"Was there anything we could do to stop it? "Yeah, actually try. That might have helped."

Doge: "I hope he's on a watch list" Me: Better still, on someone's hit list.

@williek08472

Жыл бұрын

I'm inclined to agree

@chiphand

Жыл бұрын

hit list? mr. 47 would like a word.

@playernotfound9489

3 ай бұрын

if anything he needs mental help.

Man, I hope they put that DM behind bars...

I swear some of these DMs and players actually has Intelligence and/or Wisdom as their dump stat.

For the second story, I had something similar. They were in a temple of snakemen, venomous snakemen. They got hit with a poison trap. They find a weird fountain with a liquid elemental made of a viscous, yellow liquid. The first thing to pop into their minds; "Its a urine elemental!" They did admit that it being a venom elemental made more sense. They discovered this when the barbarian TRIED TO WRESTLE IT! Even if they thought it was a urine elemental, why would you wan to wrestle it! The campaign did not last much longer than that session.

Ahh it’s the youngest of the sixth cats first Christmas tree. Ahh that’s adorable

"Lucky's first Christmas tree!!" "At first he tried to eat it..." LOL lucky. My cat usually body slams the exact moment the tree is up

Want to really ruin the campaign for the first DM? *Call* *the* *police* . Give them the messages to the police, tell the players, and stay away forever. It's not a battery if but *when* with him.

First story: I don’t even know what to say. Everything that guy did was absolutely horrific. I hope OP and the other players are doing ok. Second story: Wow, what a stupid group of players. The DM established that they had to do this one thing, they acknowledged that they had to do the one thing, and then they ignored the one thing and acted surprised when there were consequences? I’d say I cannot comprehend how anyone could be that stupid, but I’ve been on the internet too long. Third story: What on earth did John expect to happen there? Anyone with half a brain cell could see that there was no way for that to end well.

Cats and Christmas trees are both a wonderful and heinous thing. This year we couldnt get a full sized tree (my cat liked to nap under them as he is the Greatest Christmas Toy of All) and the one we have is up on a table in the corner. We felt bad so we got a bunch of fir branches from outside and tied them to his little kitty scratcher tree and hung up some of his stuffies like ornaments and he is as happy as a clam in rum punch.

D'awww! One kitty legit hugged another. *dies from 18d20 cute damage*

Kitty Armor needs to be a homebrew item forged by awakened cats that offer protection against forces that would deal mental damage.

@AmaryInkawult

Жыл бұрын

For us to forge this pawerful set of awermor we beseech ye adventurers to hunt these items three. The Feather of Fleetness, The Bountiful Squeezie, and The Box of Fitting. Only then will we give enough of a shit to forge this awermor. Otherwise we are just not motivated enough even by threat of death.

@FnrrfYgmSchnish

Жыл бұрын

It's a sweater knitted from the hair of a dozen cats (all of which must be naturally shed or voluntarily donated by the cats, the magic doesn't work if any of the hair was taken against the cats' will.)

@mondenkindqueen

Жыл бұрын

The fur of cats, the vibrations of their whiskers, the sound of their footsteps and the gleam of their eyes.

@DespairDoctor

Жыл бұрын

In Dragon Quest there are Kitty Shields. Shields with a cat print engraved in it. Combine that with your idea and we'd have a great deflector against psychic damage.

I'm all for changing up parts of pre written modules but what DM did in that first story is like running Horde of the Dragon Queen with no Dragons! One of the core story elements of Curse of Strahd is Strahd's obsession with Tatiana. It's a major driving force of the entire campaign!

Thing is, I think a PC being the reincarnation of Tatyana can be a good way of increasing tension and bringing a little more horror to the dynamic between PCs and BBEG- the horror of Ireena's situation is one of a loss of agency, after all. She has to force the biggest threat on the board to acknowledge that she's *herself,* not his belonging or toy. But players should like. Know that's a risk they face coming in. A DM doesn't even have to say WHO the reincarnated PC is, that can come as a surprise to the players as they play (I think it would be a great gut punch~) but they should say something like "Hey I'm thinking of making one of you the subject of the bad guy's obsession, would you guys be okay with that?"

@chaoticevilspacewitch

Жыл бұрын

I feel like "make one of the party members Tatiana" should just be a suggestion in the module, it makes things so much more interesting.

