Obviously it is. You focusing on anything that isn’t directly related to how straight you are, hella gay (IDK, I’m assuming that’s the thought process of these idiots).
idk man, the bible seems to think magic is something witches do so probably best to stay away from any character that uses magic. a real manly male man can only be a fighter or a rogue /s
worst part of being asexual is random people sexually harassing you after you make it clear you want nothing to do with sexual stuff and then everyone else blames you behind your back about how you wanted it. even tho in reality you were unable to perceive what they were doing was sexual towards you. i said no on multiple occasions to the people who sexual harass me before and I will just leave outright if I get ignored after making it clear I'm uncomfy
@@bigjok3929 i had a used to be friend who i'd hang out with online and i'd talk about my love for culinary like desserts and he'd send me hentai images with no context I just ignored them since I didn't know he was trying to force me into the position of the object of his sexual fantasies
No the worst is girls seeming interested in me as a friend, but become immediately put off by me when i tell them i am not interested in sex. Its happened 4 times to me.
@@cdogthehedgehog6923 yea i think it's some kind of odd normalization thing that happens where people assume you want sex by default or only wanna be friends in order to get sex from them(more common with guys I think)
@@sweetscheme Definitely more common in guys, i was just shocked when it happened to me from women multiple times. At least girls just make me feel awkward or dont believe me. Guys be creepy or annoying. Or worse.
"I don't like explicit sexual content." "I fully understand." -shows sexy pictures "Can we stop doing this." "Of course." -shows more sexy pictures "No, really, can we stop now?" "Yes, yes. I fully understand." -runs out of pictures and AI generates more
This dm asked for their boundaries so they could try harder to cross them. This is despicable behavior. If someone were to do this to my fiance I would have thrown hands.
@@christianwilke305 Agreed on that. Forcing sexual imagery and descriptions is verbal harassment, especially when the victim makes it known it's unwanted.
Hey hey, OP of the Ace vs Incel story here. Yes yes, it is I, Bowser. Thanks for reading my story! Your funny skits about the story put a big smile on my face!
Remember that you did nothing wrong there. You're cool and valid, and what that DM did is unacceptable. Also the idea of playing a Bowser-like character, the romantic brute in search of his beloved, nothing but pure thoughts and intentions in mind, is very cute, and did not deserve this kind of ruination.
Hello, fellow ace here. I........... cannot IMAGINE. That sounds like it was horriically uncomfortable and I am so glad it was a brief blip, not something you had to put up with for a long time. Thanks for sharing your story so we can laugh at it.
I think it might honestly be worse than seeing the OP as an incel. That whole thing about "reading a psychology book" makes me think she might've been trying to D&D conversion therapy OP from ace to allo.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, that the DM thought OP was just repressed and using asexuality as an excuse, so they wanted to prove it with all the sex stuff. That or make fun of OP for being so repressed.
@@Floweramonthe surface level knowledge is awful and those types tend to engage in activism the most. I had to take breaks in my graduate program because the lack of awareness is insane. There’s so much projection in academic journals that I see more harm than good lately. Stanford prison experiment all over again except they won’t stop it.
@@cynreiusacari3163 ahh, the good ol’ Dunning Kruger effect… (And no, I do not, in any way, claim to be an expert on the subject. This is just my thoughts based on what knowledge I possess.)
Man that Bowser story hurts me. It was such a perfect opportunity to have Peach but make her the Queen of Hearts card and have Bowser work up the courage to finally ask her out.
With that Incels vs Asexuals it feels like it was more of the DM living their fantasy through the player with a possible mix of trying to ‘fix’ them as I get that vibe from the papers they mentioned.
People though really seem to think that aces aren't real or are actually just suppressed sex addicts. So many allos really just don't seem to understand that it doesn't really have the same dominate hold on an ace's mind. Even those that do have and enjoy sex. Like it can just...Not be something that exists in our mind. I can't speak for others but when it isn't on my mind or I don't want to deal with it, a little bit is fine but there is a very hard and clear boundary that if crossed I will act agressivly and violently. I have self control so I'm not going to go straight to physically assaulting someone. But like that is my brains instant response. To react as if it is a threat to my person and it's an instant seeing red rage response. However I can't gaurentee how nice I'll stay once I have made it very clear you have crossed that line.
I think the more likely explanation for the asexual story is that the DM didn't think asexuality was a thing and thought OP was super repressed, so they were trying to either 1. prove their point with all the sex stuff or 2. make fun of OP for "being repressed and using asexuality as an excuse."
"Ill never understand all the things people think are gay" Some guys refuse to wipe their own butt. Because if a guy touches your butt, that is gay. Even if the guy touching your butt is you... like wtf
@@willparry530the number of times it comes up because some poor woman is asking if she's out of line for expecting her partner to wipe his ass, or worse, asking for laundry tips to get the skidmarks out of his gitch is far, FAR too high.
@@illoney5663Probably better to know so at least you know who to avoid. Spoiler of who it is below incase you want to know Colleen Ballinger. She's the one who sang her apology for being an absolute creep to children. I'd go into detail, but actual TH-camrs have done so much better than I ever could.
The titular story had me thinking about my personal interpretation of Bowser rationalizing his kidnappings of Peach as protecting her from the consequences of his inevitable conquest of her weak kingdom. Ultimately it'd just be an excuse to be with his crush, maybe even invoking "realistic arranged marriages" as just tools to satisfy his infatuation.
I was skeptical, but as soon as he brought up a “PR team” I was like “yeah this is definitely a joke, right?” then once he whipped out the ukulele, I was like “ok here we go”
The idea of having a slavery plotline forced onto my character makes me sick to my stomach. It’s present in Final Fantasy XVI, but you go into the game expecting it and it’s literally meant to make you uncomfortable and horrified. That’s not the kind of thing you can just force your D&D players into
Tell me about it. *Seriously* why do people have problems with Asexuals?! Is it THAT hard to believe that some people just don't have sex high on their priority list?!
HEY!! Im the op for the final story with Alatar! Thank you so much for reading my story 😮, the skit made me giggle! And thank you for the kind words towards my wizard ❤ For some context on why I was such a pushover with that story, A was openly abusive and many people in our life turned a blind eye or enabled it, DM in spesific was an enabler. And since I am autistic and not rlly sure what was the appropriate action to take (since I script how i want to handle things, this was "off script.") I kind of just got stuck in a perpetually shocked state
So sorry you ended up in a situation like that, and i'm very relieved to hear you're in a better one now. As for social groups and ahole behavior: You weren't a "pushover", you were blindsided, and from what I can tell outnumbered. That is not on you, it was very much on them. Stay awesome. May your adventures be many, and legendary.
