ITT: biggest red flags

Oh hey, there's a counter monkey for that
youtube.com/watch?v=unNSx7ilS4k&t=1192s

>I want to roll a martial artist and be as good as the wizard

>someone goes on tirade mid session about how they hate the system

Hasn't actually happened to me, but I figured it's something no good can come of.

>Not going full monkey pawn
Pic anime, that will teach them

>all the other players play obscure non-human characters

I love kind-hearted, compassionate, social-order concerned characters. It is for this reason that I hate paladins. Also D&D alignments are shit.

>party member won't do their part

Please just try to be helpful instead of either freeloading or actively working against the rest of us.

>player thinks that just because the odds are dire and he gave an inspiring speech he's going to succeed and not die like a faggot

We talking about "The System, man", or the ruleset being used?

I'm trying, I really do.

>annoyed_rei
>is actually Asuka

God fucking damnit this pisses me off so much and I can't pinpoint the why it goes beyond merely being bothered.

> "We just entered the town? I try to pickpocket!"

Because you have autism?

That might be it, given I actually have autism.

>pickpocketing isn't a valid profession in his setting

I hate this. I miss the times when non-human races were heavly associated with a class and everything beyond those archetypes was human.

Veeky Forums, how do I get perfect skin?

But we're in the middle of a job right now and we need to keep a low profile!
Just because there are people around doesn't mean you have to pickpocket.

>DM says "Now remember guys, no politics!"

>Theres blood coming from the other room

/918
Are they or are they just really lonely?

Could be both

Well high-profile pickpocketing is silly in it's own right.

>DM allows politics at the table

>the party includes a skinhead and a non-binary with blue hair

>Hate each other at first but end up being the best of friends over the course of the journey

I guess. Though maybe you could become some sort of prestidigitator or stage magician instead.

>Things that never happen: The post.

You're right.
They wouldn't be just friends by the end of it all.

Chill, /co/

Yeah, nonbinaries always have to come up with some retarded term like "queerplatonic" for friendship.

>t. shipper

>I only enjoy human-only settings

What's the matter user?
Does the thought that you might fall in love with someone with different political views one day intimidate you?

no shit

>falling in love with someone with a mental illness
"No."

>DM forces a non-human setting
>that guy decides that the only way forward is answer the furry question

>theater of the mind for players, while the DM uses a map
>Goblins are attacking you
>Ok, I run towards the goblins and attack him
>Dm counting... 3, 4... No, you dont reach It. The goblin attacks you against
>Wait, I didnt use my Action, can I...
>No, your turno ended

This DM made me hate theater of the mind so hard. He was horrible at it

I used to do this and hate classes, then I grew some taste.
>>theater of the mind for players, while the DM uses a mão
>>Goblins are attacking you
>>Ok, I run towards the goblins and attack him
>>Dm counting... 3, 4... No, you dont reach It. The goblin attacks you against
>>Wait, I didnt use my Action, can I...
>>No, your turno ended
>This DM made me hate theater of the mind so hard. He was horrible at it

Hot shower/bath, good scrub (no soap) and then after drying yourself off cold water to the face and leave to dry naturally.

>DM says that there Will be food
>Its a pig he ran over
>Not even cooked, he just put an Apple in his mouth
His Sense of humor eventualy took some dark and cringe turns

...

The rule set.

I have seen people make it three systems in then try all they can to show how a system is shit.

Healthy people can see a crush as just a crush and not dedicate their lives to that crush.

>the monster/bandit attacks you!
>I'm going to hang back from the group and spend every turn trying to convince it not to attack us
>what? I have +11 to diplomacy. I am not a fighter

Here's your (you)

This is only a bad thing bad if the game has realism.

One kind of good GM is the kind that crafts a good story through guaranteeing the success of his players, but making them feel like it was all them. That's how you keep yourself out of shitty DM threads.

A campaign where the PCs always come out on top is boring. A campaign where the PCs die because people die is better. A campaign where the PCs become heroes and legends by overcoming impossible odds is a campaign that gets recorded in the history greentexts.

Not that high-mortality campaigns can't be just as good, they just eliminate the potential to craft legendary characters and parties unless you have a genius like Wasteland Warrior playing.

>The player insists on separating each second sentence with a line break.

>group member lapses into a tirade about about a cartoon show no one else cares about

That would only happen if it's brought up in a positive light, user.

