"I'm chaotic neutral" Buddy...killing a random squirrel is evil

@YamiAura

10 ай бұрын

And also fucking stupid, since the squirrel is trying to fucking set the group free.

@smokescreen100

10 ай бұрын

That's something I kind of hate about chaotic neutral. Players love to use it as an excuse to do whatever, which often turns out evil

@magnuswannabe4374

10 ай бұрын

Mf thought he was dark urge or something idk

@supremeruby2114

10 ай бұрын

I hate when people say their character is chaotic neutral but actually they're chaotic evil, it's very annoying just be honest about your character's alignment

@magnuswannabe4374

10 ай бұрын

@@supremeruby2114 Agreed, just play chaotic good instead or actually stay true to your alignment

I had an idea for an edgelord character. He would always try to intimidate people and always had some edgy quip and so on. Here's the problem: he also had a stutter, forgot half of the words he was going to say while being edgy, and his hooded cape was just a TINY bit too long, so he would trip over it all the time.

@rileystar2245

7 ай бұрын

That's actually kind of funny.

@adwadswadsda8458

7 ай бұрын

thats just me every time i try to intimidate 😢

@Ender41948

7 ай бұрын

Make him younger than he tries to sound and give him a loving family, and you have the perfect mix of humor and wholesome on your hands.

@RealSeanithan

7 ай бұрын

@Ender41948 he was going to be low-twenties, but with a mom and dad that were supportive of his being an adventurer. He was the youngest, so his mom was pushing 60 and would always refer to him as her "big strong adventurer" whenever he came to visit, but he was a "mom! You're embarrassing me in front of my friends," type. My characters are almost always funny, but they're never actual "joke" characters.

@Ender41948

7 ай бұрын

@@RealSeanithan I love this character.

imagine an actual D&D campaign where canonically there's always just a little crab with a crown stating the obvious walking around with a full squad of armored individuals

@demomanchaos

6 ай бұрын

Funny thing about that, I am running a game in a homebrew system based on Mobile Suit Gundam and due to a series of "interesting" events (And my scheme to convert the Gundam system to fantasy and have the final boss warp the players to that setting) the team have "acquired" a psychic crab commanding a legion of other crabs that "talks" like Macho Man.

@brunoreeves9642

6 ай бұрын

@@demomanchaosblud is cooking 🗣🔊

@user-sz3ys2nz2i

6 ай бұрын

@@demomanchaos Keep cooking my boy🗣🗣🗣🔊🔊🔊

@NathanRibeirodeFrancaYegrosFer

6 ай бұрын

​@@demomanchaoslet this man run the kitchen 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🔊🔊

@LordCrate-du8zm

5 ай бұрын

@@demomanchaos CRAB GUNDAM BOTTOM TEXT On another note, which timeline? Seed? UC? IBO?

The ending is really sad tbh. Being booted from a group and not being told what you did wrong is confusing, hurtful, and can just be plain toxic. Who knows what they were saying about them behind closed doors? That kind of shit would just eat away at my sanity

@OperatorMax1993

6 ай бұрын

Same here, like I didn't expect that ending at all, and I really hope he was allowed back in

@BadassHater1

6 ай бұрын

Or - hear me out - or OP is not telling us the whole story and he was actually just as bad as Malus's player.

@CrownedLime747

6 ай бұрын

@@BadassHater1Or maybe he was Malus.

@logicnorespond7100

6 ай бұрын

​@@BadassHater1well he was chatting the og group up during the intermission so they probably didn't have a problem with him. I think it's most plausible that they thought he was friends with malus

@redacted8008

6 ай бұрын

We're only getting one side of the story - from OP. So who knows what small details they might have left out; namely details painting them in a bad light. You can't always take things at face value. At least take it with a tiny grain of salt.

"my parents where never really supportive of me, the day of my birth, neither of them showed up" : Mallus probably

@Archris17

10 ай бұрын

Dude if he was playing Doctor Doofenshmirtz, then I'd actually have some respect for him. Best part of that show, on god.

@evilemuempire9550

10 ай бұрын

⁠@@Archris17Except Doofensmertz was consciously written to make fun of that trope, Malius most certainly was not

@user-kx1mb9qq4z

9 ай бұрын

Also Malus: THATS WHY I KILLED THEM IN A FIRE!

@MagileineTopDeckToFullField

8 ай бұрын

So, we played a One Shot a few months ago where everyone was a cartoon character brought into a nexus. I played as Doof as an Artillerist Artificer. My gimmick was I had to roll a D6 whenever I tried to use my "Inators," and when I rolled a 1 I had to make the roll at disadvantage because of Perry getting in the way. I had a lot of fun thinking of ways my stuff backfired.

@anatolemorillon6769

8 ай бұрын

@@MagileineTopDeckToFullField that sound super fun

Malus: refuses to tell anybody why he's in prison because he's a loner Also Malus: exposits his entire sad backstory in the middle of a fight

@MusMasi

10 ай бұрын

IKR? 🤣

@ningkon3787

9 ай бұрын

I get a little emotional in stressful situations too.

@Copter200

9 ай бұрын

If I were even CLOSE to that group during that moment, I'd start blurting out "I Still See Your Shadows In My Room!" 😭

@zoeblopaistinpannu5278

8 ай бұрын

they threw him in prison because they got tired of him telling his backstory to everyone

@MidoseitoAkage

7 ай бұрын

Genius 😂

>dead parents >betrayed by love >has cursed bloodline >has demon inside him >drinks blood >*eyes glow red* >God-modding >more annoying than actually a dark character yep...that is a lot of stereotyping

“That’s infighting, kick him out” 2 seconds before: “I stomp the squirrel”

"He has several mental illnesses and a cursed bloodline" it was really uncool of this guy to base his character off of excerpts from my diary

@v1de0gamr23

10 ай бұрын

😂

@Thaxannadrote

10 ай бұрын

"There is a curse on our bloodline. It's diabeetus."

@fizofox1859

10 ай бұрын

I mean... I'ts a way to say his parents are related.

@beaglebango9191

10 ай бұрын

I think that's called inbred.

@subpar_username4756

6 ай бұрын

⁠@Aszkalon…What? Are you okay? What does this mean?

“You better apologize or I’ll alert the guards” >The party kicks him out >Guard sees him >Edgelord tries to expose their hiding place >Make him do a Persuasion Roll >Purposefully say he failed the Roll. >Guard captures him and send him back to prison. >The party is officially saved.

@theepicduck6922

10 ай бұрын

Alternate have him executed on the spot (bonus if a sniper tower nearby). Surprised no one tried putting contraband on him to screw with him.

@KyleSage35

10 ай бұрын

I would have done something like "your stomachs growls so loudly from the blood you drink you clinch up alerting the guards to you being in the box, the lid is opened & you get killed" would have been a quick death aswell.

@Snakedude4life.

