Word of advice. If someone responds to being called out for playing SA with "I thought it was funny," run. Run as far as you can. It doesn't matter if it was fiction. That's so severely messed up.

@basalt9628

Ай бұрын

If kris said it is the word

@gallantbug6542

17 күн бұрын

@@basalt9628”KRIS WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE?!”

Story 1: even the rage quitty “rocks fall, everyone dies” would have been a better ending than THAT

"A post apocolyptic world that was once temperate, but is now becoming colder for unknown reasons and slowly strangling civilization." So Frostpunk.

Never allow a problem player to become a DM. It will not end well.

@paulman34340

2 ай бұрын

Yep, frankly feels more the OP and the groups fault then the PP that they gave him this chance KNOWING how he is (Though still largely HIS OWN FAULT for not "keeping it all in!" Well he got his ONE CHANCE and blew it so he has no one but himself to blame and has no right to WHINE that their not GIVING him another chance)

@shipper-of-heart8898

2 ай бұрын

Especially when they're known to make ONLY either murderhobos or sex pest characters

@BabyEater

Ай бұрын

It depends on why they are a problem player. If they are the type of player who tries to break the game, that's not a problem as a dm. I've also had a bossy player who liked to be the center of attention who irked the party. They were fine as a dm. They got to talk enough and decide things to satisfy themselves without doing something like making a dmpc. That said, if they make weird sex characters and murder hobos, that sounds like a recipe for disaster.

16!?!?! That table is unreasonably large. And the DM dictating who plays what instead of helping newbies learn the rules. Beat him with the D20 Mace

@shipper-of-heart8898

2 ай бұрын

DM was such a di*k too. DM: What do you want to play?....No, new players can't play those. You're going to be a fighter that does x and y. Like if this is supposed to be a game of newbies, a group of only fighters sounds so boring

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

Shouldn't that be a d8 mace?

@AmaryInkawult

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 no, there is a literal mace that has a big ass D20 as the head.

@AlinNightwing

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 nah, I picked up a flail from a ren faire that has 2 chains on it ended with 2 giant 20 sided dice, d20 flail is a great player slayer :D

every time I see a DMPC related horror story, I find just a little bit more reassurance that I'm correctly implementing the NPC party members in my campaign.

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

I know, right? It's so easy to not fuck up that I can't imagine how or why people can't manage it.

I can't see how a party of sixteen would work out for anything except "Here's some gear. Here's an army of cannon fodder monsters. Go to town."

@matthewbentley1236

Ай бұрын

I've managed a table of 14 doing dungeon world, worked fine a lot of great RP and player interaction, but wouldn't recommend it for a mechanically heavy system like DnD.

Luna has livened up so much since she was first introduced to us. So good to see her doing so well.

I don't know why one of the players would be ok with their character being sa'd to death.

@BlueTressym

2 ай бұрын

Neither do I but I'd hazard a guess that they were IRL friends with the GM and shared their "sense of humour," or they were so bored and disengaged by then that they no longer felt any sort of connection to their character, so it didn't bother them.

It is intended that players' characters are weak so that there are no murderers. The focus is more on social stories and role-playing, and finding solutions outside of combat. Fights are also possible. But in the very old adventures it is often the case that you have strong NPCs and you are just playing along. But if played correctly, it can be a lot of fun, even if the skills are very specialized

@kevinelston404

2 ай бұрын

So it’s a linear game with few options because if you step out of line you die? That’s more AD&D. Though actions should have consequences.

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

@@kevinelston404 You say that like it's a bad thing.

@kevinelston404

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 you don’t want the freedom of dnd? You want a linear game?

@Balmungofsky

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576Because it is

@Cynwale

2 ай бұрын

@@kevinelston404 This story was just trash tbh, when the Boss Spider died, all her psychic link stopped and the tiny spiders all died too. But suddenly a random spider that didn't exist before and somehow didn't die attack the only one who leave the circle? I doubt this game has a norm of killing everyone who doesn't comply, I think it was just the DM's problematic views.

Story #1 - DM obviously got derailed when the Party took an odd direction. Not unusual for any DM. He could have recovered via some careful thinking and rewriting, but that didn't take place.. If he was THAT stuck, he should have asked for advice, or just put things on hold for a while. Instead, he pretty much guaranteed that most Players there will NOT let him DM again. Great going, genius. Story #2 - Don't think I'll ever be up to play DSA, from the sounds of it. Someone needed to ask Ralf what the rest of the Party was there for? Story #3 - This story was nothing but Big Red Flags before play had even started.