@hendrikrozijnenblad8666 thank you for the kind words :) I am very much in a safer space now, and the support means the world to me!! You are right though, I should probably use less harsh wording LOL. Much love ♡
I hate this tactic that some people use to avoid responsibility for boundary crossing that some people use where they minimalize their own actions, and at the same time they invent some sort of affront against them during the same incident. I have a former friend that used to do this crap all the time. I'd confront him about something he did that upset me, and by the end of the conversation I would end up apologizing to him for "being rude" when I did nothing but vocalize that I was upset with him and explain why.
That’s exactly what it felt like, especially when she brought up the term “triggered” as if she wasn’t laughing at me while I was nearing a panic attack
For real. I've done paid commissions for character art for a couple of my players, so you can imagine it got my hackles up when they then turned around and showed off AI generated images of their toons (one of them before I'd even finished their damn picture!) I'm seriously considering making good on my threat of imposing disadvantage on all dice rolls for players who use AI generated images...
Not gonna lie, I don't get a lot of the drama with AI in dnd. I don't think you should AI generate the story and whatnot. But you can definitely use it to generate some ideas to build on. I also don't think AI art is really bad in the case of DnD either. If you want a specific npc, then I don't see an issue with AI generating it. If you're not profiting off your campaign and just running for some friends, then AI art away?
@@NebulousPenguin the way I see it, if a DM can’t be bothered to put the effort into creating the game themselves or getting proper help, then I won’t be bothered to play in their game
@BrookeA12 I don't get that. What's the difference in getting help from a person or an AI. Like: "hey chat gpt, can you give me ideas for what's in a dragons hoard?" Why is asking the same question to a real person much different? The art I can understand more, but most dms I've seen end up pulling their npcs/pcs from pintrest or google anyway. A requirement of "work" scrolling through a board of images, rather than typing in and scrolling through prompts on an AI generator, seems a bit silly and arbitrary. Unless you only play games with people who buy all their art or support their artists in some way... then I see your perspective, and I'm glad for the support of real artists. Me, I guess I don't really care if my DM uses an AI token. I think it depends more on the extent to which the DM uses AI.
My gods. I wanted to SCREAM with that Bowser story. If that had been me even just at the table while it happened to someone else, I know I would have exploded on that DM. There would have been no chance of reconciliation and I would NOT have stomached staying there. People refusing to accept when others say no or stop, in any context, is one of those things that will set me off like the 4th of July. You should never have to say it more than once. The repeated disrespect and disregard for another's comfort is appalling, to say the least.
Hi, I'm the OP from the intro story. Thanks for covering it. The skit was hilarious. I'm still so confused on what was going through his mind at the time.
Last story. I'm getting the feeling that Ariel's friend wanted to create a "kink" relationship for OP and Ariel's characters by doing a Master/Slave relationship to spice up their irl relationship. An "I got you, bud!" thing gone horribly wrong, seeing as neither were consulted, nor asked how they feel about it.
I somehow went the entire day unpranked and just forgot it was the 1st and was briefly worried something actual bad happened. You had me until the Ukelele came out and reality caught up with me.
20:19 At least the boyfriend was being generally supportive, but this game should have been stopped and players just walk away. This is extremely inappropriate behavior from the DM
Sometimes Crispy reads stories that are super alo for their innocent mind and it just makes me want to give them headpats. We're not okay and we're sorry we're making it your problem, Crispy.
I like the idea of the faeries and pixies having normal thoughts and ideas, but when a princess accidentally walks in, the skyrim bandit npc brain kicks in *Never shoulda come here*
I mean the concentration thing makes total sense. why would you need a reminder that the character is concentrating? in case you get distracted by other men? highly gay
Wow! Had me worried in the beginning of the video. Glad it was only a April Fools joke as was thinking you were badly injured or emotionally hurt. LOL, the cake sounds funny way to lighten things in a game.
You can't hide it, Crispy - we know about the clone murders! Come clean! April Fools shenanigans aside, always love the stories. Keep on trucking, Crispy 👍
I’m stunned that crispy didn’t use the low hanging fruit that’s the jack black bowser song from the illumination Mario bros movie , good job crispy , good job
For the intro story, disinviting the problem player was a mercy. In my friend group the guy who made a big deal about his token "looking gay" would have ended up a laughing stock and as players start saying, "Your character now has the 'gay' condition," whenever that token was used going forward. Years later someone in that group would put on the condition token, then a random palyer will just say, "ghheeeyyyyyy," and the table would just erupt laughing.
here's an idea for the cake: it's actually a mimic! as you taste the cake, roll a con save or take 1d4 poison damage. either way you must roll a cha save or be charmed by it (you have advantage if you took poison damage from the first effect). if you fail the cha save, you lean in closer and the decorative triangles all along its rim reveal themselves to be what they truly are.. teeth! make a dex save. if you fail, you take 1d4+2 peircing and must make a str save. if you fail, you're grappled. each turn the cake makes a bite attack against you with advantage, if it hits, you take 1d4+2 peircing damage. each turn you may use your standard action to attempt to remove it (athletics DC 14). regardless of your success, you take 1 peircing damage unless you do not have blood, such as with oozes and warforged. any attack against the cake results in the damage being split evenly between you. if you are attacked but the roll is no more that 2 above your AC, you split the damage you take with the cake. upon the cake's death, if it is searched, the players will find a silk ribbon that, if tied to an inanimate object no bigger than a large creature, it becomes an animate construct with a friendly disposition towards the party.
25:00 Yup, I actually legit love one of the ideas I had, which is a dwarf woman who went out adventuring while her husband stayed...somewhere. I don't remember where now. But basically it played up the lore (dwarf was lucky enough to have a wife, so no problem producing heirs in the future, which helped with low dwarf population) but also made the dwarf woman more than just background flavor (wife actually exists and does stuff, not just pumps out a unit every now and then). Plus I like the reversal of the traditional family roles. Husband can work the forge to make armor, weapons, tools, cookware, whatever else locals and merchants and adventurers and such need, etc; wife can be the one to go adventuring. Also creates some RP potential that can be creatively repeated, not just a one-time npc or a background quest for the character.
@@M_Alexander I dated guys before realizing I was aro as well and have have cute girls hit on me. If I wanted it I definitely could have had it too lol, just not something I'm at all interested in and finally realizing it was a huge relief.
You mean to tell me...people can actually consciously *choose* not to do the 69 with other people they have feelings for or find attractive?! Is it possible to learn this po- In all seriousness, why do people act so weird around others who choose celibacy? Like why is it so hard to believe someone can be attracted to someone else, and not want to do anything explicit? Why is it such a foreign and hard to grasp concept for people?
