We had this GM for a while but after the campaign was going well for a while she started railroading us super hard, because we wanted to explore more around the world, instead of going straight for the 8 session slogfest dungeons she made. this is the worst of it.
>playing princes of the apocalypse >go to earth cult first and whoop their asses >we get the gloves that let us dig through stone >idea.jpg >carve around the magic door and head off to the fire cult >"we wish to make a deal, help us take out the earth cult and we will help you with the water cult" >fire cult agrees and we attack the earth cult, get into the fight with Marlos >fire cult does shit all until they bring out their orb of destruction >set it off and leave us for dead after "fighting bravely around you" >stone walls melt around us, we have 3 turns to leg it or we're fucked >we GTFO, 1 character is dead, another is stone >massive crater where the earth cult used to be >fast forward a few sessions >we hear about a stolen orb of destruction, from the fire cult >we go to steel that shit and hide it away >end up getting trapped in a temple to Lolth >to get out I have to single combat my way out of the temple >now a level 7 bard so cheese the fight with greater invis >win the fight but forced to become a servant of Lolth >don't care, got the orb.
1/2
Joshua Barnes
>set off to assault the water cult >steal a ship >cleric casts control water underneath the ship, sending it over the chain of the castle as we set off the orb and leg it >swim off to shore >"15 minutes later you see a small explosion come from the castle" >we sneak around the other side of the castle and get ready to attack. >push through, no damage on this side, tons of guards, way more than beds >get into several fights as go around to look at the destruction >"the walls have a light coating of soot and one of the boats has been destroyed" >WhatTheFuck.png >no casualties whatsoever, get into a 2 session (5 hours a session) for A SINGLE COMBAT
we eventually got through that slog of a fight, I got super pissed that all of that planning, effort and my character getting turned into a spider worshiping dumbass (I was playing a half-orc bard), was all worth nothing. I didnt end up coming back after all that shit, had to move away not long after so it didn't matter too much.
Grayson Gutierrez
>angst filled anime backstory What kind of anime? OPM, Bleach, Cowboy Bebop, Overlord, Stein's Gate, Haruhi, HxH or perhaps maybe Berserk?
Mason Hernandez
You did good, anti-bullying ranger user.
Samuel Bell
Only one of his kind, dark and mysterious past, evils of the world and monster within cliche.
Adrian Moore
>user stops bullying at his table
good work
Isaac Cook
You know exactly what kind.
Dylan Gray
I have absolutely no idea what that story was about or how it was in any way relevant.
Joseph Jones
Basically, they were planning on assaulting a castle, and did a whole sidequest to get a big bomb, and when they blew up the bomb, it did nothing except alert all the enemies that they're under attack and destroy one of their own ships.
Why would a GM put you through an entire sidequest and have it amount to affecting nothing?
