I'm the oldest person out of all of my friends with the youngest being 16. If I saw a 30 year old man throw a heavy book at one of my friends and fucked up his face with it... I would have tazed that neckbeard so hard that he'd still be drooling on the floor by the time the police arrived. No one attacks my friends without being subdued with self defense items and taken to the police station with assault charges.
There may or may not be any gods in this world, but within the context of D&D, gods are very clearly real and present, so not believing in them seems... crazy? Like, they’re regularly performing miracles, and occasionally make themselves known, so being an atheist is that context is as nonsensical as saying you don’t believe anyone is real.
@@Gloomdrake It's of course true that there's quite a lot of supernatural forces and beings out there without a doubt. The evidence is in everyone's faces. He was just a believer in his own excellence.
@@Gloomdrake I think atheism in the context of DnD and Pathfinder has more to do with not wanting to be beholden to a god, rather than simply not believing in them. Case in point: the nation of Rahadoum
The worst part is that these kind of horrible people are why when you show similar tastes, people tend to dislike you even if you act like a normal person.
@Happy Harbl That speaks more of you than these fandoms you do not speak of. Regardless most people within any fandom are normal people who just like a thing and like to talk with others about said thing.
@@KageRyuu6 I liked RWBY at the start and interacted with other fans but i'll be damn if they didn't go nuts on later seasons. went full radioactive near them xD
This reminds me of one time I've drawn up a design for a Space Marine katana in a WH40k page, and my post was bombarded with jokes about fedoras, Naruto-running and 'm'lady'. I went with the flow and laughed along, but inside I was astounded by the kind of vitriol a particular kind of weapon would invoke within people.
@@Shamshiro right!? It's a fucking sword! Like it or don't! Don't try to tell me it's the worst OR the greatest! There are lots of great swords! We can have a conversation about the pros and cons of you like, but for fucks sake everybody, chill the fuck out!
I find it extremely ironic that many atheist neckbeards like Japanese aesthetics. The irony being that the predominant religion during much of Japan's history was Shintoism, which boasts over 8 million gods. Oh the irony...
@@TheSMBZfan1 yes, though they are the main three while there are a hoard of other gods due to various cultures across the island before being united under a single government. Kind of Similar to the Hindu pantheon where Vishnu and Shiva are among the most prominent, but there are many minor deities scattered around due to divergent cultures before the rise of the Hindu empire.
@@TheSMBZfan1 just remember that gods there can be born from pretty much anything and everything. Izanagi washes death-dust from his face: boom three gods. Izanagi kills his newly born son: boom, the blood becomes it's own god. Izanami shits herself as she dies: boom, shit mixed with the dirt and makes an art goddess.
Very good perception there my friend. Natural twenty. Hitler didn´t believe he was the villain, and so do school bullies. I´d say their tendancy to see themself as victims and being always right is what makes them villains in the first place !
The DM could have still made him cool by making him get some weird powers from self belief, or turning into a god himself. Then again he was a cunt so I get what's popping.
Yeah like sure i get it i probably would get mad if i die but throwing a book at someone that’s just way to far i think he ether watch to much anima or that man got anger issues
Threw a book at a 14 year old? Should have called the cops then. And seriously It freaking D&D. Most campaigns have gods in them. Dude needs to learn to separate game and life views.
They were 30-somethings playing a rpg with a 14 year old they aren't related to without a relative there. Mistakes were made long before the book was thrown.
A single Player picks a fight (at least) with EVERY other Player at the Table... That's grounds enough (without a reasonably comical or dramatic conclusion to the antics) for any GM worth his salt to tell the Player he's no longer welcome. By the stage that the book was thrown, the Police should've already had complaints from the GM (even if not the rest of the group) and be on the lookout... if not enforcing a restraining order. There are civilized methods of handling all this. Like they finally came together and did as a Group. I get that we don't like terminating a Player's welcome at our Tables... BUT that's just what you have to do. If the GM doesn't start picking up on it from "reading the Table", then a Player should step up and have that conversation with the GM... Just point out, "Look, this guy's too sketchy. I don't like it. Maybe you see something I don't, but he's making everyone uncomfortable and you should probably move him on to another of your groups, or just move his ass on... out." GM's can appreciate that sort of feedback, as a call to meeting outside of the game for the group. They had the insight to finally ban this dude from the group-chat, but anyone who read this "king of neckbeards" as sketchy SHOULD have said something.... bring it up in group chat. Have that talk, and don't waste time thinking, "We banned him, so this is the end of it." It's almost never the end of anything. ;o)
@@DeadlockDrago That is how millennials act unfortunately. The more left they lean politically the worse it is. Yet I'm a millenial myself and should know that's how 50% of my generation acts.
You know the craziest part about all this? The neckbeard actually sounds like those cliched anime self-entitled, bully characters (insert the spear hero types).
when a 30 year old bigot throws a literal book at a 14 year old. This is a simple case of the 30 year old acting like a kid in front of a kid, and yet the actual kid acting more mature than him. I do feel bad for the 14 year old, dude got physically assaulted by a 30 year old.
In Japan, the word "Otaku" is used to describe their weirdos like this. Its not their equivalent to the word "geek" like many seem to think. It's closer to "incel".
@@R3GARnator I think a lot of the more obnoxious weeaboo/neckbeard types like this dude could do with learning that Japan thinks they're losers as well.
Here's an idea, how about a character that appears like something a neckbeard would make, but you add a twist to it, The character itself is completely obsessed with being perfect and infallible, and completely hates itself when it messes something up or is wrong about anything, so their ultimate goal is to become exactly how they wish they were.
I've played two characters like that. One was a gold Dragon Born Paladin/Monk of Bahamut (previously half-elf Dragon cultist) who's end goal was perfecting his mind, body and spirit. With the dream of one day earning the favor of Bahamut to turn him into an actual Gold Dragon. He idolized Bahamut as he saved him and many others in the Temple he grew up in from an attack of Tiamat's followers. He was a truly awesome character to play. Simultaneously a wise and condescending perfectionist and a empathetic servant of the innocent with total humility. My god was the character arc of breaking him fun. :D The other character.... well, lets just say "Psion/Incarnate Azurin Aasimar" If that's not a parody of this Archetype then I don't know what is. (edit: I realize people probably don't know what that is. Incarnate and Azurin are from the 3.5 Magic of Incarnate supplementary book. Basically, Paladin but "better" and Aasimar but "better" where you straight up wield and control souls instead of Divine channeling. faerunian.fandom.com/wiki/Azurin ) He ended up becoming the Over Deity, stuck watching the infinite time loop of a cyclical and immutable multiverse where everything lost all meaning to him for all eternity. It was horrifically tragic and I loved it.
I played a Wood Elf Oath of Redemption Paladin of Tymora whose critical flaw is his hatred can be blind and unyielding. Didnt help at the point it started becoming relevant was after I'd already lost an arm to lava after rappelling down a pit trap to try and rescue a companion who'd landed in said lava, *just in time* to bring him back from the brink with lay on hands, then after being left down at the bottom of said pit having to freeclimb out of it with one arm and an armless legless dwarf strapped to my chest with a harness made from my chainmail and prayer blanket, then barely managed to outrun an Owlbear trying to do the "right" thing and not leaving the injured dwarf comrade to die. Which was *SESSION 2-4*
Because the very rare but reoccurring narcissist who acts this way need to be reminded it will have consequences even if they do it. God help me, I had to actually post something like this in this day and age.
Yeah. I mean i am the kind of guy who likes to make characters that are japanese inspired and i want to make them the storngest and the most badass swordsmen, but i don't act like i am the best. My characters are doing those journeys to that they can become the best.
Sure I've smacked younger teens who've deserved it but there's such a thing as excessive force, and chucking a damn text book at someone's head is definitely that
I try to avoid using the word "weaboo", but if this story is accurate then the term definitely feels appropriate. "Immature, entitled, violent man-baby" also seem apt.
@@bjh2o And only if he was being an antagonist or the gods were inherently evil in that world. The Japanese are a very religious people and yesh that guy.
That speil about how the katana takes more skill had me laughing like crazy. There is no difference in the time and training it takes to properly use a broadsword, bastard sword, long sword, claymore, war axe, katana, spear or any other weapon. Even weebs hate this kind of guy.
It was a clear joke he was Roleplaying an arogant ashole he wasn t acually saying that chill bro u hate that character because u don t realise ITS a Game and he was playing not him But somebody else
More likely, he would have a sharpened wall hanger with only a flimsy pin holding the blade and pommel together. I had a friend who swung a cheap wall hanger like a katana. The blade flew off, ricocheted off the wall, and cut him in the shoulder. He had to get stitches.
Is it possible for there to be two worst things about a story? 'Cause on a moral level the worst part is the fact he assaults and bullies kids, but on the personal level it's the fact he'll now be tied to the fandom as a whole, which he does *not* represent.
He was basically saying, in the kids face, "there is no God". And as a man of faith myself, I find that very detestable. I'll respect your opinion, and it would understand if his character wasnt a self insert. But when when you force your values, during a time of fun, and in front of someone who is already devoted to a religion. Then you sir/madame, can just leave now.
@@ManhNguyen-vd5qj which baffles me when you do have atheists in these kind of settings. And I mean it makes sense if you want that diversity, and looking to give that character an arch to accepting that there maybe a higher power looking out for you.
@@patrickdees5256 atheism in the d&d verse even makes sense because many of the gods were just powerful mortals who ascended karthas proved that when he stole mystals power with nothing but a spell, but getting pissed because youre weak when others are strong all while refusing power from beings far above your power scale is just ignorance i.e. he wasn't an ass because he was an atheist, he was just an ass; and assholes exist weather they believe in a god or not
Omfg it’s people like him that gives people like me and so many others who love anime or other things that want to put a little of that into dnd a bad name
Not to mention that fantasy (isekai) anime is a good source of inspiration for characters and plotlines as it is usually made by people who spent a lot of time playing DnD. Damn, there are older shows (Aura Battler Dunbine) that are basically a televised one-shot.
