Warhammer 40K DM Tentacle R*p*s Player (r/rpghorrorstories)

[@l0stndamned]

If a DM presents a character-sheet that lists genital size and sexual orientations on it, then that's the signal to leave. No DM worth playing with has sheets like this.

[@ArcCaravan]

FATAL senses tingling.

[@DaMuss-e2w]

lol thats the biggest red flag to sign up for.

[@RedRattt]

Unless it's for ERP and it's pre-establisbed that's what the game's gonna involve.

[@TheKillmeifucan]

Granted there are games (excluding Fatal) that might incorporate those with consent from the whole party.

[@beastwarsFTW]

I'd make a mantis woman after that.

[@alphons1456o]

Sad thing is, a cyberpsycho that thinks he's a paladin could be a fun encounter in Cyberpunk.

[@Michaeljack81sk]

Story 1: 'Paladin' appears to have just been trying to ruin the game because he couldn't play his beloved D&D but why the F did the other players let him get away with all his bs for so long? Guys, have some backbone and call out disruptive party members Story 2: OP, your "best friends" are not your friends at all, at least none of those who are threatening to kill your character.

[@ArcCaravan]

Some would refer to "lacking a spine" as "having thick skin".

[@MetallicPetals]

I'd prefer that over *that* 100% of the time

[@Michaeljack81sk]

@@ArcCaravan Not really, because that implies they're not bothered by the paladin's antics when he's ruining the game for everyone else And if they don't care then why are they even playing?

[@dorianleakey]

Having a think skin is about not being hurt by insults, not accepting selfish and disruptive behaviour is different.​@@ArcCaravan

[@karisasani7006]

@@Michaeljack81sk What about story 3? Noticed you didn't say Anything about it.

[@saldiven2009]

Story 1: GM needs to learn how to say, "You know, I think this game isn't right for you. You should probably look for another table to play at." And then move on and stop engaging.

[@ArcCaravan]

Problem player could have also have realized that game wasn't for him instead of trying to force his way on everyone.

[@operationmisanthropia5831]

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Story 1 could have avoided fully if the DM would just have stood their ground instead of caving in after the problem player after the initial discussion.

[@ArcCaravan]

@@operationmisanthropia5831 Probably didn't assume the paladin was going to be that kind of paladin instead of an actually good paladin.

[@blesper3415]

A big theme of Cyberpunk is that you can be anything you want in Night City. The one thing you shouldn't be is a "that guy"

[@broke_af_games9661]

For story number one, there is no fixing that kind of a player and there's no talking them down.

[@operationmisanthropia5831]

There is just booting them

[@clericofchaos1]

Despite how awful the player in the first story was, what the dm did was actually pretty creative and sounded like a fun theme to mess with. Also, resurrection is a thing in cyberpunk, you just need a really good insurance plan. They use cloning and upload your memory from your cyberdeck into the cyberdeck of the clone. It only works if your teammates can recover your body but still, in night city cash is king and with enough of it anything is possible.

[@honestkyn718]

I kind of like the idea of playing a religious nutcase in a cyberpunk setting

[@clericofchaos1]

@@honestkyn718 yeah and using the rockerboy sounds like a great way to do it.

[@meistermiller]

@@clericofchaos1 it's not a bad concept, but you have to play to the setting. I'd be pretty upset if someone showed up to a no-magic game and insisted on having powers.

[@sailorsloth8183]

Seriously, “delusional TTRPG junkie who believes he’s a real life Paladin of CyberJesus and thinks his cybernetic abilities are divine miracles” sounds like it’d be hilarious to play. You just need a player who understands that is all just flavor and follows the actual mechanics of the CPR system. Broke my heart to hear how the DM really tried to work the problem player’s idea into the world just for the problem player to take a dump all over everything.

[@seto_kaiba_]

That sounds more like an Altered Carbon thing than a Cyberpunk thing. Like don’t most resurrection attempts in Cyberpunk lead to either cyberpsychosis or getting trapped in the net?

