Sounds more like 44 reasons why the DM clearly is no longer having fun with the game.

@solsotice6775

Ай бұрын

I'd even say reasons he shouldn't be a DM unless he is willing to learn humility.

@izraelburgess937

Ай бұрын

@@solsotice6775at this point I’m convinced it’s a mix of his ego , and his players all taking advantage of him

@ramirezthesilvite

Ай бұрын

It sounds like he has control issues, maybe had either a bad party or problem player, and is applying that experience to everyone else. A lot of it sounds like insecure posturing too.

@mikem2849

Ай бұрын

44 reasons why No DND is better than Bad DND.

@SwissStrawberry

Ай бұрын

i feel like this DM has an own story to this and why he is adding this much oddly specific rules to his game

Automatically, DnD Doge is better than EA. He charges nothing for audio DLC

@DnDDoge

Ай бұрын

Not that hard to be better than EA, lol

@videogamefan101

Ай бұрын

​@@DnDDogeMore or less. You could just hold the door open for someone who doesn't need the help, and you'd be better than EA.

@BR-dj1bo

Ай бұрын

Doge is real F2P with no P2W baggage attached

so...fun fact the poster of this actually deleted the post after redditors dug into his history and found that he bragged about the group giving the DM a bad time the same DM who wrote all these rules wrote them in response to their own horrible behavior, and it shows

@LoneWanderSpark303

Ай бұрын

Wow, OP is an absolute coward. Did they really think people wouldn't see if there was more to the situation?

@CantusTropus

Ай бұрын

This should never have been posted online. Even if we ignore the OP's history and pretend that the DM was completely at fault (he wasn't), this was a private disagreement between a peer group. It had absolutely no business being thrown onto Reddit to become an online media circus, it was nobody else's business. Honestly, this sounds borderline abusive; like the OP wanted to use internet clout as a way to bully the DM.

@Commandant_Aeon

Ай бұрын

@@CantusTropus would check out with the behavior shown x)

It's ok everyone, he fixed his Dog to English translator.

@jboogie7944

Ай бұрын

Are you telling me he's been speaking English the whole time? I thought I finally began to understand Dog!

My thoughts on the 44 rules DM. He had resentment building up over a long time on how he was treated, never communicated, let it fester, and this is how it turned out.

@robinmohamedally7587

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what happened. Hey everybody! Look! A non-autistic commenter in this comment section! who understands how humans behave!

@shiva0

Ай бұрын

@@robinmohamedally7587 Dude made physical threats to his players. If your group makes you that mad walk away before someone ends up in jail.

@SwissStrawberry

Ай бұрын

You can piece togheter how the problem player/s was acting and what happend to this poor dm so he felt the need to set up this rules

@nighthorder6542

Ай бұрын

@@shiva0 I feel like that may be what this DM was trying to do. Since he sent the rules after a hiatus, it's possible some of the players were pestering him to resume the game so he sent the rules out as maybe an intentionally unreasonable ultimatum with the hope that the players would refuse.

@quinnlance9487

25 күн бұрын

​@@robinmohamedally7587 I think attributing this to autism is low. The person who sent me this video is autistic and recognised this. This is about levels of being an asshole, not autism.

He can talk He can talk He can talk He can talk I CAN SIIIING!

@Nyx685

Ай бұрын

OOOHHHHHH DR. ZAIUS

@GarkKahn

Ай бұрын

What's wrong with me?

@arnoldschpeiker7887

Ай бұрын

@@GarkKahn I think you’re crazy.