>"user, before you play with us you need to know that this is a really dark game. Things like genocide and rape might happen ok?"

Hey my DM is a morbidly obese girl and she's one of the most fun(ny) people I know. Though she gets kinda tongue-tied DMing in person (and our mothertongue, instead of English, interestingly enough).

>Please just try to be helpful instead of either freeloading or actively working against the rest of us.

I did have one problem child in the group I was GMing for. She had a tendency to give her characters PTSD at a moment's notice and descend into hysterics or violence. I can't necessarily say that it was completely inappropriate, but I mean, while I encourage role playing, having your character fall the fuck apart kinda inhibits the fantasy adventure thing we're all doing.

On various occasions in the year long campaign, she
>attempted to knife a kindly general store owner cuz the lady was spooky and knew things that she didn't have a reason to know, in order to "see if she bled red"
>as a member of the town guard, pulled her weapon on a townsperson who she felt was making personally dangerous decisions
>had her character cry constantly for 2 sessions when her spooky hag mom(character was a changeling) was hinted at being around, and suspicion was falling on her, almost skipping a boss fight
>skipped a boss fight on principle that she felt it was immoral, fair enough, it involved doing battle with a forest god, though a particularly vicious and malicious one

She wasn't a bad player overall, enough that I'd ask her to leave, she just periodically really complicated situations. I think role play was more important than the game for her, I guess.

Genetics, dilligent washing (not too much though!) of face+hair with nonaggressive shit, scrubs, regular bedding change and a clean soft towel on your pillow erry night, healthy food.

But mostly genetics.

God damn I can't believe that show is over for real this time :'(

This is why I always limit new players (and typically campaigns they're in) to PH only. They only need to read one book and I don't have to worry about finding some fucking retarded splat book that breaks the game for the other characters who are just dual classing from the revised PH.

One of my players decided she was going to exclusively play a swashbuckler/swordmage dual class, and she named every single fucking character Vivian. She had extra stance "spells" that didn't use her SPD but were too complicated in their execution for the basic mana system we had devised, so we had to simplify the system from the splat book she used. The splat book that she refused to email me a PDF of and I couldn't find on my own between classes and managing five other PCs (nobody knew how to spend their XP and skill points and couldn't be trusted to bring their sheets every time anyways) and about 35 recurring NPCs. She played the same fucking character from first level in three separate campaigns until our groupchat had a holocaust of shitty memes and furry porn, which drove us all apart, much to my relief.

All her characters boiled down to "swordswoman that barely speaks but when she does it's nothing but smarm and toothy bullshit."

>roleplaying her character was more important to her than me forcing a story I should have made into a book down her throat

Gee-whiz. At least you're self-critical enough you knew it would have been imprudent to kick her.

You realize that now tumblrites now hate SU and will rant about how SU has betrayed them and been going to shit ever since the Breaking Point and how every episode afterwards refuses to pander to them anymore?

>3.PF
>core only
No, stop, what are you doing

...

>Proceeds to present you with "kooky" characters such as an orange man who smells vaguely of cheese flavored bread bites who can't read
>Have to help the dethroned queen get people to Digimon go to the palace to dethrone the orange usurper
>All party members forced into interracial same sex relationships

Was he called Don Tridos?

New player can't handle the level of information in the entire set and I can barely even get them to read core. I pull monsters and scenarios from other books myself, but as a relatively inexperienced GM and with entirely new players, most of which have never even roleplayed before, I can't be expected to teach someone the mechanics of the game while they run some crazy fucking gestalt made using a fucking ninja and a cancer mage.

I can barely get these faggots to read the core, let alone make their own characters. I'll be assed if I put up with having to deal with a chatic neutral 3/2 Chucklefuck/Serial Rapist.

And don't even get me started on allowing other races.
>Gnoll?
pseudopenis/furry shit
>Kobold?
Loli dragon shit/doesn't understand kobolds
>Orcs/trollkin
"Lol, I roll for rape."

I keep it limited to core classes, core races, and core spells. There's plenty material there for a satisfying, first-level mini-campaign of four to eight sessions to get them used to TTRPGs before we move on to Shadowrun, GURPS, or playtesting unfinished but sensible systems in one-offs.

Because that's what I like to do in my Veeky Forums. I like to play different games and different stuff, but mainly to keep it fun. And splat is not fun for anyone.

Nigger, 3.PF NEEDS splats to actually function with any semblance of balance.

