Finished moving so I'm back at the grind ‼️ I'm especially looking for glory stories right now so if you have one please do submit it to r/CritCrab!

@vellothedreepy5930

Жыл бұрын

Nice job with the editing, but what happened to the compass of judgement?

@CritCrab

Жыл бұрын

@@vellothedreepy5930 I got a little bored with it at a certain point, it could make a comeback is the demand is there.

@fake-king3837

Жыл бұрын

Whats up with this story by the way, I am pretty sure you already covered this one

@StSubZero

Жыл бұрын

@@fake-king3837 The tale of the incel saying women are liars has been covered before by other channels, but not by Critcrab himself. Given he's been in the process of moving, it was probably easier to cover a classic tale someone else did rather than find one fresh to think over.

@fumingbean7931

Жыл бұрын

Wooooo glory stories!!

Rolling a nat 20 is apparently like taking the glasses off and letting the hair down in an early 2000s teen film.

@buxzw1945

Жыл бұрын

That's the part that gets me. DM is awful at flirting and has the most insane ideas about what makes someone attractive. Classic example of "tell us you have no social skills without directly saying it." Even the most generous interpretation is messed up. He is attracted to her,so everything she does is attractive to him. Therefore he can't let her do anything attractive or his friends will "steal his girl from him."

@Lh0000

Жыл бұрын

I wish that worked for guys, would save me so much time in the day if I could spontaneously become more attractive by rolling a 20

@buxzw1945

Жыл бұрын

@@Lh0000 but then you would only attract people with personalities like DM. That's a monkey's paw wish for sure

@theickster3008

Жыл бұрын

Those women and their seductive dice rolling, gets me every time

@pedroarjona6996

Жыл бұрын

Please, Don't kink shame me.

I would really love the goofy idea that he rolls for her, and rolls a nat 20 on one of her rolls, then his face goes pale, looks up at her all scared and just says. "h-how did you do that? are you a witch?!" like she's still somehow cheating through his hands.

@buxzw1945

Жыл бұрын

You know darn well as soon as he got to roll her dice that she would never get a nat 20 again. Dude doesn't want any of the other guys to "think she is super attractive for her good dice rolls" or whatever insane rationale the DM has convinced himself is legit. Who the hell is attracted to someone specifically because they get lucky rolling dice? Especially in a game where you don't even win money for rolling well.

@faeb.9618

Жыл бұрын

@@buxzw1945 bet more often than not her rolls would end up coincidentally being under 10 or 'oops you were just one point short of making this save!'. cause you know that would not be sus at all. wouldn't be surprised if he turned things sexual for her character as some weird revenge if he had control of it

@buxzw1945

Жыл бұрын

@@faeb.9618 I would be surprised if he DIDN'T make it sexual or something similar

@wolfynerd14

Жыл бұрын

You know damn well if that girl had crystals, she'd capitalize on that witch comment just to piss him off more. Or at least, it'd be hilarious if he did that.

@wolfynerd14

Жыл бұрын

*she, stupid app won't let me edit

This was a surprisingly civil outcome considering the circumstances.

@Rozesama

Жыл бұрын

DM took a look at himself and realized what he was doing so maybe if he goes to therapy he will be a better person, like the first step is there

@JohnDoe-zh3ox

Жыл бұрын

@@Rozesama do you think everyone who has a bad experience has to go to therapy? are you insane?

@thembill8246

Жыл бұрын

​@@JohnDoe-zh3oxI think everyone has something that they could use a therapist to help on working through. Life is too precious and short not to take seriously, and it's too complicated to navigate alone. Therapy isn't just for dealing with trauma. It's for giving you the tools to deal with things that come your way in better ways.

@2ndperky

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@JohnDoe-zh3ox Honestly, yeah. They obviously don't HAVE to go, but I would suggest it. In fact, I don't think you need to have any bad experience to get help from a therapist. Therapy is extremely helpful even to those who don't have emotional trauma, mental disorders, mental illness, disabilities, etc. because even the most neurotypical, mentally stable, healthy individuals, need help in ways they don't know how to address, but a therapist will. I personally suggest anyone get a therapist of they feel like they need help in dealing with someone in their lives. Whether that be things like stress eating, breakups, deaths in the family, a target for bullying, bad grades, SA or harassment, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, near death experiences, major life changes (moving out, new school, new partner, new country, etc.) or unhealthy or unproductive coping mechanisms (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, abusing prescription meds, self harm, hurting others, porn addiction, etc.) or if you have diagnosed problems things like a depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, emotional disorders, and anything like that. ANYBODY can benefit from therapy, and if you can afford it and put aside time to do it, I highly encourage you and anyone else to try it out. I also find it ironic that you're calling someone insane for suggesting therapy lmao

@waterbender6288

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-zh3oxif everyone could get therapy the world would be such a better place.