10 ай бұрын

I used to be edgy, and then I got graped. Now I'm just gay. Snekfest

@ldalexandrite

10 ай бұрын

I have a better idea, _first_ DM kicks the player out; and THEN this scenario unfolds so the story can continue as is 👍🏽

@TemporaleTossico

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, tbh the GM could have played things much better. Even if he stopped the armor appearing out of nowhere I see no point in letting Malus throw the game and allowing the stupid pvp

"Any time somebody tried to remove his armor,they instantly died of a heart attack,so they just put him in prison with it on." That sounds straight from an adam Sandler movie

Malus is 100% the type of person to grab onto random objects and say "BASE!" when playing tag

Edgelord: “I’m not about to trauma dump.” 2 hours later… Edgelord: “EVERYONE STOP FIGHTING AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY TRAUMA DUMPING!”

@craigford33

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@G-manFan1

6 ай бұрын

this is just ai

@itsmrfoxy7364

4 ай бұрын

@@G-manFan1 No

@G-manFan1

4 ай бұрын

do you not hear his voice?@@itsmrfoxy7364

The dm was overly tolerant with malus behaviour, especially with killing the Druid’s squirrel which probably should have being retconned . He also shouldn’t have allowed the barbarian to resolve the issue.

@jackhastings8985

10 ай бұрын

i feel like the barb resolving it at the end made sense (talking about the duel)

@joelrobinson5457

10 ай бұрын

Agreed for the most part, I don't know how they let it get as far as they did

@sqfzerzefsdf

10 ай бұрын

@@joelrobinson5457 Seeing how the OP that did nothing wrong as far as we can tell got kicked, the DM, druid and barb knew eachother and just do shit however they want to.

@silverblade357

10 ай бұрын

​@sqfzerzefsdf Kinda sucks that OP got booked by association, but I'd be kinda pissed if I put in work to set up a game at my house and even made snacks only for some newcomer to act like a jackass. I'd feel pretty irritated toward whoever brought them too.

@sqfzerzefsdf

10 ай бұрын

@@silverblade357 from what I understood OP and the jackass aren't related though. the barb group might've assumed so but we really don't know what they were thinking.

That ending breaks my heart. I already struggle to interact with anyone from self-hatred and fears of being too much, and if I got associated with the Malus guy like that and also kicked out, that'd probably do me in. I already am worried constantly about being a nuisance online but if I were to step out of my comfort zone just to be thrown out for being the new guy at a time the actual problem player was there too, I'd probably shut down even more at this rate. It's probably pathetic sounding ik but when it comes to being treated like shit for years I try to take what I can get socially, and often too scared to do anything much more than play games online.

@Pacster15

9 ай бұрын

I can relate to you bud. I'm always scared that I'll become the plaything of the group. It's why I'm so nervous to make friends now a days. I wish I could hug you. We share the same pain.

@leohunter801

8 ай бұрын

Same here, but I'd at least have the stones to ask "why the fuck am I being kicked out? I didn't do anything!"

@SamFromSolitude

7 ай бұрын

Yea that ending made me upset too. I can totally see myself in that situation and worrying that the guys I’m with just straight up don’t like me, and were using kicking Malus out as an opportunity to get rid of me too…

@InVinoVeratas

7 ай бұрын

You're honestly better off alone trust me, so called "friends" more often then not, are just "friends" in name only, especially the older you get. As a 32 year old, who's mostly used to my own company, most people are fake as all heck, and therefore you never get to even "know" said people as they truly are, without facades, and getting around said facades requires a lot of willingness to constantly learn about said person, as often as you can, when appropriate. Trying to learn too much, and you come off as needy or stalker-ish, and doing too little makes you seem stand off-ish and unwilling to confrom to whatever friend ground you're trying to get on good terms with or establish a connection with, to begin with. I've found as an introvert, I have to be an extrovert at times in order to confrom to a social norm, and that in the end is the means of connecting yourself, is through constantly being an active listener (which is a hard skill to constantly employ). An active listener is constantly asking questions about the topics a person may bring up in a conversation, if it's about a skill, ask why you like to use said skill, if it's a hobby ask more about it. Having a basic toolkit of topics and skills to use in conversation is important, as an introvert, we need to be prepared ahead of time in order to feel ready for conversations, imo.

@eliottsmallwood2140

7 ай бұрын

isn't worth it. What would you get from that? a detailed explanation of why they decided they didn't like you? no thanks@@leohunter801

He stares at you with his lifeless doll like eyes, and says nothing

@mekiherring2088

5 ай бұрын

Wait where was that said again

@mifoon8727

5 ай бұрын

@@mekiherring2088 another one of critcrabs videos, a player made an assassin edgelord character in I think an elder scrolls campaign and whenever anyone spoke to him that was ALWAYS the response because the character was of course, mute and didn’t communicate in any way

@mekiherring2088

5 ай бұрын

@@mifoon8727 thanks man

@toxicdemon1315

3 ай бұрын

​@@mifoon8727 Do you know the title for that video? I wanna listen to that story again and can't find it.

"I killed my own family and that somehow led me to not be able to trust anyone ever again." dawg nobody should trust you again 😭

@ericsantoro9504

5 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing!

Should have read “DM stop him” with the same energy as “mr electric send him to the principals office and have him expelled”

@sniclops15

10 ай бұрын

YOU RUINED MY DREAM JOURNAL!

@walorafa123

10 ай бұрын

"Mods, ban him"

@BasedSociety1

10 ай бұрын

Its also the same energy when a Karen speaks to a manager.

@temirlan3747

10 ай бұрын

​"Mods, crush his scull"⚡⚡⚡

@saamjaza1742

8 ай бұрын

Core memory triggered

It’s very clear that Malus only wanted to duel the Druid because of her calling in a dragon and him not wanting to look like the “second coolest” character

“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” I have met so many blokes at the gym who fit this quote well, it's such a welcoming and helpful place.

@Deepfried_coomstick88

5 ай бұрын

Guy why you commenting some sigma male ass quote on a KZread video about D&D I bet the girls in your high school love the edgyness when they ignore you 😂

@michaelortiz1561

11 күн бұрын

Honestly I blame tv and movies for the dumb jock stereotype like yea some are but most jocks I've met have been really cool guys

My D&D character is an edgelord but it's like... Self aware? He's a Gloomstalker ranger, doesn't talk much, etc. One mission he was hiding by some barrels, spying on a club that was known for basically being a gay bar. One of our party members stumbles upon him and the conversation went as follows: "Hey uh... What are you doing?" "...I'm on the hunt." "...For what?" "A man." *Party member looks down the street at the gay bar, then back.* "This isn't healthy, you know." Contextually I was hunting a bounty for a very wanted wizard worth thousands of GP, but the whole situation played out like a complete misunderstanding, and that's how many of them have been playing out. It's goofy, this guy trying to be quiet, cool, and serious, just keeps lacking the awareness of what he's doing to make everything look very different than it is. We love it. Unrelated: FREE SHELL

@Kaipyro67ALT

10 ай бұрын

Playing edgelords in this way is perfect. You're doing it for comic reasons and you're not taking yourself too seriously. I also love doing the "If you'll need me, I'll be brooding over the corner by myself, doing important dark things."

