From a stream: Shanghai a no-name character meant to be disabled and searched for keys to become the most important part of the plan to take the BBEG by surprise and demand a fully-fleshed backstory for the no-name character.
(Christopher Englebert, XVII - name picked by 4 players when making fun of the DM for not having a name for the character, but the DM got revenge by including a backstory that involved the Bard's greatest, unintended, and very recent travesty. Further probing into the NPC's backstory immediately ceased and the quest continued with a new, under-duress party member.)
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
As a DM, it's always useful to have a second continent planned
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
Funny, when players have tried doing that to me, I simply used page 291 of the Monster Manual. Just keep chucking those out until they get bored, then tell them they're not getting any experience.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Funny, when players have tried doing that to me, I simply used page 291 of the Monster Manual. Just keep chucking those out until they get bored, then tell them they're not getting any experience.
What chapter is 291? DDB doesn't have page numbers.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
As a DM, it's always useful to have a second continent planned
*DM pulls out folder for the other campaign they work on when they can't focus on the current campaign*
Funny, when players have tried doing that to me, I simply used page 291 of the Monster Manual. Just keep chucking those out until they get bored, then tell them they're not getting any experience.
What chapter is 291? DDB doesn't have page numbers.
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
As a DM, it's always useful to have a second continent planned
Dm: “you sail off. Roll a new character”
*dice rolling sounds* dm: (depending on rolls) eaten by cannibals, didn’t know enough sailing to one man crew the bot and drowned as a result, stormy weather and drowned despite being a sailor, eaten by kraken. Didn’t prepare adequate supplies and died of scurvy, turned around and came back and was branded a coward and a failure and now is a town drunk somewhere, etc etc.
BTW, that session it's in a DELAYED status, because of me.... and the cv-19.
I am pretty confused by your posts. Are you actually proud that you actively ruined several hours of prep work from your DM *and* ruined a nice evening with your friends? Or is that just sarcasm?
BTW, that session it's in a DELAYED status, because of me.... and the cv-19.
I am pretty confused by your posts. Are you actually proud that you actively ruined several hours of prep work from your DM *and* ruined a nice evening with your friends? Or is that just sarcasm?
Some of you people need to remember that D&D is a GAME. Games are often the domain of children, it has only been fairly recently that a larger and larger population of age groups and genders have become interested in video games and RPGs. Not everyone on here is a working class, college educated adult.
Some people want to do ridiculous things in their games and if that's how they get their kicks as a group, more power to them. When I first started playing, the most common thing to derail the DM's story was player vs player combat/deaths.
BTW, that session it's in a DELAYED status, because of me.... and the cv-19.
I am pretty confused by your posts. Are you actually proud that you actively ruined several hours of prep work from your DM *and* ruined a nice evening with your friends? Or is that just sarcasm?
Some of you people need to remember that D&D is a GAME. Games are often the domain of children, it has only been fairly recently that a larger and larger population of age groups and genders have become interested in video games and RPGs. Not everyone on here is a working class, college educated adult.
Some people want to do ridiculous things in their games and if that's how they get their kicks as a group, more power to them.
D&D is a social game, though. You're playing with other people, and it's always been marketed to adults, not kids. If you can't figure out how to have fun without intentionally wrecking the fun of the other people playing with you, D&D is probably not the correct game for you.
Are you familiar with the adage about playing chess with a pigeon?
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
BTW, that session it's in a DELAYED status, because of me.... and the cv-19.
I am pretty confused by your posts. Are you actually proud that you actively ruined several hours of prep work from your DM *and* ruined a nice evening with your friends? Or is that just sarcasm?
Some of you people need to remember that D&D is a GAME. Games are often the domain of children, it has only been fairly recently that a larger and larger population of age groups and genders have become interested in video games and RPGs. Not everyone on here is a working class, college educated adult.
Some people want to do ridiculous things in their games and if that's how they get their kicks as a group, more power to them.
D&D is a social game, though. You're playing with other people, and it's always been marketed to adults, not kids. If you can't figure out how to have fun without intentionally wrecking the fun of the other people playing with you, D&D is probably not the correct game for you.
Are you familiar with the adage about playing chess with a pigeon?
I'm not disagreeing with you. Please take the time to read my ending sentence.
Did you miss the person bragging about crashing the GM's plans in the post you quoted? It was pretty obvious that they were not doing this "as a group."