1/400 sounds like a low chance but when you start playing D&D and realize how frequently you roll, it suddenly gets pretty realistic

@sciverzero8197

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from korean MMO land: 1/400 is considered "generously frequent" where I come from.

@simonkelly1410

Жыл бұрын

​@sciverzero8197 no that's pretty true lmao

@MrDarkSidius

Жыл бұрын

​@@sciverzero8197 yeah, for gacha players 1 in 400 almost same as guaranteed

@vampire9545

Жыл бұрын

I remember that time my DM wanted me to roll with double disadvantage and I rolled 20 20 and 1

@gabrote42

Жыл бұрын

Ayup. Supposedly one in a million chance events have happened up to three times to me in my moderately short life, and one meets acquaintances' families in the weirdest of places. One needs to have perspective on the stuff

DM calling OP "female" was a massive red flag right from the outset. I'm a little surprised OP stuck it out but considering the ending I'm glad she did

@jeffw991

Жыл бұрын

Anytime you hear the same person use "guys" and "females" within 30 seconds of each other, you then know quite a lot about that person.

@Michaeljack81sk

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffw991 Usually, though in this case it was way more complicated than usual

@2ndperky

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices that. Every time a guy refers to women as "females" is definitely something red flag. It shows they don't really see them as people but rather as just things. Like when you talk about animals, you often refer to them as males or females. You don't often hear them called girls or boys, or men and women, unless the person saying that, really cares about the animal, like a pet dog or cat. To just call someone a male or female takes away from their individuality and significance. Obviously female is synonymous with girl, or woman, but the context in which the word "female" is used is often much more degrading and dehumanizing compared to when the words "woman" or "girl" are used.

@Brianna-eo8nu

Жыл бұрын

What makes it worse is the complete lack of reaction from any of the other players. Like, the guy was spouting the most cartoonishly misogynistic rhetoric on the planet and only one (1) guy called him out on it?? They should’ve booted him out of the group the minute he got on the “all women are evil seductive liars” crap. Edit: ok I guess he wasn’t always like this so I suppose the lack of action is slightly more understandable, but still. They really should’ve at least called out his behaviour earlier.

@NikukaiFightOn

Жыл бұрын

@@2ndperky it really ain't that deep

As a scorched man myself when it comes to (really bad ending) relationships with women, I've learned one thing. The problem isn't that all women are mendacious, evil creatures, but that I had a penchant for, shall we say, more complicated women. Pretty much the "I can fix her" cliche. Now, a few years of processing and self-reflection later, I have the pleasure to call some very, very nice women my friends, and I'm very glad I didn't fall prey to the false realization that all women are like my ex-girlfriends.

@Vance731

Жыл бұрын

Similar to the common trend of “I hate all men”

@teacupbirb4711

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's all about acknowledging that, even if one has experienced a large sample pool of a group of people, sample pool will not be indicative of everyone within that group. Sadly, some folks have a hard time grasping that concept for a multitude of reasons.

@gabrote42

Жыл бұрын

​@@teacupbirb4711Education as it is now is not helping that. Most people I know don't get a single statistic class in their lives, or at most one subject in the last year of secondary school. Teaching about researching trusted sources should start in the last year of primary imo

@upsidedownpyramid7617

10 ай бұрын

One hundred percent with you here, I’ve not been through just cheating or lying, I’ve been through straight up abuse in multiple ways, I still won’t allow that to control me though, when a few women put me through rough times in my life, it tended to be other women that supported me through. There is no room for bigotry, some people just suck, but many are incredible

@Fickets

9 ай бұрын

@@teacupbirb4711it’s wrong to judge an individual based on the group they’re apart of, but it’s also wrong to be willfully ignorant of possible situational outcomes. Gotta find a healthy middle ground.

as a wise man once said: its okay to be hurting, but its not okay to hurt others.

@Sofspot1

10 ай бұрын

This. So much this.

@kalebhorsefield6618

2 ай бұрын

Nickelback said this?????

