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@kitemay

Жыл бұрын

tried it, hated it. vikings clans of wars was fun though... same publishers

@Michael-fd1gx

Жыл бұрын

Disliked for RAID ad.

mike writing resurrecting the op's sorceror into his characters' backstory was an unexpected yet wholesome resolution to that whole mess

@forgottenartform

6 ай бұрын

It's definitely one of the most wholesome things I've heard on the channel

Horror Story: "Won't be doing double damage because he wants to have fun too." Me watching the video: "Just give the troll more health!"

@joaopedrocruz6432

Жыл бұрын

Increase the trolls health by the same amount of the damage of the attack.

@bobwish8851

Жыл бұрын

or add another troll :)

@Lobsterwithinternet

Жыл бұрын

Depends if the guy’s min-maxing or not. If not, then I'll just have another troll join the combat along with a few lesser creatures. If they are, then I'm going to have a talk about his build depending on the nature of the table.

@falionna3587

Жыл бұрын

Given it's a crit, let the player have it? And if it's meant to be a though monster, use something with more HP, if it can be killed with a crit it's far too weak as a boss. (if it's like part of a pack or medium encounter there's no issue either)

@funnyblog100

Жыл бұрын

The gm was actually surprised when my bard turned out to be the most dangerous person in the party. I took the feat sharpshooter and I'm going with college of whispers. Spells like faerie fire give me advantage and my bard was wrecking his shit with a light crossbow. Sharpshooter lets me add 10 damage to my ranged attacks and ignore cover at a -5 penalty to the roll. The 10 additional damage from sharpshooter stacks with the additional damage I get with psychic blades. So my bard turned out to be extremely deadly.

I would have "accidentally" spilled a drink in DM's lap and "forget" to bring him cookies. She was too nice to him.

@Lobsterwithinternet

Жыл бұрын

Or the boyfriend could confront the guy who just insulted his girl.

@blurobin3993

Жыл бұрын

Lmao I would have "accidentally" kicked the boyfriend and dm out of my apartment or "accidentally" ate all the cookies without giving them any.

@cassiemoyles4177

Жыл бұрын

Feel this.

@axel4196

Жыл бұрын

Seems like the boyfriend didn't have much of a spine either. No wonder he lost her.

@axel4196

Жыл бұрын

@@blurobin3993 Better yet, use Ex-lax for the chocolate chips and lock the bathroom door

Shoutout to Mike from Story 3, for later having a plotline about reviving "a long lost friend", in reference to OP's character. That is so freaking sweet that I audibly "d'aww"-ed when I heard that. Platonic love is something that should be celebrated more.

NEVER make a PC a sex toy/slave without the player's prior permission. My hubby ran a campaign where one player kept making broken characters that didn't fit the setting, so he offered him one of the NPCs to play. It was a throw away, and just a bit of background color, but he ran with it. His character was now a sex bot with memory issues dressed/skinned as a Princess Leia look alike. Player was thrilled. Doesn't work for everyone.

I'd call him out. Like: "Uhm this organizatrion is Heavily in my backstory, there's no way I would not know them."

@blutkopfhinoken4632

Жыл бұрын

Yea letting the moron get away with that shit wouldn't fly with me either. "Oh so the symbol of the organization i belong to is on this npc and you're saying I don't know the symbol. Interesting but how does that work?"

Sexist DM: "she's doing too well. Imma kill her character just so she can't continue." (Clearly he has no idea how to enjoy properly and responsibly. Op imo should have kicked him in particular out)

@mikukurisaki3413

Жыл бұрын

As for the maid robot one... I'd LOVE to have that kind of ingenuity at the table

"...better in the hands of someone who can use it right." Oh, I'm terribly sorry! I thought it was for making crème brûlée. Do forgive me. Joking aside, I hate the weird boy's club, gatekeeping crap some people like to pull with...well, anything really.

