They got it backward: honor is personal, glory very much is not! Honor is your character's ego (what they think of themself), glory is their reputation (what others think of them).

@rainquarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah , not to mention the fact that I’m the culture of l5R’s setting there is no such thing as an innocent demon and helping one is punishable by immediate execution

@thefakecat8340

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainquarm usually the only time a demon is innocent in any media is when they are birthed and even then thats skeptical

@rainquarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarquisLeary34 yup , even if you somehow vivisected the lore into allowing an “innocent” demon to exist , it’s not like any Samorai would even entertain the idea of not killing it on sight , let alone feel dishonour about it. Their very presence spreads the taint and it’s illegal to be tainted to a certain degree

Fool OP once, shame on the Simp. Fool the OP twice, shame on the OP. DM the OP, and one must wonder if OP is a masochist.

Here's what should have happened.. PP: "stop being such a Rules Lawyer!" OP: "dude, I'm the DM, it's my choice what Rules to gloss over and which ones to enforce. If you don't like MY rules, you can leave."

@emberfist8347

3 жыл бұрын

That isn't what a Rules Lawyer is. He is a Rules Lawyer trying to twist the rules to his benefit.

@davidspring4003

3 жыл бұрын

Eh...a Rules Lawyer is someone who believes that RAW is the only way to play usually (though sometimes they'll argue for a specific bend in the rule if that bend exists for players, but not monsters, like a character having a transparent shield taking damage from ligbt-based attacks, but a villain with tbat same power nor

@Old_Guard2

2 жыл бұрын

The DM should follow the rules as closely as he can, and if he feels the need to ignore rules it should be to his players benefit otherwise your players will think you’re an asshole. Note: I say this as a DM myself, players really don’t appreciate it when you blatantly screw them over with a rule change that only takes power away from them without compensating them with a rule change that gives them somewhat more freedom. The last thing they want to hear is “ I know it says that you can do this in the rulebook, but fuck you anyway I don’t feel like allowing you to play the rules as intended now get back in your very narrow railroad and enjoy the game I want.”

@davidspring4003

2 жыл бұрын

@@Old_Guard2 most players are fine with you changing the rules as long as it's consistent for them and the monsters

6:20 the utter confusion of how the op came to that conclusion is hilarious.

@newbienoah9461

3 жыл бұрын

When I saw this comment I was confused, when I got to that part I went : "OP, you poor sod."

The simp and the Karen.

@oichuckitinmegash8778

3 жыл бұрын

Tale as old as time.

@inky5574

2 жыл бұрын

An unexpected and horrifying combo

'This game for MILLENIALS is so bad!' Dude...if you're 40, I got bad news for you.

@leiderhosen7110

3 жыл бұрын

It was made for Millennials twenty years before they were even born! ABSOLUTELY. DIABOLICAL.

5:45 When you know that someone is pervy and a problem player DO NOT play with them in a Japanese setting!

@thefakecat8340

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarquisLeary34 really how come?

@chibiktsn3

2 жыл бұрын

No truer words have ever been typed.

4:16 It's at this point I actually caught myself repeatedly muttering 'Shut up' under my breath at this chud. Holy shit, that's never happened before.

Why... just... WHY would a person like the 40 year old incel be a better DM than a player?! Why would anyone think that this creep would be better when given ultimate power?! OP might be a masochist. Also, if you're the DM, you can't be a rules lawyer. Even if he wasn't the DM, OP was not a rules lawyer, he literally just enforced the rules to a game. Btw, your reaction to that quote was perfect. No one should be forced to utter those words.

What amazes me about folks that flirt over Discord is that , if they manage to succeed, how will they 'do the deed' as it were, when everyone is in lock down? Do they actually think someone would date them just because they gave them a load of imaginary items,, which is what it all boils down to really. As some comedian used to say years ago, "Here's your sign!"

@biffwellington6144

3 жыл бұрын

In case anyone's wondering, that comedian was Bill Engvall.

@kiravremyanoi4772

3 жыл бұрын

Lets be real-they didnt even think it through.They literally heard a woman,their brain went “oooga hot female” and thats it

@michaelbaker3868

Жыл бұрын

What people like bill don't understand and uou most likely and that's not a bad thing or anything but its that these people are desperate and usually so fucked up they can't find anyone in real life, trying to find someone stupid or just as desperate online is pretty much their only option what woman do you know that would actually date people like this? And alot of these people are so starved that simply talking about sex is more thrn enough ti get these weirdos off and happy. They aren't looking for the touch they are just desperate for any form of attention even fake bought attention.