[@julianpitten2769]

I actually liked the idea of Cyberpunk-"Paladin" from the first story in principle. Like, a guy with a strict code of chivalry/faith in the mostly morally bankrupt world of Cyberpunk RED could be much fun to roleplay. What doomed the concept was the player insisting to make it a fantasy-esque paladin instead of adapting the idea to a cyberpunk setting. I think that player would have been happier playing Shadowrun, where magic exists alongside classic cyberpunk stuff. If I remember correctly, there is even a magical tradition derived from christian faith. Anyway, it sounded very much like the player wanting to play D&D in the first place.

[@ArcCaravan]

Sounded like every problem player paladin ever by acting more like a murderhobo.

[@operationmisanthropia5831]

The way this reads sounds like a Justicar in Mass Effect: A faithful and unyielding servant of the Justicar Code which, honestly, could be adjusted for any kind of setting honestly, Cyberpunk included. Maybe no magic (depending on setting) but the definition of an extreme case of Lawful Neutral would work well if you got the right group to complement them.

[@marasmusine]

My mind went straight to Dolph Lungdren's character in Johnny Mnemonic ("Karl Honig the street preacher"), so I think my response as DM would've been "yes, sure you can be someone who thinks they are a paladin".

[@alanbear6505]

So, a light-hearted counterpoint to the first story: my play style is usually to be a nice guy, so much so that my group joked that all of my characters had “Paladin” tattooed on their foreheads. Obviously not true but a cute inside joke. So one time we’re playing Shadowrun and the GM apparently forgot that fact for a moment because an NPC ran up, dropped to her knees, threw her arms around my character’s legs and cried, “By all you hold holy, you have to help me!”

[@theenderdestruction2362]

And suddenly help had arrived and it was probably holy as well

[@ashslaa]

Oh jeeze the 40k one, I had something similar happen in regards to the wanting sexual information on the character sheet, so I told the DM since the sheet wasn't completed I'd be redoing it, so I went from a Guardsman to a TechPriest, in the section for all that junk size and sexuality and other stuff, I put how the tech priest had nothing junk wise becouse the flesh is weak and had no sexual preference since that was a weakness of the flesh. (praise be the omnisire) I was tempted to put having a thing for toasters but decided not to, when our then DM tried the suspected erotica role play stuff, he found he could do nothing to my character as they had no junk, the oral option wasn't possible due to all the tech and mechanisms their and when he attempted to force stuff on our characters when we tried to avoid the erotica role play scenarios (which would leed to some of us walking away from the game), the DM didn't like how I had my tech priest over analyse what was happening and breaking it down into statistics and analysing what was happening in a detached cold machine like reasoning. Maybe that makes me a jerk or an ahole of a troll maybe, but do I feel bad for doing so...not one bit, if anything it still makes me chuckle thinking on it.

[@ArcCaravan]

GM failing at forcing their garbage on unwilling people aren't troll victims.

[@justinmargerum2559]

Cyberpunk Paladin: Not quite sure why DM went so far out of the way to accommodate this character concept into Cyberpunk Red, but indulging this player certainly did not pay off. It would have been 100% fair to simply say from the outset, "this is the game we're playing, this is the setting, and these are the character options. If this isn't the game you want to play, that's fair; you are free to find one that you do." I strongly suspect this player was just as big a proverbial turd in the party punchbowl during D&D as he proved to be in Cyberpunk Red, so his absence likely only improved every game at this table.

[@StSubZero]

Honestly that Paladin story. Read it on the subreddit and now I think I get what his goal was based on an experience I've had with an uncooperative player: A passive-aggressive effort to discourage the DM from changing systems. While a lot of RPG enthusiasts might love trying out new systems, you'll often get those players who only play 5e, because it's easy, they know it, and there's a lot of resources for it. But alas in his case, the Forever DM wanted to change gears and get some excitement. Quite frankly, that's pretty generous compared to asking someone else to DM -which I know I would have done if I needed a break- But rather than take the chance to explore the system, he got all fixated on the aspects he KNEW were not in Cyberpunk vs DND. Magic specifically. Not because magic is essential, but a poor argument to try to get the DM to go back to 5e without having to take up the DM mantle and without trying to break his comfort zone to let the DM have fun too. Only caring about himself in the end. I'd also blame the murderhobo antics on this attitude, not that such behavior is justified either way. Given he wasn't a problem up until now. Protip: TALK to your DM directly and talk things out and give new things a chance instead of acting like a baby. My first non-DND RPG was Starfinder and I loved that. Got my first Glory Story from it. DM purgative: I'm the one who runs the game, and I want to run this. Player purgative: I can choose to take it or leave it.