@Lobsterwithinternet

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. But if he really didn't want to play with her, he could have just said that he didn't plan for an extra player and couldn't take one on this session instead of this passive-aggressive crap. The boyfriend could have stepped in and defused the situation if he knew how the DM would act and just teach her after the game if it was that big of a problem. But believe me, the DM would be out the second-story window if he made those remarks about my girl. 🦞🤜🤡

@endlessmisery15

Жыл бұрын

@@Lobsterwithinternet Oh yeah, definitely. I don't imagine there would have been as much of an issue if they talked it through like adults. But as I being constantly reminded nowadays, even adults don't do that.

@mrroboshadow

Жыл бұрын

@@endlessmisery15 bastard still ate the cookies too if it was me i'd slap them out of his hand and tell him "oh those are for someone who can eat them right"

@WhitneyDahlin

Жыл бұрын

It was only a boys club because she was taken and already dating someone LOL if she was single you know that DM would have gone out of his way to favor her. At least until she rejected him or started dating someone else.

@Lobsterwithinternet

Жыл бұрын

@@WhitneyDahlin Quite.

Story 4: Standard rule - if you play at someone's house, it's assumed that all people who are old enough to play are welcome at the gaming table. If you don't want play with specific people, don't play at their house.

"be more like mike everyone" advice for every day life even outside of DnD

Nat 1 on deception in a nutshell: Op: we should have completed this 86 sessions ago. Dm: wHAt? MyeTA gAyMInG?! Op: none of use find this fun. Dm: then you need a new definition of fun, I'm following everything to the T. Op: no you're not

@Seth9809

Жыл бұрын

The GM wasn't having fun either, so it's so weird.

For Story 4, it sounds like the DM was bullying OP for kicks, cuz "wahmen bad"

Hi. Oh my God. Thank you for reading my post. I'm Shiva_Goddess (My KZread name is different cause it's an old account) Been subbed for a while and when I saw this vid I was like " Cool new vi- IS THAT MY POST?!" So yeah. That really made my day. Thank you Crispy, if I could, I'd bake a batch for you! And people in the comments, you guys are cool too. Made me smile today.

My problem as a DM has been a monk I couldn't damage. She got cursed with lycanthropy and I gave her a lot of the traits RAW out of the Monster Manual. The immunity to mundane weapon damage imbalanced most of my encounters. More magical enemies have since solved that problem.

@DrPluton

Жыл бұрын

You could always make it so that the damage immunity only hits while in were form and that going into were form makes the character go into a mindless rampage attacking friend and foe alike. This would incentive the players to find a cure for the curse.

@Adeuceinthejohn

Жыл бұрын

Just use the grimhollow trans they are pretty well balanced

@theeguy9022

Жыл бұрын

It's always a possibility that weaponry is now being made of a silver alloy or maybe whatever enemies they fight are aware of their curse (but do try to let them have fun with it sometimes it can really help)

Ok but samurai robo helicopter mom sounds like a hella fun and creative character idea, why the dm wanted to railroad away from that is beyond me

@maeve615

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like an anime I would've watch in high school xD

The DM for the "Nat 1 on Deception" story seems to be trying their best to halt the progression of the campaign. Withholding plot hooks and removing plot relevant NPCs will only hurt the game and interest. Every player needs to get out of that limbo.

@gabrielrognon6238

Жыл бұрын

I think op hurt his feeling and he wantd to show that he could hold a loooong campaign. but actualy couldn't and was anyway too hostil

@Seth9809

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand how someone could drag out something they hate for months or a year, over something that would at most make me upset for like five minutes or a few days.

Mike a true MVP from that 2nd story IMO. Kinda wonder if he could ever revive her in some fashion or not.

Wow. Kid's parents never told him "no" in his life.

I actually had a similar idea about a warforged doll maid, largely inspired by the Doll from Bloodborne but my idea had her be a rogue with an emphasis on disguise, blending in with servants and staff and a lot of pointy things hidden under that large skirt of hers.

As someone who’s ace and has played in a Ravnica campaign, honestly the demon orgy isn’t that odd. Doesn’t excuse everything else that happened, though lol

@nicholasfarrell5981

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm a Magic player who heard "demon orgy" and immediately realized that it was just your average Tuesday afternoon in the Cult of Rakdos. Also think that DM has no excuse for everything else. Also, hello fellow ace gamer!