@@duskgaming18 I can only imagine that they view it as a "basic need," so anyone who claims to willingly deny themselves without a religious reason must be lying or in denial? I dunno, I just don't like the idea of doing anything explicitly sexual myself. Worst still is trying to convince some people that I don't find anyone sexually attractive. Like, you know how sometimes you look at people and don't want to do horny things to them? It's like that but all the time. I even had a therapist who didn't believe I was asexual. First it was "you just need to meet someone" and I did. Then it was "you just need to try it" and I did but couldn't go through with it. Then it was "you just haven't met the right person yet" because of course. Granted this was also the same therapist who suggested I had cats because I liked to have control and superiority over things so maybe she just had her own unresolved issues.
LOL your very good Colleen Ballinger dunk aside... your last line telling us you don't know how to play the ukelele reminds me of the most recent standup special from Tig Notaro, in which she does a similar thing. I think you'd enjoy it! Okay the feeding her a snack thing in the first story isn't any kind of euphemism, I think. Just a basic, like, feeding someone else by putting the food directly into their mouth kind of thing. Like the image of servants feeding grapes to someone in a throne? Or at a wedding, many couples feed the wedding cake to each other. It's creepy on its own, no euphemism necessary! (My "expertise" just being a middle-aged woman soon to be divorced after 22 years of monogamous hetero marriage, realizing I'm pan, wish to be poly, maybe also demi but IDK halp. /tmi) I swear, a truly experienced player who works well with others CAN create a dark and broody loner a-hole type character and have it work. The player should intend for the character to evolve and form attachments over time, making their loner nature something to overcome as opposed to just, well, not be any fun to play with. You can also insert some humor into a bad temper in order to keep it from stressing people out and ensuring it's still fun for everyone. But it's absolutely crucial that you read the room, and be open to feedback, and flexible. If at some point you're stressing others out or making things less fun for the others, you need to adjust the way you're playing the character. I had a violent barbarian, and when I was going to do something that could start a combat that people might not be ready for, I'd let everyone know my intent, out of character, and invite them to interrupt/intercept my character if they don't want me to do whatever I was gonna do. This worked well for our group. Also, play a hot-headed character who loves the party and gets mad on behalf of the party instead of fights with the party. That can also be played for some humorous scenarios! Just remember to keep the OOC communication open.
I've run into people like that. Basically they don't think asexuality is real, that anyone who identifies as asexual is actually just a "loser virgin" making up an identity to hide behind, therefore asexual=incel. Because that somehow makes more sense than the more simple and actual explanation, that some people just aren't sexually attracted to anyone or don't have a drive.
I assume they mixed up being involuntary celibacy for it yet fails to realize that neither are for religious reasons and even without religion it’s different for every ace.
One would think the asexual having a boyfriend would be enough to prove they're not incels. Granted DM never accused OP of being an incel, just claiming to know psychology to justify forcing porn on a player.
I knew it was an April Fool's joke. Crispy doesn't have a PR group, they were all the victims of the skits. That aside, smelling like an onions is a thing for neckbeards? I know they smell bad but onions?
I am amazed in the amount of aces here in the comments: How many of us are here? Are we an army? Is Crispy the mother of all aces? Are aces high? Whose sleeve are we up in? Aces assemble!
I'm currently in a homebrew game where slavery exists in the world. My character is an ex-slave, and one PC is the slave of another... because the slave PC plays a tabaxi more like a cat than a human, and they said that the party will need a way to stop them before curiosity kills not just the cat, but everyone else as well. The tabaxi actually thinks that it's the owner of it's human rather than the other way around. It's really fun for RP, and noone is forcing others to do specific things.
can't believe Crispy admitted to placing buttered bread the buttered side first on a table. I hope Crispy makes an Ukelele solo explaining the situation.
Totally agree with your Tavern Tip about PC characters in backstories! The dwarf artificer in my 4e Wildemount campaign gave me a lot to work with given his family from Uthodurn, specifically his sister! Also, I'll never understand the concept of "suggestive lip smacking"! For me it will always just be the grossest thing ever. 😱
That intro... Some homophobes seem to be terrified of colours. "If playing a group game you're meant to be playing as a group" - I wasn't meaning to get stuck at shore today, ok. I was there to pick off the stinger and head back to basket with one egg but big shots just kept bloody spawning on my ass and I kind of got stuck in a loop of splatting them and then by the time that one was down another one spawned, and it only happened in one wave of one run. Bloody spawning grounds.
Flirting with Cake Story. I once had an idea for a short adventure or side adventure where the party was passing thru a village that was having a festival. In this festival was a Wizard Baker (the BBEG of the story) who pretended to be a travelling baker. He and his assistants brought a wagon load of cakes (8 inch round, double decker with frosting) into town for the festival. Selling them cheap, but saying that people must wait to eat them at some special time in the festival that day (I don't remember this part). Anyway the cakes are actually miniature magical constructs that will come alive that afternoon and begin attacking the festival and villagers. These things can't be easily killed as cutting them just makes two smaller ones, piercing them does nothing, and bludgeoning them just makes them flatter. They are however not poisonous, and quite tasty.
On college clubs-- yep. I got invited to one when I was in community college. It's worth noting that I have some experience being a problem player. Too involved backstory, not understanding character abilities, main character syndrome... These are problems that I admit to having and have tried to work on. In any case, I was invited to sit in with the group, meet them and see what they were like. One guy kept showing me 4-Chan memes, and was put out that I didn't find them funny. One girl was an admitted white supremacist. The group seemed to agree that I could be fun at the table if I weren't so uptight. While it would be a new experience to play at a table with a problem player that isn't me... Yeah, no. I told them that with my class load, I don't think I could manage a TTRPG and got the hell out.
I once had to listen to a blackpill Nice Guy incel about how much he wants [hyper allo descriptions] followed with him trying YET AGAIN to find some "reasons we should be together" straw to grasp in saying, "I must be asexual, too." Dude, not being able to get any is 150% NOT what Asexual means. Yes, it seems we were both born this way, but YOU can and should definitely change if you want a gir... any sensible human to like you.
My ex called me an incel when I told her I had realized I didn't like sex or intimate relationships >.> I mean I'm different cause I realized later I'm just demisexual but still.. when you say "I don't wanna hide the sausage" people automatically assume you're an incel and that's pretty gross
LOL, ok ya got me good on that April Fools XD Geeze, some people just refuse to understand others. I admit I've been confused in the moment and reacted poorly before (can't say I never do anymore, either, it still happens sometimes) but I usually come around at least a little later to a new concept when it comes to gender identity, sexuality, or other forms of self-expression/identity.
