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dndgamergirl · 4 years

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Dungeon Master Xmas Rant

Just when I thought the holidays could not get any worse they did today. as many of you guys know I run a Dungeons & Dragons Discord with my friends. We've rarely take new people into the group because of the fact that we would like to get to know the person before we allow them to play a game. We also have what we call the trial period. This is when a player who is new and it's not certain they want to join our group comes in and sits in on game for a couple of weeks. This allows the player to do a lot of things that most would never think to give a player who is new to D&D a chance to do. One of the things that we use it is to be able to allow a player who is new to our group an insight into the world they get to learn the characters and the world itself as well as the rules that the world abides by. Being the fact of most of my worlds are Homebrew this means that the players also get the idea of which rules from the books we use as well as some of the house rules. Now this is to say that we do have some major standards this means that a lot of our games that are adult oriented do have an age limit. At which you are allowed to participate in. This means that some games are strictly for those who are 21 years of age and up or even to the point of, ‘all right will allow the eight-year-old to come in and play but after this point know that the next game they might not be able to because that's when we have to go to the section that is way above their age level.’ So why am I telling you this? I'm telling you guys this because we just had another issue with a player. On second thought no we didn't have a issue we had a lot of issues. For me as a dungeon master I have to control the world that the players are running around in. This means I have to go over everyone's character sheet and background I also have to go over there backstory. When a player is having trouble with their back story I usually go ahead and help him figure out exactly where they need to fill in the places. I also help them figure out what they don't need their back story because it could cause trouble with the world schematics or even break the campaign because you're basically making a character that is too overpowered. Example of this can be found in a different rant that may or may not have already been published already. But on to the issues that we had with this player. Issue number one was the fact that whenever we got into the game the player was always very standoffish with their character. As a dungeon master I enjoy a little bit of angst and it's always fun to see kind of the bad boy character or the Emo character but then there's a point of taking it to the degree of your really just making it hard for anyone to interact with your character and move the story along. An example of this can be found in one game that a lot of my players are having a lot of fun with. The world that I have them running in is a mix of Supernatural meets American Pie meets Animal House mixed in with a little bit of Scooby-Doo. It's all based in the 1970s world that is just coming off of the hippie era and slowly going into the disco scene. The players all play college kids that are in a fraternity and are basically trying to stop one of the greatest on speakable evils known to mankind. They do have a little bit of leeway with the fact of the person who is basically the head guy to talk to you with campus security is their sponsor for their frat house and at the same time they also have the added advantage of certain characters are still running around that can help them. One of which is an NPC that I placed in that is kind of the Minotaur version of Tommy Chong from Cheech and Chong. And at the same time just for the heck of it I threw in a version of Jay and Silent Bob where Jay is a satyr Warlock and Silent Bob is a dwarf Paladin. I usually try to put in a lot of Pop Culture references and it makes everybody laugh a lot. Well this player decided that they wanted to go ahead and mess things up. And when I mean mess things up I mean unfortunately this player did some very ridiculous things. He wanted to be a werecat but they also wanted to be a Druid now whenever were talking about certain things I usually go ahead and I'm pretty lenient with my players. I gave them the ability to understandably turn into a half-and-half form of an animal as well as the ability to turn into the Natural Animal itself but they would not be able to talk much like wild shape for a druid. Only it would work longer and it would only work on the type of where creature they were. Being a generous DM I gave them this thinking that they wouldn't abused it as much as they did. And when I mean abused I mean they abused it. The character was constantly in the form of a cat not even a big cat a house cat. It got very annoying and unfortunately it got to the point where the player itself didn't want to go ahead and interact with anybody other than the fact of well this conversation.

Dm: “Okay wait they were here?”

Player: “Yeah you didn't notice.”

Dm: “No you didnt say you followed.”

Player: “Um yeah i did i was there the whole time.”

Dm: “Where then where in the room?”