@Arcticmaster1190

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, a PC as Tatyana’s reincarnation has always been a point of contention with DMs in discussion. Some would do it, others vehemently disagree. I’m actually someone who does NOT like it- for the same reason as you state. The role is one that represents loss of agency. And being a PC is all about having agency in the situation- having your choices matter. And due to the fact that there’s a LOT of stuff going on with the reincarnate that works both for (and against) the PC that has been chosen, it’s better not to make it so. The reincarnate has the BBEG at her beck and call, has a limited amount of plot armor, has to endure the creepiness of said BBEG on a regular basis, and has PLENTY of opportunities where she can just be yeeted out of the story by RAW, not the least of which by Strahd himself or by another Zarovich. I know the PCs have moments that absolutely suck for them but I usually don’t put it in their way unless I’m absolutely sure they have one of two things: a way to counter/cure it, or a way to prevent the situation. With the horror genre, if you have to have both means to prevent it early on, it’s not really horror.

@IIIGioGioStarIII

Жыл бұрын

I am finishing up a CoS game. And my biggest issue with Ireena is that she is more of the main character than the players. It feels like everyone in Barovia is riding her dick. But because of how important she is in the campaign, if you don't have her charming enough for the party, they are going to yeet her out of the game asap. I got lucky in reworking her personality in my game to fit better with the party.

@chaoticevilspacewitch

Жыл бұрын

@@Arcticmaster1190 Admittedly, it's certainly a role better suited for someone who WANTS to roleplay a character caught in such a situation, as opposed to being a more typical freewheeling PC.

@etcetera1995

Жыл бұрын

@@chaoticevilspacewitch Ex*actly* why I said it should be discussed with the player! Hell, I can even think of one scene where she's 'yeeted' out of the story RAW that would only take a little tweaking to play without removing the player from the game. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Okay so that one holy pool, where you can meet Sergei's ghost? Yeah just say the character got Tatyana's soul exorcised from their body, and now she's no longer piggybacking on their body. They're free of Tatyana's influence and memories... *But that doesn't remove them from the story or even make them safe from Strahd~*

"John couldn't be deterred." He couldn't be deterred, he couldn't beat a turd, he could only be da turd.

Aww. His first Christmas tree. Of course he would try to eat it. It's what cats do. Sigh. Story 1: That warning and title (gulp). What, whoa, whoa! Da heck DM! Oh sh*t! What the heck!! That assault scene! NO, no, no! (slams eject button) Double hit the eject button! And call the FBI or something! He's a ticking time bomb! Oof, that reference. Yeah; that should of been a bigger news story than the quick blurb it ended up being. Awww, little Alice has grown. Story 2: Title; hmm. Ok. Surprised Pikachu face! It this the same party that got surprised by the bandits cutting the bridge on them and yelled at him? Story 3: Emergency meeting alarm sounds! Oh come on dude! (sigh) What was his mentality during all of this? Video game mentality? What an idiot.

I'm slowly thinking curse of strahd is well... cursed. So many dnd horror story happened in it.

@TheLevantin

Жыл бұрын

This is because this module is played very, very often and just statically it generates more horror stories.

@monikasernek1177

Жыл бұрын

@@TheLevantin Maybe. Maybe also because the setting? There are some vampire the masquerade horror stories who have similar bits in it (inappropriate characters and/or player behavior).

@IIIGioGioStarIII

Жыл бұрын

It's because of the themes in CoS. You need to have mature players and DMs for the horror stories to happen. I have a CoS game wrapping up. My youngest player is around 17, her dad is also a player (he's the oldest), and my sister (she's dating the 17 year old's dad), and two 20 something year old's. Even though we all have our immature moments in game (it's dnd and that stuff happens) they all have been mature and respectful of the situations in the game where certain themes are on board.

@monikasernek1177

Жыл бұрын

@@IIIGioGioStarIII That's properly also a reason, but I think it's not only limited to CoS.

Yet another horror story thanks to the module Curse of Stradh

@l0stndamned

Жыл бұрын

It certainly seems to attract the problem players.