I am playing a character like the murder hobo of BG3. But ride or die for the party and while she's quick to beat the shit out of some people, she is a lot more bluster than actually able to kill someone
My friends and I play BG3 with actual roleplay pretty frequently. We have one BG3 run where we ended up roleplaying a truly ridiculous meta-narrative. The Dragonborn rogue (played by the server owner for that game) is actually an eldritch being in disguise, in reference to the fact that he's the only one who can save and reload. He's also the Warlock's patron, and in addition to giving her magic powers, she also has a limited ability to perceive the saves and loads, and sees disturbing visions of the abandoned timelines. Meanwhile, my Paladin is the straight-woman in our comedy trio, a widowed single mom who has no idea what's going on with those two lunatics and just wants to get the tadpole out of her head so she can go introduce her kids to Gale, their new stepdad.
Ok, going to say this again (in regards to the Bowser story)... CONSENT IS IMPORTANT!. That DM doesn't understand this. She seems to have pushed her fetishes on Bowser's character.
"I will completely disregard a character's known backstory to turn them into a slave of another character, without consulting that player. Surely nothing will go wrong with this and they'll definitely think I'm very clever and great at telling stories. It won't be upsetting and degrading or hamper their ability to roleplay at all!"
Even with that Grimdark the Second situation, the cake situation could've helped the player get more in line with the tone the rest of the party was going for, carrying around a talking cake he's romancing to lighten his mood more. If, of course, he hadn't blown up his chance at socializing by being a total creep to the real people around him.
If she didn't reveal that he was Bowser and he was after Princess Peach until the middle of the session, was the GM just rapid googling princess peach images and uploading them to their VTT?
What always confuses me with stories about asexuals clearly communicating boundaries in serious conversations, is how the recipient of the information somehow interprets "A little bit of general body admiring and cheekiness is okay" as "GIMME ALL THE NAUGHTY BITS AS HARD AS YOU CAN COZ I MISSED MY SEXUAL AWAKENING AND NEED THAT ADULT CONTENT YESTERDAY!" Like, how do people mishear/misunderstand the information so badly, you'd be forgiven for thinking the original serious conversation was part of the classic "Nudge nudge wink wink say no more" Monty Python skit.
Fellas, is it gay to.... **checks notes** ... concentrate on spells?
Sees the word concentrate on my orange juice.
"By God, its everywhere!!!"
Obviously it is. You focusing on anything that isn’t directly related to how straight you are, hella gay (IDK, I’m assuming that’s the thought process of these idiots).
FELLAS! Is it gay... TO BE BLINGED OUT!!
idk man, the bible seems to think magic is something witches do so probably best to stay away from any character that uses magic.
a real manly male man can only be a fighter or a rogue /s
Everybody knows it's the peak of gayness to do extra damage and continually CCing the battlefield.
worst part of being asexual is random people sexually harassing you after you make it clear you want nothing to do with sexual stuff and then everyone else blames you behind your back about how you wanted it. even tho in reality you were unable to perceive what they were doing was sexual towards you. i said no on multiple occasions to the people who sexual harass me before and I will just leave outright if I get ignored after making it clear I'm uncomfy
Forbidden fruit analogy. But in all seriousness, it's really gross, I'm sorry.
@@bigjok3929 i had a used to be friend who i'd hang out with online and i'd talk about my love for culinary like desserts and he'd send me hentai images with no context I just ignored them since I didn't know he was trying to force me into the position of the object of his sexual fantasies
No the worst is girls seeming interested in me as a friend, but become immediately put off by me when i tell them i am not interested in sex.
Its happened 4 times to me.
@@cdogthehedgehog6923 yea i think it's some kind of odd normalization thing that happens where people assume you want sex by default or only wanna be friends in order to get sex from them(more common with guys I think)
@@sweetscheme Definitely more common in guys, i was just shocked when it happened to me from women multiple times.
At least girls just make me feel awkward or dont believe me.
Guys be creepy or annoying. Or worse.
Allo: So you don’t like boys or girls? What do you like then?
Ace: Well… I like cake
Terribly tempting cake: You don’t say?
I HAVE BEEN LAUGHING FOR FIVE MINUTES I CAN'T STOP THINKIN ABOUT THIS
Garlic bread, for me.
"I don't like explicit sexual content."
"I fully understand." -shows sexy pictures
"Can we stop doing this."
"Of course." -shows more sexy pictures
"No, really, can we stop now?"
"Yes, yes. I fully understand." -runs out of pictures and AI generates more
Literally
“You should have told me you were uncomfortable! How dare you blame me!!!” 🤢🤮
DM: just let me know if it gets too explicit
Also DM: *completely ignores OP's complaints*
Almost like DM wanted to if things get too implicit just to make it more implicit.
This dm asked for their boundaries so they could try harder to cross them. This is despicable behavior. If someone were to do this to my fiance I would have thrown hands.
@@christianwilke305 I don't recall OP's gender, just that they're asexual but not aromantic.
@@ArcCaravan my bad. What I said still stands though. The dm was awful and I would not have let anyone treat my significant other that way.
@@christianwilke305 Agreed on that. Forcing sexual imagery and descriptions is verbal harassment, especially when the victim makes it known it's unwanted.
I thought the punchline of the April fools skit would have been about the piles of dead Crispys from skits buried in the backyard.
DAMNIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNNY
@@CrispysTavernthere's always next year... with an even more comically enormous mass grave full of crispy clones
I assumed the confession was coming out as asexual, mostly because a certain TH-cam channel I watch has done annual countdowns over "rumors" he's gay.
@@CrispysTavern Do it for 2025 April Fools
Hey hey, OP of the Ace vs Incel story here. Yes yes, it is I, Bowser. Thanks for reading my story! Your funny skits about the story put a big smile on my face!
Frankly it sounded like dm was actively trying to "punish" you for being ace.
@@RiveroftheWither honestly? Maybe. Or thought my sexuality made for a good punchline
Remember that you did nothing wrong there. You're cool and valid, and what that DM did is unacceptable. Also the idea of playing a Bowser-like character, the romantic brute in search of his beloved, nothing but pure thoughts and intentions in mind, is very cute, and did not deserve this kind of ruination.
Hello, fellow ace here. I........... cannot IMAGINE. That sounds like it was horriically uncomfortable and I am so glad it was a brief blip, not something you had to put up with for a long time. Thanks for sharing your story so we can laugh at it.
I wonder if the DM was seeking some petty revenge over playing Bowser.
I think it might honestly be worse than seeing the OP as an incel. That whole thing about "reading a psychology book" makes me think she might've been trying to D&D conversion therapy OP from ace to allo.
That’s what i feel too and hope op cuts contact if so.
SAO Abridged Kirito: [runs DM through] "I'm getting *real* tired of your first-year psych student bullshit...!"