The demons are doing WHAT? Oh wait, it's Ravnica. Yeah that sounds about right.

@mineflameblade8788

Жыл бұрын

Especially Rakkdos demons. They also kill, torture and other gruesome crap for "entertainment."

@destinystrapper

Жыл бұрын

@@mineflameblade8788 they are responsible for the fun in funeral

@mineflameblade8788

Жыл бұрын

@@destinystrapper Its why they are my favorite guild and I can easily imagine them and The Sabbat from VTM getting along nicely

@destinystrapper

Жыл бұрын

@@mineflameblade8788 nope, rakdos are worshipping a litteral demon, while sabbats are religious extremists. It would end like the one scene in Life of Brian, where the different rebel groups fight and kill each other, even tho the rakdos would find that hillarious as fuck

@mineflameblade8788

Жыл бұрын

@@destinystrapper Even then. There are kindred who are path of cathari and that one is very spicy

Best option: Never trust your Dm with your story (unless proven they are responsible with it.) Give the DM your story. Let them work it into their story but don’t allow them to alter/add to it in anyway unless you let them.

@WyntheRogue

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, your mileage may vary on DMs and backstories, the one I have is a damn decent DM and found a means to make my druid's backstory work when I joined the now finished campaign as him. I now have a scourge aasimar monk ready[who ironically to this story is a butler more or less] for a pirate themed campaign and look forward to see what he cooks up to make the backstory work! A bonus is if an arc is going to have dark elements IE- a demon invasion asks us what's okay to put in and what isn't okay, anything that makes the players uncomfortable is immediately kept out so it's dark but not going too far or making anyone feel a squick factor.

I mean, the NPC could have been lying about the maid's origins, or he could have not known and made assumptions. But it definitely sounds like the DM just wanted to do HIS story and was giving lip service to the PCs motivations, at best.

Just gonna say, the last stiry and the whole “dm forces this vision onto a character” is something I myself went through. Not in a perverse way like that, but rather the dm twisted the idea I had made; and tricked me into going along with it because I was not aware how big an impact this would have both thematically and mechanically. PF1e. I was a Half Orc Cleric of Sarenrae with the Fire and Healing domains. I built myself from level 1 to have high-ish hp, being able to tank hits, dish it out with my trusty silver scimitar and fire spells, and provide healing when it became needed as an emergency. Even had feats that provided some fire damage to my crits, or a tiny bit of healing and a +1 to an attacj roll when I cast fire spells. No feats or traits outside the Healing domain for my healing spells and support. Well, we were kicking ass and taking names, and I had an issue in game hit for a while. Several stacked and I decided my cleric needed a brief respite at a church to repurpose his faith, due to various BS rulings by the DM. Up to this point, I had played my character as a bit of a nervous, helicopter parents Mom Friend outside of fights, who would go ape shit and leave a trail of blood and ash in his wake if something awful happened DURING a fight (including watching a fellow player get cursed to be a skeleton-like creature, skin and organs literally melting to the ground around him. I crit that next attack, and I always joked from very early that the dice responded to my character’s emotional state, as when he got very protective and angry, he crit. A lot). Well, the dm decided to drop “an idea” to me. Angelfire Apostle archetype. It SOUNDED good thematically, a few minor buffs I could use outside of fights and a later ability that sounded interesting. I however didn’t realize, this archetype is a known Trap Playstyle in the Pathfinder community, until months later. This actually weakened what I was building towards, including needing to sell off several items of mine just to get armor I could actually wear (no more medium armor, only light armor allowed). This led to a host of issues (including multiple deaths I wont go into) with the new buffs paying off only ONE time (when a player got paralyzed by a massive plant, and I was able to cast a spell to remove it from 30ft away, even withkut it prepared). 1 time, in 5 ir 6 months of playing this archetype. The final straw for this character came because I was, again, killed, and got an “afterlife mission” which I did good on, sticking to the personality I had portrayed from session 1. The reward? A book that did 3 things. 1: A +2 to Saving throw dcs of spells that don’t cause damage. 2: The loss of the above benefit if I ever do any harm (even non-lethal) to ANY humanoid (most of our enemies at this point have been humanoid with a small arc of fighting some Undead). 3: Any ally who harms or kills a Helpless Humanoid within 10 miles suffers a -1 Penalty to all D20 rolls for 24 hours. If they do so again in this time span, the penalty increases, and the timer resets, with no limit to the cumulative penalty. So, basically, I was being made to be a pure support who happened to be a but fire resistant, who had to never let the party harm or kill anything (even if they were CE and had butchered millions just for the lulz), or else not only would the dm (or “my goddess” that the dm “kept talking too”) strip away ALL my cleric abilities outside of weapon and armor proficiencies, but I’d be a huge burden to a oarty that had only survived a couple fights by grappling, pinning, tying up, and coup de grace’ing the big enemies (about half of whom were humanoids that nearly tpkd us).