@@joshlexcelius2573 no, they were used in battle, just as a sidearm or self-defense weapon. Also, where are you getting this "less time to master" nonsense from? In terms of the amount there is to learn about the weapon, it's about equivalent to the European Longsword, which was also quickly rendered obsolete as a primary battlefield weapon, in fact, few swords in history were used as a primary weapon unless we're talking about greatswords, which are a completely different animal, or something like a gladius, which only worked due to having a shield as well as the fact that the Romans rarely fought armies that had access to good armor. You still have to spend a very long time learning to parry, strike, do footwork, master edge alignment, and so on. In fact, parrying with a katana actually takes significantly longer to learn, due to a number of factors, the differential hardening makes it so that parrying with the edge is impractical, there's no substantial guard, so protecting the hands becomes a second skill set in and of itself, and the blade's stiffness can cause it to bend if you're being careless. That point aside, taking longer to learn is the exact opposite of what you want in the first place, this is why it's a good thing that the katana's stiffness and balancing make it easier to cut with. It allowed soldiers to get to using the weapon effectively much earlier. Also Katana is a bit of an umbrella term referring to a myriad of different designs for a sword, the katana we're familiar with today is the result of old laws specifying things like length in swords citizens could carry. Please stop dismissing things you obviously know nothing about, even the European swords you believe are the pinnacle of perfection were relegated to the same purpose the katana served, a side weapon, for people who could afford one.
@@joshlexcelius2573 Katana were literally designed exclusively for battle. After the second Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281, the japanese had to redesign their sidearm blades which, at that time, were longer, thinner, and straight, or lightly curved. After fighting the mongols, the Japanese learned that they were often forced to fight on the ground (instead of mounted, with bows, as was traditional) and in the cramped quarters of mongol vessels. It was realized that the longer blades were unwieldy in the narrow spaces, and being so thin, they were easily damaged against mongolian armor. The katana was literally designed as a close quarters sidearm for battle. It has a more pronounced curve and thicker spine deliberately to counter the combat needs of the time.
I had a similar experience except the other way around. I was running a d20 Apocalypse earth inherited game. Basically, God gave up on humanity and abandoned heaven. Earth wad now a war zone between angels and devils and neither side gave a huff about people. I tried to use biblical themes and used bible versus to set the tone. There was a christian chick, but I made sure she knew what I was going for and she was cool with it. The problem was a guy we'll call Brad. Brad was also christian, like big time. He said he'd be cool with it, and I'd played a couple games with him without a problem, although he always played a cleric or paladin. Well dude didn't like the premise. "God would never abandon humanity and angels are pure good, so they'd take care of people." And told me I was misinterpreting the bible and revelations in particular. He even yelled at christian girl for not standing up for God and called her a Jezebel since she was dating another player who was a practicing Wiccan. We ended up having to kick him out as he came close to violence multiple times. He kept texting and calling christian girl, trying to get her to leave her "hedonistic devil worshipping" boyfriend and our "satanic" game until her father stepped in and called Brad's pastor. Dude was pretty scary.
I've encountered guys like that before. They seem to really like trying to shame Christian women. The guy I knew pulled something similar after he underwent a sudden conversion to batshit insane fundamentalism, including attacking the Christian woman in the group for not dressing modestly enough and straying from God by playing these evil games with us nonbelievers. That was the last straw for me. This lady was one of the most genuinely caring and compassionate people I've met. She was also almost always covered chin to ankle in rather modest clothes, she had just been endowed by her Creator with some rather eye-catching attributes. We evicted his ass for being an ass.
We had a similar guy on an online campaign, he was a nazi sympathiser (Literally said 'Nazi's aren't bad') nationalist, claimed that Jeffrey Dahmer was a victim, and said that torture wasn't bad because what the US didn't define torture as what the UN defines as torture, he had an anime protagonist type character and constantly got into arguements with all the players, one example being we had a ship and we had a joke that whoever had the captains hat was the captain of the ship but this grown ass man had a fit over the fact that it was his ship and he was the captain, also he was playing a 17 year old who claimed to be 19, and expected it to be a big reveal that the character was 2 years younger than he claimed, also DMd out characters into going to an orgy to find this out (not even kidding, wish I was) got really pissy our ranger who was built to do single target dpr did more damage than him, and he kept hitting on the girl in our game which made her real uncomfortable
I haven't been assaulted like that, but I have been on the receiving end of anti-Christian, anti-western values rhetoric, and verbal abuse. Good on you for standing your ground, both then, and until this time.
As a cherry on top of this mess, a non-believer for ideological reasons in this type of campaign would have made a very interesting character. But only if you are smart, when a god can literally open a hole in the sky and burn unbelievers every thursday "religions are for stupids" is not an argument. The entire discourse should go about things like freedom and the refusal to be pawns in some higher powers strugles and games Note: I'm an atheist
One of the core assumptions that apply to most D&D campaigns is that the gods are real, so your idea that the people have no obligation to follow them or be pawns is perhaps the most valid approach to an atheist/agnostic character. Note: I am Catholic.
I find it odd that the Catholic, which I am also, has no problem playing a game and having a character worship a god. Even at a young teenager he was mature enough to know it is a game and to fit a character in to that game. The other person couldn't separate his character with his beliefs. Now it appears that this bad player should have had a conversation with the DM saying how much he didn't like religion and as you said it could have been worked out in the game.
Weapon is ultra-rare in the setting "Requires years to master" Argues it would be available in the market so he could buy it at the beginning of the campaign ?
Playing a LOT in the Military, and later with Vet's... I've seen it get physical. When I'm even "acting GM" for a session or two, that's AUTOMATIC TERMINATION as a Player... We'll let it go so far as chucking dice across the Table, to "show temper" as much as communicate that someone finds their luck, the GM's calls, whatever else... somehow "unfair"... It's a release that doesn't cause any real damage or harm, and risks losing dice to the room, the couch, carpet, any of a dozen furnishings in the room, whatever... SO Players tend to be more reserved... or keep around a bag of "cheap dice ammo" for such silliness... Of course we curse and shout and sound obnoxious, even absolutely atrocious in our insults and "threats"... but it's just "shop talk", what Athletes often refer to as "talking smack"... and so what. BUT even one instance of someone standing up to offer an authentic physical threat... GONE. Period... If I have to act (or anyone else at the Table for the matter) things get recorded for a reason, and that's it... Had a guy, not too unlike the "King of Neckbeards" here... He thought he was "all that and a bag of chips" for a six-year stint in the Marines... Always wore a big knife on his leg, legal around here... AND then one day, he was on the lousy end of an in-game PvP duel. It wasn't as one-sided as this one, but it was definitely one-sided, and the unassuming woman who was handing the guy his ass just hadn't fully disclosed college through ROTC, and specific studies in Games, Tactics, and Theory... going for a career in the Pentagon, and she really was THAT damn good. BUT he was having none of losing to her, let alone his Character getting "put in his place"... AND the jack-ass of jack-asses jumped up onto the table, bowie knife "wannabe" in hand charging right at her. I hooked his arm and wrist, took the slice to my own forearm... couldn't tell if he'd actually tried for it, or accidental... AND broke his arm in two places disarming him. (I acted on purpose)... Meanwhile, our Paladin was hauling ass to the phone for emergency services... "Just send whoever you got, lady! We've got a maniac with a knife!" Long story short, Ms. Army Intelligence pressed charges on him for assault, and I had the knife on the porch, well AND clear of anyone for the Police to arrive. Jack-ass of Jack-asses ended up in jail, and everyone (me included) put a restraining order on him. I only needed butterfly stitches for the arm cut (like I said, Bowie knife WANNABE) and we basically spent that evening discussing our views on the stupidity of people like that, and reassuring most of the Party that there wouldn't be anything like that in the future... I got some extra praise for both the courage of jumping on a guy with a big knife, and some ridicule for taking a hit from a knife that I didn't know... Had that thing been well kept... I might not have the arm. I'll still stand by the assertion, ZERO Hesitation. In any case, the whole Table pretty much acted, and even while I was twisting and breaking the arm to get the knife free, it was a dog-pile situation... SO we applauded everyone, and our next session was a dramatic improvement on that... Folks, this was back in "the earlier days" of my experience. As a GM or Player, I won't condone nor encourage EVER putting up with a trite shite like the "King of Neckbeards". There are really people with medical conditions, and we should be civilized in our discourses about body odors... some of which can't be helped... BUT there's no putting up with someone constantly berating the GM for making calls. Life isn't fair, and you can always "just walk away"... It's my policy now, to invite Players to get the hell off my Table and never come back BEFORE it gets physical. If someone has a meltdown about it, remember, "It's JUST A DAMN GAME!" If you're about to have a meltdown, remember, "Not everyone plays alike." AND go out and find a different Table. There's more than one, you know. ;o)
@@dandelion_fritters maybe put out a call... rally some (more) likes for it... You got my permission. I mean... one day (if) when I get better with animating and have a PC-farm to crunch it together, I might put it together as a presentation... BUT as of now... there's too many others out there who could easily do a better job than I can... toss 'em a share, copy-paste it... go for it. ;o)
@@zebculture839 Short answer? A LOT... The military lifestyle (pretty much across the board) involves various lengths of furious busy efforts, separated often by long durations of the kind of boredom that can make you nuts. I was Navy, as were most of my buddies onboard, but we had Marine groups, and SEALs too... The "Trenton" was an amphibious ship, a "gator freighter"... so while we had furious efforts when the Marines, Commando's, and SEALs were being trafficked in and out... When it was a different type of operation, we did "gator squares" which involved basically what it sounds like, traveling in long slow squares away from the action until we were needed. I've spent three months on the water, about fifty miles out, just shy of being able to even see land... and nothing happening. ;o)
@@zebculture839 there is alot that play thats actually where i started playing DnD made my first half-elf bard with a group of friends in my unit and gnarth is correct there is a long time between the busy parts its the reason why they made the phrase "hurry up and wait"
It's one thing to have a character who believes they do not need the powers of the gods on their side, it is another to deny their existence and their power when they come before them.
"Mature for his age" is really easy to believe, it isn't exactly hard to be more mature than the average 14 year old. WIth taht said, we can also just assume he was "mature" in the sense of having good insight on how to play roleplaying games without being "that guy".
"I'm xx and mature for my age" is a borderline-chuuni quote like "I'm a bit of a loner" and "I have a special power," but I, too, have known 13-14 year olds that were more mature (and in many cases talented) than most adults I know, and 30-40 year olds who were mentally about 10. I think the important thing to note is that mature people don't brag about being mature or consider age that important in most matters, so someone describing themselves as mature is always suspect.
Yeah, I played DnD in college for the first time since it seemed fun but dam. I got two really creepy people, one guy with some of the worst teeth ever that looked like a drug addict and another that was late 30's and fat and so... moist... and always smelt of bad cheese. They also gunned for me in other games even and threw fits when I was winning. Why are there such messed up people out there?