Yeah that's what I was thinking, that the DM thought OP was just repressed and using asexuality as an excuse, so they wanted to prove it with all the sex stuff. That or make fun of OP for being so repressed.
@@Floweramonthe surface level knowledge is awful and those types tend to engage in activism the most. I had to take breaks in my graduate program because the lack of awareness is insane. There’s so much projection in academic journals that I see more harm than good lately. Stanford prison experiment all over again except they won’t stop it.
@@cynreiusacari3163 ahh, the good ol’ Dunning Kruger effect…
(And no, I do not, in any way, claim to be an expert on the subject. This is just my thoughts based on what knowledge I possess.)
Man that Bowser story hurts me. It was such a perfect opportunity to have Peach but make her the Queen of Hearts card and have Bowser work up the courage to finally ask her out.
OMG THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CUTE
"I reward you with basic human rights!"
That just killed me.
Honestly the pixies kidnapping the princess makes perfect sense in fey terms
With that Incels vs Asexuals it feels like it was more of the DM living their fantasy through the player with a possible mix of trying to ‘fix’ them as I get that vibe from the papers they mentioned.
Especially with they also mentioned they knew what they were doing since they read those papers.
People though really seem to think that aces aren't real or are actually just suppressed sex addicts. So many allos really just don't seem to understand that it doesn't really have the same dominate hold on an ace's mind. Even those that do have and enjoy sex. Like it can just...Not be something that exists in our mind. I can't speak for others but when it isn't on my mind or I don't want to deal with it, a little bit is fine but there is a very hard and clear boundary that if crossed I will act agressivly and violently. I have self control so I'm not going to go straight to physically assaulting someone. But like that is my brains instant response. To react as if it is a threat to my person and it's an instant seeing red rage response. However I can't gaurentee how nice I'll stay once I have made it very clear you have crossed that line.
I literally just thought "At least there's no ukulele" right before the ukulele showed up -.-
I think the more likely explanation for the asexual story is that the DM didn't think asexuality was a thing and thought OP was super repressed, so they were trying to either 1. prove their point with all the sex stuff or 2. make fun of OP for "being repressed and using asexuality as an excuse."
"Ill never understand all the things people think are gay"
Some guys refuse to wipe their own butt. Because if a guy touches your butt, that is gay. Even if the guy touching your butt is you... like wtf
The amount of euphemisms for "diaper rash," ive heard grown-ass men come up with in an attempt to make it sound "relatable"
yeah sadly I have heard about this
Wow, that is really gross
@@dragonfan8647 yes. And then some of them have the audacity to wonder why they can't get romantic partners.
@@willparry530the number of times it comes up because some poor woman is asking if she's out of line for expecting her partner to wipe his ass, or worse, asking for laundry tips to get the skidmarks out of his gitch is far, FAR too high.
I knew from the get-go the apology was a joke, and better yet, I knew exactly whose apology you were spoofing. Lord, what a dingus she was.
@@illoney5663Probably better to know so at least you know who to avoid.
Spoiler of who it is below incase you want to know
Colleen Ballinger. She's the one who sang her apology for being an absolute creep to children. I'd go into detail, but actual TH-camrs have done so much better than I ever could.
@@illoney5663I don't know the whole Miranda Sings/Colleen Balinger thing is an interesting and somewhat disgusting trainwreck to look into
@@illoney5663 I'd say just listen to the song, 'Toxic Gossip Train' and spare yourself the rest of the knowledge.
The titular story had me thinking about my personal interpretation of Bowser rationalizing his kidnappings of Peach as protecting her from the consequences of his inevitable conquest of her weak kingdom. Ultimately it'd just be an excuse to be with his crush, maybe even invoking "realistic arranged marriages" as just tools to satisfy his infatuation.
I really like that interpretation
I wasn’t fooled by the opening, but I really wanted to know where it was going. I certainly wasn’t expecting an Adult Swim bumper.
I was skeptical, but as soon as he brought up a “PR team” I was like “yeah this is definitely a joke, right?” then once he whipped out the ukulele, I was like “ok here we go”
I assumed it'd lead to confessing an obvious/stated truth like we didn't know this thing he's said repeatedly.
Ngl the prompt of the kidnapped princess sounds like fun goblin hijinks, but they see it as they "invited her".
The idea of having a slavery plotline forced onto my character makes me sick to my stomach. It’s present in Final Fantasy XVI, but you go into the game expecting it and it’s literally meant to make you uncomfortable and horrified. That’s not the kind of thing you can just force your D&D players into
Asexual, not Incel!
Uuurgh, a nice romantic ace and the DM had to fuck it up. Siiiiiiigh.
Tell me about it. *Seriously* why do people have problems with Asexuals?! Is it THAT hard to believe that some people just don't have sex high on their priority list?!
@@Theokal3 I’d say “I wish I knew” but I think not knowing might be safer.
HEY!! Im the op for the final story with Alatar! Thank you so much for reading my story 😮, the skit made me giggle! And thank you for the kind words towards my wizard ❤
For some context on why I was such a pushover with that story, A was openly abusive and many people in our life turned a blind eye or enabled it, DM in spesific was an enabler. And since I am autistic and not rlly sure what was the appropriate action to take (since I script how i want to handle things, this was "off script.") I kind of just got stuck in a perpetually shocked state
So sorry you ended up in a situation like that, and i'm very relieved to hear you're in a better one now.
As for social groups and ahole behavior: You weren't a "pushover", you were blindsided, and from what I can tell outnumbered.
That is not on you, it was very much on them.
Stay awesome.
May your adventures be many, and legendary.
@hendrikrozijnenblad8666 thank you for the kind words :) I am very much in a safer space now, and the support means the world to me!!
You are right though, I should probably use less harsh wording LOL. Much love ♡
Alatar sounds like a cool character. I hope he gets the story he deserves now :)
@@dragonfan8647 tysm!!!
Hope you're enjoying the new game and bringing your character back in the form he was intended!
I hate this tactic that some people use to avoid responsibility for boundary crossing that some people use where they minimalize their own actions, and at the same time they invent some sort of affront against them during the same incident. I have a former friend that used to do this crap all the time. I'd confront him about something he did that upset me, and by the end of the conversation I would end up apologizing to him for "being rude" when I did nothing but vocalize that I was upset with him and explain why.
That’s exactly what it felt like, especially when she brought up the term “triggered” as if she wasn’t laughing at me while I was nearing a panic attack
If ever even hear the word "AI generated" come out of a DM's word hole, I'm out. That's enough of a horror story in of itself.
And then she just a few days ago tried to tell my bf to us Chat GPT to generate dungeon puzzles and I got PISSED
For real. I've done paid commissions for character art for a couple of my players, so you can imagine it got my hackles up when they then turned around and showed off AI generated images of their toons (one of them before I'd even finished their damn picture!)
