Trolls RUIN Warhammer RPG | r/rpghorrorstories

[@bandwagonbuzzard1617]

Weed guy "I attack the baby with a condom!" Me "Well, it would've worked 9 months ago. That's like counterspelling a burning building because someone casted fireball an hour ago."

[@GarkKahn]

That's what we call too little, too late

[@alphons1456o]

OP: "I don't trust this character, because a bad guy spoke highly of him" DM: "Don't be so distrusting! Let the story progress!" Story: *Said character unleashes hell* DM: "Now you're facing the consequences of following this character, lol!" Yeah, no. I'd call it quits there

[@aidanthornton173]

*Techpriest:* My character is paranoid so I betray the whole group! *GM:* No. *Techpriest:* What? *GM:* I said No. *Techpriest:* But it's my character, I can do what I want. *Gm:* I don't care. *Techpriest:* B-But this isn't fair! *Gm:* Too Bad.

[@MWH12085]

GM- You're tech prest gets hauled off the be turned into a sevetor....f**kin' heretic....

[@shadiafifi54]

If the GM had been more assertive, that would have been how it turned out. Though the party did consent to PVP, so it's not like he can back out of it now.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Rocks fall, but only your character dies...

[@kevinsullivan3448]

@@shadiafifi54 PvP is never a good solution in any game.

[@NightshadeBane-bq7yx]

That final one is just a setting up the stage for the fanfic of their DMPC with a captive audiance

[@spiffiermage0040]

DM: "You are too paranoid and hostile." *Proceeds to prove them right.*

[@Juju2927]

Last story : Forcing the whole group to go one way is a thing, but forcing the Paladin, a class heavily influenced by the player's moral choices, into a situation he knows will cost him breaking his oath without the Paladin having no say in any of it, is such a dick move.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

And to do it to a new player just makes it worse.

[@MortusVanDerHell]

Last Story: At this point, I would sit back, look at the DM, who is probably drooling with joy because of his ‘clever plot twist’, and then calmly say: ‘None of this affects me. Whether the paladin loses his oath or I lose my friends and family - it doesn't pull me into your story because I didn't make a mistake. It wasn't me who made the wrong decisions, it was you who let us make the actions that led to this point. It wasn't us who messed it up, it was you who forced us to mess it up by not giving us the opportunity to prevent it. ...therefore: nope, doesn't affect me emotionally.’ If the DM is worth even a speck of powder, then that'll bruise his ego as the storyteller and he'll think about whether he can do better than railroading. ...and if not, as always: no DnD is better than bad DnD. And after that he can start writing a book, because that makes more sense than if real players are involved.

[@jampine8268]

Also his "Twists" are visible a mile off, he wants them to team up with a guy who's blockading a port of presumably innocents, has proven ties to a villain, and further ties to a possible villain? And then instantly starts asking for malicious actions like blood pacts? If the DM wrote a murder mystery, the murder would probably be standing in the room covered in blood still holding the murder weapon, whilst the narrator is like "oooooohh, whooooo could it beeeeeee, it could be anyonneeeeeeeee?"

[@Creshosk]

> it was you who let us make the actions that led to this point. Forced us to make those decisions. or not let us make any decisions whatsoever. "You shouldn't be a DM, you should just write the worlds worst fantasy book. Call it 'Betrayed!' because that's the only thing that happens in it. Over and over and over. Nothing clever or interesting, just back to back betrayals."

[@Michaeljack81sk]

Last Story: OP needs to leave that campaign yesterday

[@marybdrake1472]

Those first two idiots would not have been amenable to reason. They were too wrapped up in the "defeat the GM" delusion.

[@Gormfeld]

Your pronunciation of "Sororita" made me laugh. I kept imagining a sore woman named Rita lmao. I know you aren't really a WH40k fan, Doge, so I'm not being critical of you not knowing the correct pronunciation. Still, it gave me a chuckle. Cheers mate.

[@ailinfergan]

And Shallya. Love you still, Doge.

[@leecoffill8425]

I kept imagining a Spanish sorority girl.