@MothFable

10 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing

@Tempest7053

10 ай бұрын

This reminds me of the mariachi scene in metal gear rising

@marybdrake1472

10 ай бұрын

That's legit funny. I love the way you handled that. 😆

@professorsponge1554

10 ай бұрын

I've had a few. but for me my favorite edgelords were total cinnamon rolls. Acted like assholes, but were secretly very generous and caring. Think naofumi from shield hero with raphtallia.

Very strange ending. Either we're not getting the whole story or they thought he and dimbulb were joined at the hip.

@cobrakommando533

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, and throughout the whole story I don't think they ever mentioned what their character was doing during all of the events Seems very odd

@ArcCaravan

10 ай бұрын

Definitely makes barbarian look bad, maybe even worse than the edgelord.

@mikeesplace

10 ай бұрын

I figure they just regretted bringing anyone new in and decided to just be done with outsiders, but assuming they knew each other is kind of a fair guess too

@InTaco7

10 ай бұрын

​@@mikeesplacebarbarian physically kicked OP out of the house. Sounds like both OP and Malus were unwelcome.

@WolforNuva

10 ай бұрын

Or OP's first impressions were ruined by Malus. It's not unusual for tight knit groups to need a good impression to keep someone on. I agree with CC that there doesn't seem to be much room for OP to be annoying with how much of a pain Malus was being, but it's very plausible that OP was annoying in a way they didn't realise and wasn't addressed because Malus was the bigger problem.

As soon as he said everyone "died of a heart attack who tried to remove his helmet" I already knew where this was going.

I don't think OP should want to go back to that group again, there's a reason that despite them seemingly being a nice group they still need to look for players on Facebook, not to mention that barbarian actually throw a water bottle at a player, and even tho they know that OP was not with the Edgelord they still kicked him out which means they clearly don't respect him, honestly I think that if OP comes back to them there is a 50% chance that he'll regret it.

Considering they were cosplaying, they were probably the types to take DnD extremely seriously. OP says he disengaged at one point and was just on his phone. I was in a group with decades old friends, pulled out my phone to check a spell because I didn't know where the book was, and the entire table stopped until I finished. I was booted from the friend group not long after for that and trying to find out if we were playing after a holiday because I texted during their other game. They acted like it was life or death. I have a new group I've been playing with for a few years now, and I love it. We're very much into the roleplay aspect of our characters, but nothing is so serious that you can't accept a call that might be important or have to devote EVERY weekend to the game. It's so much better.

@BilboSwagginsTheThird

7 ай бұрын

I think the phone part was during the time when the party was having their private side session, so they were just alone with the issue causer and didn't want to talk, then mentioned that they made decent small talk with the og group while the other person was in the private session with the DM.

@Nindroid-zw7zc

6 ай бұрын

they didnt sound like real friends if they kicked you out of a group for using a fucking phone

@TheodosiaNova

6 ай бұрын

@@Nindroid-zw7zc you're right, they really weren't. I was blind to it because I'd known one of them for 15+ years by that point and considered them family. And I'd been made to believe I didn't deserve better. But I've realized how the "friends" really become rotten, entitled children by then.

@blazaybla22

5 ай бұрын

@@TheodosiaNovaI have to ask, are you a woman? You don’t need to answer (it’s like… a half-rhetorical question) but I have a feeling that, if you are, I kind of doubt you would’ve been kicked out if you were a guy who did the same thing. There’s definitely a “girls - always on their phones” attitude with some people that causes them to be hypervigilant about a young woman being on their phone when they wouldn’t care about a guy doing the same thing unless it was actually legitimately excessive. Just saying - the main “rationale” could’ve been thinking you’re not taking it as seriously as they are, but something just tells me that might have added to it.

@TheodosiaNova

5 ай бұрын

@@blazaybla22 no worries - I am a woman (nb technically but AFAB). I'm not really sure, but it's definitely possible. The main former friend was also a woman, but we'd argued before due to her internalized misogyny (telling me how annoying a character I liked was because she did things as a woman, etc). Someone reminded me I also skipped one session (told them several hours in advance) because I was severely ill, and she gave me the cold shoulder for it. Tbh the main issue I think is that for most of the small group, outside of work, they didn't have other interests and the main friend didn't even work, just played video games all day - I don't think they really had anything else going on in their lives so the game took over.

I love the DM having to correct him to the party each time he describes powers he doesn't have. "I CAN SEE THE FUTURE!" "He can't see the future."

@LevidelValle

10 ай бұрын

Is he a hexblade warlock or a divination wizard?

@Kpsla

10 ай бұрын

This would honestly be 10/10 banter if the player had the awareness to realize he was a parody of a serious character and not a serious character. The kind of thing the group would laugh at and move on if there wasn't several other infringements and arguments with the DM.

@SUNNY_POP

10 ай бұрын

It feels like a funny narration bit where its like: “I can cross this bridge” James says, (He cannot cross the bridge-Narrator)

@lasumexaranethon7230

10 ай бұрын

11:46 🎶 "Oh, but I can" 🎶

@DellikkilleD

10 ай бұрын

@@SUNNY_POP "Ive got this!" Morgan Freeman 'He in fact, did not have this.'

The Joker is literally the textbook example of chaotic EVIL.

I think all the hints actually point towards OP needing to just find a more relaxed group

I am going with option 4....I think Barbarian, Druid and Bard were a small established group and made a decision to open the group up to grow a little. Then when they got a terrible player they decided to just go back to their smaller private group and OP was just collateral damage. No one they didn't know. Personally as a GM I would not have allowed him to stomp the squirl. I would not have even allowed that roll to happen and given the final warning right there an then.

@thatkingdomheartsguy9615

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but they didn’t even bother to tell him why? I would at least say that.

@sagexalcen4708

10 ай бұрын

@@thatkingdomheartsguy9615 As much as I wish this was not the case, it could have been a very awkward situation. Telling someone that even though they had no issue but they still were not allowed to return is a very awkward conversation and much as I wish this was not the case a lot of groups have a problem kicking out collateral damage. So rather than risk a scene or an awkward conversation they took the easy out. It's not a satisfying answer, but this is a thing I could see.

@thatkingdomheartsguy9615

10 ай бұрын

@sagexalcen4708 In my opinion, they should grow some balls and tell them instead of ghosting them

@sagexalcen4708

10 ай бұрын

@@thatkingdomheartsguy9615 Personally I agree. But unfortunately a lot of people who play tabletop struggle with dealing with direct problems to interpersonal issues, especially in an in-person environment. Otherwise things like CritCrab and RPG Horror Stories wouldn't exist. Now take someone who, and I am going to assume was not an issue, hadn't caused a problem but they still want gone.....I don't endorse how they went about it. I agree on what they should have done. That said, I see how and why they chose the method they did.