I was a bit leery at first because of how cartoonishly misogynistic DM was. Those guys do exist but they're far rarer than social media would have you believe. Then we got the backstory of DM and the player and my skepticism blasted off again like it works for team rocket. Dude's definitely a poster child for Nice Guy Syndrome TM which is a MF to deal with. Also kudos to the friends for not making him grovel (thus kicking him while he's down) as in these situations it's all too easy to try to get back at the person and major kudos to OP for doing what needed to be done without going overboard. The guy was an asshole but what he needs is help and their actions might just be the push that he needed to get it

@knowwhoiamyet

Жыл бұрын

Rarer than social media would have you believe, yes. But that's in large part because the standard, no issues group that doesn't have a super crappy story to tell on a subreddit designed for telling crappy stories doesn't have its story told at all, y'know? The story untold doesn't mean it didn't happen, and I'm sure there's a ton of healthy groups out there. They just don't get their stories told because "We all showed up on time and nobody was a butthole" isn't the most interesting of tales lol

@EvilExcalibur

Жыл бұрын

@@knowwhoiamyet I meant in general, not just in this particular genre of entertainment.

@QueenSiv

Жыл бұрын

🦀

@Vael221

Жыл бұрын

@@EvilExcalibur Sure, but its worth remembering this is also just a big numbers issue. Like, if we say 0.01% of people are cartoonishly misogynistic that sounds like a small amount (and it is), but if the population size is 100Million, that still leaves us with 10K "That Guys" which is still a heck of a lot of people.

@skycastrum5803

10 ай бұрын

​@@Vael221 Big numbers issue, yes, but are you really wanting to stand on the hill of "reddit stories have a decent probability of being true" by using that argument?

Anybody who unironically calls women "females" automatically becomes replaced by a Ferengi in my mind.

@QueenSiv

Жыл бұрын

🦀

@ebookie_meowda

Жыл бұрын

For me, it's Shockwave from Transformers lol

@legomaniac213

Жыл бұрын

@@ebookie_meowda Nah, Shockwave is too dignified for that.

@ebookie_meowda

Жыл бұрын

@@legomaniac213 kzread.info/dash/bejne/amaMtcSoY9zHqqw.html&ab_channel=Cryosis

@DH-xw6jp

Жыл бұрын

Not all women are females in the modern day lmao. Some times you need the distinguish between the two.

They always ask "Who is the DM" but never "How is the DM..." Sarcasm aside, this is an altogether pretty great resolution. DM really just sounds like he needs some help with his self-esteem and self-confidence. Hopefully he gets the help he needs and this group can get back together with these issues resolved.

I respect DM for admitting he was wrong and opening up. That isn't easy. But it's gonna be a long road for him to bounce back from this. He sounds like he has potential to be a good guy and he may've even taken the first steps. He just needs to keep walking in that direction, he might not earn OP's friendship back but he can salvage this if he stays humble and seeks help.

I kept waiting for the shoe to drop, but instead I got a story that sounds... like actual friend groups that have had actual life problems and behaved in human ways about them... neither mustache twirlingly evil nor cinematically dramatic. Just.... people living life and making the exact kinds of mistakes people usually make.

The guys stepping up to back their fellow player is so heart-warming. One of the better endings, for sure.

I used to go to a DND club, and I would get really lucky rolls, but on the last day of the club, the DM accused me of cheating, saying on initiative I got a 24, (AKA I rolled a 20)a 20 (AKA I rolled a 16) and a 17 (AKA I rolled a THIRTEEN.) If he had checked, he would have realized that I had +4 for initiative, and that I got a 5 before that. Five is the lowest I can roll. I am female, and was also the only one in my party. I’m going to the club this year, because the DM who accused me is no longer in the club, and I’m most likely gonna be a DM. I’m gonna try my best to be fair! Edit: I was telling my friends (which are mostly girls) about the club, and now there’s 5 girls in it.

@QueenSiv

Жыл бұрын

🦀

@thearcticangel7915

8 ай бұрын

So, how'd it go?

@lost_l0ser154

8 ай бұрын

@@thearcticangel7915 the club gave me a DM screen and I’m gonna start DMing in a few weeks!

I love that you are looking for positive stories to cover. Keep on keeping on, my dear Crit Crab.

@CritCrab

Жыл бұрын

Always!