There was nothing in my early days of D&D that I loathed more than a player trying to steer the campaign. I had a player join a game I was running back in 3.5 who made a Drow fighter. Edgy and bestial as hell, at the upper limit of height for a Medium creature, 400 pounds of muscle, blah blah blah. Background: "Someone burned down my house and I'm going to kick their ass for it!" He managed to stretch that sentence out into a drawn out exposition that none of us asked for over me telling him repeatedly that that was plenty of information. His favorite phrase was "Just go with it, trust me." The party's in town talking to someone important? "That's the guy who burned my house down!" "No. No they aren't." The party comes across an aggressive giant? "That's the guy who burned my house down!" The party answers the call of a local lord? "He swindled me on a past job and owes me money!" He also tried to use my inexperience to leap-frog over maybe six feats to get Monkey Paw so that he could wield Large weapons and when a more experienced player pointed out how that was against the rules he got angry because they , "ruined it for him." He then tried to get around this by proposing a statistic where each level the players gained caused them to grow slightly in height, meaning that in no time he'd be considered Large-sized. A five-second "homebrew" stat rule that wouldn't benefit anybody in the long run other than himself. Didn't happen.
I call BS on the story! Absolute and utter BS!! That *NEVER* happened!!!!!! ... You don't finish D&D campaigns. Something *always* gets in the way... :`(
I actually really appreciate an “atheist” in a world where “gods” can act like these fickle beings with huge egos petty enough to wipe out all the material plane into apocalypse to play out their own interpersonal conflicts. Sure the people of that world might look at you funny for not believing in something that is proven to exist, but just because something exists doesn’t demand you worship it’s face and submit to it’s whims. Elfbeard could’ve been something of a champion of mortal worth and mortal egotism, initially rich in worldly gifts, superior in every way to these uncouth and amoral ruffians, only to be tormented and struck down by those supplicants granted favor by immortal powers. He might fight to maintain his righteousness and prove the value of mortal goals and mortal happiness right up until he completes his fall trying to stab the kid in the back. Such a conflict might provide an interesting story and an examination of transcendental philosophy and religion, IMHO.
People use atheist as a blanket term for any sort of non belief in a higher power,Elf beard would be described as an anti theist rather than atheist.Anti theists are what people get confused about in fantasy setting with tangible evidence of higher powers since there is literal proof that gods exist,atheists are what fantasy characters get confused about in fantasy settings with tangible evidence of higher powers as there are beings so impossibly powerful and there is a mortal acknowledging their power but refusing to acknowledge their rank
@@johnfraire6931 nope you're right, anti-thiests are atheist who see religion as innately problematic and therefore argue against it. Typically by saying that while you are free to believe, your believe is harmful to yourself or other, so they will prompt and engage you on the topic. Generally this is done with the purpose of demonstrating an inconsistent epistemology in the hopes that it will make you then try an affirm god in a scientific way, logical way, in order to cause cause you to consider if your believe is good. Another way to look at it is, how would you make someone else demonstrate their god, is it consistent with yours and is your evidence exclusively concordant.
@@alexanderwiggins2289 Anti-theists, are those not the ones who say that those with beliefs are stupid and generally tend to want to abolish belief in higher powers entirely?
Katana are a weapon designed for speed and slashing maybe even piercing an unarmored enemy. In a European setting, it would fail to stand up against full plate armor or even chain mail.
Which is why a lot of swordplay involves targeting joints, weakspots in the armor, and injuring the opponent indirectly, because armor is a universal concept, and even the extremely ore-deprived Japanese used metal armor for their heavy infantry. Or are you implying that European swords were able to just cleave through metal armor?
Brutalyte616 nothing I said in my comment stated that. But okay. No. A traditional long sword is made for heavy combat. It can out class the katana. For the katana is too brittle to withstand heavy and constant impact. If you want to take down a heavily armor opponent, I suggest blunt weapons like a mace or morning star.
@@QwertySparrow That's why I asked if you were implying they were somehow better at dealing with armor. Because they weren't; all edged weapons are intrinsically less effective against armor. While it's true that European swords were more durable due to the more refined steel used in their construction, they could still chip and break remarkably easily. This is why blade-on-blade contact is discouraged in fencing in favor of deflections and parries with the back of the sword and minimalist strikes; the more you use a sword, the more likely it is to chip, break, or snap, even against flesh and bone.
@@QwertySparrow No sword is made for "heavy combat". Except, maybe, greatswords. Pretty much everything ever designed that can be called a sword, was designed to pierce, cut, slash, and hack at soft targets. From the highest quality master crafted "weebs wet dream" katana, to any and all of its European equivalents, they were not designed for "heavy combat".
I understand this story very well, and I've seen it play out in very different ways as well. First off, I will say, there is no perfect way to handle these players. because you dont know what they can do and what they are capable of. The only way is to look for signs of problems early. Early detection is key. A player who doesnt want to play with a group, who doesnt want to cooperate, who doesn't want to play YOUR game and would probably be best playing a single player game. Talk to them early. See if they are willing to fit in and play nice and not try to argue the entire game, and BEFORE anything gets hostile, calmly let them know that the game cant proceed with conflicting problems and ask them to step out. Always be mindful of toxic players. you got to work together
4:04 Is his character from a culture that practices polygamy? (In most animes, the hero rarely actually has an ACTUAL harem, he instead faces the reality of the fantasy of multiple ladies at once being attracted to you.)
Most harems are actually quite horrifying for the protag as they will infalibly include the abusive bitch known as tsundere who might even mutilate MC on the assumption he is a pervert, or the crazy psychotic stalker known as yandere who might murder every woman in the neighbourhood, including MC's family, so she can be the only woman in his life. A Harem MC's life is full of death threats, abuse, violence, and having to worry about other people's safety.
Most decent Harem Animes have the women/men simply being attracted to the MC and unless it's a M rated anime, it rarely goes beyond that. Often times, it's even not even romantically inclined and the MC just happens to get stuck with a lot of members of the opposite gender. But people tend to insert their own fantasy into it and will make it what it's not. Or they don't know better so they simply call a guy with a bunch of female party members, a Harem.
Overlooking the few anime that actually have harems, most anime have multiple women attracted to single protagonist male often of teenage years who's embarrassed that they find him attractive and have no idea why they are attracted to him in the first place having a sense of modesty in their ability to bring people together. This obviously wasn't this neckbeard's personality.
@@joshuacr Yeah he had no real idea what a Harem anime actually was. Especially considering most Harem anime have the: MC is clueless towards their feelings or blatantly ignores them because, as you said, they can't understand why they're all attracted to them in the first place.
This is why i stopped playing dnd and instead play on the internet. One guy bashed my ribs and began crushing my hand as he tried to rob me of my magic the gathering cards .
If you live in America carry a taser, it's less deadly than a gun and you can carry it around just about anywhere unlike a knife. You can even get some that are disguised as flashlights if you want to keep it on the down low. Don't ever get pepper spray though, if the wind happens to be blowing in the wrong direction you'll hit yourself with that stuff.
@@naheleshiriki5496 That doesnt work for a guy who has brown skin and looks like a foreighner like me id get shot in the face faster then you could say stop. That only works for short people or women of pale complexion.
@@antwan1357 I'm sorry to hear that, 😔 unfortunately discrimination is still very much a thing... at least you're being safe by playing online if you can't defend yourself from an assault. It's a smart move with today's political climate. Cops will shoot people running away even nowadays.
@@naheleshiriki5496 i know it sounds weird but i learned to practice stoicism . When you look different but do not act like what your ethnicity looks like . It makes for a different lifestyle, i make sure to hang around mixed groups too much of any one thing and i worry about the gremlins turning heads toward me. I carefully probe conversations , and watch out for acceptable prejudices among groups . If i find any , i excuse myself politely , and merely leave.
"People would surely buy such a unique and high quality blade" uh, no. Western society at the time would just see the weapon as useless in battle as it was thin and not that large, meaning that it would snap easily and would be out ranged by polearms and longswords, so people wouldn't buy such an expensive weapon that they viewed as useless for anything other than home defense or decoration, even then it would only be the rich who would buy it and they would have either more ornate weapons, heirlooms or people to defend their home for them.
A katana in reality was seen more as a heavy, two handed saber. And you're right in that medieval noblemen liked them for their high quality craftsmanship. But, it's all about how skilled the swordsman is.
@@nines3048 They had shitty metal yes, but the backing was a softer metal so they bend not snap, and stay bent. The qualities of the blade made it easier to cut with, not a better cutter (depending on what you are comparing it is) But one thing I hate is people also considering western swords "brutish" when they really were things of beauty.
Eastern society wouldn't use the weapon either. They'd use polearms and bows, keeping the katana as a backup weapon and status symbol. I mean, it'd see some use still, but only the worst samurai would use it regardless of situation - where more often than not there would be more appropriate options.
Ugh, I wasn’t there to ruin that guy’s neck bearding as an illithid. Also, wait a second, are they playing Darkest Dungeon? Because they are increasing each other’s stress.
They probably just left the door unlocked until everyone showed up for the game. That's what my group does and people just let themselves in and set up the tables.
@@manwithabasicprofilepic Most of the stories on rpghorrorstories are fake, they're riddled with inconsistencies like this one. Also "bullying kids into giving him rare collectibles" really? Are you serious?
Yeesh. When someone gives neckbeards a worse reputation than they already have. Side note: If he hadn't been so fixated on the uber-cool katana, backswords would have been appropriate to the time and place, and almost exactly like a katana...
@@bjh2o except they were crafted with a higher level of metal quality so you didn't have to do the metal folding to layer it and use a different method of swinging said sword. But actually now that I think about it, Scimitar is swung in a very similar matter to katanas at least.
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Also.... Me as a fan of Samurai myself.... I got to add something... Katana's, Axes, Hammers, Traditional Short or Long Swords, whatever!! It's irrelevant!! It's not a single weapon that makes a combatant great, it's the cunning of the Strong man/woman behind the weapon.
yea I think that's why everything went pear shaped! he made a character who was against something the entire party sided with. it's like if you made a character who was against drugs and the rest of the group went with a drug dealing operation for the game
Maaannn this is something that makes me want to learn martial arts. If I was in a game and a player assaulted another, I wanna be able to protect the victim. This just isn't right.
See, I have sympathy for neckbeards in general, not everyone is born pretty and I hear that depressed people tend to ignore hygiene. That being said, bullying kids to get your adrenaline fix is inexcusable, whatever frustrations that guy had he needs to be locked up and slowly earn his way back into society.
@@levianderson8822 Hell yes, if you bully kids to get your adrenaline fix there's no place for you in civilized society, and if you're unwilling to work your issues out you should rot in a cell. Was that clear enough for you friend?
@@cristiancojocaru9821 no I said I'm depressed and apparently everyone who is unable to do things property have to die in a cell because they can't do things right
I had no idea what "Chosen King of the Neck Beards" meant before I watched this video in hindsight it's obvious af. Also insert *_GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL FOLDED OVER A THOUSAND TIMES_* or something here, I'm not that versed on Anime myself.