The best advice I could give fellow DMs when the party goes waaayyy off the map and story path you had planned is this: ask the players for either a short break to think of a quick patch or ask for the session to end early so you can work some story stuff out. It's important for DMs to communicate with players and if taking a break is a problem then you may need to look for new players.

@7thsealord888

2 ай бұрын

Agreement. Be honest, maybe even ask the Players for suggestions / advice. Trying to kneejerk and/or BS your way out never works.

@scottharrop6720

2 ай бұрын

Agree. It is cooperative storytelling, after all. Just admit you weren't prepared and ask for help from the players. Then you can all decide, together, what direction the campaign will go.

That title is.......something...

@Bredstikc

Ай бұрын

The thumbnail is worse😭

So, when I want to read the stories real quick before going to bed I just pause the video and start pressing the right arrow to go to the next slide and seeing the doggo avatar just dead staring, silent, like the PTSD soldier meme, in the line breaks of story 1 is just hilarious.

It always saddens me hearing all those DSA horror stories - it was made different from classic "Kill the monster of the session"-D&D, focused on more roleplay and versatility building in a world setting with designated rulers and history unfolding. For instance, there are more different skills you can be good or bad in, reflecting your race, upbringing, class choice and in-game choices more ( if you're for example not good at swimming and happen to HAVE to swim quite often, you could level your swim skills up when leveling up - or when having a critical success). On top, each skill check will be thrown with three dice for the three stats relevant to actually perform the skill - Courage, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, Nimbleness (for everything including nifty fingers), Dexterity (for everything involving the entire body), Constitution and Strength, meaning you're not solely relying on one stat to pass. A pity most DMs in DSA-related horror stories do entirely miss out on the good side of this - making the game more interesting and giving the players a broader possibility to let their characters grow. Besides, you can always take the system and disregard the official basic timeline of major events.

Liking for the kitty cat Luna. Pet her for me.

What a lineup! Intro: Awww. Lovely Luna. Story 1: The only red wedding I know of is Battletech related and I prefer that over... what that was! Oi! Funny? Dude's got some screws loose. Our clowder loves those yeowws. Story 2: Boring AF. Da heck DM. Story 3: That title, what? The DM never assumed the player is experienced or not and 16 peeps! What?! Whoa! Oh, "muh realism." Story 4: That title, da heck? They wanted Critical Roll. Poor OP. Story 5: What? Talk to the DM about it and if it bothers OP so much, then leave.

17:13 - THAT would do precisely the opposite of incentivizing people to come back every week...

I think that DSA story, the moment I hear the DM tell me this is what we do and don't argue, I'd just start packing my stuff, if they ask why, be very sarcastic and quickly narrate "let me guess, your super hero goes in, beats the boss, we do nothing and get ridiculed for being useless to him, we get nothing for being there and we're wasting our time, right? got it, see you later" and just up and leave. There is no point in playing a game if you're not actually playing a game, if I wanted story time I'd just pop on an audiobook or open up some youtube and listen to Doge and other channels (I do this often, love story time!)

The OP for the VA story did let people know that the store owner only told them OP was a VA only for schedule purposes.

Has beautiful little baby Luna met squeezy treats and catnip since her amazing and heartwarming recovery, and integration into the Doge Family...?😺🥰

Those players in the voice actor game don't deserve any DM. Ungrateful entitled fools.

@marasmusine

2 ай бұрын

I wonder how much the store owner misadvertised things though.

@GarkKahn

Ай бұрын

It depends what happened If the friend advertised it as using a voice actor, or he just said his friend was a voice actor but it was casual conversation

DSA as a system is not that bad. Yes, you can not reach epic levels an go kill gods. It is more Explore and Roleplay heavy in a very detailed and rich world. But with that DM, it would have been a horror story in every system.

It's astonishing to see such lack of storytelling instincts like in the first story. Imagine watching LotR start to finish. Frodo and Sam are climbing Mount Doom, then some random orc shows up and stabs them brutally to death. You just don't do that. When you set up a journey and a goal, you make an unspoken promise with the audience, establishing that things will end in some fitting way - be it expected or unexpected.

@ArcCaravan

2 ай бұрын

While this version was extra disgusting, it's pretty much just "rocks fall, everyone dies".