@MannyBrum

Жыл бұрын

Is it possible the archetype fit your character roleplay-wise even if mechanics were weaker? DMs will often suggest things that fit the character thematically because ultimately most players have more fun playing something true to their vision rather than the most optimal build. I don't think it's tricking a player at all. Social media RPG groups can be kind of toxic and tell you that your DM is nerfing your character, but those same groups will also tell you that your class choice sucks and is irredeemable even if 95% of people actually playing the class don't have issues with it. It can get to the point where researching stuff on social media can actually make you stop having fun in the game even if nothing else has changed. The thing is, the majority of people on message boards, facebook groups, and subreddits don't have a group and rate things based solely on damage numbers. They post in those places as a substitute for playing because they don't have a group and if anyone has a dissenting opinion like D&D 5e rangers aren't that bad, they get bullied by the regulars to the point where the actual real world opinions don't get posted anymore. I've seen multiple players who have used social media to research character ideas stop having fun and want to change classes or pick something super min maxy and then lament that people who were single class had more powerful spells or something.

@phobiawitch835

Жыл бұрын

@@MannyBrum The only time it really fit thematically was the description of the archetype sadly, because once put into play, it took away a lot of what MADE my character the guy he was (a wall of a cleric there to help the party). I was forced to re-evaluate my position in the party after this change, and it didn’t help he kept targeting me every chance he got with enemies trying to lock me out of fights or kill me, so I couldn’t explore my options. The magic item he dropped solidified that he had a different idea for me as “a cleric”. I had been playing a Pseudo-Paladin (basically a paladin in all but my actual class) but he was turning me into a walking bandaid for the party. What’s worse is that every time I went and made a choice for my character (we were given 2 options to bring a monk back and I agreed to one of them), the dm would immediately say “no, you wouldn’t pick this because of your god”, so I’d change my mind, and he’d repeat himself. Basically forcing me from the helpful guy I wanted into some asshole, Stubborn as a mule, White bs.

That first story lol. "When the DM is a murder hobo"

"How do you use it wrong?" Moer to the point "All three shots hit, one of which is a crit, and I roll high damage" How was she using it wrong? Sounds like she was using it really well.. but hey we know that this DM is a misogynist already so you apparently use it wrong by not having a built in wand.

Honestly, I kinda like the idea of a sex robot being repurposed to a guardian. But in a "glorified toy evolving to a hero" way and not a "she has naughty bits" way. Either way, it doesn't matter cuz the OP told that dip shit NOT to do that, but the dip shit did it anyway.

@mineflameblade8788

Жыл бұрын

I'll be saving this Backstory for later. I had an idea for a dark fantasy version of one of my pc's. But yeah. The dm who did this is a prick.

@chaos4654

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I've got "Sexbots repurposed for Crime Fighting" as a backstory for a couple non-TTRPG related ideas. Of course their original parts are still there or upgraded because every protagonist in my more nsfw ideas have a libido. Also something, something, free-will and bodily choice, something, freedom to chose what to do with their bodies or something. XD

As a baker I want to slap that DM in that second story.

