"I killed the characters you created yourselves and replaced them with monsters so my super-cool paladin character could slaughter them! Wasn't that fun?!" How could anybody think people would react positively to that?! Likewise for altering a PC's backstory without the player's knowledge or consent! Even beginner DMs should realize that this kind of power-tripping is going to drive players away!

@charondusk5608

3 ай бұрын

What's annoying me about this one, aside from the blatant power-tripping, is that the idea of a campaign like that, where your players' characters are replaced by monsters, has the potential to actually be good if handled correctly. Maybe the end goal is to try and figure out how to get your real bodies back? And if you MUST include the stupid paladin, maybe have him be the initial quest giver and turn out to be either the BBEG or has gone missing and that's the reason the team even went to the dungeon? Obviously it would need to be carefully considered and managed, but it has potential. Then to see a good plot idea be used just for the DM to get off on a power fantasy....

@jordanhunter3375

Ай бұрын

Or to use him as a back-up DMPC if the party is too close to a TPK

Murderhobo: I attack the dog Me: You are immediately smited by the Gods

The best DMPC I ever ran was a 14 year old spoiled noble that happened to be the "chosen one destined to defeat the dark lord". The players where mercenaries hired by the father to protect and train the kid as he traveled to collect all the pieces of the legendary sword to defeat the dark lord. He was everything you hate in a spoiled noble that's been told he's special, and the players HATED having to constantly save him or stop him causing trouble while not getting fired as the money for this job would be enough to fullfill their dreams. With allot of tough love and patience the players slowly forged the boy into a respectful and true noble hero they all loved. They started at level 5 and every year they gained a level until they hit level 10 and the noble was ready to face the dark lord with their help. The final battle had the noble and dark lord fight while the players held off the minions. They loved seeing the boy they raised and trained being an OP baddass that was beyond their level. Moral is that DMPCs can be used for a great story, you just have to get the players to buy into them.

@moizzy1587

5 ай бұрын

I hope you don't mean irl years

@phatcavy98

5 ай бұрын

@@moizzy1587 no. In game years. Each year consisted of one extended multilayer dungeon dive (4 to 8 sessions), then with downtime between that dungeon and the next dungeon I let them RP training and teaching the kid. They basically picked his class, stats, and feats through the levels. He was level 15 when they hit level 10. They loved that they made him so much stronger than them. I made it clear to them that the dark lord was stronger than they would get ever get in the campaign, and if they failed to train him strong enough, he could lose to the dark lord and they'd lose the campaign. The dark lord was level 15 so the fight was close, but the hero was a multiclass paladin/fighter that had a relic tier sword. It was really cool watching him go from not contributing to combat to actually leading the charge.

@andreacallegari7137

5 ай бұрын

The problem is your DMPC is still the protagonist of the story. Why can only he assemble the pieces? Couldn't you just have your party find the legendary weapons that allow them to defeat the "dark lord"? Maybe the Paladin has a legendary shield, the Ranger a legendary bow, the Wizard an arcane grimoire with spells that are of higher level that what they could normally cast and so on... Couldn't the player grow as heroes themselves, without having to babysit a spoiled brat? Why would you make your level 10 party fight MINIONS while THEY should be the protagonists of the story? I think this only worked because your players didn't want to disappoint you, but everyone would have preferred to fight the dark lord themselves. Of course, I could be wrong, but it's rare for the whole party to be willing to play a Samwise Gamgee role, while the DM is playing the "Chosen One".

@phatcavy98

5 ай бұрын

@@andreacallegari7137 before starting the game I pitched as the players where not the heroes, they where the hero's party. They thought it would be fun to NOT be the main characters for once and have play a game of escort missions. There is a level of challenge and roleplay entertainment that comes with having to protect and train a kid that runs right into a goblin horde because "I'm the chosen one, they can't kill me". The fact is my players where tired of always being the ones to defeat the dragon, fight the vampire count, stop the elemental cultists, etc. So they asked me to run something new. I also made the game high risk for death. Several players died protecting the kid, and made new characters.