I'm seriously considering making good on my threat of imposing disadvantage on all dice rolls for players who use AI generated images...
Not gonna lie, I don't get a lot of the drama with AI in dnd.
I don't think you should AI generate the story and whatnot. But you can definitely use it to generate some ideas to build on.
I also don't think AI art is really bad in the case of DnD either. If you want a specific npc, then I don't see an issue with AI generating it. If you're not profiting off your campaign and just running for some friends, then AI art away?
@@NebulousPenguin the way I see it, if a DM can’t be bothered to put the effort into creating the game themselves or getting proper help, then I won’t be bothered to play in their game
@BrookeA12
I don't get that.
What's the difference in getting help from a person or an AI. Like: "hey chat gpt, can you give me ideas for what's in a dragons hoard?" Why is asking the same question to a real person much different?
The art I can understand more, but most dms I've seen end up pulling their npcs/pcs from pintrest or google anyway. A requirement of "work" scrolling through a board of images, rather than typing in and scrolling through prompts on an AI generator, seems a bit silly and arbitrary.
Unless you only play games with people who buy all their art or support their artists in some way... then I see your perspective, and I'm glad for the support of real artists.
Me, I guess I don't really care if my DM uses an AI token. I think it depends more on the extent to which the DM uses AI.
My gods. I wanted to SCREAM with that Bowser story. If that had been me even just at the table while it happened to someone else, I know I would have exploded on that DM. There would have been no chance of reconciliation and I would NOT have stomached staying there. People refusing to accept when others say no or stop, in any context, is one of those things that will set me off like the 4th of July. You should never have to say it more than once. The repeated disrespect and disregard for another's comfort is appalling, to say the least.
the two circles on lined paper standing in for peaches yabbos fucking sent me. thank you crispy, i think my neighbours actually heard me cackling
I know OP was actually uncomfortable and all, but Bowser being totured by Peaches massive peaches is the funniest shit.
Looking back I’m able to laugh even though it realllyy sucked in the moment
TITTIES, MY ONLY WEAKNESS! I MEAN THAT LITERALLY!
Hi, I'm the OP from the intro story. Thanks for covering it. The skit was hilarious. I'm still so confused on what was going through his mind at the time.
Last story. I'm getting the feeling that Ariel's friend wanted to create a "kink" relationship for OP and Ariel's characters by doing a Master/Slave relationship to spice up their irl relationship. An "I got you, bud!" thing gone horribly wrong, seeing as neither were consulted, nor asked how they feel about it.
The Terribly Tempting Cake is hilarious! 🤣
I somehow went the entire day unpranked and just forgot it was the 1st and was briefly worried something actual bad happened. You had me until the Ukelele came out and reality caught up with me.
I can't believe Crispy actually prefers soft shells for his tacos im literally shaking rn i cant
20:19 At least the boyfriend was being generally supportive, but this game should have been stopped and players just walk away. This is extremely inappropriate behavior from the DM
Sometimes Crispy reads stories that are super alo for their innocent mind and it just makes me want to give them headpats.
We're not okay and we're sorry we're making it your problem, Crispy.
Nobody's okay.
I like the idea of the faeries and pixies having normal thoughts and ideas, but when a princess accidentally walks in, the skyrim bandit npc brain kicks in
*Never shoulda come here*
Love that the left was slightly bigger than the right. Thank you for being real to the femme experience.
I mean the concentration thing makes total sense. why would you need a reminder that the character is concentrating? in case you get distracted by other men? highly gay
Wow! Had me worried in the beginning of the video. Glad it was only a April Fools joke as was thinking you were badly injured or emotionally hurt. LOL, the cake sounds funny way to lighten things in a game.
Not the ukulele! 😂
You can't hide it, Crispy - we know about the clone murders! Come clean!
April Fools shenanigans aside, always love the stories. Keep on trucking, Crispy 👍
I’m stunned that crispy didn’t use the low hanging fruit that’s the jack black bowser song from the illumination Mario bros movie , good job crispy , good job
honestly, I really dig your new title bits where you do things then look up to the title, it's equal parts cool and endearing
When you said the Tavern was filled with your personal lesbian army, I just imagined Amazonian warriors showing at your door for a DnD game.
Ah, yes. The age only trick of hiding plot relevant items in a giant chest!
To answer the question for Baldur’s Gate 3- Slimecicle did it like a TTRPG in his video with his friends and it was hilarious :)
I am a Xiv enjoyer.
YEAH!!!!!! I'm the one who wrote the murder hobo bg3 story and I can confirm this is absolutely what gave me the idea to make the group!!!!!
Xiv's story was so badass
Note to self: look into this.
Note to self: Don't put Terrible Tempting Cakes in your game... And the "mindgame" story...? A complete and utter no-go.
DM told me she was inspired by Inside Out…. I’m not sure she actually saw that movie….
@@BrookeA12Sounded more like Psychonauts fanfiction.
@@BrookeA12
You should have gotten Bowser's Inside Story, but instead you got the weirder parts of Persona 5. Screw that DM.
Your apology needed 20% more sighing.
It went from 1 minute to 30 seconds because I thought the sighing made it too long :(
For the intro story, disinviting the problem player was a mercy. In my friend group the guy who made a big deal about his token "looking gay" would have ended up a laughing stock and as players start saying, "Your character now has the 'gay' condition," whenever that token was used going forward. Years later someone in that group would put on the condition token, then a random palyer will just say, "ghheeeyyyyyy," and the table would just erupt laughing.
here's an idea for the cake: it's actually a mimic! as you taste the cake, roll a con save or take 1d4 poison damage. either way you must roll a cha save or be charmed by it (you have advantage if you took poison damage from the first effect). if you fail the cha save, you lean in closer and the decorative triangles all along its rim reveal themselves to be what they truly are.. teeth! make a dex save. if you fail, you take 1d4+2 peircing and must make a str save. if you fail, you're grappled. each turn the cake makes a bite attack against you with advantage, if it hits, you take 1d4+2 peircing damage. each turn you may use your standard action to attempt to remove it (athletics DC 14). regardless of your success, you take 1 peircing damage unless you do not have blood, such as with oozes and warforged. any attack against the cake results in the damage being split evenly between you. if you are attacked but the roll is no more that 2 above your AC, you split the damage you take with the cake.
upon the cake's death, if it is searched, the players will find a silk ribbon that, if tied to an inanimate object no bigger than a large creature, it becomes an animate construct with a friendly disposition towards the party.