@etcetera1995

Жыл бұрын

I mean, lots of folks have relationships without sex, and genuine affectionate bonds can form without two people ever meeting face to face- ever heard of pen pals? Transactional relationships are nonsense tho, you're completely right there.

I will say, I was shocked to hear that some groups out there dont allow couples to play due to favoritism. As a DM who’s boyfriend is one of her players, has been a player for said boyfriend when he DMs, and in a group in which theres another couple where the husband DMs and his wife plays, none of us play favorites, its just kinda bizarre. Im not knocking on rules set by other groups, but it is possible to not play favorites

@amandafrazier9724

2 жыл бұрын

My DM's husband is the party member most likely to get on her nerves. 😆

@VayaKahvi

2 жыл бұрын

I mean I can kind of understand it, but also the people I run with are mature enough to handle it, also with the best friends part (apparently two of the guys got mistaken for gay by someone else). Also my mom and my dad played D&D for a long time together and they kept it cool even though my dad can be a doofus most times.

The only problem I've ever had with couples playing is that a lot of the time it's one person who wants to be there and one who gets dragged along. I usually end up feeling bad for the person who has to sit there for several hours being confused and bored.

@LevantineR1

2 жыл бұрын

My first D&D party included a couple. The wife was super engaged in the RP and was quite attentive to combat for all she talked about not caring for it, while the husband would alternate between napping and playing the most apathetic and attack-bot Barbarian ever. He didn't even dislike the game, and kept up with what was going on when he wasn't asleep, but they were on such different levels of engagement that I'm sure it was mostly her idea to join.

I think the piracy is what tips this over the edge. Anyone who causes financial damage to someone else is automatically a scumbag in my book.

@MarkMeszaros95

3 жыл бұрын

What's your oppinion on Robin Hood?

@Dreigonix

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the size of the creator. For megacorporations that are already swimming in cash, I have no qualms whatsoever about a few people pirating their stuff. But don’t pirate the work of smaller creators.

My parents used to play DnD with some of my cousins and other family members. I don't know how my mom was as a dm, but my dad was fucking merciless. I remember one time my mom's character got eaten by a giant wyrm, and the party's response was to cut it in half. Which, naturally resulted in my mom's character being cut in half too.

"Fantasy" is something people use to "satisfy" (temporarily) desires that they cannot satisfy in the real world. And dnd ends up being an environment that some seek for this, consciously or not. And as the "god" of this world, the DM will have problems with some people when it impedes their satisfaction and generates frustration, something they just try to avoid by fleeing to the fantasy world.

There are plenty of couple who play ddn together that don't show any sort of favoritism. My sister and her hubby got me I into DnD and it hilarious cause half the time their like the miracle maker and his wife from princess bride out of game. ( We a joking group so alot of times we get off topic) and in game the play off each other perfectly. Through depending on what their playing effects this.

@thefakecat8340

2 жыл бұрын

Well thats good to know. Im having a second campaign where a couple is the dm and her fiance and let me tell you watching these horror stories makes you anxious xD

As a sexually frustrated, obese over 40 year old, I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. There is no reason why anyone should have made you suffer with them.

I really don't understand why people continue playing with these people. You know they are bad and have the perfect opportunity to leave, but decide to ignore the forest of red flags and dive right in anyway. Not trying to excuse the guys bad behavior, but come on. OP saw the signs telling them the road leads off a cliff, but decided to keep driving down it.

@RebelWvlf

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who had and encounter with Niceguys (essentially the same as incels), I can tell you from experience - they perhaps expected them to change. That feeling on back of your mind where you believe how "bad people will change at some point" just confirms and reinforces their shitty behavior. Another possible reason why they stayed with these people was because they had nobody else to play with and were going by the logic that "any player is better than no player" and that incels have tendency to snap, so probably they were afraid to leave.

@gankedirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@RebelWvlf Eh, I guess it is a bit easier to say from the outside looking in.

@kermanbizzlebop8895

2 жыл бұрын

@@gankedirl no it's literally just because tabletop players of almost any kind lack a real spine to just tell a person to fuck off and die. Fr I would've genuinely beat the shit out of this guy in the simp story, he's such a goddamn chud. How do you forego common sense that tells you to ditch a person like that? The only explanation is lack of courage, fear of confrontation, anxieties.