@JoshtheOverlander

5 ай бұрын

That's an incredible DMPC. My only example is a rogue-ish guide that led the party into a city inside a mountain, and after dealing with the "boss" he tried to nick an artifact that caused the whole conflict and get away through a portal of planes, only for the party to shove him into the Plane of Hades and close it on him. I had intended for him to escape as a hook for a campaign I wanted to run, as this was just a one-shot, but I was laughing my ass off that they pulled that off. I didn't prepare for the possibility of my players doing something like that, but I wasn't mad, it killed me XD

I have a homebrew rule. You hurt/ kill an innocent dog, John Wick will do the same to your character

@beccabella

5 ай бұрын

I feel like everyone should have this rule.

@heftyhadrosaur8740

5 ай бұрын

John warock, eldritch blasts until nothing is left

@johnpatrick1647

5 ай бұрын

You could just throw the Baba Yaga at them and it would still be correct. Don't even tell them that's why they were attacked. Just have them roll initiative later that night as she visits them. If it ever happens again, do it again. They'll eventually figure out that hiring dogs summons the Baba Yaga. The real question would be i are they going to abuse that later on when they're actually in a position to defeat her? Will they harm another dog to summon her so they can beat her?

@VidelxSpopovich

5 ай бұрын

No dog is innocent.

@progamasEjogos

4 ай бұрын

This is so dumb omfg, let them kill, let them be psychos, just tpk with the lawful good faction, or be a good dm, understand your crew and adapt this snowflake bs

A one-shot where you play as monsters defending their dungeon/tomb/haunted house/etc from a group of adventurers sounds like a really fun game. It’s a shame the DM had to go about it in the worst way possible. If that’s what you want to run, just be upfront about it with the players, and don’t make the adventurers overpowered DMPCs.

"Kicking the dog" is a classic villain trope.

@tim18wheels76

5 ай бұрын

... and what does that say about FBI agents and LEOs killing dogs? 🤔

@cmineawesome1007

5 ай бұрын

Dio Brando Anyone

@rommdan2716

5 ай бұрын

​@@tim18wheels76 It says a lot

@playernotfound9489

4 ай бұрын

KONO DIO DA!

Murderhobo: I attack the poor doggo. Me as a DM: So, it just turns to night and hear the Baba Yaga and a British voice go, "Bravo 6, going dark."

@mdpenny42

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking of something a bit more "John Wick" myself...

@REfan2002

5 ай бұрын

@@mdpenny42 I was implying that Baba Yaga is John Wick myself.

@josiaharaki7310

4 ай бұрын

@@REfan2002 WITH A FRICKIN PENCIL!

My suggestion on the last story: If DM is going to pull a plot twist like that they should probably tell the players "One of you is an enemy, none of you, even the enemy, don't know who the enemy is, when the time comes i'll tell you or if you figure it out i'll confirm it."

Kyle tried to treat that dog like a piece of drywall.

On the dog kicking thing : The whole "I gotta prove myself cool infront of a girl" thing has been done to death and it's very obvious that if someone loves you, they'd love you for who you are, not what you're trying to be. But let's just say this mindset worked, how id attacking an innocent animal "cool" ? Don't most girls like animals? Wouldn't this upset them? What was the mindset here? Because it sounds like someone who never had a pet, who is selfish and decided that if they think they're cool, others will think as well. A very selfish mindset tbh. That and if he simply petted the dog first, he'd achieve what he wanted to do with the girl in the first place by showing a sensitive side. The guy has his priorities backwards! XD

@etcetera1995

5 ай бұрын

It's because men like Kyle don't take women's actual feelings into consideration. They don't listen to the women they want to impress because they think they know what they like better than the women themselves. They view women as things to make themselves look and feel better, not people to form bonds with, or else they'd realize that *most women don't like bullies and braggarts.*

@chaos4654

5 ай бұрын

Must be the kind of edgelord that thinks "murder is cool" at all times and assumed others would too.

@EnraiChannel

5 ай бұрын

To be honest, that part was added by the OP without any context to back it up other than the guy being obviously stupid judging from his actions. And I feel like they missed the session zero to weed out that from happening. Never miss session zero with a new group.

@informitas0117

4 ай бұрын

Might be an actual psychopath, people think they're are uncommon but it's about 1% of people. If his idea of showing himself strong is to attack "helpless" animals it's not a remote possibility. Even if not I can't imagine the guy being anything else that a walking throbbing knobhead.