Neckbeards and Weebos. Because man he sounded like the same type of loser who tries to learn Japanese from playing games and watching Anime in Japanese, thinks Japan is this magical wonderland of timid, loyal loli sized adult women, anime and whatever nonsense these weebs get into there heads about Japan and not a very rigid society where someone like most weebos would be looked down on.
If I was the owner of the house, I would immediately tell that guy to get the hell out after he threw the book. If you wanna yell, fine, but the moment that someone gets hurt over a game, that's the end of the line.
I'll just take this moment to bring up Mr. Neckbeard was advocating for a garbage weapon, and Japan's steel making couldn't get the metal hot enough to rid it of impurities to make it not useless. They compensated for this by folding the steel which helped rid better the quality, but it was still technically bad bad by European standards since they had the resources to actually heat up their metal. Edit: Fixed some of tired self's writing. The message is more or less the same. I also added some statements that people said as I thought if but didn't actually wrote down for whatever reason.
Hell, of you ask an expert on that matter, a lot of medieval European weapons were a lot better. Katana was was forged hard, so hard it actually became brittle, as it was not designed for parrying/redirecting enemy blows. When confronted with (for example) a Polish Hussar saber, it would probably end with a parry from the sabre due to it's softly forged back edge and the katana snapping to pieces after a hit with a reasonable force. The katana's wielding is also a thing to reconsider, as it was badly balanced, kind of like a bamboo stick that you'd wield by an end instead of the middle. In European weaponry, taking the sabre again as an example, the balanced was focused a lot more on the handle, making wielding much easier and allowing for more powerful blows.
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 They have to fold it 100 times to eaven out the carbon impurities in the steel. If you fold quality steel 100 times it gets no better, but the island of japan does not have good steel. Overall folding bad steel makes it better, but folding good steel does not make it better.
@@Skeezik1998 yes well made Katanas are real , but there also MASTER CRAFTED items, made by an experienced smith to order, they are very raire and even when they was made stupendously expensive, as a result they was treated as the icons that they where. think about how many Samerri there was, how many are left? a couple of dozen? the 'good' weapons. just think of all the 'good' or better swords that are just lying rusting on a shelf somewhere cuss there is so many of them that they are practically worthless.
This actually hits pretty close to home for me and something I think I narrowly avoided a couple years ago. I had just been introduced to a local games and comic shop through a math class that was teaching us about statistics and probability through Magic the Gathering, pretty cool class actually in a great way to get a math credit out of the way. I learned that the shop had a weekly runs the game and was interested enough that I thought I'd try to get into it by attending them. Turns out that most of the people there were much like the neckbeard described in the story, fat, gross, and always joking about sex and other crude things. One of them tried to get me to come to his house after the match said he could give me some free stuff, but I didn't buy it and got the heck out of there because he was a lot older than me and nearly twice my size in terms of height and girth. No way was I going to his house after we just met. The shop also had weekly D&D night, but I had the feeling that it would be the same kinds of people and wouldn't it be a good situation for me, especially since I'm a devout Catholic, much like the narrator of the story. The shop closed about a year ago, so I don't know where all those people hanging out now, but this the story made me realize the really bad potential situations that I avoided by deciding to not have anything to do with that comic shop anymore. As a side note, I lost interest in Magic the Gathering and decided to stick with Hearthstone because it's a lot easier on my wallet.
Good call getting out of there. Glad you liked the story... people tend to gain weight as they age. America has an obesity problem and many find it hard to deal with their weight. Some people have very little control over their weight. We mustn't ostracize these people. I don't think that was your intention. I want to be clear. People can find crude things engaging and fun. This does not make them bad people. A person can also be an atheist and still be a good person. Take for example my self. Most would say I am a very moral. I donate to the homeless, help my friends and family (completely voluntary), and wish no harm had to befall anything. I hold to my convictions but their source is not God. I say this because of the catholic church insistence that atheists are going to hell. D&D is a game where people come together. I want to be clear.
Likewise,wore paperboy hats instead for a while which is a damn shame. Fedoras are neat hats,especially for someone like myself who sunburns easy and those hats have ideal coverage.
Before I found out about neckbeards, I thought fedoras were pretty cool, but then their name and image got covered in sweat and hair grease from them. I guess this is how religious people feel when people hijack their religion for some bullshit agenda that has nothing to do with the religion.
"The warlock called the police while the barbarian got pictures of his car"
That's a new sentance
Im literaly dying
megatronVS that’s a sentence that goes counter to both. The barbarian was smart and the warlock wasn’t taking things into their own hands.
I know right lol I'm crying
😂
Apart from what flyingturret208 said, sounds like something that would happen in Shadowrun.
"The Warlock called the police" might be the best line in RPG Horror ive ever heard.
Mitch Lesy “The Warlock could handle the undead, but the foul smelling neck beard was something beyond his control.”
@@Dragonian05 thats a different kind of ungodly scent
You know it's bad when the fiend worshiping, chaos bringing magic user is calling the cops
He didn’t have God and Anime on his side.
Why would he? He didnt believe in a god to begin with. XD
I can't like your comment due to it being at 69 but just know I enjoy this comment.
God turned his back on that three ring shit show of a weeb
@@krispychipp5687 It's not anymore... and no, I'm Like #85
Just anime
He should have been charged with assault on a minor.
I think he was
Yeah. The cops took his ass down to not-an-anime prison.
I'm the oldest person out of all of my friends with the youngest being 16. If I saw a 30 year old man throw a heavy book at one of my friends and fucked up his face with it... I would have tazed that neckbeard so hard that he'd still be drooling on the floor by the time the police arrived. No one attacks my friends without being subdued with self defense items and taken to the police station with assault charges.
Minors.
@@naheleshiriki5496 damn right. He would have been wishing his character was the only thing to get a beat down.
"there aren't gods in this uncaring world!"
Cleric performs literal miracles on behalf of his god.
And whoops his ass lol
It's an interesting reversal of what happens in the real world
There may or may not be any gods in this world, but within the context of D&D, gods are very clearly real and present, so not believing in them seems... crazy? Like, they’re regularly performing miracles, and occasionally make themselves known, so being an atheist is that context is as nonsensical as saying you don’t believe anyone is real.
@@Gloomdrake It's of course true that there's quite a lot of supernatural forces and beings out there without a doubt. The evidence is in everyone's faces. He was just a believer in his own excellence.
@@Gloomdrake I think atheism in the context of DnD and Pathfinder has more to do with not wanting to be beholden to a god, rather than simply not believing in them. Case in point: the nation of Rahadoum
The worst part is that these kind of horrible people are why when you show similar tastes, people tend to dislike you even if you act like a normal person.
@Happy Harbl That speaks more of you than these fandoms you do not speak of. Regardless most people within any fandom are normal people who just like a thing and like to talk with others about said thing.
@@KageRyuu6 I liked RWBY at the start and interacted with other fans but i'll be damn if they didn't go nuts on later seasons. went full radioactive near them xD
@@GespenstMorder
There are toxic people in every fandom though...
This reminds me of one time I've drawn up a design for a Space Marine katana in a WH40k page, and my post was bombarded with jokes about fedoras, Naruto-running and 'm'lady'. I went with the flow and laughed along, but inside I was astounded by the kind of vitriol a particular kind of weapon would invoke within people.
@@Shamshiro right!? It's a fucking sword! Like it or don't! Don't try to tell me it's the worst OR the greatest! There are lots of great swords! We can have a conversation about the pros and cons of you like, but for fucks sake everybody, chill the fuck out!
I find it extremely ironic that many atheist neckbeards like Japanese aesthetics. The irony being that the predominant religion during much of Japan's history was Shintoism, which boasts over 8 million gods. Oh the irony...
Darn. You really passed that history check huh?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Shintoism is the pantheon with Amaterasu, Izanagi, Susano-o and Izanami, right?
@@TheSMBZfan1 yes, though they are the main three while there are a hoard of other gods due to various cultures across the island before being united under a single government. Kind of Similar to the Hindu pantheon where Vishnu and Shiva are among the most prominent, but there are many minor deities scattered around due to divergent cultures before the rise of the Hindu empire.
@@xaldrortenderofthevats8948 I see. I should give the Shinto Pantheon a good look over one day.
@@TheSMBZfan1 just remember that gods there can be born from pretty much anything and everything. Izanagi washes death-dust from his face: boom three gods. Izanagi kills his newly born son: boom, the blood becomes it's own god. Izanami shits herself as she dies: boom, shit mixed with the dirt and makes an art goddess.
It goes to show, the worst of villains consider themselves the hero.
You are the bandit and I am the god damn hero
@@thatonesliceleft2867 nice borderlands reference
Jack in our
Very good perception there my friend. Natural twenty.
Hitler didn´t believe he was the villain, and so do school bullies.
I´d say their tendancy to see themself as victims and being always right is what makes them villains in the first place !
What a scary scenario, always a shame when someone can't take a game for what it is.
Absolutely true!
The DM could have still made him cool by making him get some weird powers from self belief, or turning into a god himself.
Then again he was a cunt so I get what's popping.
Yeah like sure i get it i probably would get mad if i die but throwing a book at someone that’s just way to far i think he ether watch to much anima or that man got anger issues
Right? Like the fact he bullied children! What is up with that
"Get out of my way or I'll show you my wrath as well!"
*preceeds to get the crap beaten out of him*
ROLF xD
Yeah...
Ah yes Rolf is also my favorite ed edd and eddy character
Threw a book at a 14 year old? Should have called the cops then. And seriously It freaking D&D. Most campaigns have gods in them. Dude needs to learn to separate game and life views.
They were 30-somethings playing a rpg with a 14 year old they aren't related to without a relative there. Mistakes were made long before the book was thrown.
It's funny how childish that neck beard was being to an actual child. The irony levels are through the roof.
@@TheRealTexas - from the sound of things, the neckbeard was the only one who really couldn't be trusted around children.
A single Player picks a fight (at least) with EVERY other Player at the Table... That's grounds enough (without a reasonably comical or dramatic conclusion to the antics) for any GM worth his salt to tell the Player he's no longer welcome.
By the stage that the book was thrown, the Police should've already had complaints from the GM (even if not the rest of the group) and be on the lookout... if not enforcing a restraining order.
There are civilized methods of handling all this. Like they finally came together and did as a Group. I get that we don't like terminating a Player's welcome at our Tables... BUT that's just what you have to do. If the GM doesn't start picking up on it from "reading the Table", then a Player should step up and have that conversation with the GM... Just point out, "Look, this guy's too sketchy. I don't like it. Maybe you see something I don't, but he's making everyone uncomfortable and you should probably move him on to another of your groups, or just move his ass on... out."