@seto_kaiba_

2 ай бұрын

Dnd is not a pre-established story like Lord of the Rings. If a DM's pivotal character dies, the DM needs to pivot. You are running a game, not writing a novel. Even more so called "linear" Dnd games do this.

Oddly I've had much better luck with discord games than irl ones

oh nah the dm really said "did you pray today?"

Can't shake the feeling that the DSA poster was just pissed at everything. I played DSA quite a bit and never had the feeling that the characters were "to weak to climb a tree" 😂 In fact DSA sessions were so much fun. Once our dwarf (known for being very good at holding their liquors in DSA) had a stroke of bad luck and got outdrunk by a lizardfolk (known for being the lightweights of lightweights) Teased them for week xD But yeah the DM was shitty...

@theschwabmob8363

2 ай бұрын

If I had to guess, based on confirmation from a few different people in the comments, that the DSA GM modified things, or the player was used to something much more powerful, and thus comparatively felt weaker than anything. Prolly would lean more towards the GM modified things, as I've known some homebrew to be a bit over the expectations. But, I also know the chances of OP being the real issue, blowing the story out of proportion with exaggerations is also quite plausible. Reason I guess that, is because I have accidentally overtuned NPC's when making them, and realized I screwed up so I modified on the spot. Still feel a bit guilty about one of them actually.

Glad to see Luna is doing so much better^^

ngl, fighter subclasses can be just as complicated if not more complicated than casters granted, one of them is literally a caster

I love the way you say spider. Got that southern charm.

I'm in a weekly game and our DM out of nowhere says to get this power we need to continue our campaign (without having to spend weeks walking from one end of the country to the other), one of us would need to sleep with this old druid lady that gives people that power. It was pretty damn unusual for him, so instead of calling him out on it, we played along and went with someone's idea of using Sleep on her, then convincing her the sex was so good she passed out. It worked, and it's been a running gag ever since. Sometimes the DM isn't actually trying to be gross. Unfortunately, our Paladin just seems to be a magnet for that kind of thing, however. For instance, he once tried an unknown fruit at a street stall without really asking what it was, and it turned out to be a natural aphrodisiac, so he ended up running through town trying to cover up his erection until he came across what he thought was a brothel, only to find out it was actually a group therapy company set up to look like a cabaret club. We have fun at our games.

16 players, no 16 newbish players. I can't imagine combat being anything than a drag which makes BG3 look lightning fast in comparison. Worse, at newb-oriented filled table running my fave timer system ("you have 1 minute to act or you pass") is not a viable option: new players will spend time to think and even if they came up with a plan, even if they remember it, by the time the game returns to them, battlefield will be completely different so you can't even reliably plan in advance for 1 turn. This table should be split into 4-5 tables.

Ah hell nah DM used his backshot domain to TPK the party

When ppl bitch about others being too sensitive its so ironic

Voice actor: Geez, a DM is not a performing monkey! How ungrateful.

I'll just add these to the stack of reasons why I'll never DM for strangers.

Ahhh Luna -- instant joy! 🥰

More than 5 players can very easily get out of hand, lol.

16 Players: And that was meant to be family friendly???

Dude did really want to show his reverse grip technique

I have GMed for Das Schwarze Auge for ten years now and played for even longer, and that is *not* how DSA games normally go. Yes, PCs are considerably more low-power than in D&D (although not _quite_ as extreme as the story describes it), but there's still so much stuff wrong with that story that I'm wondering if the GM just made stuff up on the fly. For example, spiders collectively dropping dead when the big one dies just straight-up isn't a thing. Also, an arrow actually hitting a spider should definitely make a difference, bows are among the most high-damage weapons in the game for some reason. That said, it's okay to not like low-power systems on principle, but let me assure you that DSA is _not_ a boring system. It has one of the most intricate, sprawling but still in-depth and imaginative worlds I've ever seen in high fantasy. It has grown for 40 years now and the guys behind it actively involve the community in the world-building and design process. You likely won't find anything like it anywhere else. Its only weak point are the at times rather convoluted game rules. If you want to listen to a pretty funny DSA Glory Story, you could check out Artificial DM's two part "Loseph Yennin" video series.