Werewolf Story. It is never okay to change a Player's backstory or make the Player something else without their knowledge or consent. And with something like Lycanthropy you have to telegraph that or it, like this one, doesn't make any sense later.

Luna has official Doge Guild business but wishes us all luck

That's wild to me, Masazake and Ryuu were basically the DM giving a helping hand and Kyle in almost a literal sense was biting the hand feeding him. Not only that but he died trying to kick a dog, that's the pinnacle of it all.

To the OP (DM) in the second story, you handled things appropriately. The only other thing you could have done, since everyone (particularly Kyle) was new to TTRPGs, is stopped the game and explain to him that this isn't a computer game and how his actions will have consequences and if he continues to play like a murder-hobo he will be killed in short order.

@1kokokala10

5 ай бұрын

The thing is they've all played BG3 and that game is notorious for every action having a consequence, good or bad.

@fred_derf

5 ай бұрын

@@1kokokala10, OK. I haven't played BG3 so I'll take your word for it. The doesn't fundamentally change the advice to stop the game and explain how being a murder-hobo is just going to disrupt the game and isn't going to end well. One of the common "selling points" of a TTPRG over a computer game is that you can "do what ever you want" and some people take that to mean there are no consequences to their actions in game as opposed to what it really means, that your character isn't restricted to a arbitrary set of actions.

@EnraiChannel

5 ай бұрын

@@1kokokala10 Well not really. There are multiple quests where you kill people in a room, and once you leave the room no one knows what has happened and never will. And one of them is part of the main story. The DM did good, but they should have had session zero to talk about things like attacking random obviously non-hostile npcs.

If someone kicked a dog, even a fake one, to try and impress me they'd be blocked on everything immediately.

@daggern15

4 ай бұрын

Personally, I don't want to meet a woman who is actually impressed by this kind of stunt.

26 күн бұрын

Yes, that is the correct response to such BS! Don't hurt the doggos.

Awwwww super happy to see Luna playing around and looking healthy. You are a saint, Doge.

Luna is looking good.

@aquaticcatfey

5 ай бұрын

Even if one didn't account for trauma and shock, she looked skinny and scruffy when he first rescued her. She's definitely put on some weight and looks sleeker and more alert now (and has enough energy to chase the red dot, which is always a good sign).

@vodostar9134

5 ай бұрын

Yeah. I saw that. I have two recent rescues in my house atm. They weren't injured when they arrived, but similarly underfed and scruffy... and doing fine now.@@aquaticcatfey

luna looks so happy and loved!! i'm so glad to see she's doing well :3

Don't Hurt the Dog Story. Well that was actually better than I imagined it was going to be. I thought when I first read the title that the murderhobo kicked an actual dog of one of the other players or DM. I which case if the murderhobo didn't leave by Boo Boo Bus, I would have been upset.

@JoshtheOverlander

5 ай бұрын

There is an RPG Horror Story where a That Guy intentionally killed the DM's small pet before trying to bail, but it wasn't a dog. Can't remember what the pet was though.

@daggern15

4 ай бұрын

@@JoshtheOverlander They wouldn't have been leaving my house if an entitled player killed my pet. Some people are just vile.

@charondusk5608

3 ай бұрын

@@JoshtheOverlander I remember that story, it was a baby lizard (monitor, I think). Why that player was allowed to leave not in an ambulance, I will never know.

Jeez... If you want to DM a game where the players all play monsters against the "goodguys"™, then advertise it as such and have the players roll up Monster Characters or hand them out premade characters at the start -- don't pull a bait-and-switch and kill off their normal character and then "surprise" them with a Monster character. All that will do is piss off your players.

@raymondjohnson2744

5 ай бұрын

Probably has or knows no one would willing play that bs.

@fred_derf

5 ай бұрын

@@raymondjohnson2744, writes _"Probably has or knows no one would willing play that bs."_ If that was true then tricking them into playing it will not end well. Which is my main point -- tricking them into it will not end well. But it's not true, such a game (particularly as a 0ne-Shot) would be quite popular. At least popular with a subsection of the gaming public, probably the same sub-section of gamers that would be interested in playing a straight forward evil campaign. I would be into it, who wouldn't want to play a beholder for one night?

