Sometimes I just want to throw old thoughts frustrating me into the void, so a post will do.
A few years back I ended up joining my first and only TTRPG group to play a game (was IRL, can't remember what game it was exactly, just one of the many D&D-styled ones with simplifications for easy starting). Game started out fine, usual self-introductions and a basic quest to defeat evil. I decided to play a chaotic neutral criminal human charisma bard, since I kinda enjoyed the idea of playing an idiot who is only really in the group for self benefit. Another, and the only important player to the story, had picked a very standard neutral good elf archer.
During one of our early encounters, he and I both had a similar idea at the same time, attempting to tame wild wolves. We both took a turn trying, with him starting. He thought that because his race was entwined with nature, it should be easy, but I'm not sure he really had any stats in charisma nor did he have skills to tame. His roll failed even with a small bonus given because of his character's race and backstory, while I got a decent roll and had my charisma bard's natural charisma to boost it. His immediate response? Shooting the wolf I tamed out of frustration, only after he was told he couldn't start trying to kill me at the very start of the game. Within the same encounter, I managed to get a really lucky roll and makeshift my lute into a bow to get rid of another attacking wolf, destroying the lute and seemingly pissing off this archer even more since he was the only archer of the group.
That wasn't the action that made me leave the group so early though, just an annoyance that I found slightly amusing after the fact and the lead-up to his next action. What happened upon reaching the next town did it in for me. After paying to start repairs on my lute, one of the town's guard noticed me, recognized my description as the criminal thief, and brought me in for questioning. I managed to get out of it through some clever convincing that I was actually a secret agent of the kingdom, working to remove corruption throughout by making sure proper criminals are apprehended, my wanted record merely a way to check that they're doing patrols properly. The elf archer then immediately declares that he is going to where the guard is questioning me, and shooting the guard until he dies. Immediately after a successful persuasion.
At that point, I gave up. Not only did he meta-game to know where I was (his character had been completely separate of me restocking on arrows and such), but he did it only out of building resentment towards my actions and his luck. He also made it very clear during this action that he felt justified in said action, giving a shitty excuse that suddenly after meta-gaming to know where I was, his character "didn't know I had talked things out" and that he had "saved me from the apparent threat."
A few years back I ended up joining my first and only TTRPG group to play a game (was IRL, can't remember what game it was exactly, just one of the many D&D-styled ones with simplifications for easy starting). Game started out fine, usual self-introductions and a basic quest to defeat evil. I decided to play a chaotic neutral criminal human charisma bard, since I kinda enjoyed the idea of playing an idiot who is only really in the group for self benefit. Another, and the only important player to the story, had picked a very standard neutral good elf archer.
During one of our early encounters, he and I both had a similar idea at the same time, attempting to tame wild wolves. We both took a turn trying, with him starting. He thought that because his race was entwined with nature, it should be easy, but I'm not sure he really had any stats in charisma nor did he have skills to tame. His roll failed even with a small bonus given because of his character's race and backstory, while I got a decent roll and had my charisma bard's natural charisma to boost it. His immediate response? Shooting the wolf I tamed out of frustration, only after he was told he couldn't start trying to kill me at the very start of the game. Within the same encounter, I managed to get a really lucky roll and makeshift my lute into a bow to get rid of another attacking wolf, destroying the lute and seemingly pissing off this archer even more since he was the only archer of the group.
That wasn't the action that made me leave the group so early though, just an annoyance that I found slightly amusing after the fact and the lead-up to his next action. What happened upon reaching the next town did it in for me. After paying to start repairs on my lute, one of the town's guard noticed me, recognized my description as the criminal thief, and brought me in for questioning. I managed to get out of it through some clever convincing that I was actually a secret agent of the kingdom, working to remove corruption throughout by making sure proper criminals are apprehended, my wanted record merely a way to check that they're doing patrols properly. The elf archer then immediately declares that he is going to where the guard is questioning me, and shooting the guard until he dies. Immediately after a successful persuasion.
At that point, I gave up. Not only did he meta-game to know where I was (his character had been completely separate of me restocking on arrows and such), but he did it only out of building resentment towards my actions and his luck. He also made it very clear during this action that he felt justified in said action, giving a shitty excuse that suddenly after meta-gaming to know where I was, his character "didn't know I had talked things out" and that he had "saved me from the apparent threat."
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@Iffine many such stories. Lots of people play ttrpgs to fulfill some power fantasy and when they don't get what they want they throw fits. Happened with my very first group I DM'd with a cheater and then just happened with my current one where a guy had bad rolls and created a character that was not optimal. He wanted me to change rules just for him and it was ridiculous, kept trying to tell him he could change his character if he wanted to but eventually he rage quit because he rolled a nat 1 which made him afraid of a souped up orc.