Voice Actor - Ouch, walking out like that is super rude. But I have the feeling we don't know the full story. It sounds like maybe the store owner had hyped OP up as the second coming of Matt Mercer, leading to inflated expectations. Or I suppose it's possible that OP really is a super boring DM, and that's why their other group started having "scheduling conflicts". But regardless, the players were jerks. Tiefling MB - It would be one thing if the campaign had "adult themes" in general. But it sounds like this was a one-off incident, which is very odd. Maybe it was a "test", as OP's friend speculated. Or perhaps the DM has read one too many horror stories, and thought "Oh, I'll throw in some sex for the new guy, male players always want to bang NPCs!" Who knows, maybe it was the DM's way of flirting with OP, we've certainly seen that scenario before. It would interesting to know how the other players at the table reacted -- were they also surprised/uncomfortable? Did they laugh it off? Treat it as no big deal? It probably is worth having a quick word with the DM, if only to reinforce that OP isn't interested in that kind of rp, so it doesn't happen again.

@AM-yk5yd

2 ай бұрын

>Voice Actor - Ouch, walking out like that is super rude. But I have the feeling we don't know the full story. It sounds like maybe the store owner had hyped OP up as the second coming of Matt Mercer, leading to inflated expectations. Or I suppose it's possible that OP really is a super boring DM, and that's why their other group started having "scheduling conflicts". But regardless, the players were jerks. That's the strangest point in the story. It was all players who were jerks. All 4 of them. It was not one player at the table. It was not some players at the table. It was literally everyone at the table without exception. Four players with different level of gaming experience had the same expectation, had the same jerkness, had were the same thatguy, were equally entitled? All four of them? Nope. Not buying it. For a slightest. I have a feeling it was store owner massively oversold the game, which is why they were complaining about lack of voices to him rather than OP, who didn't mention it or didn't promise anything of that sort. In situation like this you usually complain to someone who did the promise. Store owner

@GarkKahn

Ай бұрын

I'm sure either the store owner used hype without telling op, or the players just found out he was a voice actor and expected to use his skill for the campaign, but no one said anything until they had enough and left without telling him what was the problem

never let him cook again

@DnD Doge im :57 in the vid apon this comment thank you for rescuing that adorable cat luna fuking hell im crying luna looks so much like mischief who was a cat i had a long time ago that little bugger acted more like a guard dog then a cat. and i miss him so fuking much please give luna gugs for me im sorry if this comment sound slike im a blubbering mess im trying not to openly sob right now im going to keep watching your vidieos and hope to see more of luna . my cat ran way awhile after our house burnt down so i dont know what happened to him after that spoil luna greatly please.

INSANE thumbnail great video

That last story is proof being a creep is not exclusive to men.

@shipper-of-heart8898

2 ай бұрын

I mean there was the story Doge once read with the female player whose character assaulted a male NPC and when the DM said SA of any kind wasn't allowed, she rolled her eyes and went 'it doesn't matter, its a guy', DM just doubled down on what they said that assault of ANY KIND wasn't allowed

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

It really isn't, but there are a lot of people who like to pretend otherwise... and that men automatically like it no matter what.

@solosynapse

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 Where did that come from? Kinda giving off MGTOW-ish vibes, mate.

@xei2694

2 ай бұрын

@@solosynapse Where it came from is that it happens all the time. He's not giving off vibes. You're the only one who's construing it that way.

Luna kitty is looking well!

Nipsy is the best therapeutic cat.

Jesus that gojo pic is iceing on the cake

I also don't blame the voice actor either. I don't "do voices" for my NPCs, I just present their atttude. I would rather play them well then play them crappy with a silly voice that I have to try and keep going. Hell, even speaking as them in the 3rd person too is perfectly fine. The idea that the GM is supposed to entertain the players is total crap.

Ayo what the FUCK?

I do aerodynamics and general drone design both at work and as a hobby :)

Never has a story made me as angry as the claim that DSA is just a knockoff of DnD. DSA has nothing to do with DnD. It's like saying Shadowrun is just a knockoff of DnD because you also use dice.

Someone was too into Fear and Hunger

Some info: - That Idea of a world going colder is the setting "Hellfrost" for savage worlds. - DSA is called TDE (The Dark Eye) in English, it really isn't that bad as it sounded here, but more "low fantasy" and more realistic. It's not that centred on 'go into dungeon and kill thing' as DnD is, and it is a lot of lore. - That TDE/DSA Story sounds like the idea is lifted from the pc game "Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva", which is based on the TDE licence.

@kurtwagner4663

2 ай бұрын

Jup the DSA poster was just pissed at the session and the DM. The DSA system isn't that bad and is actually quite fun if done right, but granted it's not for everyone. Especially if you expect DnD.