@EnraiChannel

5 ай бұрын

@@raymondjohnson2744 Well forcing others to play that is good way to ensure you will never get a group to do it again either unless you keep changing your name. Which is sad because at least on idea level that has a lot of potential. It's kind of sad how majority of D&D problems seem to come from lack of communication.

@raymondjohnson2744

5 ай бұрын

@@EnraiChannel I agree and like the concept as well. If the dm said the one shot was op monsters vs an OP paladin or a paladin order of comparable strength as the party, I imagine they would have been up for it. I know I would minus the crit " dodging " and predetermined outcome. Sadly some players and dms ignore that just because something is fun for them doesn't mean it's fun for the group or think that it is. Like you said communication is key. Edited to add: the bs I was referring to and why I think those who knew him would decline Is the fact paladin is dm's former character. One he is clearly attached to and the high possibility he would be unwilling to let him lose or die. In hindsight I realized the potential players wouldn't know this unless he was upfront about who the paladin is.

"Missed on a nat 20." Oh, so this isn't D&D it's Calvinball. Well, your improv prompt is a DM who can't keep players for a long form campaign just introduced his favorite character as the party villain. Go, remember comedy comes in 3's.

@IsilmeTuruphant

5 ай бұрын

I mean, if I get handed a premade character that I know is overpowered, get railroaded into fighting the DM's DMPC, roll a Nat 20+ 7 to hit and it STILL miss? I'd get up, thank them all for the game, and leave because there's absolutely no more point in me being there. If I lose, my character is dead, if I win... my character is *still dead.* I'm not invested enough to try and flail at whatever Everything-Proof nonsense defense this DMPC has.

@Jermbot15

5 ай бұрын

@@IsilmeTuruphant He's not everything-proof, the DMPC has one weakness, and it's the one weakness they all have. Just make a joke of him. No sell how "cool" he is, and turn the whole fight into slapstick. Sure, the character you made and care about died pointlessly, but that just means the only thing you have left to lose is your good time. And I bet getting the DM flustered by how lame his DMPC is would be a pretty good time.

@Suraht

5 ай бұрын

A natural 20 in DnD 5e is autohit, but DM just says it misses...Calvinball would be more fair. At least that would let the players change the rules on the fly, too.

@EnraiChannel

5 ай бұрын

DMs bringing old characters as OP enemies to new campaigns seem to happen a bit too often. At least when it happened to me, it was played by the rules. Though it came out of the bushes that they were at least 7 levels higher so there weren't any chance of winning.

I'm so glad to see Luna doing well, she's so sweet ❤

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how all his cats got theyre own plate always full 💜

Looks like Luna is acclimating well in the House of Doge. Looking forward to seeing more of her in future vids.

The first one sounded like the dm wanted to self insert himself with the paladin

The DM in the first story is an example of a forever dm going rogue. It needs to be captured and brought back to the maintenance bay.

The kitty is doing fine!

I saw the title, and I'm... just glad it wasn't an irl dog

The first story radiates betrayal at the house on the hill energy

Just woke up and found out doge posted

Intro: Awww. When her fur grows back; she could use a spa day. She deserves it. Story 1: Title: Uh, wha? DM license revoked! Story 2: Not the doge! Also, love the username. Unusual format. Not the Akita you hostile prick! Story 3: Da heck DM? DM license revoked!

Unless it’s a wild wolf that attacks first, in my games if you attack a dog, the NPCs start looking suspiciously like Keanu Reeves in a suit. ALL OF THEM!

One of the first one shots I ever played I learned the lesson as you do not even threatened to harm a dog in D&D. I was making an empty threat to try to intimidate someone the entire party almost turned on me. The second the I opened my mouth. The BBEG had sent his Mastiff out on us and the Druid had Charmed it.

Bro got bodied by a small dog I’d insult him but the shame he carries will haunt him more than my words

Not gonna lie, when I read the title on my feed, my first reaction was: "...IN D&D RIGHT?!?!"

Precious kitty. Bless you man.

The werewolf sounds like an awesome game idea. Just communicated it. They will probably get players that like the idea.

