstarBerry]

My bi butch brain just immediately went "Ok but what type of gay accent? In his element at brunch or gets mistaken for a hardware store employee?"

[@__-yu8vi]

10:08 when you move to North Korea to South Korea

[@Xuecnahc]

Nice cats! I do like the way the narrator evolved from always taking OP party to be critical but not in a punishing manner. Often I do feel that authors of horror stories are likely to be the one who caused/rooted for it... Or at least did not do anything about it. I am myself biased and mostly take defence to the GM so I will continue to comment about it... Although I hope my useless comment will make the algorithm recommend more of this content thanks to it. In the first story, with the fireball, the GM should have been killing the problem player as the horde was growing instead of reconning the event... Making as if the event did not happen is a big issue in the world as it removes the danger of the world. Although I definietly agree that he has to rule out PvP. For me, this is a big no, if you do it on purpose, your action just gets lost, for command, suggestion, intimidation or all kind of RP PvP, the player targeted just decided how he wants to react and can ignore the effect of the spell or skill. PvP is interesting only in "scripted" part of the campaign where everyone agree and should never happen otherwise. Sorry for my long rant. Great content, great narration and great games in the background, I like you content, please continue with the good work!

[@serpentinious7745]

Last story: I'm not excusing the girl's actions but the fact that all the other players immediately jumped to calling for her to be banned at the 1st instance of cultural ignorance raises major red flags for them as well. Especially since the only person with cause to be offended, the Indian, said it was fine. I get the feeling that every person in that story was toxic in different ways.

[@wan9840]

are you willfully ignoring the parts that came afterwards, or...

[@asioca1992]

Let's be real here, even if it turned out to be a misunderstanding, telling a (gay) player that she may or may not use a slur in front of them after already making herself look lowkey racist really didn't do her any favors in the long run. Based on how stories like this usually go, I can't blame OP or their group for kicking them when they did, rather than waiting until they ruined the campaign later on with their behavior.

[@serpentinious7745]

They called for her to be banned before the gay slur part so you can't use that to excuse them. At the time they called for banning it was based solely on her ignorance of Indians liking D&D.

[@cmhsky]

You're kidding me right? Using gay slurs is not "cultural ignorance". It's not excusable. You are super privileged if it's not obvious how *none*of what she said was okay. The Indian thing was in bad taste. Cool. We all make mistakes, sometimes a joke comes out a lot worse than you meant it. Everything after that was doubling down on ignorance. It proved her thought process on minorities was a personality trait and not just a "slip of the tongue"

[@asioca1992]

​@@serpentinious7745 The group detected red flags and reacted accordingly, you can't really blame them for that, especially when we have so many examples of what happens when you allow a problem player to participate within your campaign, long after they made it clear that they were going to cause nothing but grief and drama everywhere they go. Good riddance.

[@shieldmaiden3760]

🐶💕

[@greasysmith3150]

I have no sympathy for red dorito bag cause purple doritos are the best

[@Blueoriontiger]

Last story: As an Indian, I have some insight on that. Even up to today, there's a lot of people who stereotype Indians as either terrorists (because they refuse to realize that India isn't in the Middle East), stuck up professionals or the guy who runs a motel or a gas station. They can't concept that they do digital art, write, play DnD or anything creative. And because of the Indian scam call centers or poorly made online content from certain Indians, they often get branded as these shallow, illiterate people who just want to hit on girls and don't have any genuine love for a craft. I hope that clears that up a bit.

[@SetzerII]

Many nations have something like D&D but isn't. Now I'm curious as to what the most popular stuff is over there. Including D&D itself of course.

[@Blueoriontiger]

@@SetzerII I'll ask Mom and see what she has to say, although she was much less into nerdy things till very recently (like 2018). It really depends on how strict the parents are and honestly how personable they are I'd think. I remember in the Atlanta Indian community, it was a *huge* deal when the first Indian developer made a PC game back in the later 2000s. Raji: An Ancient Epic came out really recently as well. The lore and story are there for people to make something like DnD, but I don't think it was pursued as any sort of playable medium.

[@solarchos4352]

Subskrib! Jus du eet! Du eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[@Remoniq]

I might subscribe if you tell me how many kittens you have.

[@brianvance1178]

The only rules at my table would be don’t be an asshole, and if it’s illegal irl it’s illegal in game and you will be punished for it accordingly. As far as I’m concerned any and all aspects of “political correctness” can go the way of the dinosaurs, it’s a cancer upon our society that needs to ripped out by the roots if our society is to survive through the next election and beyond. All slurs and other “bad/naughty” words are just that, words. They hold absolutely no power whatsoever over anyone by themselves. Context is what gives all words their power, or similarly further strips away their power. So yea, at my table your only limits would be to not be an asshole and to not do anything considered illegal irl in game, other than that the entire multiverse is your playground

[@TBTabby]

The worst part of the house elves that when Dobby is brought up as an obvious counter-example, it's dismissed with a quick "Dobby is weird" handwave. Rowling wrote that Dobby was weird because he didn't want to be a slave. She endorsed drapetomania.

[@prohet-econo]

Must have been slim pickings. A bunch of non stories about people getting offended over literally nothing

[@kevinkrueger7479]

What are these store owners in the second story? The D&D police? If the game is being held in the store, I get it. But JEBUS, man!