@FerreTrip

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Honestly, if I were to take a whack at this KZreadr thing, I would go for positive stories (and possibly give my uneducated opinion on whether it's real or not). Horror stories, IMO, are really only great when there's something good coming out of it--leaving a toxic group, giving the jerk their just desserts, or even people changing and getting better.

It’s true though. whenever my friends roll high, I think they are cooler and hotter. Idk why…

@faeb.9618

Жыл бұрын

they rolled a nat20 in charisma

In our darkest hour, King CritCrab appears like a ray of hope with new cringe to feast upon. Thank you, my king.

@Voltboy1449

Жыл бұрын

A feast fit for his critters

@TheStopShort

Жыл бұрын

Since beginningless time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light.

@RemyRP

Жыл бұрын

​@@Voltboy1449this made my brain come up with the image of CritCrab telling DnD stories to a bunch of little bugs and other critters. It's strangely adorable

@metagames.errata7777

Жыл бұрын

Not me watching a months-old stream with him and another channel because I was starved for modern Crab content I haven't seen yet ...

@nyrdybyrd1702

Жыл бұрын

Not new to me; Drake did it. - Edit: Clawesome commentary natheless: seemed to be new elements in the actual story & "y'get two birds stoned at once". 😆

Honestly, this ended up being really wholesome i think. DM FULLY admitted his mistakes and even showed full awareness of where they came from and what his issues are, and sincerely asked how to make amends for his actions. When they said "yeah that's shitty but it still doesn't excuse your behaviour" it would have been SO EASY for him to feel attacked, betrayed, like he had made that effort to be vulnerable and open up about his issues that he clearly tried very hard to hide and bury, and they were just throwing it all in his face. But he didn't allow himself to feel that way, he was mature and accepted their criticism and took responsability for his actions. I have high hopes that all of the people involved in this story will come out closer and happier. Therapy definitely sounds like a good move, but he has to go into it willing to make the effort on his end. I hope everyone heals from this :)

4:35 I think it sounds more like in those Tell Tale games when an NPC squints their eyes and the "NPC will remember that" dialogue flashes at the top lmao. Only just found your channel but these stories are something else xD

That story was a bit wild, but it ended a bit better than I expected it to. Of course the DM is very wrong for taking out his anger on the player, but at the end he does seem to understand and wants to try and fix things, which is honestly something that is rare to see in these situations. So I at least hope that the group does get on the mend as there does seem to be some collective understanding that things are open to progress in a good direction

DM acted pretty shitty but i like how at the end he opened up with the group on very personal matters (it must have not been easy, i think this shows that in the end he cared about them) and he aknowledged his mistakes, for once i think this confrontation ended in a positive and constructive way, instead of having someone freaking out like it usually happens in DnD horror stories.

Oh I love this one. The DM's behavior was absolutely not acceptable, but sitting down and talking to his players like this, explaining and opening up about his trauma, because that's exactly what it is, was not the outcome I expected and shows that he's not beyond help yet. OP is absolutely right to suggest he get therapy. She, and the other players are not the right people to help with this as they are personally involved. Professionals in the field exist for a reason. His scorn for therapy is unsurprising too, our culture is not very supportive of men needing, much less getting, therapy, but this is wrong. It is not a cure all or fix all for issues like this, but it is the best possible next step to take here. From there, all she and their friends can do is wait and see.

Therapy is no cure all, for sure. But the shift it does for someone who never stopped to look into themselves before can be incredibly groundbreaking. Many people don't know how to deal with themselves. Sitting down with someone who can help you figure out what to do is important when you're failing to be able to by yourself. Anyone could be that for you, your parents, your partner... A therapist is simply a professional at that. Someone who learned techniques people can use to sort themselves out.

@anna_in_aotearoa3166

Жыл бұрын

Feels especially so in the case of someone like this poor guy, who clearly has not had good coping strategies in his life? & also judging by experiences he shared, is probably consistently making poor choices in pursing his romantic relationships, which if he doesn't seek any help seems highly likely to just produce more of the same hurtful rejections & cement him into the worst possible type of incel attitudes...? Hope his friends support Jim through getting help & that he's able to make progress!

That...did not end how I thought it would. I honestly thought the "outs himself as a liar" would be like, during the discussion he gets upset, starts talking about things, one of the guys realises he's lying and it just devolves from there. I almost don't see how he was outed as a liar...

