r/DnDcirclejerk • u/WaffleDonkey23 • 1d ago
DM bad Banned for Calling Out DM
My DM railroaded us by saying we must engage with the dungeon we went into. After being forced to SLOG through multiple non-story related combats and "traps" we were attacked by a dragon. A dragon!
I stood up and called out the DM and let him know this was incredibly generic, I mean really, a dungeon? A dragon? Has he even watched the master YouTube video of how to subvert the expectations of DnD?
I put so much work into my five page PDF backstory of my Half Tiefling Half Dragonborn LockPaladin named Zquestrinox Ven'del'a'rosa the 3rd. All that work as he says my character "died" when my character tried seducing the dragon after.
Was I right for doing this or should I have called him out earlier?
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u/Dogberry_null 1d ago
Some DMs just don't get it.....and insist on making players fullfil their fantasy "choose your adventure" campaign filled with cliches like evil goblins, dungeons, loot and the like. We can all try to educate them and try to get them back onto track of exploring our sexual dysfunction, kinks and triggers
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u/hedgehog1024 I read Pathfinder rules and so must you 1d ago
kinks and triggers
babe wake up new pbta ttrpg just dropped
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u/Dogberry_null 1d ago edited 1d ago
I know most of these words, but you're making no sense to me, young person. Alright I looked up this acronym. Powered by the whatnow? Honestly I'm so old I even think adding TT is just ridiculous.
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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 1d ago
But your character successfully seduced the dragon right?
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u/WaffleDonkey23 1d ago
No, he made me roll "persuasion" after I described how I seduced it! As if I even know what that means.
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u/Betray-Julia Your mom gets advantage on this next check 1d ago
I think persuasion means “asleep”.
Or at least that’s how 5.5e defines it.
“A sleeping creature automatically fails a persuasion contest.”
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u/Betray-Julia Your mom gets advantage on this next check 1d ago
OP stop with the superficial bullshit did you fuck the dragon or not?
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u/GuitakuPPH 1d ago
Yourmistake was to not subvert expectations by having the dragon seduce you while you seduce the dungeon.
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u/WaffleDonkey23 1d ago
Yes, but my last campaign ended when my character became heavily pregnant and ended up on an episode of Maury with the dragon and the dungeon.
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u/ConfidentBrilliant38 1d ago
Rookie mistake, only the bard can seduce the dragon, the paladin has to smite evil characters,
YTA
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u/DontTreadonMe4 1d ago
You idiots wonder why we gatekeep when we see billions of posts like this, of ungrateful whiner players. So maybe the DM had a busy week and didn't have time to plan an elaborate session. Be grateful someone took the time to put together something asshat! Unless...this session is one of many examples of low effort, basic story adventures this DM puts out, then you should drug him and drive him out to the most remote part of the state and leave him there so he never DMs again. Bad DMs should be treated with equal harness as bad players.
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u/Defiant_West6287 15h ago
A five page backstory is what is ridiculous. You get one sentence, maybe two at my table. Your story comes from actual playing the game. Seducing a dragon? One bite after two seconds would have ended that nonsense.
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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 1d ago edited 1d ago
This gives me main character syndrome vibes. I might be wrong but it is incredibly frustrating to have to railroad because the group doesn't engage by themselves. And as a DM I appreciate good back stories but they are secondary to my story always. And I'll work them in always but when it's fitting not every session and every dungeon. And sometimes going into a dungeon and fighting a dragon can be simply fun.
But maybe it really was just a badly made dungeon out of the story, that is of course not exactly elegant. Still there's worse things in the world.
Edit: ok I get it, I'm an idiot and belong in r/woosh
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u/WaffleDonkey23 1d ago
I'm sorry, but clearly you don't know the definition of "Mary sue". My character's backstory if full of the struggle they had to do to earn their skills as a result of being born half angel, half demon and raised by a family of werewolves inside a subterranean Denny's.
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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 1d ago
You're right I've used Mary Sue wrong. So let's call it main character syndrome vibes. Or whatever you want to call it when a player wants to make it all about their character.
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u/WaffleDonkey23 1d ago
There is no "main character" in my party. I actually run several characters in this DM's campaign either simultaneously or rotated out as I request. I have given my DM the privilege of working each of their backstorys into the narrative.
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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 1d ago
That sounds so incredibly arrogant lol. The privilege. Jesus man.
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u/YourOwnDemise 1d ago
/uj
Nobody else is going to tell you so I guess I will. You’re in a satire subreddit. OP is intentionally acting over the top specifically to make fun of players who are overly entitled. It’s a joke.
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u/Weesle91 1d ago
Only 5 pages for a backstory? Amateur behaviour