There's something kind of based about the last guy just accepting that he's getting executed and then quietly leaving lmfao

About the first story: I think, OP should have gotten police involved there. Who is to say, if that DM would not act o his urges, if the opportunity comes up.

how does a vampire just bite a fairy without turning them into a raisin?

@theinquisitorisamage1653

Жыл бұрын

I laughed way too hard at this, thank you.

@brianvance1178

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the fairy isn’t the typical 6 inch tall being with beetle wings

@wcookiv

Жыл бұрын

@@brianvance1178 Yeah inForgotten Realms they're like a foot and a half tall. Even pixies are close to a foot.

@wcookiv

Жыл бұрын

I know this is late but the Kanekuo gobbo PFP is a huge W.

@brianvance1178

Жыл бұрын

@@wcookiv what most people think of as fairies probably are like that, but when it comes to other races under the umbrella of the Fae they can be as short as leprechauns to as tall as high elves, and if you include the Tuatha Dé Danann, another name for the Celtic gods Ireland, then the Fae could be any size they damn well please

It's Lucky's first Christmas, how sweet. And then we have some kitty love. Baby House Panther and Tabby...that took the sting out of the first (gross) story.

“Oh joy, another guy who wants to get freaky in erp with another person but jumping though more hoops, what else is new- DUDE! YO no, this is so bad! Oh my god why?!?”

@rentheseer190

Жыл бұрын

Edit: okay i got really mad when I heard the op keep it to themselves. I needed to hear how it ends and it got worse. And I don’t like openly criticising people but I think this is important: if someone you met has given you an indication that they might be into something that would definitely make them a sex offender, you must tell someone immediately. If it involves kids, you tell everyone! Cops included. And don’t stick it out like everything is normal.

I was like “so maybe he just has a thing for fairies? I guess thats okay, not much worse than any standard monster banger”. But then it got so much worse.

That party in the second story may be the dumbest I've ever heard of.

After that first one, we needed a kitty dose

When someone shows you that type of sick fantasies.... CALL! THE! POLICE!

@VogtTD

Жыл бұрын

You can't be arrested for thought crimes dude....

@TigerW0lf

Жыл бұрын

@@VogtTD but you can be reported to be put on a watch list. At least I hope you can. Even still, you could argue that what he did was sexual harassment

@Hawaiian_Pizza_Enjoyer

Жыл бұрын

@@TigerW0lf I realize it’s thin ice to play the devils advocate in situations like this, but you probably do not actually want the process of being put on a watch list for *anything* to be “easy”. If an accusation is enough to be officially labeled and monitored, especially without any acts committed, you can quickly find yourself in a dystopia. It’s probably better to talk about something like that and offer help, or draw clear lines, than wanting the government to step in immediately.

12:45 I don't know about that. If they knew, I don't think one of them would have said "Was there anything we could have done?" I think this is a case of miscommunication, where OP just thinks they were clear but they actually weren't

my kitty's first christmas tree I was going past it when I saw his face peering at me like the damn Cheshire cat from the 4th to the top branch.... I was able to stop the tree from falling over completely when the cat grenade launched himself.

Why are so many horror stories happening in Curse of Straud? It's kind of impressive in a scary way.

@Phyllo9

Жыл бұрын

Not trying to be punny but Curse of Strahd is just cursed

@kyriss12

Жыл бұрын

Might be the whole edgy vampire setting has an appeal to warped and immature individuals. Vampire the masquerade also has a lot of similar issues with degeneracy.

@DespairDoctor

Жыл бұрын

@@kyriss12 I've noticed that too

The GURPS murderhobo is an odd case; on the one hand, I'd have said "When the party sees you raise your bow, they get a chance to react and, possibly stop you." but on the other hand while it sucked that an important NPC almost got ganked, it meant he got booted out of the game and the poster didn't have to put up with potentially more (and worse) behavior like that from him...! So good on that. Imagine another half dozen sessions of "iT's WhAt My ChArAcTeR wOuLd Do" from that butthead.

"Oh Jesus, What the Fvck" (5:59) Same, Mr. Doge, same

Thanks 4 all the hard work.

AAAND cue the Cat Christmas Carolers ....."Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, your ornaments are History" Any one who has a cat(s) during the holidays knows exactly what I am talking about.