I ran a DM PC for several years because I only had a single player but the DM PC was a Ranger Bodyguard to the PC Cleric with the Cleric making the plot decisions

Talk about a eff around and find out opportunity to learn. LOVE YOU DOGE! Thanks for being one of my favorite storytellers

Story #1 - No idea what the DM's malfunction was, but clearly there was one. Story #2 - I think the DM and Party handled this very well. Too bad these efforts were completely wasted on Kyle. Story #3 - The DM's idea was potentially interesting. Imposing it on a Player, messing with his backstory, and hanging a bunch of murders on him, was a lousy thing to do. Some other things said, such as Players worried about the DM retaliating if they say or do the wrong thing, leads me to believe that walking away from this DM is the wise move.

@daggern15

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing for story #3. If you as a player are scared of what your DM will do to your character if you speak out against them being a tool, you should already know they're not a DM you want to be playing with.

Happy kitty, yay! 🥰 1) Fantastic concept executed in the most ham-fisted, imbecilic manner imaginable. 2) Wow, that was some high octane FAFO. I would have done the same as DM. 3) What a load of manipulative bull! I would have walked.

I saw the werewolf story told in either den of the drake or critcrab, forgot which, with an extra update from the OP, where they find out that the DM was targeting them on purpose because apparently in a previous campaign they had had a troublesome rogue player, and now didn't want to ever have any rogues in their games anymore because of that one bad experience, but I guess just didn't have the balls to tell that to the OP directly when they were making their character.

@DiscoTimelordASD

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Luna is preoccupied with some very important Red Dot chasing special ops stuff. It’s a thankless job, but someone has to do it!

Kicking a dog or another animal would make me make a "Link vs. Chickens"-Moment.

That last story, depending on the chat with the party and the DMs answer, I would drop that game so fast. My final response. "Time for me to play a video game where I have more agency than this game."

My dogs name is Luna. When you said "Right Luna" she ran into the room and looked at my computer. lol

God seeing the male Striker from Dungeon and Fighter (Dungeon Fighter Online in the West) is such a call back to simpler times.

Story: “stated he’d like his character to kick the man’s dog” DND Doge: “He what now?!”

Outplayed by doggo. Fantastic! :D

Tasteful DnF artwork for the thumbnail. I love Male Fighter

To the Werewolf player in the last story: If you've been enjoying the game otherwise, tell the DM that you would like to retire your current character and make a new one (that's probably the plan anyway, since it seems like the Werewolf is doomed to die). Reiterate that you did not appreciate having your character and backstory messed with in this way, and ask that they promise not do that again. If they won't agree, or if the game just wasn't that great in the first place, then it's probably time to leave and find another DM.

@JoshtheOverlander

5 ай бұрын

I would suggest requesting a retcon on the werewolf thing, honestly, but aside from that, I'm in your corner. Furthermore, if the Barbarian player is scared the DM might fuck with their character too, that's a clear red flag.

Kerpal: Why did you kick his dog

Not important but Akitas as a dog breed are usually a lot bigger than 40 pounds. Bee gees that player was a jerk.

I know we say "Just write a book" when the DM is hyper-railroading, but who would read these books? They're no joke bad plots.

Thanks 4 all the hard work.

Kyle tried to be Dio but ended up being Kenny G.

12:24 shoruken him, fay doggo

I actually created a werewolf character on purpose. I’ll have to check my ReRoll file to remember what class I picked for them, but I think it was Mystic

Oh Luna is looking so much better :)

Last one: I like the idea of surprising a PC with being a part of a group they are hunting down as a way to force empathy. Now you are presented with a way to deal with problems other than blanket murder. I have no idea if this is why they did it or not, but it is a good wrinkle in so far as it is a dramatic twist in the game. Only thing is I would not retcon to make a mystery twist. The dm is home brewing rules for lychanthropy, which is common as the 5e rules are pretty terrible. I do not see an issue with presenting lychanthropes as being unaware of their curse; that makes a better mystery. I am also OK with a moral dilemma with no clear way to resolve; the werewolf is innocent and does not know they kill people. This is might even be a fun link up to a sub quest to find a cure or means of controlling lychanthropy. There are interesting ways to go with this... not really a horror story yet. OP should talk to the dm before they take it to the internet, I think.

@EnraiChannel

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it has potential for a story. But the problem is again lack of communication. The DM should have still made it clear that one of them could be the werewolf. Or at least contacted the guy they wanted to be the werewolf and ask if it was okay. They made one of the biggest sins as a DM which is taking away player agency. People treat meta knowledge like a plague, but in these kind of situations they can actually improve the RP.