We have a game where two parties were in a simultaneous campaign and met up. There are five players and 9 player characters in that group. We've been trying to find a reason to split them up for a year. Also: the mega party just got to one of my character's home, his backstory is connected to another of my characters and I've been developing them for five years. The DM had me sum up my backstory notes and send them over, instead of creating characters. They needed a character that fit an achetype, I gave them the name and relation. And now my emotionally stunted ranger is having an existential crisis. lol

Idea: if a monster would die in one hit on the first turn, don't *actually* make it die, but let it turn into something akin to Persona 5's "All-Out Attack" where just for funsies everyone else gets to pull off whatever powerful opener attack they wanted to do and then let it die in adequately cinematic fashion once the party's turns are ended.

@finnmchugh99

Жыл бұрын

That is a great idea imo... It gives the party that sense of epicness like makes em happy and pumped in the fight. Also great example cuz in P5/R the big bosses can sort of shrug off All-Outs but still have a considerable chunk of hp off em and have a threshold... Players won't know how big the health bar is so expand it to fit the damage so it's not a total kill but not negated either

I'm surprised the one girl's boyfriend didn't see any issue with the situation.

I would bring in the cookies each on their own little plate, and place them in front of each player with a smile... but not the DM. Then just smile and say "I thought they would be better in the hands of people who would enjoy them. We've already spent enough time on you, just play." Then take the extras into my room so DM couldn't get one from the kitchen. But then again, I can be a petty b***h.

@sherylcascadden4988

Жыл бұрын

I thought of this bit of pettiness also. Play on and have fun, kindred spirit!

@AquaShiva

Жыл бұрын

Trust me I wish I had been that savage back then. Been over a decade since then

@Kruhee

Жыл бұрын

@@sherylcascadden4988 I like you!

@Kruhee

Жыл бұрын

@@AquaShiva It's events like this that bring out that side in us. Hope you feel better about telling off buttholes now because nobody deserves to be treated like that.

Just running through the timestamps I can already tell this is going to be one hell of an episode

Imagine being angry that a sorcerer got a wand of scorching ray. That boyfriend should have called the DM out on his abuse, at the very least when the session was over, and they could talk properly. A Goblin arrow isn't going to straight up kill anyone, even a d6 health sorcerer, unless her health was very low at that point, or it rolled a crit with max damage twice.

It's a shame always hearing these horror stories about people horribly mishandling sexual themes in their games. I'm a fan of pulpy fantasy, Red Sonja-kind of barbarians, and to have spicey stuff in games (though, actual detailed description of full-on sex scenes would probably be too awkward for me), but obviously you have to do this with the consent and knowledge of everyone in the playing group and making sure that everyone knows what they're getting into. Naturally, good luck finding online groups of people who are mature enough to handle these things and understand their boundaries even in sexually related stories or story parts.

man that's such a good Warforged concept too! You don't see as many fem-Warforged either. Real shame to have that idea reduced to THAT by the DM.

The last story should of just been him getting up and leave because its quite obvious what kind of person the DM is.

The player in that last story had an interesting idea. It's too bad the D.M. shoved it firmly off the rails.

"There's no way a newbie can roll that good" He's so right. Everyone knows that the numbers you get in dice rolls aren't random, and are purely a skill that you learn through experience. It's just part of the game! Yeah, it sucks when you're a new player like me and only know how to pick up dice and set it down with the number 1 on the top, but everyone has to go through that at first!

You know, I've been DMing for 25 years now. Some of these stories hurt. I'd love to run a game for the people who have these experiences.

I have to admit, combat maids are awesome and could potentually make for some interesting character interaction...assuming the game wasnt serious and everyone was on board. That DM sounds like the sort of twat who'd get bent out of shape over a dude playing a female character. It genuinly astounds me how some people can act that way as if guys and gals cant all play the same games and have fun together. OK, that character sounds awesome. Now how does it get ruined? Shes a freaking ROBOT! I mean, sexy robot maids are fine, but keep that to spank material. Huh...thats...not as bad as I was expecting honestly.

@andrejg4136

Жыл бұрын

I find that the only times I find the attractive- ness of a character a 'problem'is when they make it a character trait. Then it just feels like indulgence. Like you said: if the point of the maid is to be eye candy then just leave that out of a 'standard' role play. There are other venues for stuff like that.

I was a fourteen-year-old boy once. Can confirm, I did set fire to multiple orphanages.