@MrNickPresley

Ай бұрын

@@arnoldschpeiker7887 _Gnarls Barkley intensifies_

@KugelBlitz0

Ай бұрын

Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee

The Doggo has broken free of the silence spell. 🎉

4:01 As you wish, “brings out the punching gloves with knuckledusters inside”

@ShitpostingJoJo

Ай бұрын

*_🔥🔥WE JUMPING THE DM WITH THIS ONE! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥_*

@gimok2k5

Ай бұрын

I am not much of a fist-fighter, so... *grabs semi-automatic shotgun*

@ShitpostingJoJo

Ай бұрын

​@@gimok2k5 Just aim at the kneecaps 🗿 wouldn't wanna send them to Jesus too soon before we get a chance to beat the crap outta them properly. 🗿 *[Holds golden barb-wired bat **_Like a Dragon 🗿]_*

18 is both smart and dumb. I give a player 1 shot at it, but an ally can try if they fail. The lock doesn't reject the bard just because the Rogue got a 2

@ArcCaravan

Ай бұрын

I see it as either a case by case basis or limited to social interactions. Like there are times where it'd be weird for 3 party members to persuade/decieve someone with unsuccessful results being ignored.

@LucyBean42

Ай бұрын

I let the atmosphere dictate it. The tried and true "Don't listen to Thunk, he's an idiot" card has brought many a laugh to the table.

@thelaughingman4791

Ай бұрын

So.. I don't even call for a roll to pick a lock unless there is some time pressure. If there is no time pressure then I assume they just take as much time as needed to pick the lock and the rolling is a waste of time, if there IS time pressure then they have to roll and making multiple attempts (even with the same guy) is fine but each failure is causing the clock to run down on whatever bad stuff is going to happen, so they will have to decide if they want to keep trying or maybe try bashing it down or finding another way around etc.

@BlueBeluga

Ай бұрын

“Sorry Goliath Barbarian who rolled a NAT 20 intimidation roll but you no longer scare me. The Gnome Artificer rolled a 10 on her intimidation”

@ArcCaravan

Ай бұрын

@@BlueBeluga I was thinking something like an NPC believing a rogue's Nat20 deception after the paladin tried the same lie with a Nat1.

The 44 rules... Some of them have something to them, others are simply meant to ‘discipline’, as if the DM were playing with a bunch of fidgety children - and forgets that he's not a teacher, but just a fellow player who clearly shows with this ‘I'm better than you, scum’ attitude that you shouldn't play with him. It's not going to get any more relaxed when he meets reality at the table. More like tougher.

@dorianleakey

Ай бұрын

Yeah, banning guidance seems like he just doesn't like losing, and has depression, everyone is against him and winning because they cheat.

@sailorsloth8183

Ай бұрын

@@dorianleakeyIn some fairness, it’s possible the DM’s issue was that players with the Guidance cantrip were demanding to cast it on every single ability check, which does slow down the game a lot and gets obnoxious. But, if that was the case, the DM handled the issue terribly.

@The_Gardara

Ай бұрын

My biggest issue with these rules is how this DM seems to be so dead set on taking D&D and roleplay seriously, with rules like skill checks automatically fail if you don't roleplay them, paying back every single slight to an NPC to reinforce concequences etc. but at the same time he constantly threatens in-game concequences like taking away loot, forcing you to play with half health, giving out levels of exhaustion, just straight up unexplained damage, and just general passive aggressiveness turning into in-game concequences, for out of game slights like being late, complaining about his rulings and so on, it's rules for thee not for me at the end of the day because HE can break the immersion in order to punish you but then expects you to take the immersion seriously, makes you wonder where his head space is really at, he says this isn't a video game but this feels about as immersive as one... actually no that's an insult to video games.

@MortusVanDerHell

Ай бұрын

@@The_Gardara Yes, true to the motto: ‘Role-playing is not a game! It's a serious thing! So have fun, or else... !’

@robinmohamedally7587

Ай бұрын

@@dorianleakey sounds like a pretty autistic read of the situation. I see someone who's just fed up with shitty player shenanigans, and instead of quittting, as he should, he made these crazy ass angry rules

"Wtf do you think you're doing?" "... kissing a Goblin."

@hollandhenry7517

25 күн бұрын

Lmaooo

People make fun of the 44 rules post, but when you think about it and the backstory : - The one who made the post is a player of this DM, probably in an attempt to mock him - Many of those rules are reasonable, and since rules are establish to stop abuse, you can imagine what the players did to force them to establish them. - Once the OP saw mostly support of the reasonable rules, they deleted the post, confirming their intent of trying to make a mockery of the DM. In conclusion, while I do agree that DM is a bit bonkers on some places, it felt more like they've been hurt by the party they usually are with, being abused again and again until a breaking point.