@rynowatcher

5 ай бұрын

@@EnraiChannel I disagree they had to tell them or ask them about being a werewolf. RAW you can contract lychanthropy from fighting werewolves, so it is like asking for permission to do take hp damage or to use dice to decide saving throws: kind of built into the game. The player can always roll up a new character if they reach the end of that character's playable story, and it sounds like the other players that want to kill the player, not the gm. The op has a bigger issue with the other players than the gm, based on that. That is a good excuse for roleplay and character growth; ie, these creatures we have been relentlessly slaughtering might not have known they were killing people during the full moon... are we the baddies here or do we kill our friend and ignore the implications this has to our own actions? The interesting part is if they are forced to deal with the fact the werewolves might be doing this unwillingly and forcing it on a player shows them without ambiguity. What are you going to do about it? The assumption that the party will kill op betrays the person's murder hobo tendencies, though. I do agree the gm flubbed this one; springing a player as a werewolf is a mystery plot and mysteries require set up and foreshadowing. The fact there were no signs of lychanthropy for the PC and changing the back story is bad design. I had a game where I dealt cards to randomly decide who had a mindflayer larva in their head and they kept losing time, forgetting things they should know, hearing voices... that worked out well because it was a mystery that ended with them finding a problem organically and giving them opertunity to deal with it.

I would have handle the Dog Kicker story with Drill-Sargeant rules, one of you f-up the rest of your team mates will pay for your. NPC in town will refuse to talk, trade or be hostile to the party now know to the locals as 'the dog killers'. If the party is full of very reconizable characters new will spread to other towns to beware of said party of baddies.

Luna is such a nice looking kitty.

The dog kicker is acting like a FBI agent and may be one. They're just trying to live out their fantasy of killing dogs. 🙄

@brianjohnson1509

5 ай бұрын

That's more the ATF's bag, but, same bird different feather.

@DanaOtken

5 ай бұрын

Honestly, that's going to be a problem with any agency which feels they may absolutely need to trespass on somebody's property and involes people who don't live with and understand dogs. The thinking going in will always be, "We need to assert complete dominance and control of the environment as quickly as possible so we reduce the need for people to die." Except the dog doesn't understand it's supposed to be still and quiet, and as long as there's some agent who isn't sure how dangerous the dog is and doesn't know a better way to handle the dog than shoot it before it riles up the humans into fighting too (not reasonable, but that's going to be the thought process of somebody in that situation)... I can empathize with why it keeps happening while still believing most of the raids in which a dog gets shot weren't raids which should have been made in the first place.

@AmaryInkawult

5 ай бұрын

​@@brianjohnson1509the ATF are just hateful in general. FBI is negligent in general.

Dio Approved.

The werewolf campaign is not bad but not good either. Werewolves are unaware that they transform, so he may have omitted it to give a sense of actual mystery, since some players out themselves too quickly. The DM did make a big booboo on this though. One question you would ask ALL YOUR PLAYERS would be "would you be ok with a mystery to you about your character?" And you should specify that it will be significant to the game. Then they will know to suspect not only the NPCs, but also the party.

Story One: I think he was trying to do some sort of Castlevania thing with his character as the star. No one likes to be on the losing side of an unfair fight, however his concept minus the overpowered DMPC has merit. I might run a monster one shot one of these days. Story Two: I don't get what this guy is thinking. I would have stopped the game and explained that his actions have consequences and doing such rash actions will most likely get him killed. I would have also explained that NPCs aren't just little bag of experience sitting around to be harvested. They have agency and will respond to his actions accordingly. If he decided to double down after this talk, I would have pulled no punches and had the owner and possibly other NPCs attack too. If he doesn't get it after seeing consequences in action, he is obviously not mature enough for TTRPGs. Story Three: I get that the DM wanted it to be a surprise twist, but the player needed to be consulted first and their should have been hints. The only thing the DM achieved was dividing the party and alienating the reluctant and nonsensical werewolf. Character agency is important!