@nykcarnsew2238

10 ай бұрын

@@sagexalcen4708 bare minimum they should apologise for literally physically throwing him out of the game, that’s a huge red flag and it’s shocking OP wants to go back after that

I played a parody of an edgelord once. The name was Bluebell the gender was "Whatever makes you the least comfortable right now" their catchphrases were "Can I touch your skin?" and "YOU WANNA HEAR MY DRAMATIC BACKSTORY?!" They hijacked babayaga's hut. Also accidentally became leatherface.

@deancarruthers444

10 ай бұрын

I have my own parody edgelord, they were an anti-Aragorn if you will they were a broody edgy loner of a person and rumours were constantly swirling around about terrible things that they did to the bounties that they took on. He was a Hunter Ranger/Inquisitive Rogue, he took up this persona since it allowed him to pour over jobs and find possible connections to a backstory event for himself and if he was seen as a intimidating person who wanted to be left alone unless it was important only the most desperate of people would come to him personally to ask for help so he could have a good feeling that his time wouldn't be wasted. When it came to bandits or other highway men after a fight he'd pay a couple of them to spread terrible but believable tales about him so that when he introduced himself he could have people shitting bricks. One of his first interactions with someone from the party asking why he acted the way he did was for him to remove his mask and say. "Do you think I enjoy being alone or seen as someone to avoid? No I want social interaction and to make connections however if I do that then it leaves me open for situations like we have now. I'm travelling with this group to take on a mission that potentially could kill me, but with that mask it also allows me to look at things and people through multiple ways it lets me think without being bothered and it lets me take on the truly important jobs so I can live with being seen as someone I'm not if it means helping those who need it and furthering my own goals."

@user-il9ze9py8c

10 ай бұрын

This is really the only way to do this right. The lack of self-awareness has to be the joke. Make an edge lord character who's totally full of shit.

@saibogu002love

10 ай бұрын

Excuse me i just have one, genuine question. I am hooked. How does one become Leatherface /by accident/ ????

@Ironfist85hu1

10 ай бұрын

@@saibogu002love Accidentally fell down to a chasm, tried to grab anything, what happened to be a chainsaw, and then fell down to a leather facemask, and a leather apron. What's so unbelievable in this?

@v1de0gamr23

10 ай бұрын

I have a parody edgelord character too (DM approved). He does all of the stereotypical edgelord stuff (standing in the most shadowy corner of the room, barely speaking to anyone, distant and standoffish, etc.), but instead of doing it for the sake of being edgy, he's doing it all to try and protect his deep, dark secret: everyone thinks my character is human, but he's actually three goblins in a hooded long cloak. We're approaching Session 11 and nobody is suspecting a thing 😆

Wtf did the squirrel even do to him apart from try and help him 😭

@rodrigossgardelis7384

26 күн бұрын

Maybe you are a new player so let me explain: He Is ChAoTiC nEuTrAl

There definitely feels like there's some not right here. Malus comes across as no older than maybe 16, possibly younger. And a troubled one, at that. Perhaps I'm too accustomed to society being crap these days but it seems odd to me that, in this day and age, they're being allowed to go to complete stranger's houses unsupervised, though if they do come from a troubled home environment then that could explain that neglect and their behaviour. The other explanation is that Malus and the OP did in fact know each other to some degree and so going together raises no alarms, and were treated as a single entity by the group when they were kicked out but the OP chose to omit this in their story. If they didn't know each other, it raises more questions about the OP and the group. Either the OP is causing issues by themselves and is omitting this or is doing nothing/not enough to help diffuse the situations that are occurring. If it's the first, then fine, they get kicked out too, no questions asked. The second is definitely harder to do in this case. It doesn't make you look great if you just sit back and not really try to intervene when someone is de-railing the session but it's also not their usual group so how much do they step in without stepping on anyone's toes or crossing boundaries? And frankly it should be up to the hosts to keep control of the session. It seemed like they were being too patient with Malus and at least trying to make it work to try and benefit everyone but this clearly wasn't going to work out and more decisive action needed to be taken sooner, even if it means following through on your words and kicking them out early. And when I say decisive action, I do not mean letting one of your group members throw stuff at someone else. As amusing as it can be to think about sometimes, that is not how you deal with anyone, let alone what seems to be a troubled tantruming teenager... This should never have been allowed and we don't know if any action was taken to deal with that incident. And that irks me. Which leads me onto the group. The OP wondered why they needed to advertise for new members but I think the story paints that for us. They're clearly very close-knit and very serious about how they play and that's not really a good environment to be trying to introduce new players into. It puts up walls and there's very clear evidence in what story we were given that this is happening and the outsiders are being treated a little differently than the others. Obviously, this isn't helped by Malus's behaviour but you still shouldn't tarnish every new player at your established table with the same brush. If the OP really isn't causing issues then when you kick Malus out surely it's courtesy to ask the OP if they're related to him in any way? Perhaps establish this in the hour or so of pre-game socialising that apparently happened? Or were the outsiders not included in that socialising? I can certainly see that being the case. Whatever the case, it feels like this group shouldn't be advertising for new players at all and keep their play between themselves because they've clearly got their own thing going on and it's going to be very difficult for any outsider to climb over their gates and walls and be properly welcomed in. And so my final point will be this. I don't really play D&D myself as, thanks to my own mental issues, I find it difficult to engage with others face-to-face and roleplaying on-the-fly but I'd have thought that if you're going to be inviting people you don't know to your sessions then the DM should be talking to these prospective invitees at sufficient length *before* the event to set the expectations for both sides and work out if this is going to potentially be a good fit or not for both of you and not waste each other's time... A "turn 0", of sorts. If this wasn't done then it's no wonder why these stories exist as you're basically rolling dice and hoping you find a good group or good new people for your group. And if this was done but the OP ignored it before they turned up then they may well have stumbled unknowingly into an issue that saw them get the chop too...

@CFronTV

6 ай бұрын

i’ve met some 25+ year olds who would act like malus….

@AizStein

5 ай бұрын

Wow, that was very well said

The ending is really weird. I could have settled with a version of the OP being "collateral damage" or "the party dodges a bullet", but the OP said they had a good 20 minute conversation with the party. And it's likely that conversation mentioned Mallus. The OP barely mentioned himself at all in the story, I had forgotten by the middle of the video that he was even there. Maybe he did some dumb shit after the break or was not involved in the game at all and got caught in the hot hand because of it. Too bad we'll never know the answer to that.

@trustymccoolgal

6 ай бұрын

Since they didn't mention themselves like at all gives me a hunch that they probably left out something crucial which netted them to be removed from the game.