You know the saying where "Those who fight monsters must take care not to become monsters"? This is the DnD equivalent: "Those who deal with problem players must take care not to become problem DMs"

@robinmohamedally7587

Ай бұрын

Yeah, exactly. All the motards who think this guy is acting like this out of the blue or for power-tripping reasons needs to go to autism specialists for counseling. It's pretty obvious this is all a really dumb way of reacting to the antics of objectively terrible players. He needs to pack his pride away and move on from that group, or, if he gets more people like that, just hang up the hobby altogether. There are other, cooler hobbies.

@bgdowns10171

Ай бұрын

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you"

"44 rules" -- it sounds like the DM is fed up rather than wanting to be a sudden dictator, like his rules came from things the group/certain people are doing that he can't stand anymore. I wonder how many people are playing... He didn't handle it well though.

Dude....I LIVED with a guy like this DM. "You MUST respect me, but I can treat you like crap whenever/however I want."

@dragonriderabens9761

Ай бұрын

nah, you should look deeper into this the poster was a player, and a really shitty one at that, bragging about being a piece of shit to the DM on reddit

Here are my 44 rules: Rule 1: Be nice, have fun and don't be an ahole. Rule 2-44: See and read Rule 1

@jonash3406

Ай бұрын

Good for you, obviously you haven’t DMed for a group full of complete assholes. I hope it stays that way and you and your group have many fun adventures with each other

@BR-dj1bo

Ай бұрын

@@jonash3406 oh I'm no DM, I'm a 4ever player but I rather have DMs to follow the rules I have set as an example

@vault18starplayerandenclav8

Ай бұрын

@@jonash3406 If your group is full of assholes. Dont play with them. No DND is better than bad DND applies for Dungeon masters as much as it applies for players.

@man3son1

Ай бұрын

Rule 1.1 Bring snacks.

@AtimusXanth

Ай бұрын

Ah, jeez, man, calm down there, Hitler...

Crow's Perch posted a community post with only the first 14 rules, so, I went and found the others. I also left a comment under that post in response to another comment, which I'm pasting in below. The original post was nuked, but there is a guy dressed up as a wizard who posted a copy of the rules in the comments of a 2 hour KZread video where he reacts to each rule. From the sounds of it, the DM just has some serious sunk cost fallacy and doesn't want to give up on the game but is sick and tired of his players who sound absolutely awful. From the sounds of it, they argue with the DM, citing critical roll and reddit; insist on constant breaks; take ages on each of their turns; mock the DM by saying "we're not here for fun, we're here to play D&D, this is serious business"; eat food and drink at the table with no concern for the DM's stuff on the table; make rolls before even declaring what they're doing; making rolls in secret...the list goes on. On the surface, yeah, the DM sucks and is completely unreasonable, but if you read between the lines, the players sound like absolute monsters to play with.

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

People really be assuming its the players causing this. More than half those rules are: Do it my way or im taking my stuff and leaving. I dont think theres enough between the lines to make this ok if you used all the space between the lines of a dictionary

@readermike8355

Ай бұрын

​@@RealJacior so it's probably a case of they're all a holes

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

@@readermike8355 But the only evidence you have is the psycho rules post. Stop making assumptions

@ethanb8525

Ай бұрын

@@RealJacior One of those rules was "don't break my stuff and lie to me about it." that's not even between the lines that's just a clear sign of the group being bad players

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

@@ethanb8525 I'm sorry, and? You can make up a rule without being victim to the rule. You're assuming anyone is this group stoll from him because... he wrote it on the crazy list? SURE

That was a great shot of Simba - oh he gave us all a kitty kiss in the end. The DM in the first story: Who hurt you? Who hurt you?

@Juju2927

Ай бұрын

The OP and the rest of the party I'd guess.