As someone with anger issues as well and having done some very dumbstuff back then because of anger, the dm needs to get therapy at this point. He knows that he is in the wrong and doesn't want to lose his friendships, so op and her friends should be supportive of him going into therapy and do their best to help him through it if he is willing to go to therapy.

At a local game shop last year, we were playing a colosseum style battle with a large group, entirely for fun of course. With each enemy tier, our fighting force got smaller. The DM was actively targeting my level 4 rogue with every enemy he could after I attacked a monster he liked. We ended up fighting some sort of clockwork dragon and almost everyone died... except my rogue. Rolled double nat20s on death saves. Twice. He went past anger into disbelief and laughter. I guess my rogue really didn't want to die, because those dice have never rolled that well again lol

Credit where it's due, OP held on because she wanted to stay with her friends but didn't let the DM walk all over her. And while he was being a meathead, the DM did confront the fact that he did something very wrong, and laid his cards on the table about his own issues, which takes courage. He understood that he broke trust with everyone and needs to make it up to them, and that an apology is going to need more than just saying "sorry." It's the kind of sad story that leaves room for hoping everyone comes out fine, even the antagonist

Pretty classic case of a guy having some serious issues of his own that he needs to work through.

I have heard this story before, and I can't get over how extremely petty and pathetic the DM's reasons for acting like that are. I think I recall there being a second part with a positive outcome, but I'm not fully sure right now.

@GreatestRedPanda

Жыл бұрын

I didn't recognize the body of the story, but the end sounded really familiar too, like I was having De ja vu when we got to the group confrontation. Was weird.

@marybdrake1472

Жыл бұрын

@@GreatestRedPanda I don't blame you for feeling a little disoriented by that. It happens.

@revuman

Жыл бұрын

Was it in Drake´s channel? I heard this one too.

@marybdrake1472

Жыл бұрын

@@revuman Crispy's Tavern is where I heard it.

that fact that he not only wanted to roll for her, but specifically *behind his GM screen*

Girl: *rolls a nat 20* Me, already taking off my clothes: "Oh wow nice"

My brother in carcinization I am glad to see you back and hopefully feeling better. Less pale around the gills. A spring in your claws

I love how critcrab just talks so passionately and his crab character just looks so silly be comparison

@samwebb2829

Жыл бұрын

shut up scam

it is a real tragedy these guys never moved past "female" towards more interesting terms, like femoid perhaps.

@genericname2747

Жыл бұрын

Feminine humanoid

This one was surprisingly wholesome considering how a lot of these stories go. The DM was definitely in the wrong and is in no way justified in his actions, but he acknowledged it and at least seemed to apologize and want to make things right instead of doing the thing that a lot of the villains in these stories do where they go off about it and double down on their shitty behavior.

I'd love an incel redemption story. It would be very refreshing to see hear about someone realizing their mistakes and making changes for the better to help themselves out and help the friends out. I do like the goofy stories where the nice guy or incel get called out and exposed, but I really want to believe that there are good decent people out there, and that people like that who aren't beyond redeeming despite how warped their views on this stuff is.

@Type_3_Screamer

11 ай бұрын

I believe there is a reformed that guy story on here. Not an incel but a notorious player that reformed their gaming habits

@bdelsouza

10 ай бұрын

Dude was not an incel

@bye1551

10 ай бұрын

​@@bdelsouzahe was definitely on the path to becoming one, and had a foot and a leg in the door. At the very least, he was massively sexist.

@user-ky2rk8tp5g

5 ай бұрын

​@@bdelsouzahe kinda was tbh

Plot Twist: OP is actually a professional dice roller,

People always say "get therapy", like the average person has money like that floating around

@bestben2710

8 ай бұрын

Yeah seriously. I’d like to think they mean well and aren’t so full of themselves that they think they know the right step for the person to take. I mean it’s not a bad suggestion, it’s just strange how this story rambles on about therapy for a weirdly long time. Not to mention it makes it sound like an ultimatum.

Why are there DM's who root against their players??? Jeez, I celebrate their successes!

Hearing the beginning part I thought about the DM having bad relationship(s) with girls. Respect to the rest of the group for backing OP, and honestly glad they were able to hash things out and the DM apologized. Hope it works out for all of them, if he really wants to change, he will and they can play without him letting his anger out on people who don't deserve it.

I really appreciate the amount of candid honesty and self awareness in this one.