[@dorianleakey]

It's not like we know what it should be, it's a weird pigeon latin that's evolved for several millennia

[@ThePlayplay64]

That last DM just needs to write a book, if you have no choice, GTFO!

[@LucyBean42]

24:35 and that's the answer, you don't trust the DM. That's the bail sign, his games are all about making you feel stupid for believing anyone or anything. It's basically D&D: Gaslighting Edition.

[@mcfaolan82]

On the last story, the GM may have the most experience of the group, but that doesn't mean he has experience being a good GM. The player came from a history of thrust upon betrayals and the GM does not accept their lore reasoning of being suspicious. Given the narrative, "Jake" is sure to betray the party. I also dislike the GM making ingame threats to OP with "Oh, I'm going to kill of "some" of your friends and family now...". To me, all actions from the GM looks like red flag behaviour and the group is better off leaving that GM behind. It is my opinion that OP should take the rest of the group and build a new campaign. Maybe even try the GM role in that.

[@caaliber115]

For the second story, I would've just said, "No pvp, you literally just came back from getting kicked, and you're already trying to get booted out again? If the only thing you're interested in is trying to get revenge for your previous character, then you should probably leave now because that's not happening."

[@Theokal3]

"Dude you'd be seen as heretic for trying to hit o these priestess!" "I don't care, it's waht my character would do!" "Kay, you're branded heretic and burnt at the stake. Please roll a new character."

[@WaveShock007]

Last DM: HELL NO! op should take his character and leave the table. That is screaming issues that i dealt with with my first horror story.

[@FRALLE2]

I have my own little Warhammer Fantasy mild-horror story: I have a friend who really wants to DM more, and the only people he has to play with are my boyfriend & I. But he's very, very railroady - not to the point where he's impossible to play with, there's a lot who's enjoyed playing with him in the past, he's just too railroady for my personal taste. So, the bf and I tried to figure out what to do, so he could get to DM and we could enjoy it. He really likes nobles, heritage-stuff & dwarves. So we figured we'd tailor our backstories to that, and then pitch it to him. What we came up with was that we were a pair of dwarves whose kingdom had been overrun by orks, and we were now out to make allies to gather up an army to take it back & kill all of those orks. The bf was my bodyguard, and I was the lost queen, cuz that way there could be arranged marriages & children etc. When we pitched it, the DM absolutely loved it! And when the day finally came to play ..... ... .... He informed us we'd be running around with a grudge collector (basically dwarven debt collector), and that that was what we would be doing. Whenever my dwarven queen tried to initiate politics talks with other dwarves, they would look very oddly at her, and the DM would just kinda blow it off, and then talk about the next grudge we needed to collect :/

[@jampine8268]

@FRALLE2 like many other people said, if the DM wants to railroad thst hard, just write a book. And then if no one reads your book, maybe you're a bad writer? Also isn't like 100% of the fun in Dwarves grudges them "repaying" them? It seems like has a hyperfixation on the mundane aspect of WH:F.

[@PTp1ranha]

That last GM is gonna keep saying “it’ll be less railroaded soon” for the entire campaign, to keep the players coming back

[@LoneWanderSpark303]

That last DM isn't the witty, clever guy he thinks he is. People like him remind me that "Veteran" doesn't necessarily imply skill. Going all offer-you-can't-refuse on people doesn't say you're an especially cunning sort. Where's the trickery? Is forcing people into situations really the best he can do? The players are not making decisions they can actually regret, since they have no control in this game. They are just along for the ride.

[@superboy1200]

That final one with Jake as a pirate captain makes me think of that kid show where there also was a pirate named jake who like halflings can't really grow up as they are always going to be shorter then most races.