[@ArcCaravan]

I remember the titular story and am still disgusted by it. Those players should either learn to not be failures of people, or rot alone.

[@TheScarletMenagerie]

Sheesh. For the first story, I understand transitioning to a new TTRPG can have its akwardness Definitely learned that after trying to get my party into though the breach. But like... that guy was focusing exclusively on what he couldn't do in cyber punk as opposed to what new oppurtunities the setting gave him. Like the idea of a religeous fanatic with a cult following is a really cool cyberpunk character, but all he could focus on was the lack of magic, instead of how awesome cybernetics and guns are.

[@AvatAR42420]

The Paladin in the first story is the classic example of a selfish player. The rest of the group wants to play Cyberpunk Red, a modern Sci-fi game typically with greyish and complex morality. The paladin player wants to play D&D with a paladin who can smite unambiguous evil with little to no consequences. The table had more patience for his antics than most, but I think he probably would have been a problem at the D&D table too if the game included any sort of moral grey where the bad guys were anything more than targets for his "divine wrath". I don't think the problem player would have been good even if he was playing D&D, which is what he obviously wanted to play because it would not fix his selfish, single player mentality. No outside force can fix these type of players. They need to wise up, grow out of it, and develop self awareness. The group can only give their reasons for kicking them, kick them and move on. While I applaud the DM's creativity to try and make the problem player's concept work, he really should have been for firm that they were playing Cyberpunk, not D&D and if he didn't like that, he could leave.

[@davidheath8460]

A delusional Juan Quixote type cyber-psycho or a medtech who quotes scripture like Juels in Pulp Fiction might be cool CPR ideas, but they need to work with the team and GM. This guy however...

[@Moloc92]

It's Don, not Juan

[@Plight_]

It definitely could've been a cool character if it wasn't played by a clown. A zealot of a man utterly consumed by dogmatic fervor. A burning hate for night city and its sin. He believes the only cure for the city is to burn it to the ground. Give him red cyber eyes or red shades to symbolize that he's literally seeing red. Ask the DM to help your character go cyberpsycho. Give the party signs that he needs to be saved from his own demons. Have an open ended arc with finally taking off the shades. The world can be a disgusting place but the world but there's still beauty. The world created him and his faith, it's worth saving. Or have his anger consume him and go cyber psycho. The red shades never come off they now symbolize the demonic monster he's become. Mankind will always choose to bite the apple, they're not worth saving. Off everyone and let God sort them out. Again that wouldn't be possible with that player. Maybe someone else can run with the concept though and give it righteous Justice

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

For story 1....this is why you need Cyberpyscho's for this behaviour.

[@axelwulf6220]

The "Finder's, Keepers" mentality only applies to items that aren't specifically made for another PC

[@axelwulf6220]

So Douche Nozzle wanted to play Ð&Ð when everyone else agreed to play Cyberpunk...? Why are people like this?

[@41dn]

I feel like whatever a cyberpunk paladin equivalent would be is like.... Judge Dredd or Robocop

[@7thsealord888]

Story #! - The DM's approach, of making Paladin into a Rockerboy with a few alterations, sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately, Paladin only used it as a license to murderhobo. Seems to me like the DM took his time to deal with the problem, but visiting actual CONSEQUENCES on Paladin was the right way to go. Story #2 - Unreasonable? Imo, no. I'd take this up with the DM, mainly. Story #3 - Yeah, the DM's Character Sheet "addition", and his pressure to fill that part out, was a Great Big Red Flag. The reaction of the others to the entry ..... I'd have walked at that point, certainly.

[@MaPps12]

Professional 40k roleplayer here!! We do not claim this dude, especially since warhammer is an awesome community and we don't want bad-actors like this DM, who is every negative stereotype in the hobby, to ruin it for new and old players.

[@GarredHATES]

But Slaanesh tentacle graping imperials is canon!

[@MaPps12]

@@GarredHATES okay.. Your point..?

[@GarredHATES]

@MaPps12 exactly!