@SolrSurfr3

Жыл бұрын

Ah, boys will be boys XD

Yeah that DM who took the woman's cookies and the now ex boyfriend need to get the serpent and the rainbow treatment.

I may get annoyed when/if my players kill a monster too fast. But I also celebrate the players when they do pull something like that off as a cool moment for their character. Because I know I have all the power in the game. If I really wanted to kill the characters, I could stack the encounter and make it overwhelming. But I'm not an A-hole DM.

Love your videos. Whenever I'm bored, I play one. It's just nice listening to you talk, and watching your videos has helped me be a better player and dm. I'm glad to see your channel growing so fast. You deserve it. The amount of content you put out is pretty astounding. Thanks for the oodles of effort.

Story 1 - Don’t nix a nat 20. Just… add some extra HP to your bosses… .> .> No one will knoooooow.

The new intro is really so good! Totally sets the mood!

I think the best solution to players killing monsters too quickly is to run more complex encounters. Gnolls hiding in the trees as they bombard the party with arrows, a battle through a veritable minefield of traps, that sort of thing.

There were so many better things that could have been done with the Warforged maid, like it turned out that the assassins had intercepted the orders for the commission and altered her programming to act as a sleeper agent for them, but for some reason it didn't work. But that explains why she has skills beyond that of a maid and why she's able to protect her charge and opens up the hook of why the reprogramming didn't entirely stick.

Is someone keeping a tally of the amount of times Crispy has crashed because of random straight bullshittery? I feel like there should be a record for posterity.

@quox3987

Жыл бұрын

I second this

@theinquisitorisamage1653

Жыл бұрын

I third this

The demon's are doing WHAT?!

Story number 2 the epitome of "Tell us you're an incel without saying you're an incel"

@Seth9809

Жыл бұрын

Bingo.

You know KZread censorship is getting out of hand when "emotionally abusive" has to be censored.

Woah, baking is totally harder than GMing! That guy doesn't bake.

In the campaign I'm currently playing in I accidentally made a paladin that's a bit on the invincible side. Despite that my GM has NEVER taken away abilities or nerfed my character in any way. He will cheer when something rolls well enough to hit him because it almost never happens, but that's kind of to be expected.

Intro Story: Exactly what you said. The crit does enough damage to OHKO the monster? Not anymore! It does an insane amount of damage, and cripples it, but doesn't flat-out kill it, because a creature's max HP can be adjusted on the fly. The DM could've given it a status condition or something that weakened it to allow everyone else to attack it, then had it go, then the party could've finished it off, if he wanted so badly to keep the fight going more than half a round. Like, the DM could've had it so that the crit did massive damage to the slaad, causing it to lose its movement or reaction or limiting it to only performing a single action on its turn, but it isn't dead to give the other players a chance to hit it; the amount of damage they deal doesn't matter, but they still get to perform their attacks. Then once the first round of combat ends, the DM assigns a number of HP, possibly its max, to the creature, and if they manage to do that amount of damage to it before its next turn, the monster dies; if they don't, the character that goes before the creature kills it regardless of how much HP it has remaining. It may waste some resources on an already-dead monster, but if the DM's monsters dying before they get to even act isn't fun for him, that's a possible solution to his problem.

Okay Warforged maid was a cool idea TBH

@flaminyawn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, if it had been done in a game where the DM actually had some respect for his players... ... Well, then we'd never hear about it because it wouldn't be a horror story. But still, that character concept deserved better.

As a DM, if someone offers me food, especially home made, I consider it bribery which I'm cool with.

Violence is rarely ever the solution.... unless someone is in your house being rude to your partner. In that situation a violent act of defenestration is 100% the solution. If you don't feel like replacing a window an Uncle Phil yeeting is also acceptable.

I think the DM should have said no. It would have been understandable because having a player invite people to play without consulting the DM so they can adequately prepare for it or even decide how many players they want to run for is unfair. Sometimes though it can be hard because players who never DMed before don't get it and will argue and blame the DM for being unreasonable. The DM here obviously did the worst possible thing though.

The demons are doing WHAT?!

I finally got any use of my Player's handbook to look up the scorcing ray. Yay!

