That DM was a massive asshole on all counts but the backstory thing really ticks me off too. When a DM changes your backstory in front of you the only proper response is "No!" and every time they brings it up refuse to accept or interact with it.

@jrytacct

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Again, why do so many of these people just meekly go along with people pushing them around at the gaming table? The correct response is "No, that didn't happen."

@Andi_Frost_XPR0PR18

Жыл бұрын

@@jrytacct probably because they think these garbage DMs are their friends outside of game. Here's the thing though, if they're willing to do that to you in-game, imagine how they'd treat you out of game in similar situations.

@Karmasu_L

2 ай бұрын

The DM could have just made another member of that army the war criminal, potentially in a way that that was oart of the reason OP left the army. That way the party even gets a bad guy to hunt down.

I like the first OP's backstory, braided hair because his kids did it for him made me smile. That's the kinda dad energy I like to see.

Lucky deserves all the pats.

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

and he gets them! All the meow meows do!

I had a character who used a petrified dire bear schlong as a club, until the rest of the party blew it out a space station airlock. Fun times.

@DoomsdayR3sistance

2 жыл бұрын

The party I play with must never hear of this....... I might need to find a bag of devouring, just encase.

@talkingwithadam812

2 жыл бұрын

This is why i love ttrpgs.

Good morning everyone.*sees title of video* Wtf?😨😕 That poor animal.

This DM is an absolutely disrespectful ass, sheesh! I think it sucks for not only OP, but the other players as well, for having their agency taken just for the DM's whims, who couldn't even balance combat for a group of squishes.

First story: Regarding the totem, my mind immediately went to an ambush predator from older D&D editions called a _wolf in sheep's clothing._ When it's dormant, it looks like a tree stump with a rabbit sitting on top of it. Yes, the rabbit is part of it. Someone telling you that you should be grateful they consider you worth the effort to gaslight and abuse is someone you're better off cutting out of your life. As for the cane, canes made from bull phalluses are a thing, so why not a horse's? Second story: ..."too bad, you get put to sleep anyway." That's like telling me my ratfolk character vomits even though rats physically can't vomit, their biology simply doesn't work that way. That GM sounds like a racist asshole.

@Creshosk

2 жыл бұрын

> Yes, the rabbit is part of it. I thought it was the remains of something it had killed an was puppeting. One of my DMs had it be a puppy.

It feels kind of strange seeing a doge taking care of multiple cats

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

Mass hysteria!

Too Many BS moments with this DM in the first story! I don’t know what pissed me off more! The General disrespect towards his player’s character, or the ruthless killing of the NPC that the DM rips away from him or to screw them over in some other bullshit way!

0:32 - YES! DO IT FOR THE MICRO-PANTHERS!! Speak to us, oh slinky one!

i feel like an element of the first story that gets kinda glossed over is that the DM keeps treating the spellsniper's disability as a joke by having his prosthetic arm pop off at inappropriate times, that's so uncool.

@Scruffy-qi3ik

2 жыл бұрын

Could of been better done with having it fall off during high octane moments or it being swung around too harshly because it’s not uncommon if an idea of a prosthetic falling off when it’s being used aggressively, but it doing it for no reason when it wasn’t made by someone else to do it as a scam on him for no reason or something is real bad

The player in the first story probably got luckey when that game was canceled

Oh, Simba is a cutie. I needed that after the horse bits.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an appendage...

Ah, new Doge and Lucky, and I hope it's a pretty good one.....oh....oh...OH!

Using mage hand as a phantom limb sounds like a brilliant idea!

This is a case of the DM writing a story and using the players as a forced audience. Or a DM that runs the game like a linear video game more than a D&D style game.

Deadlock and Swordlock... I need to make NPCs with those names.

I have to hit "Like" every time I see Lucky.

I think Killer DM's gun for the PC's with the worst defenses. Maybe he just dislikes the player? That last story isn't even a railroading DM. He's just a bully.

@schwarzerritter5724

2 жыл бұрын

Killer DM's take high defences as a challenge. Like if you play a Barbarian with max. Constitution, they give the enemies so much attack, that can't be resisted, that the Barbarian will go down as fast as a Wizard would in their place.