They made it to where I unfortunately as a dungeon master I could never tell when the cat was in the room and it started to get very annoying to where I told them they had to make it known that they were there. At the same time they were also not happy unless all the spotlight was on them for certain s***. Whenever characters started to do any form of romance with a different character a NPC or even another player character they would kind of get uppity and try to get the attention all on them again. This was getting annoying and unfortunately I was unable to have a lot of contact with them because they were constantly working. The last game we had was the day before Christmas Eve and I asked him if they were coming to game and they said no I'm not feeling well. Being the kind of person that I am I left it at that and I decided that I would be talking to them about the issues that we were having another day. Not just for my end but from the players and as well because the players were getting upset that the character did not really try to help the group whenever things would happen. The character was always centered on themselves they didn't do anything to help any of the other players whenever a battle came they only protected who themselves. And in this game unfortunately the one that I'm running you have to protect not only yourself but you also have to watch out for your friend who's standing right next to you a lot more than yourself. Because once that line is broken that's it game over the party will be at a major risk of a total party kill. So what do I do Christmas Eve was the next day and I decided that I would go ahead and wait until Friday. Since Christmas this year falls on Wednesday, I figured that it would be all right to go ahead and give him 3 days before I called them since I would be working with my service dog on Thursday. On Friday I had planned to call them and that was that or so I thought. Christmas comes and I go to my family's house I'm normally not one to deal with one side of my family and they usually make me pretty uncomfortable. So I was already in a kind of mood and all I was thinking was present time is almost here and after we have presents we pick up the food and then we all go home. This means I only have 1 hour and 45 minutes left of Christmas. That is when I get a contact on my Discord server. Only it's not the main server its individual message. I had time so I decided to go ahead and take a look I figured it was one of my friends on Discord sending me a Merry Christmas card or picture. However it wasn't it was the problem player who told me that they were going to leave the game. They told me that the reason they were going to be leaving the game was because they weren't having as much fun as they had in the beginning. A lot of my games do have a good bit of combat but I also balance at all with a good bit of dialogue and at the same time I also tried to balance it off with a bit of puzzle work that the players have to do. This player was more of a combat player and at the same time was also the kind of person that if there wasn't any combat going on every 10 seconds they would basically get bored. For a D&D game to work you have to have a complete balanced and at the same time you have to rotate the importance of each player in an entire rotation. One session segment might be about one player and then the next one another player so you have to take it all in turn it's a complete Carousel Ride. As soon as one player has had the spotlight on them for long enough you then have to move to the other players in the queue. The bad part is that this hit at a point where I was not in a good mood and at the same time it only made it worse. For me Christmas has always been a time where I have really bad seasonal depression and at the same time where I don't feel like I belong. So upon me getting this notification and i was at christmas you know i wa not happy. And the bad part is that broke the goliths back. For the week before this i found out the player had also during the week expressed his issues to the players stating that he didn't want to talk to me about it because he felt like I wouldn't listen to him. When all the players know that I do listen to them and that I encouraged them constantly to come to me if they ever have any questions or any concerns. So I did the only thing I could which was go ahead and allow him to know that okay fine you can leave thanks for letting me know. But also a tip for other Gamers out there as well as this one if you're going to go ahead and say you're leaving a game or leaving a table. Maybe you shouldn't do that on a holiday because you don't know what that person is going through Master might have a bad connection with a certain holiday not just Christmas but possibly Easter or some other holiday. Maybe it holds bad memories for them and they're trying to not have bad memories happen on that day. Today I was trying to make a few good memories with my family but unfortunately this message made it to where I couldn't have that it completely ruined my day. And unfortunately I had a really bad time a Christmas this year. When I expected to get a merry Christmas I got a sorry but your game is too boring and I'm going to disrupt what little bit of happiness you're trying to have just to make you feel like dirt. As such the gamer has now been removed from our server and now we're looking for somebody to replace him. It's also gotten me to the point where I'm now debating going ahead and making an entire panel for an up-and-coming convention that I'm going to about dungeon master rants things that make the dungeon master story keeper and Storyteller angry. Maybe this will be a good platform for other dungeon Master's to come forward about their own issues that they've had with their groups or players and possibly allow other dungeon Master's to give them an idea as to how to handle this. Problem players are always an issue and unfortunately it can be even more of an issue when they decide to go ahead and ruin your holidays.