[@darby2314]

Last story: if a veteran DM is running for a full table of brand new players, this is usually a red flag. While there are exceptions like running for a group at a game shop, or a Dad running a campaign for kid and their friends. This is likely a sign that the DM can't get experienced players to play in their game due to a bad reputation. Or even worse, they're trying to use the game to 'write a book'.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

I hope OP checks on DM, if he knows him irl at all. If not, hopes and prayers

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Massive Railroad Story. There is always more than one way to the top of the mountain. Many places to start from, a few good ways to go up, but only at the very last leg of the journey is there truly only one way. And that is because of all the choices the players made along that journey lead to that path.

[@hollowblaze2320]

That last story...horrible execution. That could have been a great storytelling of the heroes fighting an uphill battle but when the characters realizing that thr BBEG has a lot of agents, the DM forces the players to make bad decisions and punish them. I would of just left. I can play a video game like Bloodborn or Dark Souls. At least I have a better chance to succeed than that DM's game.

[@justinmargerum2559]

Massive Railroad: Forcing players to cooperate and punishing them for doing so? It's not "paranoid" when a player's character is betrayed by NPCs 100% of the time and only ever punishes trust. At this point, the DM is demanding trust he's already repeatedly squandered both in and out of the game. It's only going to get worse, so OP should cut losses and bail.

[@foenrik8941]

5:50 - Obligatory "what" moment. 6:06 - Why... That Guy was grimderp. Evil railroading is evil.

[@CooperAATE]

Dangit, older people demanding coffee made me late!

[@LucyBean42]

You mean it made you... latte? 😎

[@CooperAATE]

@LucyBean42 no, that's my job!

[@Svartalf14]

OP from the pirate campaign should get away from this toxic DM ASAP

[@Aaron-cy9vv]

I'm sorry. I can't help but laugh whenever you pronounce "Sororita" - I picture Sisters of Battle with colorful sombreros and ponchos.

[@vortega472]

I love kitties that play, so spry and adorable. That last story - quit the game, find another. The DM is writing a novel and wants an audience. He should be nurturing the new players, not jading them.

[@miket3827]

The last story was very similar to me. So my version of railroading is I create a few different options, and the players pick one or another. Don’t care which. Unfortunately they all seem to need accomplishing… so maybe that’s bad. I’m new enough so I’m learning still. But I’ve done the “this is what I want so you’ll do it” thing. It was during a ghost town moment. I had a particular outcome I wanted, and until it happened nothing changed. Now that’s bad dm behaviour, and I outright apologized after I realized what I’d done. This dm seems to be doing that but without apology. I don’t like that.

[@fred_derf]

To the last story... "All aboard" [choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][whoo whoo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo][choo]

[@axelwulf6220]

Yeah, adventuring in a world where literally everyone is just against you is not fun

[@nikogarcia201]

The biggest problem with Warhammer, is that it tend to attract to many creeps like flies to honey.

[@leecoffill8425]

to the last story - you're not paranoid. That POS railroaded a new player's paladin into a pact and then ruined his class. "There will be sever consequences." Yeah, there will - no one is going to play with you any more.

[@KHFMcAwesome]

Title of the second story: “The Sexorcist-“ Me: Stop! Stop! That tells me everything I need to know! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GarkKahn]

Railroad: Just leave

[@oneandonlymario659]

Regarding the player needing to talk to their DM: I don't think your conversation should be more than saying you're not having fun and saying you're leaving. I feel like the player wants a game with more agency and story points other than being harried and screwed over on a consistent basis. This DM doesn't feel capable of delivering that kind of experience.

[@JimAbooGames]

Damnit Doge I always like your videos stop using magic to look through the screen at me!!! lol

[@GarkKahn]

There aren't many Warhammer stories out there so before watching i think i've heard that story 4 times already

[@hansikabadhuge7123]

First story: So basically Australia?

[@barriehannon6857]

Does the DM know what he is doing? Nope. is this a good campaign? Nope.

[@micometer]

Kitty earned a like and whole some comment. :)

[@Yoxiv]

Why not Shaggy? Yes, I know he wasn't really a pothead, but it just feels weird having two characters named and the other called a name like some Pokémon 😂

[@AvatAR42420]

When will people learn. The DM/GM is a player in the game too. TTRPGs are not about defeating the DM or the Dm defeating the players. It is much like a football game not being about defeating the officials and the announcers. As for the second story, that player only has one story in him, and it is a pretty crappy one for a cooperative game. His inevitable and very stupid betrayal in both instances is sad, annoying and frustrating and if he keeps pulling that crap, he'll run out of tables fast.