@vortega472

Ай бұрын

@@Juju2927 😞

Dm: If you do anything I don’t like, I’ll just leave. Also Dm: I can do and say whatever I want to you and you just have to take it.

I would think this was written by Lily Orchard if the term "huge turd" was used more often.

@TheFuriousScribbles

Ай бұрын

A game run by Lily Orchard... Sounds dreadful.

@huguesdepayens807

27 күн бұрын

*Jerry peet

The doggo to human translators working again!

I can't tell which is more toxic, the DM of the first post or the sort of group that might cause a post like that.

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

Definitely the GM. Dude legit said fight me if you disagree

@Zatarra69

Ай бұрын

@@RealJacior we don't know the full story. These players sound really annoying to me. My guess is no one is doing their part well, DM included.

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

@@Zatarra69 The only evidence is the psycho list. You can't add whatever you want to the story to make it fit you're narrative.

@Zatarra69

Ай бұрын

@@RealJacior ait bud

@Commandant_Aeon

Ай бұрын

@@RealJacior apparently OP and the other players of that group were actively making it hell for the DM until he broke and the rules are a result of that. I wouldn't be surprised if OP also altered a lot of those rules to make them appear more unreasonable than they are.

Ah yes, the witch has returned this good ol doggos voice!

I'm convinced that the GM just snapped after dealing with crappy players for too long. For one thing, this was explicitly mentioned in the original post as happening after a break, so the GM and players definitely already knew each other. That, combined with the fact that he needed so many rules, means that the players were almost certainly already doing those things (getting high, randomly rolling dice and then retroactively claiming they were casting a spell if the result was good while pretending they were just randomly rolling if it was bad, etc). 90% of these rules are things you would never just make at random, you would only ever make them if someone was already acting this way.

Second story: That didn't even strike me as particularly sexual, just funny.

@huguesdepayens807

27 күн бұрын

Regardless it made him uncomfortable. They were super rude to him for no reason.

@Sionnanful

25 күн бұрын

@@huguesdepayens807 ngl if someone is that fragile about a joke kiss, they probably shouldn’t dm.

@huguesdepayens807

25 күн бұрын

@@Sionnanful You don't know the situation. He cold have told his friend not to do this before. Not liking something gross dosen't make you fragile it makes you normal.

He finally noticed and got the cleric to dispel it

It sounds like the Dm should have made his hiatus a permanent one. As he’s clearly hit a breaking point after dealing with a toxic party who seemingly doesn’t respect him or the game for far too long. If your gaming group is clearly making you miserable and doesn’t respect you, you gotta find a new group, as no rpgs is better than bad rpgs.

I would be writing that first DM a list of 44 reasons I'm quitting his game.

So, fun fact: I work at a bar and the band was playing while I had as listening to this vid, but when they stopped and the jukebox box was turned back on, the song that was playing ended and Mr. Brightside played next. It's still playing while I'm typing this.

44 rules: it feels like a very toxic/unhappy dm, and perhaps a group with some problems, so if i was feeling brave/ foolish i might try to tackle the problems or i would leave for normal group of players. it is a scenario lacking its full context and backstory

Would have stopped at 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. That guy's ridiculous. 2) "If you want harder fights, bring a second character sheet. Expect to twiddle your thumbs after I kill you." Or, y'know, give them a fair challenge for their level and party comp? They may still die, but nothing should be unwinnable by any stretch. 3) "If you argue that my rolls are unfair, I'll take my ball and go home!" If you're so unable to handle criticism, or inisist on dogpiling your players, you shouldn't be a DM, period. 4) "I'll take away your character's loot as regularly as you want it given out.." First, what does that mean, and when does that apply? Players probably always _want_ loot. Does it apply any time the players expect their reward to be loot? So, if they run a dungeon, and find a magically guarded chest, they're just supposed to ignore it because, if they go after it, wanting loot, you'll just rob them of what they already have? Or do they argue about what their reward should be? If it's the former, don't give loot if you're just going to take it away. If it's the latter, then maybe try to set up reasonable expectations about what they might find in the goblin lair, or be given by the townies that sent them in there. 5) "If you don't roleplay, you fail automatically." Not everyone can roleplay, or feels comfortable with it. Better advice: Don't go into a campaign expecting your players to be the cast of Critical Role, even if your game is on the same level of production. 6) "If you don't pick up cues, I'm not going to hold your hand." Skill issue. If they're not picking up what you're putting down, you should make it more obvious that you're giving them a quest hook. I know that I've had players in the past that didn't pick up certain things, and I had to do this thing, this really experimental technique not a lot of people know about, where I'd _retool certain things to help them make the things they wanted their characters to do happen_ . Crazy, I know! Truly, I am a mad genius. Those are my takes, informed by many years of running, frankly, silly tabletop games. So, thank you for taking the time to read all of it, and yeah.. Good luck at your table and stuff.