@LordCrate-du8zm

5 ай бұрын

@@trustymccoolgal Yep. History is written by the victors, or cowards who want to hide things.

Malus: "I stomp the squirrel" Any sane member of the party: "Ok, I leave the psychopathic animal murderer, who won't say why he's in prison, to rot in jail forever (or until he is executed.) He's very likely a serial killer, and I do not want a serial killer in the party, cause he could very easily try to kill one of us."

@Theokal3

10 ай бұрын

Yuuup. Personally that would have been the point where I kicked him out. Or at least told him to stop this bs and retconned him doing that.

@skandragon586

10 ай бұрын

the squirrel was going to get the keys to release everyone... he obviously doesnt want to be released from his cell, so leave him there

@davidtherwhanger6795

10 ай бұрын

Finally. The "It's WHAT MY Character would do after seeing WHAT YOUR Character would do." response that more problem players should get.

@deen7530

10 ай бұрын

Weirds me out that the DM was so insistent on the armor thing but immediately after just let him do that.

@AzriusN

10 ай бұрын

Yeah if I was a player in that game that would be the point at which I'd be rolling initiative for PvP

Bro thought he was Heath Ledger, turns out he was Jared Leto.

My first ever D&D group back when I was 16 yld, had 2 edgelords in a 5 people party. Both of them got us into trouble often, and I had to work really hard to get us out (Ranger - Neutral Good) It was a little odd, but eventually they grew out of that persona and rolled 2 brand new great characters for one of the best adventures We've played. Good days

I thing the transition from "dumb mean jock" to "intelligent sensitive gymbro" happened when that generation passed high school, and the people in the gym were the ones who actually wanted to exercise. And actually enjoy it beyond being a tool of social esteem.

@12SickOne34

10 ай бұрын

Gymbros -> highly self aware, chill dudes aiming for self improvement for the sake of self improvement Party Pushers -> brain dead, self centered and superficial proles looking for gains to impress others As far as my experience goes, that's the two stereotypes ^^

@shadenox8164

10 ай бұрын

Personally in my experience as a nerd what seemed to happen is that a lot of the jocks you know... grew up. While quite a lot of the nerds well... did not and use the bullying they got in high school as an excuse to be awful. It comes up particularly often with gatekeepers complaining about the hobby becoming more mainstream, resentment over people who may have been former bullies being allowed to enjoy the hobby. Haven't grown up past high school basically.

@gokuxsephiroth4505

10 ай бұрын

You know, I think you nailed it. In high school, the athletic students get super special treatment and an ego to match (but they are developing teenagers so no hate) but in adulthood, the reckless and empty headed jerks tend to avoid the gym since no one really cares about that when you're an adult unless you're hugely famous. Spent a lot of time around gym bros and they're cool people generally

@talynhastime9343

10 ай бұрын

I think the stereotypes we have of the bitchy cheerleader and asshole jock are creations of Boomers and Gen X that belong to those gens, because I scarcely saw them irl when I was in school (2000s).

@angusmcnay5449

10 ай бұрын

I enjoy being a tool

We had a comedic campaign once and I made a character who was the son of the local lord of a town called Edge due to its proximity to the edge of a river and forest. He was quite literally an Edge Lord. Was fun hamming it up ironically.

@youraveragetemplar5810

7 ай бұрын

Funny enough the title marquis literally means "Lord of the edge". The reason why it is called this is because a marquis traditionally was tasked with defending the border which was also called the "edge"

@seanderickferrer7268

3 ай бұрын

😂 dude what the fuck? hahahahahahahaha 🤣

Cut to Fight Club style flashback montage where OP realizes they'd actually been Malus all along! 🤯

Malus sounds more chaotic evil then chaotic neutral

Malus is the type of kid that when you're younger you're playing with action figures and every attack you do he shoute "FORCE FIELD FORCE FIELD"

@T9K66

10 ай бұрын

Hey Man. I think every kid deserves that moment in life. Seems like a nice childhood to me. Oblivious to our corroding conditions as adults. Just head empty, “pshhhh pewpewpew FORCEFIELD pshhhhh”

@Jostyy

10 ай бұрын

@@T9K66 but we see its affects in adulthood, it saps the fun out of the play with the kids around them and that translates 1:1 in adulthood ruining games of D&D, and quite often in fact I'd say its typical, we will also see that mindset bleed into areas outside of games in adulthood that manifest in super negative ways it correlates to 'My way or the Highway' mentality

@T9K66

10 ай бұрын

@@Jostyy bruh i didnt know you were being that serious. i just thought u meant kids who play with action figures and narrate their moves while making noises, but ur deadass pressed about the forcefield meta abusers. thats too funny.😂

@Jostyy

10 ай бұрын

@@T9K66 i mean something can be a joke and true at the same time

@T9K66

10 ай бұрын

@@Jostyy dawg if an 8 year old is playing with toys i dont look at them and go "ah this is an accurate representation of their behaviors as an adult". That is a bold ass claim so you better have some kind of PHD to back it up man.

the ending to this story is odd for sure.

@Murderkarpe

10 ай бұрын

It's... really odd. OP HAS to be leaving stuff out. It doesn't make sense.

@gooper3644

10 ай бұрын

It is also weird that when the dm talked to the group, he left both Malus and op in the room and took everyone else to talk. But op said later he and barbarian had a nice conversation, so I think something must be missing. Why would barbarian be mad at him?

@ammieway6136

10 ай бұрын

im going with the guess that they just decided going to facebook was a bad idea in general and assumed OP was his friend or something.

@caioaugusto3138

10 ай бұрын

OP is sus af.

@mikeesplace

10 ай бұрын

@gooper3644 I think that was two events - first DM talked to the original group, probably about how to go forward, and then talked to Malus about his behavior

The "it's what my character would do"

The voice you give Edgelords always cracks me up.

Idea: since having that armor is so integral to Malus's identity, have him be introduced as distraught and angry about how they took his "face and skin", and have him carry a grudge of dwarven proportions against those who are responsible for this loss. This will make that cool edgy moment down the line where he finally reclaims and dons his armor with the cool eye-glowy thing feel more deserved, and also establishes Malus as a deeply broken and disturbed person who defines himself solely as a warrior, not as an individual.

@comicsans3421

10 ай бұрын

that would require the player to be good at roleplaying.

@llanfairpwlgwyngyll7331

7 ай бұрын

idea stolen

@Eye_Of_Odin978

7 ай бұрын

Ah, grudges. The only thing *big* about dwarves lmao

@AreGeeBee

7 ай бұрын

​@@Eye_Of_Odin978That's going in the book, umgi

@cronic932

7 ай бұрын

@@comicsans3421 Rats!

Brian gang, rise up and try not to be so stubborn and childish that you make everyone at the table frustrated when they try to be patient with you!