The odds of getting fireball twice on a wild magic table, after triggering a surge twice in a row, are astronomical, I think literally 1 in a million

The simp and the Karen. This one was a ride for sure

The simp and the Karen! I'm listening to the rpg horror story list from the beginning and this is the first instance of crispy giving us something to say when we have nothing to say ^.^

“Why won’t she date me? I give her everything!” “My dude, you gave her imaginary shit in a pen and paper game, not a Mercedes!”

In a vacuum, 'You'll always know that you killed an innocent' and 'There's no dishonor in giving people a proper burial, social class be damned' are nice sentiments, but...Holy shit, in context of everything else.

“I’m not saying that.” I respect that.

I have played in a table in which the GM's girlfriend was also a player. There was no favoritism. In fact it was the opposite. Our GM was so scared of playing favorites by accident that his poor girlfriend would always end up drawing the short stick in most situations, having less spotlight time and barely finding any useful item. It got to a point in which the group got worried and asked them what was wrong. As you may guess, nothing was wrong, they just didn't want favoritism and went a bit too far.

My BF is my DM and theres no favoritism. Hes fair to everyone and gives me the bad luck "punishments" and the "that was clever heres a good" rewards same as every other player

The behavior of the PP is something I'd expect out of someone who is in their teens, maybe early 20s MAYBE but not from a full grown 40 year old man!

I have no words, OP saw the lights coming down the tunnel but decided to stay on the tracks.

My gf plays in the game I dm and we’ve never had an issue with favoritism. In fact, her character nearly died last session while crossing an acid river.

When they described the railroad game for Karen as the worst amusement park ride my mind went to the Rimmer Experience from Red Dwarf.

Simp and the Karen, I enjoy your content to bits m8

That guy’s description is the textbook appearance of the Weeaboo stereotype. Putting up with them was already bad enough, but having them involved in any kind of Japanese setting was a lethal mistake.

D&D is NOT Dashing and Dating. why do people think any games (on line and table top) are open to try and get a girl. ITS A GAME, JUST PLAY IT! IF something happens, fine, but don't just go into everything thinking "Oh yea, the girls are all mine."

Isn't that fireball scenario like 1/400 on top of a 1/2500 odds? assuming the surge isn't because of wild mage's on demand advantage

@SamWeltzin

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, was thinking the same thing. The whole this is 1/1000000. I guess theoretically it could happen, especially if for some reason the Sorc used Tides of Chaos to automatically get the 1/20 chance from casting a spell, but it's more likely the story's just made up since that's the part of the wild magic table most people know about. Or maybe they did the rules wrong and thought every spell turned into wild magic. And even then, wouldn't the rest of the party stand back far enough from the blast radius not to be affected, just in case? It all just seems extremely unlikely. Considering I played an entire campaign as a wild magic sorcerer and never got the Fireball effect, skepticism is high.

@byronsmothers8064

3 жыл бұрын

@@SamWeltzin genuinely 1 in a million if something else wasn't up

Dude this 40 year old plays like a 20 year old I'm running a game for, like how do guys act that way and not feel shame, or disgust. I'm not above a dick joke or a boob joke but seriously it's one and done, the more you harp on it the less funny it is.

@amandafrazier9724

2 жыл бұрын

I have to confess, our current party & DM are all between 30-50, and every time someone says the name of the town "Dougan's Hole," we all lose it like we're eleven. What can I say, the pandemic's been rough.

In high school, my best friend's ex randomly decided to 'take up' D&D to try and hit on me, and get close to me. After being rejected, twice, he would make snide comments such as, "Well your opinion doesn't mean anything because *YOU* don't have a boyfriend." Also started bringing girls to play for a single session... in an attempt to make me want him? These girls were often completely checked out by the end of the first hour. He kept playing with the group after I moved away. His character, a half-Minotaur _(Human feet and face. Rest was Minotaur, now you too, get to live with that mental image)_ died during a session a year later, was resurrected after his body parts were reattached in the wrong places, then rage quit. (Understandably, however from my perspective, it was long overdue. I'm over simplifying his misogynistic interactions in and out of character towards me.) I do hope he tried another group, this time with the intent of playing the game rather then going in trying to score with someone. He did seem to enjoy it on some level.

My wife and I play together. No favoritism. The trick is to think in terms of CHARACTERS not PLAYERS when making in game choices.

If I can play dnd with my sister and not actively try and murder her cleric at every given chance as a first time dnd player, then y'all can manage to play with your significant others and not show favoritism

7:22 Is Mikey into transformation? Side note, OP got a lawyer for the PDF incident.