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buddaheadcannonsonice · 7 years

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Rika’s back and MC gets left P. 3

Rika is back and MC gets sick at the same time she feels abandoned. Part 1 (x) | Part 2 (x) | Part 3 (x) | Part 4 (x) | Part 5 (x)

Initially you don’t trust Unknown he did lure you to an apartment that put you in harms way

But because of Unknown you met some of the best people before they felt like you werent good enough for them

At first you didn't think his idea would work

But the first “trial” made you feel like dying would not only be heaven, it would feel like you were on cloud 9 even if you ended up in hell

Plus, Unknown really took to Paco and both got along

After a few visits turned into a few weeks, you no longer had hope that you would ever attend another rfa event with everyone

You didn't pay attention to how close you were to tasting the last lingering lifeline you had

All you cared about was that Paco was taken good care of

And that you were not feeling anything anymore

Whatever Unknown has been giving you, you wanted more...

-- Jumin --

Jumin was not stupid

Emotions were all that clouded what was happening

He knew that everyone tended to be more sentimental than rational and that he may be seen as heartless and cold

But he was not stupid

At first Jumin didn't find it off that Rika wasn't the slightest concerned with MC bc maybe they have been talking in private

But after Jahee brought it up to him that she was concerned, he had to verify

He checked on the CCTV that showed MC’S apartment hallway when he showed her the building he didn't tell her it was owned by him and that's why it was cheaper for her and convenient for him to look after her which he hasn't since Rika came back

He didn't notice anything odd

It just looked like MC was a creature of habit; every day taking her dog out walking early and in the afternoon, leaving daily for work, and most of all

MC looked healthy

But something didn't feel right

Jumin has entered the chatroom. Jumin: MC When you see this, please call me. Rika has entered the chatroom. Rika: Is something the matter? Jumin: No, I just needed to ask MC for her opinion on something. Rika: Well, since I now handle emails and the party, why don't you ask me? ^^ Jumin: It's for something else, I'm sorry Rika. Rika: Oh. I see. Well, hopefully MC logs in soon! I haven't heard from them in a while. Jumin: I thought you said you talked to her recently when Assistant Kang interrupted us during lunch? Rika: Oh yes! I did, I forgot. Sorry~!;; Jumin: I see. I must go now. Enjoy the rest of your day Rika. Rika: Thank you, you too! ^^ Jumin has left the chatroom.

Jumin wasn't convinced anymore

He would have to ask Seven to look into this when he came back from wherever he went

For now he'd have to do this alone

Jumin left the office, telling Assistant Kang to reschedule the days meetings for another day

He had Driver Kim take him to the apartment building MC was living in

He walked past the bellhop boy and made his way to MC’s door: 606

He knocked repeatedly with no response

Was she at work? No, too early… Did she take that animal for a walk?

He got tired of waiting and went to see the building manager and requested for the room access code to 606

But sir; no one lives there anymore. I thought you knew? -What do you mean no one lives there? Where is MC? Please, calm down sir. We only did what was said -What was said? By whom? By you. You were the one who requested that it be vacated as soon as possible. The previous owner left about a month ago...

Had it really been that long since MC last spoke to any of us? Why didn't I notice?

Jumin panicked; if MC wasnt there, where was she?

-- Unknown --

Unknown was only doing what he was told to do

He didn't harbor any resentment towards MC, well not anymore

Maybe it was watching someone so sick slowly deteriorate that Unknown became more sympathetic towards her

Or maybe it was the dog

His Savior told him that by getting rid of MC, everything else would fall into place

Since he was sure the Savior would let MC go to Paradise first, he didn't feel all too guilty

So of course, Unknown did it all for Paradise

-- 707 --

707 has entered the chatroom. Rika: Hello Seven, how was your trip? ^^ 707: I didn't even get to go and play in the ocean. Vanderwood had me on a tight leash ;; Rika: At least she's looking out for you! You should really listen to her~ 707: ...but I wanted to swim until I couldn't! There's no water in space. Well, not a lot like the ocean. Ah, Vanderwood caught me slacking off. Rika: Focus on your work Seven, but also relax every once in awhile ^^ 707: 707 will take your words into consideration.. MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER VACATION LOLOL! byyyyeee 707 has left the chatroom.