@sas7831

4 ай бұрын

What?

-“Everyone else was cosplaying their characters, while I was cosplaying a balding man in his 30s wearing a black veil brides shirt” I’m fairly certain that this, combined with the light role playing at the end, is why OP was kicked out. The group probably doubted his commitment to the campaign, and a group that cosplays their characters probably mentioned it in the Facebook post. Even if they didn’t, OP didn’t mention saying something like “Oh sorry, I didn’t realize that we were cosplaying our characters. I’ll show up like that in future sessions”.

@Mielipuolukka

Ай бұрын

Yeah this whole story stinks of bad DMing to be honest. It's obvious the DM didn't go through any of the expectations with the new players, if Malus didn't even know he wasn't supposed to be wearing any armor in session one, and the OP had no idea he was supposed to cosplay. And the DM ignoring a player spraying another player with water is just mind-blowing. They definitely should've interfered at that point. No matter how annoying someone's character is, you should never make a fight physical. That was incredibly disrespectful regardless of Malus's actions before.

I might be petty, but this is exactly what I miss about joining a group with strangers. I find the nonsense they argue about more entertaining than the game sometimes. And there is ALWAYS nonsense.

Yo, Edgelord kinda ate with that line “I don’t need a right answer to know the wrong one” I’m using that for a cowardly character I have in an upcoming campaign

@HobGungan

10 ай бұрын

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

I think OP got kicked because the group decided that they were done with randoms. Probably nothing personal but just wanted to avoid situations like that entirely.

@kyuven

10 ай бұрын

Could have, y'know, communicated that to him rather than blocking him on everything. Something's definitely up.

@alyssabaerne9508

10 ай бұрын

​@@kyuveni agree, i suspect that had the choice been to go back to the old group format, they would have told OP, especially if OP didn't cause any issues, they wiukd have had some contact afterwards to explain the decision and leave it all with no hard feelings. I suspect that either guilt by association, OP contacted the group for themself and mallus' player (the found a group for me and friend stuff), op had unintentionally been a nuisance in the background (foreground was kinda taken)... or OP is mallus and added mallus as an additionql to divert blame. The last one i find unlikely to be the case, but with many reddit stories you never know and i recall a story where it turned out op wrote themself as bystander while including a stand-in for themself being the issue (wasn't a dnd reddit story yjough and can't recall much aside from that detail in the comments from someone who was present)

@1Kapuchu100

10 ай бұрын

I find that to be the most likely as well, BUT! If it was "nothing personal" why did they kick OP from every chat they had, and then block them as well? "Nothing personal" would be more along the lines of "we have decided we'd prefer to play with just us. Good luck finding another group to play with!" The treatment of OP at the end seems too spiteful and vindictive to be "not personal". Either that, or they're pre-emptively blocking because they are scared of confronting OP with being told they're no longer welcome.

@markgarr7836

10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if the group was just emotionally rattled. They seem tight nit (like lifelong friends or even family) and might have been quite invested in the campaign. Having a nightmare session where a companion death happened could've made for some rash action... then again, as this is all speculation and maybe OP hit on the daughter or something.

@realdragon

10 ай бұрын

@@alyssabaerne9508 You would be surprised, I was kicked out of the group because they had issue with my playstyle, I contacted 1 player why they never said anything about it. I never got response...

“he wouldnt know because im wearing a helmet!!” also a minute ago “his armor magically disappeared.

Chaotic Neutral as it is supposed to be played: You do what needs to be done to benefit yourself. You are a free agent, willing to work under whatever master as long as they promise benefits that balance. You lack any personal codes, as all that does is slow you down. How this guy plays CN: LOL SO RANDOM

@Shiverwar

3 ай бұрын

Would a gnome rogue with an obsession with sewing needles and using them in any way possible to achieve his ends be able to fall under this?

@caingillespie355

Ай бұрын

Literally how I play my own chaotic neutral character. He is morally dubious at best and only really looks for his benefit, but will work with others as he deems necessary. But since he is an enchanted familiar, separated from his master, he is one step away from becoming a chaotic evil murder hobo to get back to them. (Him being part of the party and one of the characters being the goodest boy is keeping my character in check from going evil)

I legit yelled "you're chaotic stupid!!!" at the screen when I heard the 'explanation' at 4:38. Obviously aimed at the edgelord, but still, just... Wow.

That ending gabe me such whiplash, I actually had to replay it to make sure I heard it right

@aquaticcatfey

10 ай бұрын

Seeing as OP doesn't seem to embellish their own behavior: I suspect they dodged a bullet.

Barbarian seems like an asshole. I mean, throwing a water bottle at someone??? Wth! And then we have the thing where he may have kicked OP out without good reason, if we are to believe OP.

Chaotic neutral is like stealing fireworks and lighting them next to a town to show them a spectacle.

“I’m like heath ledger” Is a massive red flag for me. Larger than CN alignment

@jonnyg9865

10 ай бұрын

He probably said that in character too.

@MothFable

10 ай бұрын

@@jonnyg9865 oh god the cringe levels

@soujemn5

10 ай бұрын

This is why you go with, "I'm like Heath Ledger.. in 10 things I hate about you. I'm playing a warlock trying to get his patron to open up to him."

@Comegetpsalm

10 ай бұрын

That's the point where I absolutely refuse to believe that this actually happened lol

@solouno2280

10 ай бұрын

Well, to tell the truth, he sounds more like a carbon copy of Percy from the Green Mile. Everything happens the same way...

He gets mad that other players start conspiring to pvp him.... as if he didn't start it by killing Sniffles.

"It can't be that edgy" Crab Boi: "Malus Creed." "*OH...*"

@DJParkesie959II

Ай бұрын

I know, right? Even the NAME gave me conniptions.

i still tend to cry when my longtime characters die. i don't do it in-session, and i excuse myself for a bathroom break if i can't hold it in. it's not so much the character itself, but the fact that so many months to years of story are just thrown away just like that.

I remember I played an edgelord twilight cleric of Eilistraee who just wanted to look cool. They would use sending every night to call their mom and try to do it as far from the party as possible. They did everything they could to send money home to support his family since her dad left when she was like 7 and she was the oldest of the kids. Her family eventually ended up in a manor and she died killing a hoard of fire giants smashing a bridge sending everyone careening down Gandalf style. There was a funeral when the party got to meet her mother and they learned her backstory post mortem. I got such little time in session since my cleric did everything in private but everyone loved the fact that I spent so much time in the background realizing everything my character did was to make sure they could have a good life. The campaign eventually ended and the Bard of the group who was a former butler went back to being a butler telling the story of my character and her adventures to her family and friends back home. She ended up looking very cool but not in the way she wanted and it could not have turned out better. She learned what it truly took to be cool

@thefiresworddragon927

10 ай бұрын

Basically you did the 'correct' edgelord.