@Jermbot15

2 жыл бұрын

@@schwarzerritter5724 Okay, I can get behind that. However OP is a blaster specced warlock, so I don't think he was high AC as much as the highest medium AC. Plus the party had no dedicated healer, could never afford healing potions, but no player deaths made it into the story. I'm not seeing a killer DM.

BAD DOGE! BAD! NO NICKLEBACK! *(waves newspaper)*

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

But we need a hero to save us

"...him and DM are friends and he doesn't want to anger them..." Massive red flag there, in addition to all of the other glaring ones. If you don't feel able to talk to your friend about something they are doing that is causing you to feel unhappy, that's not saying great things about the alleged friendship. OP, NTA. This GM is a complete AH who is abusing his position to screw with you and everyone else and none of you owes him a damn thing. You are not under the slightest obligation to suffer through their nastiness in the name of 'friendship'. No real friend would expect this of you.

@cinnabard955

2 жыл бұрын

Im OP from the second story, and I talked to DM. He apologized and I still play with him. Most of the problems have thankfully stopped.

You had me at the Ren and Stimpy thumbnail.

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

HAPPY! HAPPY! JOY! JOY!

"The D!ckstick" I can't anymore XD Next time I play a wizard or a druid or something, I am SO using that idea

Ah it is time for another session with our favorite Doggo and cat familiar. And always delivering the strangest and crazy horror stories

As someone who loves to write DnD backstories (my dm's love me/hate me) I can't imagine my characters getting screwed like this. Man can these players show some spine and bark back. It's honestly annoying to see people in these horror stories just take it.

Thanks 4 all the hard work.

All the cat footage was definitely helpful and a nice palate cleanser :)

The correct response to the last DM is "If you're going to run my character for me, then I don't need to be here. Why don't you just send me an email later and tell me what my character did this session?" Then walk out and never come back.

I see that, apart of telling some cringe stories, this dogo is pretty hooked on elden ring

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

My god. I haven't been this hooked to a game in a long time.

Seeing how the DM acted makes it look like a Rare Case of DM wanting to win at DnD by all means necessary including railroads etc. And just making shit up if things dont go their way. For example when OP charmed a planned encounter getting attacked because they're "into them(???)", Throwing shit like the thing with the horse in a silent tantrum or the obviously planned tpk at the end which they miraculously survived and the session and campaign as a whole mysteriously ended xD

Instantly subbed due the "Look at this Graph" meme. Im surprised i didnt see that joke sooner.

Lucky makes a very good point

why.... why in the dick... why hit the horse at all? The horse was near the edge of the range? That's around 120 foot away, the DM totally faked those dice rolls, and I just have to ask... why. Also changing a player's backstory without talking to them? that is a no no. In the campaigns I play in, we normally use fumble tables but that was brought in on the request of a player and everybody agreed it'd make things more interesting, which it has. So they were brought in.

Wait hold up the second story is my story! Yeah so long story short, I ended up simply talking to the DM, and he apologized. I stayed, and the problems are much less prevalent now.

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

great news! Thanks again for permission to narrate your story!

@rb98769

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Communication is always key to solving tabletop problems.

Potion seller I’m going into battle and require your strongest potions

I've inadverantly pulled the "but elves can't be put to sleep" on my partner DMing a christmas one shot - cue half elf pally being put in a sleeper by santa when he turns away :D "hush now - no tears, only dreams" he utters as my char passes out...

The only real way to take advantage of long range abilities like spell sniper is to employ stealth, climbing, flight, and scrying magic. If the whole party is very cautious and takes the time to carefully scout their environment and find enemies long before the enemies find them, having superior range can really shine. I'm not excusing the referee's other behavior. He was a petty, obstinate, unfair asshole.

The whole group needs to dump this D.M. in the second story. That D.M. is toxic af, and it won't get better.

@cinnabard955

2 жыл бұрын

I’m actually OP from the second story, and after having a long talk with the DM, he apologized, and stopped making the comments, and he’s fairer now

@marybdrake1472

2 жыл бұрын

@@cinnabard955 That is good to find out. Usually situations like that only get worse.