GM's can appreciate that sort of feedback, as a call to meeting outside of the game for the group. They had the insight to finally ban this dude from the group-chat, but anyone who read this "king of neckbeards" as sketchy SHOULD have said something.... bring it up in group chat.
Have that talk, and don't waste time thinking, "We banned him, so this is the end of it." It's almost never the end of anything. ;o)
@@DeadlockDrago That is how millennials act unfortunately. The more left they lean politically the worse it is. Yet I'm a millenial myself and should know that's how 50% of my generation acts.
_While you studies the ways of the GM, I studied the blade_
While you perused the random encounter table, I studied the blade.
@@these2kings0305 confinement?
@Afqwa ah, that makes sense
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"And you know how I prepared for this day? I learned."
You know the craziest part about all this?
The neckbeard actually sounds like those cliched anime self-entitled, bully characters (insert the spear hero types).
I think that one was more of the Sword Hero (minus the ability to reflect on his views).
Or maybe both.
@@Max_G4 the bow hero (thinks he is smarter than everyone and if anyone outshines him, oh boy...)
Lancers.
when a 30 year old bigot throws a literal book at a 14 year old. This is a simple case of the 30 year old acting like a kid in front of a kid, and yet the actual kid acting more mature than him. I do feel bad for the 14 year old, dude got physically assaulted by a 30 year old.
Chosen King of Neckbeards.
This... is an interesting title for a king.
Post-watch edit: Damn, this isn't a weeb, this feels like an entitled weeb.
the actions just all felt really strange, if he hadnt thrown the book i would of said he saw himself as the BBEG
I'll bet he hangs out with klantifa at this point...
@@MeanOldLady this person doesn't have any friends even evil ones.
@@joshuacr So he's a Twitter activist? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
This isn't your everyday kind of weebness.
This is... ADVANCED weebness.
Legend has it he got 20 years in the state pen after calling the judge an "uncivilized simpleton."
Nobody said this but u sexy
Seems like something he’d do
“They’ll understand me in Japan”
As someone who has been dragged to Japan cause of my navy dad, they don’t understand weebs there
Rooks McGee If you saw the meme, then yeah, they don’t.
In Japan, the word "Otaku" is used to describe their weirdos like this. Its not their equivalent to the word "geek" like many seem to think. It's closer to "incel".
@@R3GARnator I think a lot of the more obnoxious weeaboo/neckbeard types like this dude could do with learning that Japan thinks they're losers as well.
boxorak if they can’t accept their home country calling them losers, I doubt they’ll accept their idolized country calling them the same.
Here's an idea, how about a character that appears like something a neckbeard would make, but you add a twist to it, The character itself is completely obsessed with being perfect and infallible, and completely hates itself when it messes something up or is wrong about anything, so their ultimate goal is to become exactly how they wish they were.
Imagine them meeting a god that can do that for them and shows them how useless it is to be infallible
I had a paladin with an inferiority complex before the session committed toaster bath, I can confirm it was fun to play if not a bit melodramatic
I've played two characters like that. One was a gold Dragon Born Paladin/Monk of Bahamut (previously half-elf Dragon cultist) who's end goal was perfecting his mind, body and spirit. With the dream of one day earning the favor of Bahamut to turn him into an actual Gold Dragon. He idolized Bahamut as he saved him and many others in the Temple he grew up in from an attack of Tiamat's followers. He was a truly awesome character to play. Simultaneously a wise and condescending perfectionist and a empathetic servant of the innocent with total humility. My god was the character arc of breaking him fun. :D
The other character.... well, lets just say "Psion/Incarnate Azurin Aasimar"
If that's not a parody of this Archetype then I don't know what is.
(edit: I realize people probably don't know what that is. Incarnate and Azurin are from the 3.5 Magic of Incarnate supplementary book. Basically, Paladin but "better" and Aasimar but "better" where you straight up wield and control souls instead of Divine channeling. faerunian.fandom.com/wiki/Azurin )
He ended up becoming the Over Deity, stuck watching the infinite time loop of a cyclical and immutable multiverse where everything lost all meaning to him for all eternity. It was horrifically tragic and I loved it.
I played a Wood Elf Oath of Redemption Paladin of Tymora whose critical flaw is his hatred can be blind and unyielding.
Didnt help at the point it started becoming relevant was after I'd already lost an arm to lava after rappelling down a pit trap to try and rescue a companion who'd landed in said lava, *just in time* to bring him back from the brink with lay on hands, then after being left down at the bottom of said pit having to freeclimb out of it with one arm and an armless legless dwarf strapped to my chest with a harness made from my chainmail and prayer blanket, then barely managed to outrun an Owlbear trying to do the "right" thing and not leaving the injured dwarf comrade to die.
Which was *SESSION 2-4*
Grey The Odd dude that first character sounds really cool. Did he ever achieve his dream of becoming a dragon?
that's not just a bad DnD player... that's a bad human being .
Anime characters are fine, but being that guy is not fine.
Seriously don't hit children.
Why does this need to be said?
Because the very rare but reoccurring narcissist who acts this way need to be reminded it will have consequences even if they do it. God help me, I had to actually post something like this in this day and age.
Yeah. I mean i am the kind of guy who likes to make characters that are japanese inspired and i want to make them the storngest and the most badass swordsmen, but i don't act like i am the best. My characters are doing those journeys to that they can become the best.
common sense is not so common anymore.
Because the folly of Man is an unfortunate re-occurrence we must all continue to learn from; specifically, how to avoid being That GuyTM
Sure I've smacked younger teens who've deserved it but there's such a thing as excessive force, and chucking a damn text book at someone's head is definitely that
"Get out of my way or I'll show you my wrath as well!"
*They proceeded to beat the crap out of him*
I try to avoid using the word "weaboo", but if this story is accurate then the term definitely feels appropriate. "Immature, entitled, violent man-baby" also seem apt.
I consider myself a man child (the fun kind.), and I can agree with you.
What's even sadder is he seemed to just be spouting stereotypical nonsense about anime.
@@RikkuTakanashi True dat. The only way it would have been more anime is if he wanted to kill the gods.
@@bjh2o And only if he was being an antagonist or the gods were inherently evil in that world. The Japanese are a very religious people and yesh that guy.
@bjh20 - those two descriptors are interchangeable, as they mean the same thing.
That speil about how the katana takes more skill had me laughing like crazy. There is no difference in the time and training it takes to properly use a broadsword, bastard sword, long sword, claymore, war axe, katana, spear or any other weapon. Even weebs hate this kind of guy.
Not true. Axes and (especially) spears are much easier to effectively wield than any flavor of sword, and take much less time to learn.
^
@@stevenschnepp576 Still disproves the idiot claiming that katanas are harder to use though.
It was a clear joke he was Roleplaying an arogant ashole he wasn t acually saying that chill bro u hate that character because u don t realise ITS a Game and he was playing not him But somebody else
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Be careful he will come back with his 100% “real metal” plastic katana he got from some store and his full body anime pillow
More likely, he would have a sharpened wall hanger with only a flimsy pin holding the blade and pommel together. I had a friend who swung a cheap wall hanger like a katana. The blade flew off, ricocheted off the wall, and cut him in the shoulder. He had to get stitches.
Is it possible for there to be two worst things about a story? 'Cause on a moral level the worst part is the fact he assaults and bullies kids, but on the personal level it's the fact he'll now be tied to the fandom as a whole, which he does *not* represent.
Sounds like the chump inserts his RL values into his character and has no idea how to RP.
He was basically saying, in the kids face, "there is no God". And as a man of faith myself, I find that very detestable. I'll respect your opinion, and it would understand if his character wasnt a self insert. But when when you force your values, during a time of fun, and in front of someone who is already devoted to a religion. Then you sir/madame, can just leave now.
@@patrickdees5256 yes especially in a game world there is tangible evidence that gods exists.
@@ManhNguyen-vd5qj which baffles me when you do have atheists in these kind of settings. And I mean it makes sense if you want that diversity, and looking to give that character an arch to accepting that there maybe a higher power looking out for you.
@@patrickdees5256 atheism in the d&d verse even makes sense because many of the gods were just powerful mortals who ascended karthas proved that when he stole mystals power with nothing but a spell, but getting pissed because youre weak when others are strong all while refusing power from beings far above your power scale is just ignorance i.e. he wasn't an ass because he was an atheist, he was just an ass; and assholes exist weather they believe in a god or not
@@creativeburst2442 fair enough.
Omfg it’s people like him that gives people like me and so many others who love anime or other things that want to put a little of that into dnd a bad name
Not to mention that fantasy (isekai) anime is a good source of inspiration for characters and plotlines as it is usually made by people who spent a lot of time playing DnD.
Damn, there are older shows (Aura Battler Dunbine) that are basically a televised one-shot.
@@VukMujovic Record of Lodoss war, 'nuff said.
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Medieval knights who trained from childhood to be the best with all weapon from axes trough swords to lances: Am I a joke to you?
Plus with an axe or spear it doesn't take years to be used effectively.
@@joshlexcelius2573 no, they were used in battle, just as a sidearm or self-defense weapon. Also, where are you getting this "less time to master" nonsense from? In terms of the amount there is to learn about the weapon, it's about equivalent to the European Longsword, which was also quickly rendered obsolete as a primary battlefield weapon, in fact, few swords in history were used as a primary weapon unless we're talking about greatswords, which are a completely different animal, or something like a gladius, which only worked due to having a shield as well as the fact that the Romans rarely fought armies that had access to good armor. You still have to spend a very long time learning to parry, strike, do footwork, master edge alignment, and so on. In fact, parrying with a katana actually takes significantly longer to learn, due to a number of factors, the differential hardening makes it so that parrying with the edge is impractical, there's no substantial guard, so protecting the hands becomes a second skill set in and of itself, and the blade's stiffness can cause it to bend if you're being careless. That point aside, taking longer to learn is the exact opposite of what you want in the first place, this is why it's a good thing that the katana's stiffness and balancing make it easier to cut with. It allowed soldiers to get to using the weapon effectively much earlier. Also Katana is a bit of an umbrella term referring to a myriad of different designs for a sword, the katana we're familiar with today is the result of old laws specifying things like length in swords citizens could carry. Please stop dismissing things you obviously know nothing about, even the European swords you believe are the pinnacle of perfection were relegated to the same purpose the katana served, a side weapon, for people who could afford one.
@@joshlexcelius2573 Katana were literally designed exclusively for battle.
After the second Mongol invasion of Japan in 1281, the japanese had to redesign their sidearm blades which, at that time, were longer, thinner, and straight, or lightly curved.
After fighting the mongols, the Japanese learned that they were often forced to fight on the ground (instead of mounted, with bows, as was traditional) and in the cramped quarters of mongol vessels.