@CrispysTavern

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely interesting. I don’t know much about copyright law (aside from fair use). It also varies based on country and I don’t know where the OP is based.

@biffwellington6144

3 жыл бұрын

Smart decision on his part! I'd have probably just contacted the publisher and explained the situation, and included screenshots of that conversation with Michael. I don't know how much that would help, but the publisher would probably at least be a bit less likely to prosecute you and a bit more likely to let you buy from them again. That lawyer probably knows the best way to handle it, though, so... good move, there! I was once given a copy of a gamebook PDF by a friend, so I could create my player character on my own time. I treated the situation like he had loaned me a copy of the book. I made my character, and then I deleted that PDF. And I later bought my own copy of that book. I still felt a little uncomfortable about the whole thing, but those lockdowns were on, so my options were sort of limited right then.

@newbienoah9461

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrispysTavern I mean it's just a hop, a skip, and a bounce down in the original post's comment section.

"My computer is the only place without heating and it's winter" Just remove computer's coolers and it'll keep you nice and warm

I have to wonder did the first DM turned player just not show their colours AT ALL during their time as DM? Because it sounds like his behavior as a player wasn't something OP was used to

Hi crispy im looking forward to your videos

The simp and the Karen!

Jesus, this guy's a sociopath. 😳

My brother doesn't show favoritism to his wife. It's not that hard. I guess the trick is to marry someone who isn't a selfish asshole, who insists on favoritism.

The simp and the Karen, what a "romantic" story...not

Horniness doesn't die because you get older. Lol.

At what point do you just start whacking the sorcerer with his own character sheet while screaming "Stop with the spells, you goon, you'll kill us all!" /jk

This is hardly the worst thing I've heard listening to these. Lol. My entire group is made of couples including my girlfriend. There's never been any issues with favoritism. If anything I'm harder on her because she always has me as a resource between games.

THE SIMP AND THE KAREN

The simp and the karen 💔

If my wife actually joined dnd I could easily avoid favoritism. Its not about couples.

The KaREN and Simpy Show

No unfortunately you can't report him for piracy, if you previously bought that pdf then you own it. Meaning you are then allowed to do with it as you please, i.e. deleting it, re-writing it, selling it ect. What you can't do is market it as your own original work, copyright law is different.

The Simp and the Karen, since you asked me to. :)

In my gaming groups, its nothing but couples playing together lol

"based on Dororo" oh no

The Simp And The Karen

Okay. Why's it always gotta be Mike/Michael? Doesn't anyone use Chad anymore? Lol

@tsubakiofmelancholy6297

2 жыл бұрын

Because Chads get the girls and are built like gods. This guy was built like a bean bag chair.

I agree that the Michael in this story is a disgusting human being, but the fact that OP felt the need to point out that he was "obese" disturbs me. That's like pointing out how Black or Hispanic someone is. Not cool.

As far as it comes to banning couples at tables... It seems like it's best to ban them if they are in the 25-or-under range. In that group they tend toward bringing dumb teen drama to the table in that passive-aggressive manner that makes everyone else uncomfortable, blatantly cheat with someone else at the table or a friend of someone at the table, have jealousy issues, or else just end up being a magnet for the creep at the table who doesn't seem to understand what "unavailable for dating" means. Doubly-so if one of the couple is the DM! In the 26+ range, they seem to have stabilized and gotten to the point where they have "settled down" and have usually made it past that trial period for determining life-long compatibility and have drastically reduced chances of crazy drama and are likely to have the only issues be said creeps who don't seem to understand that being in a relationship means that they aren't interested in any advances.

This is a legit question, not trying to be a dick or anything. There is some disconnection between what is shown as written and what you read out loud (not hard complaining, it just triggers my mild-idiotic-ocd). Is this an intentional aesthetic decision or something else?

@CrispysTavern

3 жыл бұрын

When I mess up the read l usually just adjust the script on the fly to fit with whatever I said. If the story’s sentence structure is repetitive or the English isn’t great, I’ll make similar changes.

I just don't get this flirting through D&D crap.

Honestly it really seems like people who do wild magic builds are just trolling. Why yes I want to be a Sorcerer, but I'd rather not have my spells work right all the time and do random BS. I swear I'd murder any party member who goes that build. Friends, I'm doing this for you, do you really want a time bomb walking around with us? *stabs Sorcerer while they sleep on the first in game night*

I want to be a bra

The simp and the Karen.

The simp and the Karen.

The Simp and the Karen.