I saw people talking about the 44 rules post on the sub the other day and I couldn’t find it 😢 thank u for posting so i can be in the loop 👍🏽

“This song sucks , I have my own playlist” -queues sexual eruption by snoop dogg 44 times-

I think Doge misunderstood rule 29 10:15. I think he is saying that when the group gets distracted, pulling the game off the rails, the DM ask them to focus. The reply he gets is this snarky, sarcastic one. "Oh no I forgot D&D is not about having fun! its about rules and time management! Im so terrible! Woe is me!" answer that so many players give when they are asked to pay attention instead of joke about something that happened three sessions ago. Just something I thought.

Doge, what have we learned about making deals with Ursula??

@DnDDoge

Ай бұрын

I just looked at the... bright side

@caldycat

Ай бұрын

​@@DnDDoge Looking on the bright side is good, but we dont make deal with octopi sea hags.

19:50 _"What do we do now?"_ _"Wanna make out?"_ 😹😹😹

A few of these rules do kinda make sense but most of them are just toxic dming and just being a toxic human being in general. I hope that dm’s party has the sense to ditch that game. People like that DM are exactly the reason why gatekeeping is in fact sometimes a perfectly acceptable thing to do. People like that DM are not welcome or wanted in this fandom or any fandom at all to be honest. And the second story wasn’t even sexual, it was a joke. The DM’s in both of these stories honestly urgently need to OD on chill pills tbh, glad the second story had a mostly happy ending.

The fact the dude who wrote that wild 44 rules post is not only in my country but also in the same state and region of said state is concerning. I don't want to see this man at any of my game shop games. Please.

Ouch! I dread to imagine what life must be like at that table

The 44 rules... Sounds like this was being hosted over the house of one of the players. If "that DM" were to suddenly spring these rules on me and I was hosting, I'd tell them that they're better off not coming to my house because I'd be leaving that campaign and I don't want whomever would have the misfortune of riding with them, especially after reading rule 3. And if "that DM" were to escalate things with me over that, I'd call the police, have them trespass (if they ever show up at my house) and file a restraining order.

Doge got FIXED?! 😵 Honestly, Agro dude has either put up with too much is burnt out an needs to quit DMing for a good while or is VERY touchy and powertripping tyrant mode taking things out on everyone rather than resolving their personal issues. Personally think it's a bit of both with how specific some rules are. Some are reasonable when pertains to coming prepared and practicing good edicate, but other are just being pissy as a bad house cat.

@AmaryInkawult

Ай бұрын

He lost his balls nuuuuu

@AmaryInkawult

Ай бұрын

How's a doge gonna creampie his boyfriend now!?

@littlegiantj8761

Ай бұрын

Having gone off on an old problem group myself, the ramifications they had on my style as a GM, and how strict I am at the start of campaigns after going through that...I have to wonder what kind of Party they were dealing with

@robinmohamedally7587

Ай бұрын

@@littlegiantj8761 yeah, it's cleary to anyone with a triple digit IQ that he's beeen dealing with some objectively shitty people. This is NOT the way to react to that, though.