CC:"hey kids, did you know that you can weaponize fear of social rejection?" WTF crab, wtf

This reminds me of one time a teammate was rolling and the bard and I both helped (I was a Cleric). They rolled a nat 20, my Guidance was role was a 4 and the Bardic inspiration wad like a 6. Literally, 1 in a million scenario and DM still ruled it a fail. Till this day I still wonder why even have us role if all that couldn’t pass the check

I am honestly... Kind of surprised at how maturely this ended. The group gets together to talk. The DM honestly admits to douche behaviour. OP and the guys emphasise but remain firm in their boundaries. Like it is a shitty situation to be sure, but at this point it feels like everyone is trying their best to navigate it properly.

Woa. She got a 18 on that skill check? That’s one bodacious babe.

I love these fan fic stories. Middle school girls really do have a lot of time on their hands.

@bestben2710

8 ай бұрын

Bingo

Rare moment of emotional maturity after the shitstorm of wrongdoing. I feel for DM, as inexcusable as his actions are, sincere want of atonement and forgiveness is really refreshing for how things go. Hopefully the silly make believe game will make them all better people. Call me naive, but the ending makes me optimistic things will be okay.

You can gain our trust back by spending a ton of money on therapy. Talking about indirectly buying friendships

This is a wonderful channel and exactly what I didn't know I was looking for! So happy the algorithm recommended you. Can't wait to watch every old video.

10:27 “You get two birds stoned at once” 🤣🤣🤣 I’m using this phrase every day from now on

1/400 is actually fairly common pretty much every table has or will see double nat 20's and double nat 1's. The amount of rolls at a table of 5 players in one night can hit 100 fairly quickly, on a dice heavy night.

Hmmmm, did this DM happen to subscribe to the Sierra Style of DMimg? Because the baseless accusations of cheating on dice rolls sounds VERY familiar.

He was clearly a control freak in relationships and when she removed his ability to control and possess her by leaving him and turning him down he wanted to exert control over her in any way he could. Him wanting to roll hidden dice for her shows that his entire intention was emotional manipulation. Even if he really did think she was cheating and wanted to roll for her he should have offered to do it in the middle, in front of everyone.

Regarding the last part of the video, I'm a fan of the phrase "explains, but doesn't excuse"

Thank you Crit, I just had an awful day at work, coming back to see you posted a new video made my day a lot better. Keep up the great work 🦀👑

@CritCrab

Жыл бұрын

I've had a rough month. This comment made my day better too. 🦀🤝🐦

@CairoOmar39

Жыл бұрын

@@CritCrab 🐦🤝🦀

That went surprisingly well after the setup of the story. I love how the friend group handled that. It's really a kind thing to call people out on their behavior, it gives them a chance to be better. I think maybe it's not a good idea for OP to describe how earning her trust back would work. Let DM do the work to figure it out. She can't guarantee how long it would take or that she would trust him again after he did X, Y, and Z. He can just try to be pleasant to be around and behave decently?

NGL, with a bunch of 15+ and back-to-back 20s needed for the party to live, it sounds like DM was trying to murder the party.

Here’s a funny one. It was my first session EVER of DND, I was playing an elf wizard and was trying to capture a goblin. I wasn’t sure how non leathal attacks worked so instead of casting any spells I tried to attack him with a small knife. I failed my roll so hard that the Dm said it was as if I just spread butter on the bloglines leg. Que the butter knife jokes. In the end I spoke with the em and we ended up making the butter knife my arcane focus haha

Sometimes it takes a long time for person to realize just how bad their own mental health is, and i think this DM is one of those cases. It doesn’t excuse the behavior of course. I truly hope the group can work things out bc it sounds like they’re all good friends and truly wanna support each other. If the DM truly wants to get better he seems to have good people around him that would help and support.

"Cool motive, still murder" I do hope for the group and their friendships that the situation improves. I do think she should just go for it and give dming a try tho. You gotta start somewhere!

Most of the players in a campaign I’ve been in (for 2 years) have rolled two Nat 20s before. Lots of sources of advantage and disadvantage 😂

I love it when both my birds are stoned. Birds are known for getting quite high

Talking about probabilities: In one game we had a 2v1 fight, where pc fought 2 guys in hand-to-hand combat. In one round he makes an attack - Nat 20. First enemy's turn - Nat 1. Next enemy - Nat 1 again. We screamed so loud because of that.