[@sulaymanzaraei8473]

So no one gonna talk about how he pronounced Persephone as "Pur-Suh-Fone" instead of "Per-sef-funny"

[@austinmiller2170]

I literally checked the comments right after he said it. PM Seymour made the exact same mistake!

[@SaturnSenshi3105]

GM sounds like a heretic of Slannesh (warhammer reference)

[@dragonturtle2703]

For the first story, tell me you've only ever played D&D 5E without telling me you've only ever played D&D 5E.

[@vampire9545]

Or they wanted magic

[@dragonturtle2703]

@ maybe, but they did say paladin, really want to be a holy caster, and keep bringing up 5E spells. At the very least, I think it’s safe to say they insisted upon D&D (or an equivalent like Pathfinder) specifically. And by his behavior, probably got kicked from those.

[@borokid19]

Story 2's GM definitely did not comprehend lore or ignored it. Sanctioned Psykers are quite often chemgeld, so Ace is the most obvious option.

[@stevenbacon-cheddar9914]

Answer: Oh that’s just Dave…he *thinks* he’s a paladin😂

[@jasonmay5685]

Story 1 really stretches my suspension of disbelief. You expect me to believe that the GM just gave in to every one of this player's ridiculous requests, said player then started murderhobo'ing his way through the game, and everyone just sat there like mannequins as it all happened? Either the story is fake or the players involved have the patience of saints.

[@Mastirsquirrely]

For story 1, I've never played Cyberpunk RED before but can you not be like former Maxtac or trauma team or something? Heavy armor, fights for justice, tech instead of magic, loyal to a corporation instead of a god. Hell, you could even say they were fired if you didn't want them to have too much stuff. Like an oathbreaker looking for a new sense of justice. edit: Got further in the story. It would not have helped...

[@Doodle1776]

Seriously, I never would have compromised with the Paladin guy. If there's no magic and no paladins then there's no magic and no Paladins. Enough said. I already play a system (Castles and Crusades) where Paladins don't get any magical powers. They are actual Paladins and no Fighter/Clerics. That alone got a guy like this to avoid one of my games because he wanted magic powers for everyone.

[@vortega472]

Happy New Year Doge - May it be filled with treats for the kitties, and better times for all of us. Alright - Nipsy is our New Year's Kitty. That cat can kick!

[@RiveroftheWither]

Cyberpunk does have zealous groups but they don't fit what he's looking for. There's traveling monks that fit his desires for faith but they're completely against guns, all cyberware and violence. There are factions that are straight cults with how zealous they are, like the Maelstrom but they're overall faithless and instead worship body augmentation. But in the end the real problem Paladin had was trying to force a purely sci-fi game into being a high magic fantasy.

[@AeonTrespassField]

"Let's hope this year is a better one for all of your" Meanwhile, here in New Orleans there was a terrorist attack on the 1st.

[@zrswitch8434]

For that first story, the Paladin was oddly consistent. Like you could tell how he would go about things in a way that made it almost understandable to play around? I'm almost not mad at him

[@LordMayorOfDairyBell]

By 40K DM's logic, he's probably Ace as well.

[@Cornfiglep]

Yeah I think that 'paladin' player would have sucked to play with in D&D anyway.

[@ArcCaravan]

Indeed. He's just another paladin problem player for the pile.

[@Leiliel1]

Yeah, Story 1 would be great...if the *player* wasn't trying to force the world to play by his rules. The variant Rockerboy sounds great, but the player wanted to force everything to be D&D, because he could get to be a lawful stupid pain in the ass - and then be a problem there.

[@dylangrayson9190]

Wishing you a great New Year Doge!

[@porkers7792]

I have been burned once or twice by not telling players no. It's definitely something that most first time GM's will go through, but after that first campaign of knowing what to say yes and no to, there should be at least a modicum of "hey look this is a different system, adapt or get out"

[@vortex_1336]

So they got their first introduction to Slaanash.

[@kuramaai9486]

You know for Story 1, there’s just no trying to compromise with players like paladin, dude wanted dnd, dm told him it wasn’t dnd, the game wasn’t for him and he still persisted, even played a similar class with little modification and yet he wanted more, at that point it wasn’t worth trying to convince him or take his side, so it’s better that he just leaves and he did, would have been a wasted effort to make him understand the game anyways

[@Jonathan-ic9ef]

You're not making Christianity better, you're just making rock & roll worse.