@BuddyBouncer

2 жыл бұрын

@@cinnabard955 My initial thought was that there was going to be a surprise trip to Barovia - 'magical mists' and all that. It's one of the few things I can think of that would circumvent the elven trait - and that's literally intended to just be a plot hook for the whole module, not a campaign-spanning nerf. Ideally the character falls asleep normally and gets whooshed to Barovia, or they get lost in the mists. That being said it's either divulged in player recruitment or session 0 that CoS is happening, unleashing that module on an unsuspecting party (even if you know the players personally) without warning is highly advised against. I'm going to be playing with my siblings and one of their partners. All 4 of them are well aware of my affinity for horror/spookies, and that they draw the limits of just how fucked up I can make the story without crossing lines. Ignoring a player's boundaries, removing their agency, changing backstories without approval, and straight-up ignoring character features? That's a whole pack of red flags, and you'll need to make a run to the dollar store for the rest you'll likely end up needing. I'm glad your DM was open to your feedback and started to address the issue. I would approach their table with a healthy amount of skepticism, and don't be afraid to challenge a call you think is unfair. Maybe they genuinely had no idea that they were being unfair to an incredible degree, and can see that they were detracting from the fun that the rest of the table was having. The tales of actively horrible DMs are thankfully a lot less common than ones that end well, and I hope your DM is able to provide a game that's satisfying for everyone in the future.

I love spell sniper I'm currently playing a warlock with it no can out run my eldlich blast

Lucky giving the meow of subscriptions.

GM: healing potions will be readily available Players: oh, so they'll be affordable? GM:... Players: they'll be affordable, right?

Head empty, no thoughts. Only simba

Ok. So, here's a "that guy/girl" moment I'll tell on myself. At the start of the current campaign I'm playing in, I was excited as Hell to play the dullahan hexblade warlock I had conceptualized with my DM's approval months in advance. So, I feel like maybe a little too much enthusiasm got the better of me. Anyway, we went to a wizard's tower at level one, which my dullahan (Killian) had scouted out alone beforehand. Probably shouldn't have split the party, but, nothinf happened to Killian. Plus, I had done so on another party member's suggestion since Killian had been banned from entering a priestess's house after a failed persuasion check (dullahan and all). Inside the tower, we searched and found strange things. Even another player got sucked into a weird teleportation telescope (you could aim it, look through it, throw some switches, and it would send you where you were looking) where he got killed on an alien planet. That wasn't Killian's doing at least. But, after more searching, we found the wizard trapped in a forcefield, and, he had been there for a few decades. He was quite mad by that point. He bargained with us...threatened us...and while the party was trying to figure out whether or not we were going to let him out, I got impatient. I asked twice if they were ok with me shooting him with my crossbow. Without waiting for them to answer, I described how Killian raised his crossbow and shot the wizard, even after the DM asked if I was sure that's what I wanted to do. Well, Killian's crossbow sent the wizard flying out of the forcefield, in which he proceeded to fireball the party. Nearly all of us went down. One magic user happened to be out of harm's way. The rest of us were rolling death saves. I rolled three 8s in a row for Killian. So, he pretty much died. Luckily, our one player managed to save the others. I apologized profusely. And, at this point, I have to say, I don't deserve my friends in my D&D group or my DM. None of them were mad, even though they had every right to be. Or, if they were, they were very gracious towards me about it. And, I think the loss of the character I had been way too attached to was the appropriate consequence. Granted, my DM rolled for Killian's head secretly, since it could be detached at will and survive independent of the body. So, Killian is now an NPC. I rolled up another dullahan, his younger sister, Aoife, and have been playing her ever since. Note: this is not my usual MO as a player, and, I have definitely learned my lesson after this traipse into "that girl" territory. TLDR I get too excited for the current campaign and make a rash, selfish decision that nearly gets the entire party killed.

the DM has never been in the military. you can spend your entire time at 1 or 2 duty stations and never give a shit about anyone.