[@nichan008]

Why does this guy read the stories like one word at a time pausing in between? Is he AI?

[@kevinsullivan3448]

Bard might be a problem player, but Bard might just be a more pro-acrtive, acting instead of waiting for others to react. In the game I am currently playing in, my Drop Trooper is the highest ranking soldier, but a reluctant leader. What he is is Curious and pro-active. The GM never has to ask what I am doing as I push the action in the direction that my character wants if no one else is actively doing anything. If the other players don't like it... Well they have already been told to be pro-active by the GM. In this case, the other players might need to just be more pro-active to for stall Bard in the 1st place.

[@donterrenoalto4235]

that first one, wtf

[@SquirrelGamez]

I'd definitely leave Story 4.

[@osodampa]

I'll be honest, I'm not a cat person, so I'm going to give you a like for you, doggy.

[@akmi1931]

I’m going give a hot take and say that the DM in the first story was something of a problem their self, if we are to take it as the story portrays without further context. They came across as somewhat pretentious and a little too into their own narrative. But I suppose it just comes down to the players weren’t looking to play the kind of game the DM presented them with.

[@idankatz8085]

Hello doge!

[@Streetfighterfan77]

Love your videos doge , the kitties are all adorable as well. Also first comment dibs.

[@CooperAATE]

I got bad news for you

[@dracone4370]

Going by the revised 2024 content that has been shared and will be officially released next month, what do you think Doge would be?

[@dragonturtle2703]

Biological gender? Unless OP is a big biological determinist, that should be an oxymoron.

[@ArcCaravan]

Or they just don't want to say sex or "assigned (gender) at birth".

[@dragonturtle2703]

@@ArcCaravan maybe, but that doesn’t help with people not knowing the difference, and sometimes just flip flopping back and forth when convenient. It just further muddies the water.

[@HappyAspid]

Wow. The first DM is awfull.

[@travisbishop782]

How so?

[@jenniferbailey1580]

Given that if that DM was playing a lighthearted campaign those players would have been inflicting gore and angst on their young DM because they were playing opposites, not seeing your point.

[@HappyAspid]

@@travisbishop782 There are tons of ways to solve this situation, but he opted out for whiny "They do not take my company seriously, thus I can't do anything beyond close it".

[@cg313]

@HappyAspid But that's the only option they had. They stated they were the ​only players that consistently played. Their only option would be kick them out which would still end the game shutting down since they didn't have any other consistent players

[@clericofchaos1]

from what i've seen the few times i've played, the warhammer fandom is incredibly toxic and very hostile towards new players or players that don't know the lore.

[@MWH12085]

Really? Because I could say the exact opposite. And let's not get into the mountains of stories dealing with D&D.

[@clericofchaos1]

@@MWH12085 i'm sure you could. like i said, i was only speaking from what i've experienced firsthand.

[@ThePhoenix743]

I think that is unfortunately your experience, but there are those heavygate keepers out there who do show hostility to newcomers or those not inerested in the game or lore. Happens in all franchises but wh happens to have a large fanbase so it's just more common. The competitive environment doesn't help, but you can find plenty of lore videos and even gaming channels discussing the franchise. I recommend Adeptus Ridiculous here on youtube if you want to step into the lore of the game.

[@MarquisLeary34]

That's more 40k than Fantasy, but yes, the gatekeeping is off the charts there at times. Imperium LARPers are only the tip of the iceberg.

[@clericofchaos1]

@@MarquisLeary34 there are imperium larpers?...like Ku Klux Klan members? That's the closest thing i can think of to larping as the imperium of man.

[@deepseastonecore3017]

Who was the most famous French skeleton? Napoleon Bone-apart

[@mrosskne]

from which they escaped from