@littlegiantj8761

Ай бұрын

@@robinmohamedally7587 the "getting too drunk/high to play" makes it evident that it's at least an Everyone Sucks situation. That's ignoring the possibility that the group was bad enough make any sane person react like this (source: grab a drink and a chair, and lemme tell ya a tale...)

Honestly, this sounds like a DM who is very fed up with player antics.

I want to see someone play with these rules as like a hardmode gauntlet. And to see how quickly that DM forgets his own rules.

@LucyBean42

Ай бұрын

I'll run an old school system like Hackmaster 4th with those rules and watch the Magic User explode when she forgets a spell slot.

44 reasons why I'd tell him to find another group because I'm not putting my group through that. I'd then tell him to check his attitude before talking to me because I'm not dealing with that high horse. The food rule was the kicker because I'm from a family that feed our guests. They're not all unreasonable, but the attitude just tells me everything that I need to know.

@leonelegender

29 күн бұрын

You know nothing

@lanita_mcgray

29 күн бұрын

@@leonelegender I don’t know you either, your point?

@leonelegender

28 күн бұрын

@@lanita_mcgray ya bA da ba doo

This is why I run all of my games on my own server. If you run games on someone else's server, you will always be subject to this sort of thing

Now that the video is over I have to listen to Mr. Brightside. It's already stuck in my head

Honestly though, that DM must have dealt with a crap load of horror stories similar to the ones DnD Doge regularly reads. I found myself remembering a LOT of the horror stories Doge narrated as the list wore on.

Three "good" rules out of 44 shows us the DM should not be a DM. There is way too much aggression there. That crap left me questioning where or not the DM should even be around other people.

Instant Click, No second Thought, I love your Videos :D

The 44 rules post cracked me the hell up whenever i first saw it cause some are clearly good rules and the rest is just ballistic

Lol. #19, we as players had so much above board table talk that our rotating GM at the time instigated a "D4 of GM damage". Funny thing is it helped us as players and it's stuck around for when others GM as well.

44 Rules Story. That one where he said if you don't like it you can DM yourself. Yeah that is the best advice he gave right there. I would encourage some one else DM that group. Dude sounds like a complete control freak to me.

@ShitpostingJoJo

Ай бұрын

Yeah lol. I'm sitting here asking "Does this guy really, ACTUALLY think that anyone is going to want to play with him as a DM after acting like this? 💀"

@Michaeljack81sk

Ай бұрын

I say lets see what his table was like before we judge him

@davidtherwhanger6795

Ай бұрын

@@Michaeljack81sk I would argue that Rule 5, Rule 9, Rule 10, Rule 14,

@davidtherwhanger6795

Ай бұрын

@@Michaeljack81sk Sorry. Hit wrong button before finishing, but you get the picture I think. Many of these Rules are done solely to be an @hole.

@Michaeljack81sk

Ай бұрын

@@davidtherwhanger6795 Could be, but I heard something about them being taken down after it turned out the guy posting it was (along with the rest of the table) trolling the DM constantly In the end who knows? Maybe its just made up BS entirely that someone wrote to get attention. I find it hard (but not impossible) to swallow that any GM would lay all 44 rules on their table and not expect them to leave, Especially if they were trolls

😂😂😂 the un-fixed one was really funny- but I’m glade we get to hear the stories now.

for the first rule, i understand some people think its harsh, but in a group you the player would have several minutes to determine what you need to do on your turn as long as your keeping an active listen and look at whats going on during other players turns. my turns usually only take a couple seconds to explain what im doing and ill spend the other players turns "Hmmm"ing and "Huh"ing about what i should do while also keeping track of who is where and why.

Finally hearing the dnd doge made my day.

I was wondering with the first video (until I refreshed it and it disappeared) if maybe the opening was suppose to be a joke, and then it went... into the story with no voice over. Well, I look forward to listening to this.

The 44 rules sounds like a DM at the end of his rope.

10 rules in and that rail road is so big you could mistake it for the transcontinental railroad

THE DOGE CAN TALK!

@9liveslie-cat-lie129

Ай бұрын

He can talk he can talk he can talk I can siiiiiiiiinng lol

@Mask0fFate

Ай бұрын

@@9liveslie-cat-lie129 Help me Dr. Zaius!