In my first D&D campaign I ever played, I rolled 3 nat 20s in a row while working on convincing a goblin to be our friend and join our party. Our DM then spent the next several sessions trying to kill Fiki and failing until she threw him off of a tower with no way for us to intervene.

Thank you for posting! This sounds like a nightmare for OP.

I remember a time where one guy needed to roll high with disadvantage to escape a dragon. Rolled a nat 20, and a nat 1. Never seen someone deflate so quickly from their high.

It's really great to hear that the rest of the group stood behind her. That alone counts for so much. Sounds like the DM realized he was being shitty and decided to work on it rather than double down yet again. This is good. Even if she won't trust him after it, which I wouldn't blame her for, it still sounds like he's willing to at least work on himself.

"You get two birds stoned at once." You are a riot lmfao

Thanks for the video Crab. I love to hear your tales while washing the dishes

"Women lie about their dice rolls to look sexy to male gamers." What a weirdly specific thing to keep harping about.

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Seriously. That is by far the dumbest shit I’ve heard in God knows how long. And it is strangely specific for something so insane. It’s almost like it’s bullshit or something, I don’t know.

The GM is totally wrong and is clearly part of a good group of guys. But only your mom or your boss can demand therapy after your apology. Anyone else, and your putting yourself under their heel. Toxic.

Hopefully this is the start of his hero origin story.

I play a tabletop called Numenera (Nat 20s can do various things, including extra attacks). I had a string of nat 20s in that single sesh that the party still talks about legit 5 in repeat followed by an 18 for the final roll, which actually let me wipe out a pack of zombies in that room

Not the usual ending for these stories. A lot healthier than other endings! BTW, I, and I assume many others, listen to most of these instead of watch; thus, when you suddenly go into commentary, it takes a moment for me to realize it's that and not part of the story. Maybe saying something like "let's pause here" or "pause post" or adding an effect with audio like DotD's flame transition would help a lot. You generally do a good job signaling we're going back to the story, though, with "roll post" being the most common I've seen/heard. I know, extra work, but it would really help when I'm doing dishes and listening. Can't have my laptop next to me or I risk water damage, after all.

Its cool that you're going to be looking for more positive D&D stories. I love you're horrostory videos, but this is a good and welcoming change!

I genuinely hope the guy gets help. I’ve been in spots like that myself and I can totally understand his pain. But like they said, that’s not an excuse for acting the way he did. I hope he gets help and is able to move on and have a good life.

Two nat 20s is a more common occurence than even modern shiny Pokemon odds and people spam the crap outta that too. Two 20s is nuthin, Lol.

I do like that in the end when confronted he did open up and admit wrong doing for the whole thing. Usually that doesn't happen with these stories. Maybe this will be a turning point?

"If I was the little Crab Angel on your shoulder..." I need to draw a little crab angel now!

I feel like a Senior wanting to date a Freshman is pretty close to a red flag. Like that's a period where a three or four year difference is a major difference

Somewhat related, my character in the current campaign I'm in has practically been blessed by the dice gods. He always gets the highest or second highest initiative and has so far failed only a single save. There were even sessions where someone took over for me playing him and he STILL always succeeded on saves and rolled super high initiative.

Tbh when ive played as a dm I prefer open rolls on all sides when it comes to dice

Before I get to my lil experience, I just wanted to say that your videos are a form of therapy for me. I knew a DM that cheated, but refused to accept that. Story: I was a in a campaign set in a "evil" world that was only "hardship" and was (according to DM) was the reason things were so difficult. It was a 3.5 D&D game. I don't remember all the characters anymore, but I had prestigued into Spellsword, we had a War-Weaver (i think that was the name; something about storing spells into a blanket to call later). I can't remember the other two players, but I'm pretty sure one was a bard of some kind, and the other was a Sorcerer. Now... at the start of the game the DM said I could have MAX HIT DICE as my HP. I was a Spellsword with as few levels of wizard as I could get away with to focus on the more martial side, so mostly Fighter hit dice. I was flabbergasted. I had 216~ HP. But then.... it happened. We met met a evil party and combat broke out after they used a druid familiar to spy on our moments; that wasn't a big deal, and honestly I did comment it was odd that bird was following us, but no one made a move so I (being the newest player) just shrugged and carried on. When the fight started I got a collection of buffs to my AC and HP from the War-Weaver; AC 27~ish, and HP: 247. .... And I was ONE-SHOT. I hopped on my griffon mount to meet the opposing warrior with a lance in the air and he charge-attacked me for 258 dmg; killing me instantly. The entire table instantly called BS, and we ended the campaign right then and there. Even as we were filing out the DM was still raving about, 'so sorry it's to hard for you guys, I'll make it easier.' To this day he refuses to admit he did anything wrong, and refuses to share what was on the villains character sheet. As a word of warning to everyone. If you know anyone that does this, even a friend, do NOT play with them. Just don't. You'll save yourself a head-ache.