It was realized that the longer blades were unwieldy in the narrow spaces, and being so thin, they were easily damaged against mongolian armor.
The katana was literally designed as a close quarters sidearm for battle.
It has a more pronounced curve and thicker spine deliberately to counter the combat needs of the time.
Claims that time training in a weapon transfers over to effectiveness...meanwhile you can have your sword and I’ll just grab an uzi
@@stevewondering6311 The comment was in reference to medieval knights, so you would probably grab a crossbow, lol.
I had a similar experience except the other way around. I was running a d20 Apocalypse earth inherited game. Basically, God gave up on humanity and abandoned heaven. Earth wad now a war zone between angels and devils and neither side gave a huff about people. I tried to use biblical themes and used bible versus to set the tone. There was a christian chick, but I made sure she knew what I was going for and she was cool with it. The problem was a guy we'll call Brad. Brad was also christian, like big time. He said he'd be cool with it, and I'd played a couple games with him without a problem, although he always played a cleric or paladin. Well dude didn't like the premise. "God would never abandon humanity and angels are pure good, so they'd take care of people." And told me I was misinterpreting the bible and revelations in particular. He even yelled at christian girl for not standing up for God and called her a Jezebel since she was dating another player who was a practicing Wiccan. We ended up having to kick him out as he came close to violence multiple times. He kept texting and calling christian girl, trying to get her to leave her "hedonistic devil worshipping" boyfriend and our "satanic" game until her father stepped in and called Brad's pastor. Dude was pretty scary.
Your campaign sounds awfully similar to a Shin Megami Tensei game. I'm sure it would have been pretty neat.
Wow... Really putting the 'jeez' in Jesus there.
I've encountered guys like that before. They seem to really like trying to shame Christian women.
The guy I knew pulled something similar after he underwent a sudden conversion to batshit insane fundamentalism, including attacking the Christian woman in the group for not dressing modestly enough and straying from God by playing these evil games with us nonbelievers.
That was the last straw for me. This lady was one of the most genuinely caring and compassionate people I've met. She was also almost always covered chin to ankle in rather modest clothes, she had just been endowed by her Creator with some rather eye-catching attributes.
We evicted his ass for being an ass.
"...until her father stepped in and called Brad's pastor. Dude was pretty scary." I'm imagining one badass pastor beating Brad with a Bible. :P
@@lordelliott42 Really puts a new spin on the term Bible Thumper.
We had a similar guy on an online campaign, he was a nazi sympathiser (Literally said 'Nazi's aren't bad') nationalist, claimed that Jeffrey Dahmer was a victim, and said that torture wasn't bad because what the US didn't define torture as what the UN defines as torture, he had an anime protagonist type character and constantly got into arguements with all the players, one example being we had a ship and we had a joke that whoever had the captains hat was the captain of the ship but this grown ass man had a fit over the fact that it was his ship and he was the captain, also he was playing a 17 year old who claimed to be 19, and expected it to be a big reveal that the character was 2 years younger than he claimed, also DMd out characters into going to an orgy to find this out (not even kidding, wish I was) got really pissy our ranger who was built to do single target dpr did more damage than him, and he kept hitting on the girl in our game which made her real uncomfortable
Any one of those is a major alarm bell.
you should have banned him right there and then.
“In the grim darkness of 6:30, there is only campaign” -My DM friend who likes Warhammer 40k
This is my new opener for my campaign recaps
I haven't been assaulted like that, but I have been on the receiving end of anti-Christian, anti-western values rhetoric, and verbal abuse. Good on you for standing your ground, both then, and until this time.
As a cherry on top of this mess, a non-believer for ideological reasons in this type of campaign would have made a very interesting character. But only if you are smart, when a god can literally open a hole in the sky and burn unbelievers every thursday "religions are for stupids" is not an argument. The entire discourse should go about things like freedom and the refusal to be pawns in some higher powers strugles and games
Note: I'm an atheist
Check out Steve spellslinger on r/HFY, something tells me it would make a great read for you
@@zoRo2200 I will, thanks
You'd probably like The Saga of Tanya The Evil, it's about a middle aged athiest in an argument with god.
One of the core assumptions that apply to most D&D campaigns is that the gods are real, so your idea that the people have no obligation to follow them or be pawns is perhaps the most valid approach to an atheist/agnostic character.
Note: I am Catholic.
I find it odd that the Catholic, which I am also, has no problem playing a game and having a character worship a god. Even at a young teenager he was mature enough to know it is a game and to fit a character in to that game. The other person couldn't separate his character with his beliefs. Now it appears that this bad player should have had a conversation with the DM saying how much he didn't like religion and as you said it could have been worked out in the game.
Having to deal with a child using/abusing MarySue must be pretty rough
Weapon is ultra-rare in the setting
"Requires years to master"
Argues it would be available in the market so he could buy it at the beginning of the campaign
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Playing a LOT in the Military, and later with Vet's... I've seen it get physical.
When I'm even "acting GM" for a session or two, that's AUTOMATIC TERMINATION as a Player...
We'll let it go so far as chucking dice across the Table, to "show temper" as much as communicate that someone finds their luck, the GM's calls, whatever else... somehow "unfair"... It's a release that doesn't cause any real damage or harm, and risks losing dice to the room, the couch, carpet, any of a dozen furnishings in the room, whatever... SO Players tend to be more reserved... or keep around a bag of "cheap dice ammo" for such silliness...
Of course we curse and shout and sound obnoxious, even absolutely atrocious in our insults and "threats"... but it's just "shop talk", what Athletes often refer to as "talking smack"... and so what.
BUT even one instance of someone standing up to offer an authentic physical threat... GONE. Period... If I have to act (or anyone else at the Table for the matter) things get recorded for a reason, and that's it...
Had a guy, not too unlike the "King of Neckbeards" here... He thought he was "all that and a bag of chips" for a six-year stint in the Marines... Always wore a big knife on his leg, legal around here... AND then one day, he was on the lousy end of an in-game PvP duel. It wasn't as one-sided as this one, but it was definitely one-sided, and the unassuming woman who was handing the guy his ass just hadn't fully disclosed college through ROTC, and specific studies in Games, Tactics, and Theory... going for a career in the Pentagon, and she really was THAT damn good.
BUT he was having none of losing to her, let alone his Character getting "put in his place"... AND the jack-ass of jack-asses jumped up onto the table, bowie knife "wannabe" in hand charging right at her. I hooked his arm and wrist, took the slice to my own forearm... couldn't tell if he'd actually tried for it, or accidental... AND broke his arm in two places disarming him. (I acted on purpose)... Meanwhile, our Paladin was hauling ass to the phone for emergency services... "Just send whoever you got, lady! We've got a maniac with a knife!"
Long story short, Ms. Army Intelligence pressed charges on him for assault, and I had the knife on the porch, well AND clear of anyone for the Police to arrive. Jack-ass of Jack-asses ended up in jail, and everyone (me included) put a restraining order on him. I only needed butterfly stitches for the arm cut (like I said, Bowie knife WANNABE) and we basically spent that evening discussing our views on the stupidity of people like that, and reassuring most of the Party that there wouldn't be anything like that in the future... I got some extra praise for both the courage of jumping on a guy with a big knife, and some ridicule for taking a hit from a knife that I didn't know... Had that thing been well kept... I might not have the arm. I'll still stand by the assertion, ZERO Hesitation.
In any case, the whole Table pretty much acted, and even while I was twisting and breaking the arm to get the knife free, it was a dog-pile situation... SO we applauded everyone, and our next session was a dramatic improvement on that...
Folks, this was back in "the earlier days" of my experience. As a GM or Player, I won't condone nor encourage EVER putting up with a trite shite like the "King of Neckbeards". There are really people with medical conditions, and we should be civilized in our discourses about body odors... some of which can't be helped... BUT there's no putting up with someone constantly berating the GM for making calls. Life isn't fair, and you can always "just walk away"... It's my policy now, to invite Players to get the hell off my Table and never come back BEFORE it gets physical.
If someone has a meltdown about it, remember, "It's JUST A DAMN GAME!"
If you're about to have a meltdown, remember, "Not everyone plays alike." AND go out and find a different Table. There's more than one, you know. ;o)
I want this animated...
How manny people play D&D in the stinking ARMY?
@@dandelion_fritters maybe put out a call... rally some (more) likes for it... You got my permission.
I mean... one day (if) when I get better with animating and have a PC-farm to crunch it together, I might put it together as a presentation...
BUT as of now... there's too many others out there who could easily do a better job than I can... toss 'em a share, copy-paste it... go for it. ;o)
@@zebculture839 Short answer? A LOT...
The military lifestyle (pretty much across the board) involves various lengths of furious busy efforts, separated often by long durations of the kind of boredom that can make you nuts.
I was Navy, as were most of my buddies onboard, but we had Marine groups, and SEALs too... The "Trenton" was an amphibious ship, a "gator freighter"... so while we had furious efforts when the Marines, Commando's, and SEALs were being trafficked in and out... When it was a different type of operation, we did "gator squares" which involved basically what it sounds like, traveling in long slow squares away from the action until we were needed.
I've spent three months on the water, about fifty miles out, just shy of being able to even see land... and nothing happening. ;o)
@@zebculture839 there is alot that play thats actually where i started playing DnD made my first half-elf bard with a group of friends in my unit
and gnarth is correct there is a long time between the busy parts its the reason why they made the phrase "hurry up and wait"
I'm imagining the rogues boyfriend actually took the rool of the elf fighter who was literally beaten the douch out of and learned his place in game
It's one thing to have a character who believes they do not need the powers of the gods on their side, it is another to deny their existence and their power when they come before them.
Serious ending I know
But when the cleric healed the fighter, and then had the fighter turn on him
Anyone else get DBZ Goku vs Frieza vibes?
Yeah yeah during the namek explosion
@Happy Harbl was indeed. At the end
Neckbeard: there are no gods in this cruel world
Cleric: I'm about to end this man's career
Assaults a 14 year old and shakes down kids for their rare game cards? People like this exist?
What a fucking loser
Sadly. In this world, anything stupid that physically possible, will be or already has been done.
14years old and mature for my age.... gonna take this with a heaping dose of salt
I knew some kids when I was 14 that were more mature than I (and a lot of people I know) are so I would only take it with a pinch of salt.
"Mature for his age" is really easy to believe, it isn't exactly hard to be more mature than the average 14 year old. WIth taht said, we can also just assume he was "mature" in the sense of having good insight on how to play roleplaying games without being "that guy".