For those not in the know: Doge at first uploaded a version of this video without any speech. Just the background music.

A lot of the 44 rules section just comes across as a "That Guy" DM on a power trip.

@dragonriderabens9761

Ай бұрын

it does, but he was pushed into that by a party of "that guy"

@knightofcarrion7358

24 күн бұрын

No it comes from a DM fed up with a "that guy" party. Esp cuz he refused to answer peoples questions on reddit and deleted the ppost when people asked what the party did.

Re the 44 rules of D&D: Sounds to me like people don't tell the DM they can't show up because they don't like talking to him. I'd bet the table is a mess because the DM is a mess.

How dare you cut away from Simba before we see the full blink! You cat tease! Side note...honestly, I don't think anyone realizes how broken Bonus Action Potions are. There are more potions than just healing potions; giant strength, invisibility...

"Rule 29: acting like this game is serious business and not just for fun is ridiculous and will not be tolerated." - said the manbaby who felt the need to have 44 rules to play his game.

Finally the doggo can talk

Occurs to me that the rules about the seemingly excessive substance use, may explain why most of the other items have become such a big issue.

This DM so uptight that the pressure between his ass cheeks could implode a submarine. When you open a treasure chest, you're awarded a point of exhaustion because loot is meant to be rare.

The DM's 44 Rules have a lot that read as "rules for thee, but not for me". DnD is a collaborative game, and they don't seem to want to work with the party, but against them for all the possible control and micromanaging they think they can have. They're either, as you said, too stressed to DM, or they're, as other users have said in comments, no longer having any fun with DnD.

Glad to see the cats no longer have your tongue. 💖

All I can say about those 44 Rules is that there is a Massive problem at that table. Maybe its the DM, maybe its the players but more likely its a little of column A and a little of Column B A ridiculously hardass DM with a bunch of trollish players who spend more time figuring out new ways to screw with him that playing maybe?

Lol this was amazing.

I would have stopped the guy at Rule 3, told him that was unfair, then gotten the door for him so he could go home.

Intro: Simba! Time to crush the "Like" button. Story 1: It's evident there's a lot of bottled frustration being vented here. The DM needs to have an above the table discussion with the players about expectations and etiquette. Or maybe consider taking a break from being a DM to sort out some big feelings. As this situation stands, there's no way this table is going to have fun, so would anyone even play at all? Story 2: Weird reaction! The context made it clear this was a silly, cartoonish Bugs Bunny style goblin kiss delivered as a well-placed comedy beat with no sexuality involved. On a different note, the Life Domain cleric's Disciple of Life feature applies to healing spells, but if the GM wants to allow it to buff other forms of healing, why not? A +2 HP healing boost won't be game breaking.

The majestic dogo can be heard!

A GM I used to play with regularly once told me that "D&D is a GAME. It's about the GAMEPLAY. If you want a story, read a book." While 44 Rules DM didn't say that in specific, he's giving me a similar vibe.

I agree with the timing. 1 minute is more than enough. One should have an idea what to do when their turn comes. This sounds like a reaction to something the group did and hes had it

Lucky, Nipsy, Alice, Luna, Simba, I'm now counting five cats. Most of those rules were fairly reasonable, except for maybe arbitrary bannings of spells or mechanics they don't like, but just the guy posting them came off as so aggressive that I'd probably just stop playing with them based on that. Edit; The OP who posted this on reddit deleted the story and then their account. I think they were displeased with how many people were wondering what happened at their table that the DM felt the need to write any of that up. and a lot of it is SUPER specific too.

44 rules DM. What a trip, I doubt the party was as bad as he think. I believe they were "that guy" and DM vs player mentality.

my dnd group was JUST talking about these 44 rules yesterday like a lot of these were reasonable rules like rule one prime example not entirely bad it drives the table up the wall when one guy brings things to a hault cause he didn't start planning his turn until it was his turn and then it takes literally 3-5 minutes to make his decision but this guy wrote out most of these rules like he was on some kind of power trip

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

I honestly hate th "know what you want to do before your turn" thing. Its a fantasy magic fight. My barbarian suddenly not having any ground enemies to fight because literally 3 seconds before my turn the wizard cast "deez nutz" and turned the enemy into birds or something.