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Did you miss the person bragging about crashing the GM's plans in the post you quoted? It was pretty obvious that they were not doing this "as a group."
I guess you were never young once and did annoying, childish things to your best friends? Maybe, because you take things so seriously, you never had friends. I'm sorry if that was the case!
I'm just joking around.
The point being, why do you feel your self-righteous outrage to this particular situation is so justifiable? You really don't know how the posters group was affected, don't make assumptions for the worst. Maybe the DM just said: "You really got me there!" and laughed it off. Maybe the situation never even happened and the poster is just bragging to us for kicks.
Did you miss the person bragging about crashing the GM's plans in the post you quoted? It was pretty obvious that they were not doing this "as a group."
I guess you were never young once and did annoying, childish things to your best friends? Maybe, because you take things so seriously, you never had friends. I'm sorry if that was the case!
I'm just joking around.
The point being, why do you feel your self-righteous outrage to this particular situation is so justifiable? You really don't know how the posters group was affected, don't make assumptions for the worst. Maybe the DM just said: "You really got me there!" and laughed it off. Maybe the situation never even happened and the poster is just bragging to us for kicks.
There is no self-righteous outrage here, just a question to understand what happened and whether they are sarcastic or serious.
I'm looking at this as a DM who spends on average eight hours of prep time per session, to draw maps, images, evaluate and buy suitable background music, craft papercraft and -minis and inventing NPC behaviors and voices.
Usually I prepare for most things the players could do, sometimes they do something unexpected and that's ok as well. But if one of them actively tried to devalue the work I poured in? I'd be pretty mad about that.
You are right: I do not know the situation or the DM's reaction. That is why I'm asking. If the point actually was to destroy the DM's work and the other player's fun, that is not "childish", it's selfish, ignorant and the kind of behavior that tends to end not only D&D sessions but also friendships if applied often enough.
Just imagine you spent a few hours making a really nice birthday cake for your child and one of their friends walks in and throws the cake against the wall. I hope that at the very least you'd try to explain that child why this was *not nice to do* and not just shrug it of as "childish behavior".
That example is over-the-top of course, but I know a lot of *adult* players who try to work against their DM and have no clue at all how much time and effort the DM spent on that evening.
If everyone had fun it's fine, but "the session is in a DELAYED state because of me" sounds more like the DM thinking "Ah, well, not worth the trouble let's move on to something else".
I personally think it's more likely a matter of someone semi-trolling the forums to get hit's. Now we have wasted several posts addressing his possibly fictitious "DELAYED state because of me" scenario, and he gets the spotlight. Or, you could just say: "That wouldn't be fun for me as a player or a DM" and move on. You say your piece, there is no obligation to follow up and try to be a surrogate parent. Hopefully, if enough people just say, "That's not cool" it will sink in.
I would also point out, you should read a few other posts from that user acct and you will see why I don't give it too much credibility or attention.
From a stream: Shanghai a no-name character meant to be disabled and searched for keys to become the most important part of the plan to take the BBEG by surprise and demand a fully-fleshed backstory for the no-name character.
(Christopher Englebert, XVII - name picked by 4 players when making fun of the DM for not having a name for the character, but the DM got revenge by including a backstory that involved the Bard's greatest, unintended, and very recent travesty. Further probing into the NPC's backstory immediately ceased and the quest continued with a new, under-duress party member.)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Ah yes, nothing trips up a DM more than meeting a shopkeep and saying, "Hi, I'm _____, what's your name?"
Watch Crits for Breakfast, an adults-only RP-Heavy Roll20 Livestream at twitch.tv/afterdisbooty
And now you too can play with the amazing art and assets we use in Roll20 for our campaign at Hazel's Emporium
From experience: end one session stating the island to the south looks interesting and you'd like to visit it.
Begin the next session with "I think there was some business left up north" and walk off in that direction. :D
Arrive to a city which have a harbour and docks. Then "" rent a boat "", and tell the DM this: --> Today my char have the stubborn-ish idea on his head to discover New lands.........
Guess how my DM felt when he realised he hadn't prepare anything about it....... AND HE HAD TO END THE SESSION, BECAUSE OF ME.