1st Story: A complete WTF from start to finish. I'm not sure why OP would've stayed around after the GM tried to narrate their character being violated, let alone stay after they outed themselves as a potential pedophile (or at least, someone with pedo tendencies) but seriously, the whole situation was a complete WTF from start to finish and I hope that nobody else ever has to deal with a GM like them. 2nd Story: Players are a living contradiction. Sometimes, they can suss out end game information based on a random conversation that they had with an NPC five months ago. Sometimes, they can be given the most obvious information, even confirm with the GM that they understand the situation, yet still act surprised when the obvious thing happens. OP didn't do anything wrong in this situation and if the party didn't catch the hint, it was ultimately on them for not taking care of business while they had the chance. 3rd Story: Inviting a rando to an ongoing campaign is a bit of a WTF, but John deciding to try and murder a PC, in broad daylight, while surrounded by that PC's allies, especially after everyone at the table was telling him no and how unreasonable it was, I'm not sure what he expected to happen after he committed to his action.

@rb98769

Жыл бұрын

It honestly puzzles me how many people in these stories keep playing even after having their characters rap*d. You can't get a bigger red flag than that.

Good background game. Replaying the sequel right now highly recommend.

Commenting to support you! ♥

That hobo was a major dimwit. I hope leaf’s doing ok now.

*awwws at Lucky and the Christmas tree*

Theoretically, if you believe in reincarnation, then even if Tatyanna was first born and then died as a human, she could very easily be reincarnated as another humanoid or as a non human being depending on her accumulated karma. Meaning that a human with good karma could in theory be reincarnated as a member of the Fae races. Incidentally a fairy with bad karma could be reincarnated as a lesser being

13:10 sometimes the heros fate chooses as the saviors of the town are the wrong ones.

13:33 obligatory comment because someone mentioned GURPS. It’s weird because I had only heard of it once or twice as “that game that inspired fallout”, but now that I run a game of it everyone is talking about it. Figures lol

Curse of Strahd spoiler: (he boinks fairies). I think I'll call this guy "Jeffrey DM'er, Strahd's true curse." * I pull out a tentacle mini for the Doge's one-shot. "Oh the fun we could have with this thing if only you would just let me into the campaign."

the weapon would it have shut down by the last battle or a trigger hidden in another room? Sometimes communication seems like a problem. maybe I miss counted the time shown was at most 5 days not seven. what happened to the two days? that should have been more than enough time to stop the weapon.

@starkiller1289

Жыл бұрын

It seems like they had to fight the final group of people on the first floor, they knew they had to fight the final group of people on the first floor and ignored it. It seems the weapon fired the 7th day. At the start they burned 2 day prepping, then 4 days beating all but one group so that was 6 total and the day they screwed around on the second floor was the last day they had.

@residentmagnum

Жыл бұрын

@@starkiller1289 thanks I must have missed that part. I am new to DND and I though the week was 7 days like real life or maybe I miss heard or mis read. Some of the free modules use 10 days.

1st story- Someone grab the vodka and the hardbass.. NOW

Haven't done this in a while I Apologize, been busy This was a good vid tho! Keep it up doge! Game of the Day: AdVenture Communist

Yet another problem player that says they understand that there will be consequences, and promptly ignores that reality. I'm starting to wonder of these individuals are infected with some kind of stupidity virus or something.

Ok, I've been watching a steady stream of these videos and what's the number one common factor? Curse of Strahd.... Seriously, wtf is it about this module bringing out the degenerates?

Wow !! I've never been the first viewer !!

Hi lucky!!!

Real dm who raised you Harvey. Do you work for Activision your sick dm.

Good call on the double dose of cats, Doge, that first story was rough. It should have been over after the first reveal. It's easy to say "Oh, if that had been me, I'd have...", but we weren't there. My gut feeling would have been to say "no." and threaten to reveal the post to the others if he ever tries anything like that again.

Like and Coment Kitty..... ssssooooo pretty MUST MURDER (I mean the Xmass tree)

It ALWAYS sounds like it was clear and obvious when DM describes it

@asioca1992

Жыл бұрын

I dunno man, if the giant doomsday weapon is visibly glowing and resembles a tea kettle that's about to whistle, it's probably a good indication that the timer is about to expire.

That dude watches anime.

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Why do all horror stories of Curse if Strahd have nothing to do with the story and all to do with players?

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