@RealJacior

Ай бұрын

I honestly hate th "know what you want to do before your turn" thing. Its a fantasy magic fight. My barbarian suddenly not having any ground enemies to fight because literally 3 seconds before my turn the wizard cast "deez nutz" and turned the enemy into birds or something.

Concerning the "Big 44": nothing like a rules lawyer that makes up his own rules, huh? Anybody sends anything like that to me, and I'll consider myself to have dodged a bullet by looking elsewhere for a game that's actually fun.

This guy sounds like a blast to play with. Wait, did I say blast? I meant to say ass. #29: oh good, so we have an off-button for your attitude.

Story 1 is basically death sentence to anyone who dares steal a chicken

@DnDDoge is there a possibility to find the DM from the 1st Post? I really really want to hear his side of the story. I feel like there is more to it and someting mayor happend to him that he felt the need to put up this list

Man the dm has an anger problem and says fuck like its their character name.

Silly Doge Mr. Brightside is one of the many songs stuck in my head.

Oh man I forgot to put on my telepathy hat before starting the episode. Thank goodness it's working now.

When it comes to social rolls I don't ask my players to roleplay (I'm not that good at it myself) but I do ask that they tell me what kind of thing they're doing or saying. Depending on what they come up with I might even give advantage or a bonus on the roll if I think their idea would be especially effective

Saw that rules story. I agree, it sounds like mistakes were made on both sides of the D&D screen.

Some of those rules are definitely legit and sensible. If you break it, you replace it like a responsible adult. If you're going to waste the table's time with getting high, drunk or smoking, don't come back to the table. I might borrow those rules. But, with some of the rules on there, maybe I'd get together with the other players, and write up a list of our own. "Rules for DMing DnD: Rule 1: Don't be a dick or your players will leave. The end."

A lot of the rules make sense, however there's always flashes if sanity in insanity, no drinking one especially, if people aren't comfortable with players getting drunk, then they should ask them to stop

Bahahaha I had to reread the school comment at 10 mins, I live next to Bundoora! This guy must be nearby!

8 is understandable. I played with a dude once who would just roll dice without a single word. It was infuriating.

*Looks at 44 rules* "hmm... Counter Argument!" *gets up and leave*

@Commandant_Aeon

Ай бұрын

that is exactly what he wants. This is a case of the DM going away and slaming the door, the party was asking him to come back, thus those rules.

OP in the second story is the hero we all need not gonna lie

So the healing potion bonus action rule/ action to give to another is highly used in my game, but I have a dedicated healer with healer feat i allow to give potions and poisons as a bonus.

I've heard jokes about bdsm enjoyers and dnd players overlapping, but i think that first DM dude takes "Dungeon Master" title too seriously.

Aren't rules 18 and 19 kinda contraindicative? Like, you only get one chance at a skill check so the party needs to think about which character they're going to have do the check, but they also can't metagame (i.e. discuss which character would have the best modifier) without their characters getting their HP halved.

@Galaxykuma

Ай бұрын

Doesn't It counter rule one as well? They all have one minute to pick who would be the best person to do what

@sparklingnemo

Ай бұрын

@@GalaxykumaTrue. But that those two rules are right next to each other is so much worse. XD

@Galaxykuma

Ай бұрын

@@sparklingnemo That's true. The whole thing is a clusterfuck. Other commenters had mentioned that this might be from a passive aggressive DM who's tired of a terrible party. But you're really just shooting yourself in the foot with these rules.

Honestly, none of these rules seem over the top. It seems pretty clear to me that he's been playing with people who fuck around and hurt the game as well as hurting his property and he's sick of it.

44 reasons to not have this guy in a group

19:30 glad i wasn't the only one with Mr brightside in my head