If I were the DM I would have decided his character was so psychologically attached to his armour that he's convinced he's still wearing it when he isnt

@lordofuzkulak8308

10 ай бұрын

@bridgetmadden5716 - that occurred to me too; and if the player wasn’t an ass and was willing to have fun with it, make the ‘helmet’ he was wearing in the cell he an appropriated bucket that the guards let him wear because they don’t get paid enough to deal with crazy.

@bridgetmadden5716

10 ай бұрын

@@lordofuzkulak8308 lmao I love that bucket idea

@guyman1570

10 ай бұрын

​@@lordofuzkulak8308 Lord Buckethead 😂

@lordofuzkulak8308

10 ай бұрын

@@guyman1570 he could even try running for political office. ;)

@XSamsaX

9 ай бұрын

Lmao, i love this. "Your character constantly thinks he has armor on, while in reality you're only wearing underwear and a bucket." Followed by "Due to this, your character is unable to equip real armor." (If he behaves for the rest of the campaign, he might be able to get rid of this "feature")

I go to the gym exclusively to cosplay as my buff kobold war cleric.

when he said AMOG, i paused the video to go look up wtf it was only to come back and hear you explain it right after. this guy is something else….

Stuff like this is why I separate the asshole trait from the edgelord trait in my D&D characters. If a character is a dark, brooding edgelord, he should have a strong set of morals and sense of justice, one that doesn't let him trample upon the rights of others. If a character is an insensitive prick, he should have the charm and charisma to balance it out and make sure no one could hold it against him.

@ToxicBastard

6 ай бұрын

Exactly. Edgy doesn't just mean being a twat.

at some point as a dm, I would've gone the route of "You've all realized that this shared hallucination called 'Malus' begins to fade as the bad prison food works it way out of your systems. Druid your squirrel catches up with the party after it had accidentally knocked itself out trying to retrieve the cell keys from earlier. Clearly the prison is too cheap to have fed most the guards better food than the prisoners, but at this point you've noticed their accommodations are much better and are unlikely to be seeing this figment"

Our party had one like this at first. Red was standoffish with everyone and had a tragic backstory but over time he slowly but surely started to open up. Right at the end he basically was the sergeant dad for my character and it was so nice to roleplay with him. Miss those days

@rileystar2245

7 ай бұрын

That sounds like some1 who made an edge lord cuz they were bad at socializing rather than some1 who made an edge lord cuz they r an angsty dick.

@LordCrate-du8zm

5 ай бұрын

You mean _surrogate_ dad right?

I don’t even play dnd but I almost recoiled out of my chair during the first few sentences

Dnd is a PARTY GAME. I also run a Monster of the Week game and one of the first rules in character creation was "Your character can be as chaotic/lone wolf/unsociable as they want but they MUST be capable of working in a group and taking a joke." My group brought three loner's, two hippies, a socially inept loner with a bad temper, and four cats. There's some personality clashes and some character choices causing trouble, but they aren't actively antagonistic to each other and they listen when I say 'no'. I love my disfunctional little group more and more after these stories.

Justice for the druid's squirrel!

@Theokal3

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! You just don't do that to a cute animal!

Hey CritCrab, just commenting this time to say I really enjoy your content and this is me catching up with a 3 day binge while I've been really exhausted and depressed due to some life things going on. I'm a fellow forever-gm and even stream with some friends (very small following, we make a tiny bit of money but are really doing it just because it's fun). I know a lot of these stories are upsetting, but honestly, your humor and insight makes them much more palatable. They also reinforce all the good habits I've learned running games and noticing red flags and potential issues that could come up in my games. Anyway, big ups for doing what you do and I hope you're also taking care of yourself.

This is one of the funniest stories I think I ever read. Love you all pls enjoy :)

@JackRook

10 ай бұрын

🦀🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

@diegorassetto

10 ай бұрын

Welcome back to youtube for the third, and I hope last, time

@rossjohnstone4689

10 ай бұрын

I think its clear we always enjoy when you upload glorious crab king :3

@Solo_Shuckle

10 ай бұрын

Man I laughed, that edgelord was just so cringy, it reminds me of the first campaign I ran.

@Asher_Tye

10 ай бұрын

Was very weird at the end there

This story lasted about 9/10ths of a session longer than I would have let it go on.

Maybe this was the first time that party invited outsiders, and when they didn't like what they saw kicked him both out to avoid possible future problems with new people... Idk but the ending is sad :(

I refuse to believe this guy doesn’t solely play the dark urge origin in Baldur’s gate exclusively every single time the squirrel part felt too familiar

I enjoyed the story, but the ending makes me wonder what the problem was with OP. Why was he kicked out?

@1Kapuchu100

10 ай бұрын

I can think of only two possibilities. 1 - Guilt by Association, like CritCrab said. OP came in with EdgeLord, and so feared that he would become like him, and make the "safe" (for them) choice of booting both. 2 - They made the choice that they would be fine just 3 players and DM, and made the decision to let the two newbies stay the session but uninvite them afterwards. In either case, giving absolutely no explanation to OP and blocking them, is... incredibly rude. At the VERY least OP deserves an explanation. It kind of makes me vicariously upset, to hear about how OP got kicked with not so much as a "goodbye". Like Crit also said, there probably wouldn't have been time for OP to be annoying given how much time EdgeLord took up with his BS, so I doubt that is why.

@theNEWMASKSdudexxx

10 ай бұрын

Remember the writers of these stories tend to leave out things that would incriminate them.

@SamuelHelligins

10 ай бұрын

@@1Kapuchu100 my guess is that it was guilt by association as well, but specifically because OP was playing a rogue, which is one of the more common classes played by edgy people from what I’ve seen.

@arfived4

10 ай бұрын

It would seem that the other three party members and the DM were the established group, and Malus and OP only played the one session. My guess is that Malus convinced them that recruiting from facebook was a bad idea, and that they decided to go back to the status quo.

@Psilo-gn1sx

10 ай бұрын

@@theNEWMASKSdudexxx i was thinking that, but they usually also try to embellish their own behavior, too. it's one thing to twist a scenario to make yourself sound like the victim, but leaving out any actions you took whatsoever? that's just odd

as someone currently playing a chaotic neutral undead warlock dhampir. it is SO EASY to play an edgy crazy character without being a complete and utter asshole with no regard or respect for the campaign

@xryeau_1760

10 ай бұрын

Was your character locked in a room with rats in it?

@i5m1thy

10 ай бұрын

Being an edgelord isn't an issue unless you're an edgelord without a shred of self awareness

"If a player says there going to throw the game, throw them out the door." Perfect way of saying it lol

Real story Source: Trust me, bro

@connordorman117

Ай бұрын

Yeah, these are entertaining but usually fake, this one is a little more obvious and on the nose.

This was a funny story. The way the problem player kept insisting and pushing back reminds me of those kids a group always had at recess that would deny getting hit by an imaginary sword or bullet when playing imaginary games.