LUNAAAAA She's so sweet ❤

His idea for the campain would of been cool if the guy wasnt a creep

I had a serious campaign that was treated like a SNL by the players, so i had the players be affected along with the entire plane to have time revert back before the mission was accepted and the silly characters never got a chance to be heroes. No tpk, but no shenanigans were made clear.

@thezerowulf2046

2 ай бұрын

So you didn't like how your players played and you threw a fit

@GwynC

Ай бұрын

You should have just used your ability to speak and COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR GROUP

Okay.... story 3 feels like someone needs to be reported and put on some sort of list if the op refuses to repeat the actions that the dm did with a smile on his face

A nice cluster of grapes.

ok, am i wrong, or does Doge say spider with a particular southern splash to it?

Here in two minutes. I’ve achieved Ultra Instinct

That thumbnail 😂

TPR? Oh sweet liberty... O-O

Personally I wouldn't mind if players got too far off the main story, after all the Vilain is still continuing his evil scheme, so the world around them will change for the worst little by little until they start taking the threat seriously, and it would make interesting secondary plots, like a Village for trading that used to be here, and was attacking while they left for months, and now there's just ashes.

In story 3, when the DM said, "We're going to start you as a level 6 fighter, because spellcasting is too difficult for you to understand." Then... let him play as a barbarian like he was thinking? And also giving him commoner stats to "incentivize people to come back and roleplay each week." Then why start him at level 6? As OP pointed out, it was just to position themselves as DnD jocks. As for story 6... no, that Dungeon Master is definitely a neckbeard, even if she's a girl. Her whole group likely is too. He should get out of there.

Story 1: i mean yea the dm is a creepy jackoff but what did the players expect. Not only did they keep a known problem player around eho did sa and murderhobo, they let him be the dm. No ines fault but their own they shouldve kicked him out forever ago. Or not do the campaign. Story 2: so lame. Also how did that spider bite OP i thought all the spiders died when the bid one died? What a baby of a DM. Story 3: my little introverted brain short circuted at 16....16 people? Absolutely not. Let's not even touch on the DM's bs about making new players weaker. That was just weird.

thank you nipsy. that was bad.

Aint no way did I hear you say the word "gooning"

who in the actual F roleplays child abuse?! Some of these "DMs" need to be investigated trialed and sent away for the sake of everyone.

the voice-actor story, that was dicked part on the friend that got them organized. they shouldn't have told the other players that kind of information, because it makes them have those excess expectations entirely, and most folks that would be in careers like that are common to either live it or dump it at the door.

Good morning/ afternoon Guardian

1:40 ... Dude...

For that last story, mentioning the barn door event in BG3 is right. The DM could have had that lead to a combat encounter or just done it for comedy (or a comedy combat encounter) but the set up just wasn't there. Either way I feel like the OP could just relax a bit

So that would be Das Swarche Auger? The Dark Eye. Odd, I don't remember the characters being so weak in that game...

Having tried the Black Eye (DSA) some years ago, I confirm that character are weak, very, and that a monster like the giant spider should happen only after a few years of gaming...

The r*p* wedding and newb throwaway stories make me wonder if alot of nerds are just bullies who are on the lower end of the social pecking order.

@draconicfeline6177

2 ай бұрын

Probably. They're bullies but wierd so they envy the bullues and are delighted to be one themselves. Victim =/= good person

@Drums_of_Liberation

2 ай бұрын

Modern nerds maybe but back in the day when I was growing up in the 90s when liking anime and other nerd stuff made you "gay" we'd never stoop to that level.

@stevenschnepp576

2 ай бұрын

@@Drums_of_Liberation Don't be stupid. Of course they did that shit back in our day. You just never heard about it because the internet wasn't around.

@solosynapse

2 ай бұрын

@@stevenschnepp576 Exactly! It's been distressingly common since the beginning of the hobby, unfortunately. I dealt with a couple of "Those Guys" back in the late 80s & early 90s.

holy shit is that a talking dog

I am simple person, I see cat, I like… more cat pls!😊

Commoner stats? Flat tens in everything with plus zero modifiers? A character needs to have at the very least a bare minimum thirteen in at least one stat for a minimum plus one modifier to even be able to pick a class, anything less is literally a completely unplayable character. And a sixteen player table? Any group with more than five players is pushing it in my personal opinion.