That last one reminds me of my dm who was running ravnica and wouldn't let me play a loxodon rogue without all my stealth being at disadvantage

I really like the new intro!

Me party kills the big bad troll in one hit, oh no now the goblins it was directing are attacking everything including one another with absolute panic and abandon. Re-role initiatives

Well that dm is a jerk mike was cool beans

Pumpkin chocolate chip is the best cookie

Our DM loves it when we do big damage, Hell he even shows us some broken stuff to encourage some weird character builds

Fifteen player game? Holy crap, you can't do much of anything with that many people.

Anytime my players get a lucky roll and SLAUGHTER my enemies I get a little excited ngl... And those let me prepare my actual Big Bosses with countermeasures. But even then...when they win they win and they love it and I love seeing their joy

Intro: I had something like that happen while running some people through the PF2e Beginner Box in an encounter with a giant spider (that’s not spoilers, anyone even vaguely genre-savvy can see it coming a mile off). They burned the webs, for which I had to improvise a reflex save for the spider which it failed, and then one of the PCs (who were custom made and not the pregens in the box) crit it with a shot from their Arquebus. And for those who haven’t read up on PF2e; an arquebus swaps out it’s d8 damage die on a crit for a d12, which is then doubled on the crit, and you then roll ANOTHER d12 of damage. I was laughing about it with them, though, as I narrated the spider essentially ceasing to exist as anything vaguely recognisable as a spider, being reduced to a large splatter of arachnid organs and goo, which I think also covered a couple of the other PCs.

For the third story, why didn't the boyfriend stand up for his girl? If someone made a snide comment like that about my girl in my home, they're taking a budget flight through the wall. 🦞🤜🤡

Sounds like that DM is quite the incel.

The Dumbgeon Monster in the last story sounds more like a 15 yo boy than a neckbeard. I guess that's what happens when you play the game designed for the Lowest Common Denominator; there are just too many bad legacy players and DMs who have no real TTRPG experience.

15 people sounds like 3 groups of four with 3 gms to me. lmao.

oooh, i might yoink the maid-bot helicopter mom idea ;)

now that's an Idea for a curse, in the first story 'Nat 1 on Deception' all the NPCs turn hostile after the party tries and warn them, what if the BBEG had cursed the party so no one will believe them at any mention of BBEG, and all NPC's will become hostile.

I know the feeling of players breezing through some of my encounters. Last session the groups high elf blade dancer one-shoted the fallen paladin I set up as the final boss with some EXTREMLY lucky rolls. A bit dissapointing but it happens and other times I had my players wipe completley in a (supposedly easy) riddle fight combination despite all the hints that had been dropped. P&P do be like this sometimes.

"Do I get angry when my players does alot of damage" One time actualy, we were playing a SW rpg (official no 5e) and 2 of my players told me that if they can have thermal detonadors, I did allow them (it was my first DMing and I was still new with the system) the thing was that those granades did a crap tone of damage (4d10 + 5) most of my plan encounters were one shot until they ran out of them. In the secound sesión I did increase the dificulty and number of enemies. I down several of my players and kill 1 (I honest to god I thought they had more thermal) They were happy that I increase the dificulty still, and I was no shy of killing my players. After that third session the enconters were more balance they fought the BBEG and finish the campaing.

You don't have to make the players feel bad by lowering their AC, damage or speed. You can just give more life to the monster (or a second stage, once they kill them make it turn into a zombie or make him scream for help before dying). Instead of lowering the AC you can give a +7 to the monster's attack. Or make the place big instead of making them slow. You turn it into them killing a very powerful monster instead of a frustrating battle.

89 damage with a 4th level Inflict Wounds is CRAZY- considering that the average damage of 12d10 is 66. Maybe your DM thought you were cheating

I like when my DMs take strong things players do in stride. Had a campaign playing a crit fishing paladin(daring, arent i?), and i would half HP some tough enemies when i crit, when not outright killing them. The DM and party were fine with it because in the grand scheme of things, i didnt do the most damage anyways. In the game im joining this week, i was very open that im going to min max my AC, since im an artificer playing as a tank. The DM is fine with it, so here comes 21 AC at level 2 :D. (For anyone wondering how, 14+2 AC from scale mail and dex, +1 from racial bonus, +2 from shield, for 19 ac at level 1. When i unlock artificer magic augment stuff, i can give my armor and shield both a +1, leading to 21 AC at level 2.)