>The kooky character's crimes include eating all the ice cream that was to be given to the people and constructing a wall to keep out the poor innocent refugees of the real BBEG

>DM is Brazilian

Just kidding. He was great. Roxx, if you're listening I miss you already.

>Party members won't allow Jokaero characters in Rogue Trader

I would absolutely prefer this to a Discord where everyone is sitting quietly and not participating at all.

Neat. The guy's filename was a joke by the way.

We only play it for long enough to get a grasp of the rules. Balance isn't usually an issue because we move on to another system at around party level 5-8.

My next starter campaign will be using 5e though, because I agree with most when they say fuck 3.5e. There's an metric fuckton of books with obscure mechanics that fuck with the party vibe and it really does lose balance once you get deeper into it.

When I let newbies play splat, there's always going to be a few who either don't care enough to leave core or are fine with playing core, and they get super outclassed by fuckheads like Vivian, who have four stances and five level one spells at second level.

Like I said, core is fine for a mini-campaign so the players can get a handle for Veeky Forums shit.

Adding Undertale to this. It's a red flag in general ,not just gaming.

I'd have appreciated the joke if he provided actual food after the gag.

>my character doesn't need to sleep, is proficient in perception and has darkvision, so I offer to take all three night watch shifts
>DM: alright, roll perception
>16 + 6
>DM: nothing happens for your first shift, roll for second
>18 + 6
>DM: okay, roll your last one
>5
>DM: *smirks* you fail to notice numerous assassins who had been lying in wait. they all shoot you with heavy crossbows and all hit (hadn't rolled stealth or attacks), roll initiative Literally what was the fucking point

I mean, it's all well and good to role play. But the other 4 players were doing their thing, trying to go on fantasy adventures, and every so often she just wouldn't go on the adventure or do something severely counterproductive for the party. It danced on the edge of "I want attention", at times, and at the end of the day, DnD is a team game where the party should be roughly working together, for all their disagreements. It was problem because it was disruptive and some of the choices were very awkward to deal with.

I resent being accused of making a book, I left player choice at the heart of every main adventure; the approach was generally up to them, and there were generally at least 2 outcomes they might opt for...there were probably 6 endings they might have obtained. But at the end of the day, I did make an adventure that the PCs had excellent reasons to go on, and opting out or cocking things up isn't really great for the group as a whole.

>Describes his character as "aryan"

I'll admit that I've been guilty of this to an extent. As the players walked through the woods, with hints mounting that something was stalking them, eventually it struck during the watch of the least observant character(lowest perception score). My justification was that the skinwalker was scoping them out, and eventually had a good handle on the easiest mark.

Well then it seems you are TOO lenient. You didn't present it as this bad in the first post. Conflict of interest apparently, maybe should have kicked her/told her to shape up after. She does sound like a good roleplayer though, just not one you needed for your game.
Sorry for the accussations, just seems to be a ton of DMs like that around if you judge by posts here.

The thing is the previous characters would have been able to detect the skinwalker, unless the stealth roll each time surpassed the perception check (in which case it wouldn't have mattered when he struck)

They wouldn't be able to detect it if pulled back for the more observant people, and only got within striking range for the ms zero modifiers.

Though you are right, one player did spot the tail briefly, hence the watch being kept and the cautious approach.

What? Why?

Preach

>Steven Universe
>rick and morty

I do not watch cartoons. Therefore, I will not say whether these two in particular are good or bad. But for some reason, their fanbase is just awful.
If someone likes these shows that's a genuine yellow flag. Not enough to kick them out, but enough to make me wary.

Rick and Morty is legit. I can't say for Steven Universe because I've never seen it. Fanbases in general are a bad place.

I absolutely do not want politics at my table, alongside religion discussion and gender-bullshit discussion.
I don't see why anyone would want either of these things at their table.

I hear enough about how [insert political figure here] is the worst/best from facebook shit

Maybe its just cartoons in general that just gather the worst fanbases.

I mean, I've played with star wars fags, trek fags, halofags, tolkien fags, potterfags, actual fags, but be a fan of a cartoon, and suddenly you become a huge idiot.

All fanbases are terrible. Its impossible to like anything without autists sucking all the fun out of things. Television, movies, vidya, literature, it doesn't matter.

>High INT, High WIS character gets played as lolsorandom

Oh, it could definitely work.

How stupid a level 20 fighter can hit things better. A level 20 wizard can bend reality