"I'm xx and mature for my age" is a borderline-chuuni quote like "I'm a bit of a loner" and "I have a special power," but I, too, have known 13-14 year olds that were more mature (and in many cases talented) than most adults I know, and 30-40 year olds who were mentally about 10. I think the important thing to note is that mature people don't brag about being mature or consider age that important in most matters, so someone describing themselves as mature is always suspect.
maybe he looks more mature rather than acts more mature?
He didn't do anything in the story that goes against what he said, so I'll believe him. And we also don't know how the other kids he knows behave.
Hope that fighter got treatment. He’s clearly got something wrong.
Yeah, I played DnD in college for the first time since it seemed fun but dam. I got two really creepy people, one guy with some of the worst teeth ever that looked like a drug addict and another that was late 30's and fat and so... moist... and always smelt of bad cheese. They also gunned for me in other games even and threw fits when I was winning. Why are there such messed up people out there?
There was nothing in my early days of D&D that I loathed more than a player trying to steer the campaign. I had a player join a game I was running back in 3.5 who made a Drow fighter. Edgy and bestial as hell, at the upper limit of height for a Medium creature, 400 pounds of muscle, blah blah blah.
Background: "Someone burned down my house and I'm going to kick their ass for it!"
He managed to stretch that sentence out into a drawn out exposition that none of us asked for over me telling him repeatedly that that was plenty of information. His favorite phrase was "Just go with it, trust me."
The party's in town talking to someone important? "That's the guy who burned my house down!" "No. No they aren't."
The party comes across an aggressive giant? "That's the guy who burned my house down!"
The party answers the call of a local lord? "He swindled me on a past job and owes me money!"
He also tried to use my inexperience to leap-frog over maybe six feats to get Monkey Paw so that he could wield Large weapons and when a more experienced player pointed out how that was against the rules he got angry because they , "ruined it for him." He then tried to get around this by proposing a statistic where each level the players gained caused them to grow slightly in height, meaning that in no time he'd be considered Large-sized. A five-second "homebrew" stat rule that wouldn't benefit anybody in the long run other than himself. Didn't happen.
7:35 he went full Frieza, never go full Frieza
“Continually kept ruining”
“Pretty much all the characters. They pretty much all”
I call BS on the story! Absolute and utter BS!! That *NEVER* happened!!!!!!
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You don't finish D&D campaigns. Something *always* gets in the way... :`(
Its stories from reddit n shit
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.
@@ScoutOW as much as I like these sorts of stories. Reddit has the silver medal for the most liars with Twitter taking the Gold.
I press X to doubt. D.C. take gold.
friendly banter and competition between barbarian and warlock warms my heart
I actually really appreciate an “atheist” in a world where “gods” can act like these fickle beings with huge egos petty enough to wipe out all the material plane into apocalypse to play out their own interpersonal conflicts. Sure the people of that world might look at you funny for not believing in something that is proven to exist, but just because something exists doesn’t demand you worship it’s face and submit to it’s whims.
Elfbeard could’ve been something of a champion of mortal worth and mortal egotism, initially rich in worldly gifts, superior in every way to these uncouth and amoral ruffians, only to be tormented and struck down by those supplicants granted favor by immortal powers. He might fight to maintain his righteousness and prove the value of mortal goals and mortal happiness right up until he completes his fall trying to stab the kid in the back. Such a conflict might provide an interesting story and an examination of transcendental philosophy and religion, IMHO.
People use atheist as a blanket term for any sort of non belief in a higher power,Elf beard would be described as an anti theist rather than atheist.Anti theists are what people get confused about in fantasy setting with tangible evidence of higher powers since there is literal proof that gods exist,atheists are what fantasy characters get confused about in fantasy settings with tangible evidence of higher powers as there are beings so impossibly powerful and there is a mortal acknowledging their power but refusing to acknowledge their rank
@@arsenelupin5424
Oh, I thought an anti theist was an atheist who denounced theists, I guess I'm wrong?
@@johnfraire6931 nope you're right, anti-thiests are atheist who see religion as innately problematic and therefore argue against it. Typically by saying that while you are free to believe, your believe is harmful to yourself or other, so they will prompt and engage you on the topic. Generally this is done with the purpose of demonstrating an inconsistent epistemology in the hopes that it will make you then try an affirm god in a scientific way, logical way, in order to cause cause you to consider if your believe is good. Another way to look at it is, how would you make someone else demonstrate their god, is it consistent with yours and is your evidence exclusively concordant.
@@alexanderwiggins2289
Ah, thanks for clarifying.
@@alexanderwiggins2289
Anti-theists, are those not the ones who say that those with beliefs are stupid and generally tend to want to abolish belief in higher powers entirely?
Katana are a weapon designed for speed and slashing maybe even piercing an unarmored enemy.
In a European setting, it would fail to stand up against full plate armor or even chain mail.
Which is why a lot of swordplay involves targeting joints, weakspots in the armor, and injuring the opponent indirectly, because armor is a universal concept, and even the extremely ore-deprived Japanese used metal armor for their heavy infantry. Or are you implying that European swords were able to just cleave through metal armor?
Brutalyte616 nothing I said in my comment stated that. But okay. No. A traditional long sword is made for heavy combat. It can out class the katana.
For the katana is too brittle to withstand heavy and constant impact. If you want to take down a heavily armor opponent, I suggest blunt weapons like a mace or morning star.
@@QwertySparrow That's why I asked if you were implying they were somehow better at dealing with armor. Because they weren't; all edged weapons are intrinsically less effective against armor. While it's true that European swords were more durable due to the more refined steel used in their construction, they could still chip and break remarkably easily. This is why blade-on-blade contact is discouraged in fencing in favor of deflections and parries with the back of the sword and minimalist strikes; the more you use a sword, the more likely it is to chip, break, or snap, even against flesh and bone.
@@QwertySparrow No sword is made for "heavy combat". Except, maybe, greatswords.
Pretty much everything ever designed that can be called a sword, was designed to pierce, cut, slash, and hack at soft targets.
From the highest quality master crafted "weebs wet dream" katana, to any and all of its European equivalents, they were not designed for "heavy combat".
Both you guys stop arguing japan wasn't discovered yet in the medieval times so the argument is unrealistic and pointless
I’m very curious about how the campaign came to an end.
I just discovered your channel, and you are so good at narrating stories!
Happy New Year.
ps:
Have pity on MarySue players. They still think in infantile dimensions and are most probably doomed for years of depression irl.
They will blunder into a cave of goblins soon enough and we will here no more of them.
Spencer Mosley is that a goblin slayer reference.
@@qxmdeadeye6170 ...
Perhaps
I have no pity for such individuals, especially not the sort displayed in this video.
I mean I feel bad for them but at the same time not when they are as shitty as this guy.
I understand this story very well, and I've seen it play out in very different ways as well.
First off, I will say, there is no perfect way to handle these players. because you dont know what they can do and what they are capable of.
The only way is to look for signs of problems early. Early detection is key. A player who doesnt want to play with a group, who doesnt want to cooperate, who doesn't want to play YOUR game and would probably be best playing a single player game. Talk to them early. See if they are willing to fit in and play nice and not try to argue the entire game, and BEFORE anything gets hostile, calmly let them know that the game cant proceed with conflicting problems and ask them to step out.
Always be mindful of toxic players. you got to work together
4:04 Is his character from a culture that practices polygamy? (In most animes, the hero rarely actually has an ACTUAL harem, he instead faces the reality of the fantasy of multiple ladies at once being attracted to you.)
Most harems are actually quite horrifying for the protag as they will infalibly include the abusive bitch known as tsundere who might even mutilate MC on the assumption he is a pervert, or the crazy psychotic stalker known as yandere who might murder every woman in the neighbourhood, including MC's family, so she can be the only woman in his life.
A Harem MC's life is full of death threats, abuse, violence, and having to worry about other people's safety.
Most decent Harem Animes have the women/men simply being attracted to the MC and unless it's a M rated anime, it rarely goes beyond that. Often times, it's even not even romantically inclined and the MC just happens to get stuck with a lot of members of the opposite gender. But people tend to insert their own fantasy into it and will make it what it's not. Or they don't know better so they simply call a guy with a bunch of female party members, a Harem.
Overlooking the few anime that actually have harems, most anime have multiple women attracted to single protagonist male often of teenage years who's embarrassed that they find him attractive and have no idea why they are attracted to him in the first place having a sense of modesty in their ability to bring people together. This obviously wasn't this
neckbeard's personality.
@@joshuacr Yeah he had no real idea what a Harem anime actually was. Especially considering most Harem anime have the: MC is clueless towards their feelings or blatantly ignores them because, as you said, they can't understand why they're all attracted to them in the first place.
I think this is the funniest title yet 😂
This is why i stopped playing dnd and instead play on the internet. One guy bashed my ribs and began crushing my hand as he tried to rob me of my magic the gathering cards .
what the actual fuck?! Thats assault and an ass kicking if I ever heard of one and I don't even play magic. (I know it is huge and costly though)
If you live in America carry a taser, it's less deadly than a gun and you can carry it around just about anywhere unlike a knife. You can even get some that are disguised as flashlights if you want to keep it on the down low. Don't ever get pepper spray though, if the wind happens to be blowing in the wrong direction you'll hit yourself with that stuff.
@@naheleshiriki5496 That doesnt work for a guy who has brown skin and looks like a foreighner like me id get shot in the face faster then you could say stop. That only works for short people or women of pale complexion.
@@antwan1357 I'm sorry to hear that, 😔 unfortunately discrimination is still very much a thing... at least you're being safe by playing online if you can't defend yourself from an assault. It's a smart move with today's political climate. Cops will shoot people running away even nowadays.
@@naheleshiriki5496 i know it sounds weird but i learned to practice stoicism . When you look different but do not act like what your ethnicity looks like . It makes for a different lifestyle, i make sure to hang around mixed groups too much of any one thing and i worry about the gremlins turning heads toward me. I carefully probe conversations , and watch out for acceptable prejudices among groups . If i find any , i excuse myself politely , and merely leave.
Yeesh...damn I see a lot of my younger self in the neckbeard. Man am I glad I chilled our a lot.
"People would surely buy such a unique and high quality blade"
uh, no. Western society at the time would just see the weapon as useless in battle as it was thin and not that large, meaning that it would snap easily and would be out ranged by polearms and longswords, so people wouldn't buy such an expensive weapon that they viewed as useless for anything other than home defense or decoration, even then it would only be the rich who would buy it and they would have either more ornate weapons, heirlooms or people to defend their home for them.
A katana in reality was seen more as a heavy, two handed saber.
And you're right in that medieval noblemen liked them for their high quality craftsmanship.