It felt strange and lonely without MC

Seven didn't know if he should consult V and Rika with what Jumin told him

He should though because V was supposed to be the one person he could count on

But when Jumin asked for no one to know about this, not even V or Rika, he became concerned

What if MC really is in danger? But Rika said she was fine… unless she lied…

Seven got the videos from the apartment building and found that the videos had been tampered

He went back to when the tampering began taking him back to 2 months ago

Had I been gone that long trying to get into Russia?

The last two videos that didn't look tampered with happened to be the video of MC going for a run

After that all later videos were edited

Looking at the time stamp Seven tried to find the GPS history of her phone

But she left it in the apartment

Seven looked through the GPS history and only one time did something not follow her normal schedule

She went to the hospital a day after the video of MC going for a run

Did she get hurt?

Seven tried to see if there was any way to see where MC was

But she was gone.

her phone was gone, the GPS wasn't there; MC was no longer in the technological world where Seven could find her

Dammit!

Seven looked at the robot cat he worked on for MC

“Master doesn't seem happy meow~ why aren't you happy? Master is scared~”

-- Unknown --

It was almost too easy for MC to disappear

The doctor she saw was a member of Mystic Eye

on orders by the Savior, he gave his files and anything with MC to Unknown who would be sure to destroy all traces of her

Unknown cleared his computer files that belonged to MC and all records of her visiting this hospital

Unknown cleared all videos of the doctor going into stores to buy things for MC and Paco

But looking at how MC still smiled at Unknown despite his intentions, his heart swelled

Don't look at me like that!

“Is something the matter Unknown?”

No; he couldn't get mad at her

towards the RFA he could

They were to blame for her getting so sick

they left her alone, tossing her to the side as if she were a used toy that everyone got bored of

they didnt even seem to care that she had been missing for over a month now

they dont deserve her

they never did

Call me Saeran, we should be on first name bases now

“If you say so Saeran” MC smiled, then coughed, leaning over the side of the bed to dry heave into the bucket Saeran left for her

Paco whimpered, expressing what Saeran felt

-- 707 --

When he looked into the computer files of the hospital MC was at, he didn't find anything

He even looked for people that would fit MC’S description and still, nada

Seven second guessed himself, maybe MC didn't go to the hospital but probably took someone?

He almost gave up until he found a backdoor that had one message:

She's terminally ill. You all should have looked after her better. -Unknown

-- Jumin --

Jumin felt guilty, shame, and resentment

Guilty that they pushed MC away when she probably needed them the most

Shame that he promised he'd look after her breaking the promise when Rika came back

Resentment that MC didn't try harder to get help

Jumin knew he had to tell the other RFA members

But because how much it revolves around Rika's return, he didn't want her to feel at fault …

Maybe she had something to do with this? Don't be impossible, it's Rika were talking about She did fake her death though and had us mourning It was all for RFA’s safety! From what?

Jumin needed wine no something stronger than wine

He was doing what he hated and that was letting his feelings cloud his judgment

-- 707 --

Seven knew

He knew MC was still alive with Unknown, he didn't however know was that she was seriously sick like almost seconds away from forever ceasing to exist

Not until he traced the IP address from that message

He hacked into the security cameras in the building where MC was and his heart broke

There

lying in a bed with a dog, was a thin and sick MC

her face hollow and her body weak and feeble

But she still smiled

She was petting her dog and smiling towards the person who had their back to the camera

If that's Unknown, why is she smiling at him?

Oh no

Seven looked in horror as MC doubled over, coughing what looked like blood into a bucket while Unknown rubbed her back as if he was supporting her

What did we do to you MC? What did I do to you?

Seven closed his eyes, conjuring the last time he spoke with MC and hearing her smile through the phone as they talked about the moon and space

What did we do to you?

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