Really love a more positive leaning story! Interesting to listen through.

I hope she pushes him to seek therapy. Yeah, therapy isn't an end-all cure, but he's already taking some steps in the right direction towards being a good person. Talking to a therapist and getting some solid, professional help could easily push him further down the right path and help him regain the trust of his friends, including OP. It does sound like he has negative views on therapy, but that's probably a mindset forged from how he was raised, and once he's going through with it, he'll probably realize it's a positive thing. Being able to open up and just... talk through the things that have hurt you with someone who isn't going to judge you (and if they DO judge, it's not something you'll ever know about because they can keep their mouths shut and remain professional) can really help a lot more than a person expects it to.

I think... well first of all that was a surprisingly candid admission from this misogynist. I like that much. A label like that is always one that can change in time, with some effort. I think he may have fallen down into some information silo or another online, or heard some bad things growing up. Not excusing his behavior, but explaining is a good start to changing it. Therapy would be a good start, IF it's a good therapist of course. (Get those recommendations ahead of time.) But, and I can't stress this enough, it isn't up to his friends to change him if they think it's not going to happen. If he's actually genuine, and they are actually willing to stick it out through that change, well good, but his transformation shouldn't be contingent on maintaining that friendship. It's something he's going to have to want to do independently of that, at least eventually. Still, I've said all this knowing that what we have here is one of those rare exotic breeds (at least these days), and that's someone who knows they screwed up and wants to change. Just... keep in mind that if this becomes a cycle... if he does the therapy, reverts, lashes out, then apologizes again... and again and again and all that... well that's a cliche for a reason. It will be time to just cut him off at that point.

Oh you want rare? How about 3 nat 20s in a row? This happened in my last session. Eye of Grummsh burst through a door and immediately attack the closest guy...me. Hits twice with his greataxe(multiattack) and crits both times, knocking me to a third of my health(I'm a Heavy Armor Mastery fighter). A drow sorcerer then rushes in from a different room, narrowly avoids a Twin Magic Fireball by our fairy sorcerer that ends up killing his pair of guards and then hits the entire party with Scorching Ray...and crits me a thrid time. I am now downed and our bard is laughing at my horrible luck...before getting downed himself.

Huh, huge props to the DM for taking criticism well, owning his behaviour and seeming to genuinely be sorry/ try to improve. I hope any follow ups are just "yep, his behaviour has improved".

10:27 subbed for the Trailer Park Boys reference.

Just had an 8 hour drive in my car. So nice to chill now and enjoy a d&d story :3

One of my favorite dnd memories was when me and my friends where rolling dice for fun while we ate. I made the joke that I rolled high when I wasn’t looking (I was rolling really good that night). I got 4 f***ing nat 20s in 5 rolls (other roll was a 5). We had a good laugh for a solid minute.

As repugnant as the DM was in all this, the fact that he was so civil during the intervention is a good first step towards divesting himself of his incel card.

Lowkey, this story was hella wholesome. This OP is a straight up saint, legitimately did everything right imo. There are so many boys and men these days that need help, not just with relationships and emotions, but with their thoughts and feelings outside of that too. Ahidden, condensed headspace is dangerous for anyone, and unfortunately alot of men believe that that makes you strong. While he was a very big asshole, recognizing that he was acting like one from a place of trauma or anger is a very healthy and important step, as long as he continues to be emotionally hoenst to his friends and the therapist i hope he ended up getting. Good luck to them, pretty cool story.

"The woman was too stunned to speak"

That opening gave enough of a red flag to peace

Not a bad ending for this kind of story. Well, relatively, I'm so used to shit like this ending with something like the nice guy refusing to accept things, everyone disbanding, and the poster talking about how the nice guy is supposedly still in another group and doing the same shit.

These stories dude. I couldn't imagine my DND getting so messy

This was a rollercoaster

Wow...I think this is the first time I've seen a person acting like that go "Shoot. I...think I'm the bad guy?