Malus sounds like a 5 year old playing Cops &Robbers Other kid: i shot you. Malus: nuh-uh you missed me.

@justinnyugen7015

Ай бұрын

"Nuh uh I have diplomatic immunity. I'm a foreign ambassador"

I laughed out LOUD with the water bottle 360 no scope.

12:23 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤ OMG this killed me.... "The visions they're coming back" "SHUT UP" says the DM❤

dang, there is so much missing here. Hope this is one of those DnD horror stories that blows up and we get some updates from those involved.

@TheRiku57

10 ай бұрын

I phased out for a second while listening to the video, so I agreed with this at first. Then I watched it again. Druid is Barbian's daughter- yeah.... fartherly instinct > common courtesy and DEF > D&D courtesy. Personally, I wouldn't want to play with my kid, and def not with my kid with random people invited- but that made the whole story make WAY more sense.

The biggest mystery is gonna be figuring out what happened to trigger that ending, unless someone involved with this group appears and reveals it

@XSamsaX

9 ай бұрын

1. Guilty by association. 2. Closed group of friends that wanted to open up to new people, then decided it didn't work out as hoped and just canned their plan of being open. 3. OP left out detail involving him.

I imagine malus as the wojak in the corner like "they don't know my parents are dead" and everyone says "we KNOW"

Just the sentence "He killed Sniffles" breaks my heart, poor druid

The way you do an "edgelord" right is to play them realistically. Sure your guy was an elite agent and has been in a lot of battles but guess what? He also has PTSD, occasionally wakes up screaming, and has to drink the pain away to borderline alcoholic levels.

@genericname2747

10 ай бұрын

And has a debuff to charisma. Dude's not good at having normal conversations without it turning into a threat.

@CErra310

10 ай бұрын

I had a character like this once. A mercenary who was a normally cool guy except taking offense to alcoholics because his parents were killed by a drunk driver. Party never minded him

@dodgyyoutuber9560

9 ай бұрын

That could be annoying too.

Someone naming their character something like "Mallus Creed" is a huge red flag for me as a DM. That player would be on a super short leash

@fblack9033

10 ай бұрын

I hear you loud and clear. And by "sort leash," I would have them hanging by it.

@C4LLM3AN1MAL

10 ай бұрын

@@fblack9033 that's ironically something a character named Mallus Creed would say

@Psilo-gn1sx

10 ай бұрын

in a vacuum, "Mallus" is kind of a cool name, if you can ignore the wordplay

@TheDarkdoomful

10 ай бұрын

This just makes me think of the character I played once, the rogue Traitorius Darkson. He was the sweetest kindest cinnamon roll a person could be, without a malicious bone in his body. His rogue skills mainly came from him hiding from people convinced that he was some evil mastermind or dastardly foreigner, while having to get really good with his bow shoots so he could gather food since most merchants didn't want to deal with him after learning his name. He eventually started the Darkson Orphanage and eventually become a political advisor to the new king (party's noble fighter). The only reason he even kept the name was in honor of his late father....Iam Evilman, who had come to this land as a foreigner who didn't speak the local language and picked their names from random on the town notice board....which turned out to have a bunch of wanted posters on it.

@realdragon

10 ай бұрын

Why tho?

I love how he thought the comment about his “constipated look” was in character and not the dig at him that it really was.

Thing is, I feel like that moment when he stopped to drink the guard'd blood was genuinely a roleplay opportunity. Shame the party already hated him so much they just wanted to skip past it.

If it were me, and the Edgelord was crying about how he died, I'd just have to say: "You said it yourself, Malus, everyone always betrays you, and this wasn't going to end well. Are you really surprised that this is how you die?"

@rileystar2245

7 ай бұрын

That's harsh, but also amusing.

I, having a social anxiety, just couldn't not theoretisize about why OP wasnt just kicked out of a group, but also kicked out of grout chat AND being blocked by group members, which is just spitfull and people dont realy dont do for no reason. Such thing can leave me sleepless even when they happen to other people. Group obviously goes way back with eachother (having no problems with throwing botles at table and being immidiate family and cooking with eachother), such groups dont usually just try to expand with randos out of the blue, only times I see old friendgroups recruiting new players, is when old ones leave. So it is very likely that OP and Malus were invited as a replacement to some old friend falling out and when you meet someone for the first time, but expected to immidiately have same dynamic and chemistry as old friend does, you can't possibly live up to that unreasonable expectation. Also barbarian gets very frustrated very quickly, wich is obviously caused by Malus, but also may partly be him being frustrated about old friend leaving the group, wich may caused more hostility from him. TLDR: group being assholes to OP may be caused by them being frustrated from losing old party member and expecting OP to instantly be as good fit for a party as their old friend was. Just a theory tho.

"nooOoOOOoO tHaTS pARty infIghTinG" my brother, you killed the druids pet

@zaadus112

25 күн бұрын

"BuT, tHe BArd HaS sOMe BuLlY viBeS!" like they didnt just spend hours with this dude who cant take no for an answer.

I don't know what your talking about my 8 hour edging session is very cool

Me at the AMOG part: "Hey, what's this? Some really wierd ultra nerd thing?" Me after the crustecean explains: "Oh no. It's worse then I thought."

I tried to google this story to see if I could find any more context online. Apart from your video, the only thing that came up was a piece of lewd Shadowrun fanfiction where Malus Creed is this uber-powerful criminal ("In truth there were few *explosives* that could wound him, much less kill") with shining eyes, who voyeuristically watches one of his employees get raped during a mission gone wrong, then hires a foul-smelling monster to rape her again when she starts rebelling against Creed's authority. I'm 80% sure it's written by the same Malus Creed from this horror story.

@HayDirt325

8 ай бұрын

Had to search that big word up

@MisterManTheBestMan

7 ай бұрын

@@HayDirt325 They really should be teaching you guys more vocabulary in school.

@fr0st815

7 ай бұрын

@@MisterManTheBestMan They 100% should not be teaching the word voyeuristically to students

@teddsong9725

7 ай бұрын

@@fr0st815 Bravo man for this comment

@MisterManTheBestMan

5 ай бұрын

@@fr0st815 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I was really hoping the story with Malus was going to go all Sixth Sense. Everyone starts ignoring Malus because it turns out (in the DM's world) that Malus was just the ghost of an adventurer who died in the prison and has latched on to the party. They can see him because they were in the same cell, but the guards don't even know he's there and he can't affect them. And the players can't be bothered to spare his feelings anymore. Oh, and the squirrel was catatonic, not dead, because it thought it had been stomped. But it recovers when the Druid gives it counselling. Yes. I am a big softie.

This is such a cool video I’m someone who is really interested in getting into dnd and it’s awesome listening to what all happens in dnd. It’s also good for me to see what the bad characters are like so I don’t make an equally crappy experience for everyone else