I think spell sniper is a cool feat on paper, but poor in execution. With my first warlock, I had initially thought about taking the eldritch spear invocation along with spell sniper to boost the range of eldritch blast to 600ft. Then I thought about how we were mostly stuck indoors, underground, or in close quarters. Would have been a complete waste.

For that first one, it kinda sounds to me like the DM had a vendetta against the player-we need more context. The second? Good lord. Removing saves and racial abilities? A bit concerning, unless it was stated specifically as part of the setting.

I'm trying out DMing for the first time soon. I appreciate these stories as examples of what *not* to do.

So what I'm hearing is... DM: This is a game with rp elements and I intend to use everything in your backstory so I make an elaborate story including you in it! Player: Awesome, I can devote time to this. **This horror story later** Player: When you first pitched this, it sounded like a serious game. And the first incident that stuck was the horse d*&$ injury and you telling me my character made a wooden dong to avenge him? DM: Of course, you're a sympathetic person! Player: And the fact that I tried to hide the cool reveal of my character having prosthetics and not giving me the chance to rp that moment out of my hands? DM: Of course! you were unconscious because you became a drunk after watching your best friend die in front of you. Player: Despite the good rolls the party made to save him, and that I told you before the session that I didn't want a close friend? DM: Well yeah, it makes no sense you wouldn't get to know anyone during your soldiering days Player: Yeah, because I was in an evil army out of necessity so naturally I would want to keep my distance. DM: I know, which is great when the next session reveals that instead of being a war criminal because you didn't want to follow orders, you're a war criminal because you killed defenseless civilians! Player: ...Why did you make waste my time writing a backstory? As for the last story, I don't encourage violence, but nothing is going to stop me from suggesting you design a bad guy who may or may not have the same personality of this guy, and run a game and enjoy watching players beat the stuffing out of him.

*Arthur Morgan voice* Now that, is a CAT.

I had a DM like this too: All the attacks where aimed at the cleric, because as a healer, he would be the biggest thread. So everyone shot crossbows at the cleric, who, as far as they knew, was just a bystander, and completely ignored the deranged fairy throwing axes at them. Also, the cleric was not allowed to use his shield, because he did not specify he had it equipped. And yes, a Natural 1 does mean hitting an ally, which was not established until the first Natural 1 was rolled. The story was much less antagonistic than the combat through.

@jrepra

2 жыл бұрын

I'd just start pointing out when NPCs engaged that the DM didn't specify what weapons they had drawn and readied whenever the DM neglects to say it, as well as make it very clear by dramatically, sarcastically, and loudly, always saying 'I EQUIP MY SHIELD, ARMOR, AND WEAPON, AND-" and then continue whatever i was doing, all the time every time. "I equip my armor, shield, and weapon, and then go to the bard to ask if they are okay." does the dm ask if you equipped your spells for the day too? I love working off of spite.

@schwarzerritter5724

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrepra Yes, DM did not all Rogue to cast any spells after multiclassing into Druid, because Rogue had not send the list of prepared spells.

IDK the playing the prosthetic arm as a gag not once but twice was what REALLY got me side-eyeing. Yeah the horse thing and story change were bad but taking everyones agency away to play what was basically a shitty Adam Sandler circa 1993 sightgag was very obnoxious to me. But YAY we get TWO biddybabies!!!

I am with Doge on the first story, as what they did to the horse made me go WTF as well (both the attack and the cane). That is something that could make a Red Dead Redemption character cringe in fear.

I do't get DMs who say "build whatever character you want" and then have a problem with the character you create. Particularly to the point of targeting them in game. I would get it if the player violated the character creation rules or ignored the spirit of the campaign, but the time to deal with that is during character creation. If something about a character ends up being over powered then the DM needs to have a conversation with the player and lay out how it's a problem (e.g. it's overshadowing the other players and they're not having fun because of it) and then *work with* the player on how to lower its power level.

So many wtf moments

Wait a minute you have three cats dogge that even more adorable,

You have the cutest cats dodge.

Adorable kitties!