25:00 Yup, I actually legit love one of the ideas I had, which is a dwarf woman who went out adventuring while her husband stayed...somewhere. I don't remember where now. But basically it played up the lore (dwarf was lucky enough to have a wife, so no problem producing heirs in the future, which helped with low dwarf population) but also made the dwarf woman more than just background flavor (wife actually exists and does stuff, not just pumps out a unit every now and then). Plus I like the reversal of the traditional family roles. Husband can work the forge to make armor, weapons, tools, cookware, whatever else locals and merchants and adventurers and such need, etc; wife can be the one to go adventuring. Also creates some RP potential that can be creatively repeated, not just a one-time npc or a background quest for the character.
Full story, please? 🙏
Omg, never being here so early! Too all the ace who love this channel
One time I was called a female incel when I mentioned I was asexual. As if my celibacy is anything but voluntary
I've had it happen too, people really struggle to fathom not wanting sex or not being attracted to people.
Heck I almost went all the way with my ex but it was too weird so I stopped. She was _not_ amused
@@M_Alexander I dated guys before realizing I was aro as well and have have cute girls hit on me. If I wanted it I definitely could have had it too lol, just not something I'm at all interested in and finally realizing it was a huge relief.
You mean to tell me...people can actually consciously *choose* not to do the 69 with other people they have feelings for or find attractive?!
Is it possible to learn this po-
In all seriousness, why do people act so weird around others who choose celibacy? Like why is it so hard to believe someone can be attracted to someone else, and not want to do anything explicit? Why is it such a foreign and hard to grasp concept for people?
@@duskgaming18 I can only imagine that they view it as a "basic need," so anyone who claims to willingly deny themselves without a religious reason must be lying or in denial? I dunno, I just don't like the idea of doing anything explicitly sexual myself.
Worst still is trying to convince some people that I don't find anyone sexually attractive. Like, you know how sometimes you look at people and don't want to do horny things to them? It's like that but all the time.
I even had a therapist who didn't believe I was asexual. First it was "you just need to meet someone" and I did. Then it was "you just need to try it" and I did but couldn't go through with it. Then it was "you just haven't met the right person yet" because of course.
Granted this was also the same therapist who suggested I had cats because I liked to have control and superiority over things so maybe she just had her own unresolved issues.
Actually, the triangle joke took me a second. I assumed it was because they're the strongest of shapes.
What's the joke?
Yeah I don't get it either
Bagina is kinda shaped like a triangle, a little bit
@@Psilo-gn1sx ...agree to disagree
I was figuring triangle represented 🍆 and circle represented 🐈 but maybe I'm too ace to get it either? If someone knows for sure, please explain😅
LOL your very good Colleen Ballinger dunk aside... your last line telling us you don't know how to play the ukelele reminds me of the most recent standup special from Tig Notaro, in which she does a similar thing. I think you'd enjoy it!
Okay the feeding her a snack thing in the first story isn't any kind of euphemism, I think. Just a basic, like, feeding someone else by putting the food directly into their mouth kind of thing. Like the image of servants feeding grapes to someone in a throne? Or at a wedding, many couples feed the wedding cake to each other. It's creepy on its own, no euphemism necessary! (My "expertise" just being a middle-aged woman soon to be divorced after 22 years of monogamous hetero marriage, realizing I'm pan, wish to be poly, maybe also demi but IDK halp. /tmi)
I swear, a truly experienced player who works well with others CAN create a dark and broody loner a-hole type character and have it work. The player should intend for the character to evolve and form attachments over time, making their loner nature something to overcome as opposed to just, well, not be any fun to play with. You can also insert some humor into a bad temper in order to keep it from stressing people out and ensuring it's still fun for everyone. But it's absolutely crucial that you read the room, and be open to feedback, and flexible. If at some point you're stressing others out or making things less fun for the others, you need to adjust the way you're playing the character. I had a violent barbarian, and when I was going to do something that could start a combat that people might not be ready for, I'd let everyone know my intent, out of character, and invite them to interrupt/intercept my character if they don't want me to do whatever I was gonna do. This worked well for our group. Also, play a hot-headed character who loves the party and gets mad on behalf of the party instead of fights with the party. That can also be played for some humorous scenarios! Just remember to keep the OOC communication open.
NOT THE UKULELE XD
Damn, Crispy unleashed the Crispyslayer, music and all. Hilarious skit.
“Get a load of this guy! He looks like the kind of guy who ‘concentrates on spells’ if you know what I mean…” 🏳️🌈
How the heck can anyone confuse being ace with being an incel?
They couldn't be further apart.
I've run into people like that. Basically they don't think asexuality is real, that anyone who identifies as asexual is actually just a "loser virgin" making up an identity to hide behind, therefore asexual=incel.
Because that somehow makes more sense than the more simple and actual explanation, that some people just aren't sexually attracted to anyone or don't have a drive.
I think it's the idea that of course everyone wants sex so if you say you don't then you're just in denial because you can't get any
I assume they mixed up being involuntary celibacy for it yet fails to realize that neither are for religious reasons and even without religion it’s different for every ace.
One would think the asexual having a boyfriend would be enough to prove they're not incels. Granted DM never accused OP of being an incel, just claiming to know psychology to justify forcing porn on a player.
@@ArcCaravan I know, right. The DM was just out of touch and showed no situational awareness at all.
I knew it was an April Fool's joke. Crispy doesn't have a PR group, they were all the victims of the skits. That aside, smelling like an onions is a thing for neckbeards? I know they smell bad but onions?
I am amazed in the amount of aces here in the comments:
How many of us are here?
Are we an army? Is Crispy the mother of all aces? Are aces high? Whose sleeve are we up in? Aces assemble!
Just don’t fall into any holes!
(If you don’t get it: ⛳️)
I'm baffled at the amount of cartoon hole I've seen as an asexual. The sketch is me growing up on late 90s-early 2000s internet. Why are people?
Not… sure I understand…
I love this intro so much lmao
I'm currently in a homebrew game where slavery exists in the world. My character is an ex-slave, and one PC is the slave of another... because the slave PC plays a tabaxi more like a cat than a human, and they said that the party will need a way to stop them before curiosity kills not just the cat, but everyone else as well. The tabaxi actually thinks that it's the owner of it's human rather than the other way around. It's really fun for RP, and noone is forcing others to do specific things.
I haven't had that damn song stuck in my head in a solid two months, thanks a lot 💀
19:31 OK, that one got me, man. Just completely caught me off guard hearing that come out of your mouth Crispy.
I donno why but the way you say Gay at the beggining cracks me up ! GJ
Showing the tips at the end was a good choice.
Watching this a month later, and I was a little lost on the intro.. until you pulled up the ukelele. Bahahaha! Excellent.