[@emanueleromano2633]

for story one, it was luky he's a paladin fanboy, not a space marine fanboy, his caracter would have been cyberpsycotic in a second.

[@sharkjumpingwalrus6744]

I get that some people are just used to certain systems, but being a pain in the ass because said person can't play a certain way is a quick way to get black listed from any role play game. Cyberpunk doesn't even have wizards, how are people going to fit a knight running on god magic into the mix. At best you would be able to run someone who was religious and used cybernetic implants to fight as a knight of a holy order. Just like real life the only benefit to religion in cyberpunk is mental health and motivation to be a better person. If he wants magic he can play Shadowrun.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Alex Murphey? Even before you read it outloud, I knew Robocop would be part of it.

[@marybdrake1472]

Story 3: Typically "dude bro" behavior is motivated exclusively by insecurity. They will emphasize the wrong thing to cover for said insecurities. I also say, the DM was not Op's friend. Not at all.

[@gazblackheart4596]

"persephone" lol, someone doesn't know their greek gods

[@alchemicalvapour8950]

honestly, if i didn't know it was supposed to be per-sef-o-nee, i know i'd make the same mistake

[@siobhanroberts2329]

I hate to be that guy buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.... Per-seph-o-ny. The way you said it is how I say it as a joke though lol. It's definitely how it's spelled.

[@Garyof11]

I'm kinda surprised the DM didn't have MAXTAC sort that dude out. I know they deal with cyberpsychosis....,but it would have been satisfying regardless.

[@legionofyuri]

Kinda want to play in that Dark Heresy game in place of the OP and take the Chemical Gelding talent then see what type of argument the GM will throw at me.

[@Mask0fFate]

Happy New Year, Doge!

[@larslionheart]

Yet people keep saying asexual people face no discrimination.

[@AzureKyle]

Because people don't believe they actually exist. They believe that asexual people just haven't found the right person yet, and it doesn't help when shows like The Big Bang Theory push that kind of narrative as well.

[@willropa4226]

Story 1: That Paladin just has air in-between his ears, because anything you told him went through one ear and straight out the other. Don't take this next part as me criticizing the DM here, but if that guy wanted to implement more D&D stuff into his character, the first item on that list should've been a broken oath because murderhoboing when not at war would be a broken oath for ANY paladin. Also that ending, forgive me that guy but who elected you as the fun police? Either take the L and learn how to play Cyberpunk or go cry in the corner. Story 2: *Taps microphone* Hello? Hello? This thing on? Earth to DM, THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?! I know the problem isn't the DM here, but DUDE, stop staring off into space and realize that the Bard hijacked Artificer's personal story and that the party is now threatening to murder the Artificer if he doesn't do as he's told and even dares to object to it. Story 3 : To start off, 19:09 apply cold water to burned area. Second off, unless you're playing FATAL, A) why are you playing FATAL? and B) no game should have it be a thing that sexual content is an actual mechanic, that's creepy and gross. Here, let me put into perspective where this group's collective life is going if they keep trying to harness the Macho Chad Energy like they did here, imagine if OP were a girl, yeah, that's all you need to know that these guys are gonna wind up alone and unloved in a jail cell. My condolences OP for the lost friendship, but there is no salvaging that, just gotta let them crash and burn. Story 4: Jeez that guy is a jerk. That's just all I have to say on that, what a jerk, may all his rolls be Nat 1s.

[@PlymouthBbody]

I've been told I'm an asexual. I just always considered sex a waste of time. The sensations not that great 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@luke208]

I hope he didn't do anything to the player. It's bad enough doing this to the character.

[@krystlvines]

Dude should have just asked to play shadowrun instead.

[@ALLCAPSENTITY]

Least problematic 40K game.

[@kylemendoza8860]

I would recommend Shadowrun. Goodfellas of cyberpunk and magic

[@megatronjenkins2473]

DOGE: Persephone is pronounced PER SEFF O KNEE.