If a man will kick a pretend dog in a TTRPG, where he doesn't have to be an a******, I can only imagine how he treats his poor girlfriend. 😢

@jamesfoxx564

5 ай бұрын

Who cares?! It not real! I at first thought that he kicked a dog irl 😂

I have a rule that I implemented during a game I was a Player, but I was surprised everyone else agreed *I DO NOT KILL GUARD DOGS* Wolves and wild mutts are a different thing, but guard dogs are only following orders, I always saw them as inheritly good, even if they serve an evil bastard Sleep Spells, Command Animal, anything that would otherwise just knock them out without the use of force, I'm okay with *I DO NOT KILL GUARD DOGS*

Luna! 💗 We're all so happy you're feeling better 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️

The DMPC I have to deal with, is actually not that bad He's an Orc Barbarian who paid us in advance to help him get revenge on the massacre of his village

phew, I'm glad he didn't kick a real dog

I still can't believe Cheems is dead

If you play with a Kyle, you get a Kyle...

Woohoo! Hi Doge!

Luna loves the laser doesn't she?

I hate bad GMs who give DMPC's a bad name. I run one in one of the three groups that I have because that group only has three players. The PC is basically a support character who never says anything unless addressed by the PCs. He has no direction in the game. He doesn't lead. He is subjected to the same situations as the PCs. He acts like henchmen.

if someone kicks a dog i do a dnd thingy i will summon triceratops prorsus

I'm sorry the moment I was told a Nat 20 didn't hit, I'd scoot the character sheet away, pack my shit and leave. I wouldn't even entertain or feed the DM's fragile ego, leaving him to be upset by his own asshattery would be far more entertaining anyway.

Luna looks so much better!

Love your videos but god does that dog freaks me out

OP DMPC Story. If you have to have a DMPC, the best way I think to handle it is have the DMPC handle things "Off Screen". Like if the party is being attacked by a horde of minions, delaying them getting to the BBEG. Have the DMPC do something that temporarily gives the party an opening to go after the BBEG instead while the DMPC stays behind. "I'll keep these wretches busy! You all go and finish this!" The DMPC gets their "Great Stand" or "Last Stand" moment that the DM can narrate however they please later, while the party stays main focus and does their stuff in game. Personally I don't like DMPC's at all and avoid when possible. But every now and then either a DMPC or an important NPC has to be around to drive the plot forward. And this doesn't work for every encounter, but could for the big boss fights. Personally I like having the Party Hire extra party members that they control during combat, but the DM controls nominally during role play like a normal NPC.

Why do I see Masakaze as looking like Leroy Smith from TEKKEN 8?

Good boi doggo

Kitter cats!

I like how it goes awful DM, good DM, awful DM. Ngl, if I was in OP3s position, I would have dropped the game the moment they told me that, not going to stay in a game where a DM is that trash they caqn't think of a way to do good werewolf and just randomly make a party member one and change their backstory.

DMs making changes to a player character's backstory without consulting them only makes me distrust the DM. "You can always make a new character" is moot since the DM can modify the backstory of that character as well. The trust is simply gone and I couldn't care less how great of a DM or storyteller they are.

Story 1. I do like the concept, but the levels need to be even

If you are ever in a game where you are afraid that standing up for another player/PC will result in the DM targeting you leave that game ASAP. Any DM who actively targets players who try to back up other players isn't a good DM.

How do you think Doge would fit in a Humblewood setting?

25 damage a turn.. at level 5? thats not overpowered, thats mind bogglingly weak. what the fuck guys

If you're a DM but want to use an overpowered DMPC, write a book. Don't drag actual people into your power fantasy.

How is the kitty doing?

That nat 20+7 roll miss... I would have just left lmao. If he ignores the rules, why bother?

Man don't use dfo striker like that XD

Luna!!!!

The dungeon master should of thought that they hated his dnd campaign, all of these dnd videos make me fell like not wanting to play, even though i never played one since 2020 where i began, to 2024 which is now where i still havent played one, And nom no cute animals are gonna help me, its a lost cause! (For me.)

Feed the algorithm

What did the dog ever do to him?

So... why exactly was explaining to new players that attacking random NPCs is not how you expect them to play not an option in the Don't Hurt the Dog story?

*NOTE!* Laser pointers can cause behavior disorders in cats. Just use a string...

@K_i_t_t_y84

5 ай бұрын

There's only a concern if you don't give them a treat or some kind of reward for "catching" the dot. Also, cats can swallow string, especially if not well supervised. When properly rewarded laser pointer toys are actually safer. ❤🙏