@BlueTressym

2 ай бұрын

AFAIK, you only need a 13 or higher if you plan to multiclass. Technically, you can play a Wizard with a 10 Int; you'll just be a pretty bad one unless you stick 100% to support spells.

@Evoker23-lx8mb

2 ай бұрын

@@BlueTressym and you’ll be limited in spell choices anyway seeing as your number of spells is based on your level plus you’re intelligence modifier. With a ten stat you have no modifier.

starting at level 6 but with commoner stats? the hell?

14:25 If you want to do that, use Character AI, play a video game, or something.

Luna looks happy. Once again Nipsy comes through for us poor cringe chasers.

Luna have all my likes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This could have been a good scene obviously take out the sa but have it end with a normal tpk but it’s a fake out and it wasn’t actually the pcs just npcs that were very similar and now the pcs have to investigate the loss of numerous lords and other important people

The DSA story: The system, itself, is more to blame than anything else. A DM could introduce the system in a session 0 and explain that they would have to roll and NPC to do the big stuff but try to keep everyone involved, focus on roleplay and see if they want to go with it. If they didn't, I'm sure the campaign could be adapted to regular D&D, even if everyone had to roll new characters with different stats. That being said, railroading and controlling players is wrong. Punishing players is wrong. Calling players stupid is wrong. Making everyone take part in the DM's power fantasy is wrong. Otherwise, the system and gameplay could be coordinated with constant communication and discussion between DM and players.

"I'd expect this from a neckbeard DM but not someone from our group" from a girl, you mean... you didn't expect this from a girl ....

There are plenty of funny ways to end a stale campaign, from being invaded by aliens to recreating the dog ending from silent hill 2, but SA ain't it chief. Personally, I would have had the guards help the characters back up as it was revealed that the campaign was just tv show that sadly got canceled, and let my players know ahead of time so they can make a funny scenario of their P.C.s trying to find a new job in a mundane world. That's just my sense of humor though.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Your comment. For the algorithm. 😂

What sort of Bard do you think Luna would be? What sort of Cleric do you think Nipsy would be?

8:04 it's a funny way to end the campaign just not haha funny

Likes for Luna!! 🐈‍⬛

Wouldnt SA be a CON save, DEX seems wrong

I've never played it myself, but taking story 2 as evidence that DSA is a bad game doesn't seem fair. You can easily have sessions just as bad in dnd

"You're being too sensitive..." Oh, there it is, the douchebag's code for "I want to upset people a much as I like without suffering any consequences." As for the player who took the GM's side, I can safely recommend you run a mile from any future campaign with them in it. As for why they keep him around, ther is clearly SOME reason, given that none of them seem happy about it. Maybe he hosts, maybe he's IRL friends (though I'd still question the value of that) with one or more of them, or even more difficult to dislodge, a relative or colleague. Easy NTA on the DMPC & Spiders story, and I say this as someone who has used DMPCs successfully many times. Ralf is a great exqample of how to fail at it. Voice Actor: I've heard this kind of nonsense many times in respect of crafting, so I'm less surprised by this than I'd like to be. It doesn't matter what someone's job is; no one is entitled to demand their labour for free. You want a voice actor to do something for you that they do for money? Pay them. I doubt their D&D skills were CR-level either. Last story: The friend may have been right that it was some kind of test but 'testing' him like that's pretty sketchy to say the least. It is possible that they genuinely thought that OP would fine with it, solely because he's a dude but that's a sexist assumption. I suspect they set up an all-women group because of bad prior experiences, thus the likelihood of the 'test' theory being true but this is not how you deal with that kind of thing.

Question from a foreigner, what does a neckbeard connote in the context of the last story?

Quiet a title

dude mixed up DnD with F.A.T.A.L.

Story 1: Rape is not a punchline. If you think it is, you're the one who doesn't have a sense of humor. Story 2: If you just want to show everyone how cool your OC is, just write a story about them. People probably won't share your opinion, but they'd prefer it to being a captive audience in a situation where they thought they would have some agency. Story 3: That wasn't a campaign for newbies. It was for newbie crushing. It's sad that people who experience that kind of bullying choose to pass it on to the next generation instead of breaking the cycle. Story 4: I wonder if the all-female-aside-from-OP group assumed he'd automatically be on board with anything sexual because "guys always want it?"

Hooo je crois que je connais cette grotte, tu serai bien en lozerre non ?