I'm glad to have subbed to you buddy

And I get an ad right before the palette ccleanser, thanks KZread...

I just realized a Doge owns a Cat..... I assume you both get along but that must have been a difficult change haha

One of the things that's sticking out most to me is the prosthetic limb bit. The DM ruled it detatched while they were holding it but the RAW on prosthetics, and I know this becasue one of my characters has two, is it can't be removed unless the player chooses to or dies. I mean, we already know the guy's an ass, but that is one of those things that gets filed under evidence of him just dicking the characters around.

You aren't a "rules lawyer" if you are correct on the rules and the dm goes against common rules without warning you.

I woulda talked to the DM or left if I was a player or the OP of the first story. I can handle comedic situations but that was just disrespecting someones character who they put time, thought and possibly parts of themselves into which makes it worse. Before turning someones character into a clown or a story driven pin cushion, please think about that. 🐶 Great Vid.

Black cat named "Lucky?" Shit I got 1 of those too.

a horse named beans HA am'a steel that, next time i'm in a situation where I need to name a horse be it in a video game, a trpg or even a real live flash and blood horse i shall name it beans

As a GM and as a player I think having a rough idea of the backstory is better than an overly detailed one. Leaving som wiggle room for you and the GM to add or change things. That said, making such huge changes so that the character now is a detestable war criminal is a huge overstep. If I was the player I would keep insisting ingame that I was being framed. In game solutions to out of game problems are rarely a good idea, but it would be a way to give the GM the finger without pushing the game to a dead stop. If the GM protests that your character is defending himself from the accusations then it's time to find another group.

@rb98769

7 ай бұрын

The GM's terrible behavior aside, I did get a feeling OP was a bit too rigid with his backstory as well. I personally enjoy a detailed story as long as there are multiple hooks and things to play with. I get a feeling that OP was a bit too deterministic with his story though and already had some future things too planned out, which is not something I recommend doing. The GM adding a friend/acquaintance NPC from his past seems like fairly mundane stuff for instance, it feels a bit weird that he'd be that angry about it. With that said the GM's intentions were obviously just terrible, and he didn't respect the player's backstory at all. But at the same time it's pretty clear that OP made a mistake in creating a very serious character for a game that clearly had a much more light-hearted tone with gags and such. Maybe that wasn't obvious from the start, which is why session 0 is important so that everyone is on the same page.

I subscribed for Lucky a LONG time ago. ;) lol

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

Hey says "meow" (thank you! )

Bro that first story is borderline torture pr0n. What kinda asshole goes out of their way to actively pick on one specific character and use them as a punching bag? I’m so glad the campaign ended before DM could reveal that “plot line” they had set up for OPs character.

I actually used to have a black cat named lucky, unfortunately he went missing a few years ago and now I have big sad :(

Jeff!

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

JEFF!!!

I hope the dm goes to dm heck

QUESTION: DO YOU THINK THEIR ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST DM TO TROLL PEOPLE FOR FUN

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the stories I read, I would say absolutely.

I see the Look At This Graph vine, then I see cats. I drop a like on the video.

Poor horse

If you’re going to treat your players like this, you should be banned from DMing.

Just found u by the scary fortnite video glad to see you still on yt. Hope we can get similar content to that in the old channel, if you still find it to be fun.

I did it for Lucky.

I am ailurophobic so asking me to something for lucky is against my natural.

Yeah group seems young, so dongle jokes oplenty. But, spell sniper is a stupid feat. It's literally the feet that says to everybody else in the game that it's all about me right now and there's nothing you can do about it. In addition, if there is literally nothing in the way within 240 ft I will be surprised that you're not in an open field, or on a road. But while the DM doesn't seem fantabulous... The player seems to bias.

The Dick Stick was funny, ngl. Didn't seem to be a problem with the players, so it's fine.

@towelgirl21

8 ай бұрын

At least they didn't use it in ERP

@rb98769

7 ай бұрын

Every group has different preferences. Yeah, a lot of stuff there was dumb and cringe, but (the GM's crap behavior aside) if that's how the group likes it, it's perfectly valid. OP's character was clearly too serious and a bit dark for the tone of the game. I don't know whether he knew this is how the game would be like, but if he did, he was pretty much setting himself for disappointment.