[@trip9845]

Cyberpunk Paladin: ya that story was more about "Paladin" was just unreasonable on every level Greedy Bard: ok at times like this just made game why did the DM not just go "Guys the hammer is for the dwarf blacksmith it's his it is made for him in lore and for the game" and like what is the party mind seat no it's finders kippers hahaha or are they just dick and want to bully OP with the "hay you know what would be funny let's not let OP have the thing clearly made for him and have the character who can use it the lease just so we can troll OP" ?

[@M_Alexander]

Ok a crazy religious zealot in Cyberpunk _does_ sound kinda fun but not like this

[@mipi12323]

Story 3 annoys me. No friend makes their friend do something they dont want to. On top of that, I still dont get why people need such detailed erotic rp in their DnD game? If they want to goon they can just watch pron or play any of the countless erotic games out there.. Not to mention it feels awkward if a dude DMs erotic related scenes for a bunch of other dudes. Personally I dont need or want any of that stuff in my fun DnD game

[@anthonyseverino8292]

Ok for story one the DM could have totally worked something out with the problem player. I mean i dont care what time of history you're living in there will always be fanatical religious belivers so he could of worked something into the story. Off the top of me head they could make it into a comical character who worships a god why believes he has been given divine powers to punish people on gods behalf, but in reality his poweres are just cybernetic enhancments; but nobody can convice him otherwise and to him, they are purely magcial poweres, while everyone around him clearly sees that its just enhancements. He could cast "Thunderous Smite" and the dm can describe it as a taser shooting from his arm, but to the player caracter hes so hyped up on god-worsiping-drugs that he literally believes that lightning is coming out from his hand. Hope that makes sence. But yeah, if the DM and Player could have made more effort with eachother, they could have both gotten what they wanted, I think.

[@ArcCaravan]

Player already got that, he just wanted more with no consequences for murderhobo behavior.

[@RedRattt]

I have played a modifier Rougue Traider game with "naughty" stats but that was preestablished as a game that was for that purpose and everyone involved was entering for that purpose. Don't put that stuff on there and not disclose why it'll matter.

[@takukori4722]

Why would you play cyberpunk, abd then totally not get into the setting? Oh? This isnt a medieval fantasy..? Well im gonna be a paladin anyway. 🤦‍♂️

[@ArcCaravan]

Sounded like that player wanted to force everyone to play DnD instead of not play.

[@BlueTressym]

'Persephone' is pronounced more like 'Per-SEPH-oh-nee'

[@aaron75fy]

well the year can't be much worse

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

Oh! Now you've gone and done it!

[@aaron75fy]

@@davidtherwhanger6795 trust me, it's so far down the disaster spectrum not even an atom could fit under

[@ChaosCounseling]

Have a great new year

[@alarkhar]

"Magic doesn't really fit into the cyberpunk setting". Doge, ol' boy - have you ever heard of Shadowrun? (and yes, you CAN play a Paladin in Shadowrun - problem is, he won't last long unless he's a Physical Adept. To clarify better: Physical Adepts are magic users just like normal mages, but they direct their magic INWARDS, therefore becoming able to do stuf you'd expect of people like Captain America or Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star)

[@trip9845]

yes but it was the game "cyberpunk"

[@ArcCaravan]

Probably the difference between Cyberpunk the universe and Cyberpunk the genre.

[@meistermiller]

Story 2 feels like a lot of details are being left out, like maybe op said or did some stuff that would make them look bad, so they're glossing over those parts to talk about what they didn't like. It's a very weird situation going by just what op wrote.

[@ArcCaravan]

That sounds like all tabletop horror stories.

[@GarkKahn]

15:35 Can you please be a lil more specific? 😂

[@CooperAATE]

Early Doge? Neat

[@tesuniekataren46]

Finally! I am Like number 13!

[@schwarzerritter5724]

The paladin story reminds me of a game where I have been demanding warlock abilities.

[@TheRuneTail]

S 1- DM shouldnt have let the "Paladin" get his way constantly so all the headaches are his own fault

[@lkuhhdsfgasdgvdadfg]

Laye teens and havnt had sex? Lol the only person ive personally knowen in my life that was still a virgin at 18 was a religious girl that was saveing it for marage

[@MrSwccguy]

Not really? St fu doge you know what he means