My Ready-to-rock&roll chars:
Dertinus Tristany // Amilcar Barca // Vicenç Sacrarius // Oriol Deulofeu // Grovtuk
As a DM, it's always useful to have a second continent planned
Funny, when players have tried doing that to me, I simply used page 291 of the Monster Manual. Just keep chucking those out until they get bored, then tell them they're not getting any experience.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
What chapter is 291? DDB doesn't have page numbers.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
*DM pulls out folder for the other campaign they work on when they can't focus on the current campaign*
Watch Crits for Breakfast, an adults-only RP-Heavy Roll20 Livestream at twitch.tv/afterdisbooty
And now you too can play with the amazing art and assets we use in Roll20 for our campaign at Hazel's Emporium
The monster on 291 is a Troll.
A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots.
My Improved Lineage System
Dm: “you sail off. Roll a new character”
*dice rolling sounds*
dm: (depending on rolls) eaten by cannibals, didn’t know enough sailing to one man crew the bot and drowned as a result, stormy weather and drowned despite being a sailor, eaten by kraken. Didn’t prepare adequate supplies and died of scurvy, turned around and came back and was branded a coward and a failure and now is a town drunk somewhere, etc etc.
Watch me on twitch
BTW, that session it's in a DELAYED status, because of me.... and the cv-19.
My Ready-to-rock&roll chars:
Dertinus Tristany // Amilcar Barca // Vicenç Sacrarius // Oriol Deulofeu // Grovtuk
I am pretty confused by your posts. Are you actually proud that you actively ruined several hours of prep work from your DM *and* ruined a nice evening with your friends? Or is that just sarcasm?
Some of you people need to remember that D&D is a GAME. Games are often the domain of children, it has only been fairly recently that a larger and larger population of age groups and genders have become interested in video games and RPGs. Not everyone on here is a working class, college educated adult.
Some people want to do ridiculous things in their games and if that's how they get their kicks as a group, more power to them. When I first started playing, the most common thing to derail the DM's story was player vs player combat/deaths.
D&D is a social game, though. You're playing with other people, and it's always been marketed to adults, not kids. If you can't figure out how to have fun without intentionally wrecking the fun of the other people playing with you, D&D is probably not the correct game for you.
Are you familiar with the adage about playing chess with a pigeon?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
This is simple, and it also answers the question brilliantly
I'm not disagreeing with you. Please take the time to read my ending sentence.
Did you miss the person bragging about crashing the GM's plans in the post you quoted? It was pretty obvious that they were not doing this "as a group."
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I guess you were never young once and did annoying, childish things to your best friends? Maybe, because you take things so seriously, you never had friends. I'm sorry if that was the case!
I'm just joking around.
The point being, why do you feel your self-righteous outrage to this particular situation is so justifiable? You really don't know how the posters group was affected, don't make assumptions for the worst. Maybe the DM just said: "You really got me there!" and laughed it off. Maybe the situation never even happened and the poster is just bragging to us for kicks.
There is no self-righteous outrage here, just a question to understand what happened and whether they are sarcastic or serious.
I'm looking at this as a DM who spends on average eight hours of prep time per session, to draw maps, images, evaluate and buy suitable background music, craft papercraft and -minis and inventing NPC behaviors and voices.
Usually I prepare for most things the players could do, sometimes they do something unexpected and that's ok as well. But if one of them actively tried to devalue the work I poured in? I'd be pretty mad about that.
You are right: I do not know the situation or the DM's reaction. That is why I'm asking. If the point actually was to destroy the DM's work and the other player's fun, that is not "childish", it's selfish, ignorant and the kind of behavior that tends to end not only D&D sessions but also friendships if applied often enough.
Just imagine you spent a few hours making a really nice birthday cake for your child and one of their friends walks in and throws the cake against the wall. I hope that at the very least you'd try to explain that child why this was *not nice to do* and not just shrug it of as "childish behavior".
That example is over-the-top of course, but I know a lot of *adult* players who try to work against their DM and have no clue at all how much time and effort the DM spent on that evening.
If everyone had fun it's fine, but "the session is in a DELAYED state because of me" sounds more like the DM thinking "Ah, well, not worth the trouble let's move on to something else".
I personally think it's more likely a matter of someone semi-trolling the forums to get hit's. Now we have wasted several posts addressing his possibly fictitious "DELAYED state because of me" scenario, and he gets the spotlight. Or, you could just say: "That wouldn't be fun for me as a player or a DM" and move on. You say your piece, there is no obligation to follow up and try to be a surrogate parent. Hopefully, if enough people just say, "That's not cool" it will sink in.
I would also point out, you should read a few other posts from that user acct and you will see why I don't give it too much credibility or attention.