I subscribe and like the video for lucky

Loves me some lucky. Okay, off to create unneeded KZread accounts so I can subscribe - don't worry Lucky I'm coming for you. Yes I am a fur-father to a couple black cats in my life, why do you ask?

As much as the dm was mean, the op is stupid af for staying

6:11

Obviously the GM is awful in the 2nd story, but the OP is also making a mistake, Elves can't be put to sleep by "MAGIC", the tavern was noted to have a fog, which means it might have been a non-magical source, like sleeping gas, elves can be put to sleep via poisons and gases. but yes, the GM is awful, sounds like they are targetting players and removing player agency, this is BAD D&D.

@cinnabard955

2 жыл бұрын

Second story OP here! The DM specified it was magical fog, so that’s how I knew. Also I talked to the DM, and he apologized. I still play with him, and he’s far better now

@DoomsdayR3sistance

2 жыл бұрын

@@cinnabard955 ah fair enough, yes, if it's "magical" fog, then no way it'd ever work on an Elf! Could make em restrained, blinded, incapacitated, stunned, charmed (tho advantage on saving throw), and all the rest of the conditions except unconscious!

I can't subscribe twice Lucky T_T

Doge, haven't you noticed that every youtuber says a large amount of viewers aren't subscribed and the percentage doesn't change no matter what? Psst: those are bots and they'll never subscribe. I recommend reading up on Dead Internet Theory

@goncalocarneiro3043

2 жыл бұрын

Or... Alternate take... Maybe some people aren't invested enough in a creator and like their subscriptions to be only those they really, really like.

@Sigilstone17

2 жыл бұрын

@@goncalocarneiro3043 it's been confirmed that mainline tech has massive bot issues but you go on and defend their honor, champ, maybe senpai will notice you

@goncalocarneiro3043

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sigilstone17 Defend the honour of who? Senpai? What are you even talking about? Are you hoping to toss out random words and have them stick? Mainline tech, what does that refer to? Technology itself or products of it like social media platforms? What kind of "bot problems", that doesn't imply "bots are watching videos and not subscribing". Correlation does not equal causation. What sources are you using? You say "Vague thing is confirmed to have vague thing, trust me just look it up" and then hit me with something I assume was meant to be demeaning. Do you expect to fix ignorance by acting like this? What an absolute failure of an argument.

@Sigilstone17

2 жыл бұрын

@@goncalocarneiro3043 what an absolute display of Redditor, right down to "correlation doesn't equal causation". Go touch grass

@goncalocarneiro3043

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sigilstone17 Oh, the irony... As to protect my eyes from rolling out of my skull I will just assume you just commented to advertise something at random and then shout random responses, maybe you are the bot, who can't do more than post "hip" copy-pasta insults. Let me guess, next time you'll say "Look at this Discord mod, absolute fatherless behavior".

Early Gang

@zenithas4785

2 жыл бұрын

Earl of Gang

@DnDDoge

2 жыл бұрын

Earl Gang Tea. Hot.

I do not think the first dm was being adversarial. They just targeted the player with the highest AC because they stood the best chance of not being killed. That seems like it was an attempt to balance the encounters in the player's favor, if anything. Spell Sniper is a hard to use feat, issue is the rest of the party. If they also do not have extreme range attack abilities, they are watching this one player fight alone for 3 rounds or he is just 1,000 feet behind them an unable to do anything but shoot. You also have it be useless in a city or dungeon where walls block your view, you know, where most of the adventures are likely to happen in a D&D game.

The last dnd the guy should just leave the group if anyone says than your garbage.

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It's really important to remember that the DM has only as much power and authority as the players allow them. If a DM is being a blatant dickhead ask the other players at the table if what the DM is doing seems fair. If they all agree with the DM you may need to find a new group. If not then the DM better wise up or it will be really hard to run a game with no players...

Taking spell sniper for eb is got to be the stupidest thing ever. How many times will one be able to maximize normal range much less double?