But, it's all about how skilled the swordsman is.
also, the material that they made katanas out of at the time was really shitty metal, one wrong hit and you'd be left with a dagger
@@nines3048 They had shitty metal yes, but the backing was a softer metal so they bend not snap, and stay bent. The qualities of the blade made it easier to cut with, not a better cutter (depending on what you are comparing it is) But one thing I hate is people also considering western swords "brutish" when they really were things of beauty.
Eastern society wouldn't use the weapon either. They'd use polearms and bows, keeping the katana as a backup weapon and status symbol. I mean, it'd see some use still, but only the worst samurai would use it regardless of situation - where more often than not there would be more appropriate options.
2:17 Fun fact: Katanas are actually designed in a way to be easier to use than European swords, at the trade-off of being less versatile.
I read neckbeard and went “oh fuckin hell”
Ugh, I wasn’t there to ruin that guy’s neck bearding as an illithid.
Also, wait a second, are they playing Darkest Dungeon? Because they are increasing each other’s stress.
On the brink, about to break
oh i would have done that
But father, it all makes sense, you see, because he's JUST. THAT... GOOD!!
TTS for the win
Wait so why did he let the guy into his house after that?
Musica to let him apologize for what he did? Cause the DM is a kind man and want to give the neckbeard a second chance?
They probably just left the door unlocked until everyone showed up for the game. That's what my group does and people just let themselves in and set up the tables.
cause it's a fake story
@@SkimoStories Why do you say that?
@@manwithabasicprofilepic Most of the stories on rpghorrorstories are fake, they're riddled with inconsistencies like this one. Also "bullying kids into giving him rare collectibles" really? Are you serious?
I love Fedoras, but I also love morally questionable characters and rapscallions
Yeesh. When someone gives neckbeards a worse reputation than they already have.
Side note: If he hadn't been so fixated on the uber-cool katana, backswords would have been appropriate to the time and place, and almost exactly like a katana...
Scimitars as well. Functionally speaking, they are very similar to katana both in-game and the real world.
You know what's a really cool sword? The Egyptian khopesh.
Wanderer Werewolf a Kilij, kukri, Messer or falchion can work
@@nicholasesquivel6827 Or even a sabre. I would argue for the Kriegsmesser as it is two-handed
@@bjh2o except they were crafted with a higher level of metal quality so you didn't have to do the metal folding to layer it and use a different method of swinging said sword. But actually now that I think about it, Scimitar is swung in a very similar matter to katanas at least.
I hope "the Neckbeard" is roting in a Jail to this day.
*ASMR* *POV* : Sonic reads dnd stories to you
This shit is like worst case scenario. I’ve heard some RP horror stories but this takes the cake.
I'm Literally in the shower watching this video at the part where he says take showers lol
it's more scary that I have to be "that guy" and point out that the animated samurai has 2 left hands :P
So I just found your channel and I've already gone through nearly the entire narrated DnD playlist! I adore your channel and content! One of the few channels I have notifications on for now! Keep up the good work!
Also.... Me as a fan of Samurai myself.... I got to add something... Katana's, Axes, Hammers, Traditional Short or Long Swords, whatever!! It's irrelevant!!
It's not a single weapon that makes a combatant great, it's the cunning of the Strong man/woman behind the weapon.
Half way through I realized the elf had a Fedora on lmao
So this guy has his character declare that there are no gods in this 'uncaring' world, then bitches that someone used their god to fight them.
yea I think that's why everything went pear shaped! he made a character who was against something the entire party sided with. it's like if you made a character who was against drugs and the rest of the group went with a drug dealing operation for the game
Sometimes you just wanna forget that certain people exist.
Maaannn this is something that makes me want to learn martial arts. If I was in a game and a player assaulted another, I wanna be able to protect the victim. This just isn't right.
See, I have sympathy for neckbeards in general, not everyone is born pretty and I hear that depressed people tend to ignore hygiene. That being said, bullying kids to get your adrenaline fix is inexcusable, whatever frustrations that guy had he needs to be locked up and slowly earn his way back into society.
so everyone who is depressed like me should just get locked up and rot in a cell
@@levianderson8822 Hell yes, if you bully kids to get your adrenaline fix there's no place for you in civilized society, and if you're unwilling to work your issues out you should rot in a cell. Was that clear enough for you friend?
@@cristiancojocaru9821 no I said I'm depressed and apparently everyone who is unable to do things property have to die in a cell because they can't do things right
@@levianderson8822 Your issue isn't depression, it is idiocy, read my initial comment.
@@cristiancojocaru9821 and your issue is you want to put people in prison who wouldn't last for a second behind bars
well that guy would've had his butt kicked, throwing books at minors. He would have been locked up before that next session for sure
At least we can all sit in solace, knowing that every table has that same elf player with long flowing hair (both in game and out).
I had no idea what "Chosen King of the Neck Beards" meant before I watched this video in hindsight it's obvious af.
Also insert *_GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL FOLDED OVER A THOUSAND TIMES_* or something here, I'm not that versed on Anime myself.
"The warlock called the police"
"The barbarian rolled a 20 and successfuly took a picture of his car"
The 4 dislikes are from angry neckbeards
Neckbeards and Weebos. Because man he sounded like the same type of loser who tries to learn Japanese from playing games and watching Anime in Japanese, thinks Japan is this magical wonderland of timid, loyal loli sized adult women, anime and whatever nonsense these weebs get into there heads about Japan and not a very rigid society where someone like most weebos would be looked down on.
I disliked. I like All Things D&D, just not this particular story.
If I was the owner of the house, I would immediately tell that guy to get the hell out after he threw the book. If you wanna yell, fine, but the moment that someone gets hurt over a game, that's the end of the line.
I'll just take this moment to bring up Mr. Neckbeard was advocating for a garbage weapon, and Japan's steel making couldn't get the metal hot enough to rid it of impurities to make it not useless. They compensated for this by folding the steel which helped rid better the quality, but it was still technically bad bad by European standards since they had the resources to actually heat up their metal.
Edit: Fixed some of tired self's writing. The message is more or less the same.
I also added some statements that people said as I thought if but didn't actually wrote down for whatever reason.
IC23 that is why I will never make a katana. They folded the blade at least a hundred signs to be durable.
Hell, of you ask an expert on that matter, a lot of medieval European weapons were a lot better. Katana was was forged hard, so hard it actually became brittle, as it was not designed for parrying/redirecting enemy blows. When confronted with (for example) a Polish Hussar saber, it would probably end with a parry from the sabre due to it's softly forged back edge and the katana snapping to pieces after a hit with a reasonable force. The katana's wielding is also a thing to reconsider, as it was badly balanced, kind of like a bamboo stick that you'd wield by an end instead of the middle. In European weaponry, taking the sabre again as an example, the balanced was focused a lot more on the handle, making wielding much easier and allowing for more powerful blows.
@@flyingturret208thecannon5 They have to fold it 100 times to eaven out the carbon impurities in the steel. If you fold quality steel 100 times it gets no better, but the island of japan does not have good steel. Overall folding bad steel makes it better, but folding good steel does not make it better.
To be fair, well-made katanas are real, and they can be quite good weapons.
@@Skeezik1998 yes well made Katanas are real , but there also MASTER CRAFTED items, made by an experienced smith to order, they are very raire and even when they was made stupendously expensive, as a result they was treated as the icons that they where. think about how many Samerri there was, how many are left? a couple of dozen? the 'good' weapons. just think of all the 'good' or better swords that are just lying rusting on a shelf somewhere cuss there is so many of them that they are practically worthless.
"I fear no gods!"
Cleric: *kicks his ass*
"That's unfair! No gods, its unfair!"
To be fair, imagine how freaky western fantasy characters would look to eastern fantasy.
Or what an Eastern mind will do with Western inspiration, looking at you Berserk and Goblin Slayer.
(Love both of those by the way)
This actually hits pretty close to home for me and something I think I narrowly avoided a couple years ago. I had just been introduced to a local games and comic shop through a math class that was teaching us about statistics and probability through Magic the Gathering, pretty cool class actually in a great way to get a math credit out of the way. I learned that the shop had a weekly runs the game and was interested enough that I thought I'd try to get into it by attending them. Turns out that most of the people there were much like the neckbeard described in the story, fat, gross, and always joking about sex and other crude things. One of them tried to get me to come to his house after the match said he could give me some free stuff, but I didn't buy it and got the heck out of there because he was a lot older than me and nearly twice my size in terms of height and girth. No way was I going to his house after we just met. The shop also had weekly D&D night, but I had the feeling that it would be the same kinds of people and wouldn't it be a good situation for me, especially since I'm a devout Catholic, much like the narrator of the story. The shop closed about a year ago, so I don't know where all those people hanging out now, but this the story made me realize the really bad potential situations that I avoided by deciding to not have anything to do with that comic shop anymore. As a side note, I lost interest in Magic the Gathering and decided to stick with Hearthstone because it's a lot easier on my wallet.
Good call getting out of there. Glad you liked the story... people tend to gain weight as they age. America has an obesity problem and many find it hard to deal with their weight. Some people have very little control over their weight. We mustn't ostracize these people. I don't think that was your intention. I want to be clear. People can find crude things engaging and fun. This does not make them bad people. A person can also be an atheist and still be a good person. Take for example my self. Most would say I am a very moral. I donate to the homeless, help my friends and family (completely voluntary), and wish no harm had to befall anything. I hold to my convictions but their source is not God. I say this because of the catholic church insistence that atheists are going to hell. D&D is a game where people come together. I want to be clear.
I wonder what kind of deal the warlock made with the police
That's my stance for when a player turns into "that guy": beatdown his character, and tell him to go away.
I hate those stereotypes I hate it even more when someone endorses them
The most important skill a DM can learn is to just say "no". but I can understand the age difference.
Neckbeards ruined a perfectly good hat. Haven't worn mine in a year out of embarrassment.
I've always just thought of fedoras as the Indiana Jones hat honestly. The hat that cool explorers and adventurers wear.
Likewise,wore paperboy hats instead for a while which is a damn shame. Fedoras are neat hats,especially for someone like myself who sunburns easy and those hats have ideal coverage.
Before I found out about neckbeards, I thought fedoras were pretty cool, but then their name and image got covered in sweat and hair grease from them. I guess this is how religious people feel when people hijack their religion for some bullshit agenda that has nothing to do with the religion.
And this is why i won't join random groups without getting to know all those involved first
Oh god...he found a legit weeb, now that's just nasty. And from the comments, yeah, he's lost.
5:41 When you say the Barbadin becomes the chosen of Gods of War, Fire, and Metal. I really feel like you meant Heavy Metal there. \m/.
Crap like this is why many people are afraid to try and play DnD.
AllThingsDnD: "That shit is my jam!"
Me: *surprised pikachu face*