Loving the new background! I had a question for you Crispy; What was the hardest part of your Dming? I want to Dm but I dont know where to start and Im a bit afraid of making the Monsters to weak or to strong.

@newseager4021

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It takes a while to learn balanced combat encounters. I retroactively adjust stats mid combat, but my players are okay with that.

@ProFrybag

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Best way to learn is just practice. Get your story together or use one of the actual quests. Get a few good friends and while you play take some mental notes on how the party performs. Now remember the adventurers are not meant to know how much health a monster is meant to have so you can always adjust it mid battle. Maybe even go as far as to explain this is you learning how to balance the game. Practice practice practice. I hope you get a game going and best of luck with it!

The demons are dancing like Michael Jackson so they can avoid Constantine.

I think there’s a percentage of players who want a ttrpg but don’t realize they don’t want dnd. If you want disempowered characters, try call of Cthulhu.

Yeah, I'd straight up tell my DM that I was responsible for the backstory NOT them.

I may have RPed with the DM who made all the NPCs hostile. In my case the guy admitted he liked A-hole characters and also was trying to basically railroad. Though he didn't use the word railroad. It basically ended the game as frankly the city he made was so awful even the kids didn't deserve being saved from the evil trying to take over.

Regarding the intro: As a DM i think the scenario is just fun. The player feels great for doing something so powerful, and it will make a fun story how anticlimatically the fight ended. If I am concerned about such things, I will probably add some sort of phase 2 to the fight. An example would be after killing the boss, his ghost would appear and attack, since it refused to enter the afterlife. There are tons of folklore and mythology regarding spirits simply refusing to leave the world after death, so a lot of things can be done here.

Im running a talespire curse of strahd campaign that will roll into a home brew story that will take them to lvl 20. My group currently has 8 people but we handle it very well and combat doesnt take that long.

For the first one in the intro? That's happened to me several times. One was our Druid maxed out damage on a Blight spell and then completely annihilated the young sea serpent they were fighting... The rest is.. Well some rather weird shenanigans involved makeshift molotov cocktails, one PC's blazier, and a blue-feywild version of Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors (One of my favorites imo). My usual go to? Just give it more hp. That's all. Or let them have their moment and just put something chunkier in the way later.

I have a lvl 14 PC Fighter with an Efrieet scimitar do over 200+ damage in a single turn (I ruled the weapon to be two handed since it was forged for large creatures; and between x3 attacks, action surge, Great Weapon Master, and the many d6s of damage: shit happens) I applaud my players when they are efficient against enemies. It just means I'll have to plan better the next time

It would have actually been hilarious if the demon... group hug could have been passed by just taking out a "demon bridge" to walk over them without disturbing them.

Bad GMs are bad.

The demons are doing a what now? I love to listen these videos as I try to cope with my life.

Dark chocolate chip pumpkin cookies are the bomb!

0:35 yes, it does happen. Especially if you think the fight is going to be a big thing. I had this nifty Minotaur Conquest Paladin villain that I had set up and he was going to do a thing while carrying out this ritual to the god of murder, and get to do a speech (which was an important thing for the plot) and he died before his second activation... that hurt. But I got a bit of revenge since they killed him on a crit acid attack and had it where he just gurgled out his speech... so they still don't know if the ritual succeeded (it didn't) or what they were trying to do.

First Time DM here running a campaign on stream (CplLimpDaddy on twitch if you're interested) and as a first-time DM, running my first campaign, taking on a 6-player party is freaking daunting... 14 players? idk how much experience you'd need to handle that. but it doesn't even sound fun, my players fear combat just because it slows down the game.

@Seth9809

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6 players is really really hard, but I have that many players because all 6 are never present.

The maid idea sounded awesome, sad the DM ruined it.

in the last story i hope the OP can use their character concept in another better game because I love the concept