Wouldn't it be volcel, since our celibacy is voluntary?
can't believe Crispy admitted to placing buttered bread the buttered side first on a table. I hope Crispy makes an Ukelele solo explaining the situation.
Good gravy! You got me with that intro for the first few seconds. You fooled me and fooled me good, Crispy.
Totally agree with your Tavern Tip about PC characters in backstories! The dwarf artificer in my 4e Wildemount campaign gave me a lot to work with given his family from Uthodurn, specifically his sister!
Also, I'll never understand the concept of "suggestive lip smacking"! For me it will always just be the grossest thing ever. 😱
Imagine regularly watching RPG horror stories and *still using single letters for people's names.*
Not everyone hates using letters in the place of names.
That intro... Some homophobes seem to be terrified of colours.
"If playing a group game you're meant to be playing as a group" - I wasn't meaning to get stuck at shore today, ok. I was there to pick off the stinger and head back to basket with one egg but big shots just kept bloody spawning on my ass and I kind of got stuck in a loop of splatting them and then by the time that one was down another one spawned, and it only happened in one wave of one run. Bloody spawning grounds.
You’re such a good actor. I thought you were genuinely upset there for a second lol
The smeared mascara perfectly set the tone. Well played.
Flirting with Cake Story. I once had an idea for a short adventure or side adventure where the party was passing thru a village that was having a festival. In this festival was a Wizard Baker (the BBEG of the story) who pretended to be a travelling baker. He and his assistants brought a wagon load of cakes (8 inch round, double decker with frosting) into town for the festival. Selling them cheap, but saying that people must wait to eat them at some special time in the festival that day (I don't remember this part). Anyway the cakes are actually miniature magical constructs that will come alive that afternoon and begin attacking the festival and villagers. These things can't be easily killed as cutting them just makes two smaller ones, piercing them does nothing, and bludgeoning them just makes them flatter. They are however not poisonous, and quite tasty.
You had me so worried in the first few seconds of this video, that was an amazing prank 😂
On college clubs-- yep. I got invited to one when I was in community college. It's worth noting that I have some experience being a problem player. Too involved backstory, not understanding character abilities, main character syndrome... These are problems that I admit to having and have tried to work on.
In any case, I was invited to sit in with the group, meet them and see what they were like. One guy kept showing me 4-Chan memes, and was put out that I didn't find them funny. One girl was an admitted white supremacist. The group seemed to agree that I could be fun at the table if I weren't so uptight. While it would be a new experience to play at a table with a problem player that isn't me... Yeah, no. I told them that with my class load, I don't think I could manage a TTRPG and got the hell out.
I once had to listen to a blackpill Nice Guy incel about how much he wants [hyper allo descriptions] followed with him trying YET AGAIN to find some "reasons we should be together" straw to grasp in saying, "I must be asexual, too." Dude, not being able to get any is 150% NOT what Asexual means. Yes, it seems we were both born this way, but YOU can and should definitely change if you want a gir... any sensible human to like you.
Player: I'm okay with lewd stuff, as long as it's not explicit.
DM: *taking notes* Explicit nudes, loads of them...
Oh my crab, that intro gave me a heart attack 0.0 you're a phenomenal actor!!
My ex called me an incel when I told her I had realized I didn't like sex or intimate relationships >.> I mean I'm different cause I realized later I'm just demisexual but still.. when you say "I don't wanna hide the sausage" people automatically assume you're an incel and that's pretty gross
Ace, not incel. they have like two letter in common but it doesnt mean they are the same
LOL, ok ya got me good on that April Fools XD
Geeze, some people just refuse to understand others. I admit I've been confused in the moment and reacted poorly before (can't say I never do anymore, either, it still happens sometimes) but I usually come around at least a little later to a new concept when it comes to gender identity, sexuality, or other forms of self-expression/identity.
Ah, you cheeky one, you got me with those crocodile tears, well played. lmao 🤣
Bro this is what I'm talking about, writing a skit where the FBI raids a dude for....princess peach porn? Is insane
Self-Note: *_SEVERE_** MISOPHONIC TRIGGER FROM **6:23** ---------- **6:35*
THE CAKE 🎂 IS A LIE
I am playing a character like the murder hobo of BG3. But ride or die for the party and while she's quick to beat the shit out of some people, she is a lot more bluster than actually able to kill someone
My friends and I play BG3 with actual roleplay pretty frequently. We have one BG3 run where we ended up roleplaying a truly ridiculous meta-narrative. The Dragonborn rogue (played by the server owner for that game) is actually an eldritch being in disguise, in reference to the fact that he's the only one who can save and reload. He's also the Warlock's patron, and in addition to giving her magic powers, she also has a limited ability to perceive the saves and loads, and sees disturbing visions of the abandoned timelines. Meanwhile, my Paladin is the straight-woman in our comedy trio, a widowed single mom who has no idea what's going on with those two lunatics and just wants to get the tadpole out of her head so she can go introduce her kids to Gale, their new stepdad.
Ok, going to say this again (in regards to the Bowser story)... CONSENT IS IMPORTANT!. That DM doesn't understand this. She seems to have pushed her fetishes on Bowser's character.
To be fair Shadowheart and Asterion were super shady when you found them.
"I will completely disregard a character's known backstory to turn them into a slave of another character, without consulting that player. Surely nothing will go wrong with this and they'll definitely think I'm very clever and great at telling stories. It won't be upsetting and degrading or hamper their ability to roleplay at all!"
Even with that Grimdark the Second situation, the cake situation could've helped the player get more in line with the tone the rest of the party was going for, carrying around a talking cake he's romancing to lighten his mood more. If, of course, he hadn't blown up his chance at socializing by being a total creep to the real people around him.
21:02 Absolutely insane that they're "boasting" the encounter was AI generated. Blatantly admitting to not putting any work in.
YUP
If she didn't reveal that he was Bowser and he was after Princess Peach until the middle of the session, was the GM just rapid googling princess peach images and uploading them to their VTT?
They could have just happened to have the art of their computer already.
@@Troublethecat It's been 2 months so I don't rightly recall the context... but that sounds worse.
What always confuses me with stories about asexuals clearly communicating boundaries in serious conversations, is how the recipient of the information somehow interprets "A little bit of general body admiring and cheekiness is okay" as "GIMME ALL THE NAUGHTY BITS AS HARD AS YOU CAN COZ I MISSED MY SEXUAL AWAKENING AND NEED THAT ADULT CONTENT YESTERDAY!"
Like, how do people mishear/misunderstand the information so badly, you'd be forgiven for thinking the original serious conversation was part of the classic "Nudge nudge wink wink say no more" Monty Python skit.
Love the fan art in the intro.
Guys, is it gay if I cast Spirit Guardian and walk into a crowd of low-HP enemies?