RPG Horror Story Episodes

Every Friday we read and discuss posts from r/RPGHorrorStories. Do you agree with our takes?
April 15, 2022

RPG Horror Story: DM Doesn't Give Wizard New Spells

[#47] In this horror story, Jason shares an infuriating tale of a wizard-hating DM. If you want your own custom spell book , etsy has options. That's not how Contingency works. Even if it was, Disintegrate is a 6th level …

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April 8, 2022

RPG Horror Story: The Well-Earned Slap

[#44] In this horror story, Josey relates a sordid tale of a frat bully at the table. TW: Sexual harassment in and out of character, physical violence at the table. They were playing Waterdeep: Dragon Heist , an official WotC...

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April 1, 2022

RPG Horror Story: DM Doesn't Grant Player IRL Disability In-game

[#41] In this horror story, Greg tell us how a real-world disability collides with the clumsily ablist way many RPGs handle character creation multiplied by some deeply insensitive GMing. The Dark Eye is a fantasy heartbreake...

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March 25, 2022

RPG Horror Story: Quasimodo Is OP

[#38] In Greg's personal horror story, a Pathfinder ( shudder ) campaign goes off the rails thanks to, among other things, a militant pacifist, a BBEG with plot immmunity, and a bell that can't be unrung. The hunchback has a …

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March 18, 2022

RPG Horror Story: Flapjack Is Dead

[#35] You'd think Planescape is a setting so cool you couldn't screw it up, but in this RPG Horror story from GenCon 1998, Jim (via his friend The Ferrett) impales that expectation on a wall full of razorvine. Jason, Josey, …

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March 11, 2022

RPG Horror Story: My DM Killed Me Off Screen!

[#32] Jason tells the story about a group who killed a player off screen just because he got a girlfriend. Jason pines for high school, Josey and Greg agree, and Jim tries to remember high school. Read the story here …

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March 4, 2022

RPG Horror Story: The Tragedy of Tristian

Josey tells the tale of Jason (not that Jason), a Game Master (yes they were playing Pathfinder) who created an impossible scenario for our hero Tristian. Read along with us HERE We tell horror stories every Friday! Check out...

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Dec. 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories IX: In-Character In-Fighting, Was it Reznir or Rez…

[#26] Jason and Josey chatted from an entire continent away to tell some stories they heard this past month: How 2 players over-roleplayed into ruining a new DM’s first one-shot The DMPC who wouldn’t go away The player who le...

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Nov. 6, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VIII: Garbage Races, Murderhobo Dice, and The Play…

[#23] THE PARTY REUNITES! After a month of wingin’ it solo we rejoin with Jason, Josey and Jack to tell some RPG horror stories! Is a LOTR “ripoff” boring or is it just you? Are the dice the actual BBEG? …

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Oct. 29, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VII: Yeet The Child

[#22] The last (very short) entry in our solo-’sodes month (also we kinda forgot there were 5 Fridays this month and had to hastily record one more). Jason visits a Halloween-themed RPG horror story about a possessed child. F...

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Oct. 15, 2021

RPG Horror Stories VI: Oops! All Assholes

[#20] Continuing our run of solo adventures, Jason is back with an RPG horror story that left him asking “is anyone here the good guy?”. Take a listen because this story gets wild. Follow us on your favorite social media! …

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Sept. 3, 2021

RPG Horror Stories V: Stream Sniping, Revenge Kills, and the Eunuch F…

[#14] Does a player have a right to make your game public? Is killing a PC in PvP ever ok? Should you require a 69 page backstory from your players then not read it? Listen to this month's RPG Horror …

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Aug. 6, 2021

RPG Horror Stories IV: Dump Stats, Know-it-alls, and Nazis!

[#10] We took a nice long break but we’re back and ready to tell you some RPG Horror Stories! Through these stories we got to discuss: • How we handle dump stats • Why “Master-of-all-trades” players ruin games • And …

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June 4, 2021

RPG Horror Stories III: WOW one good DM!

[#9] New month means new horror stories! We accidentally found both the best and the best DMs. Hope you enjoy! Follow us on instagram: http://www.instagram.com/curmudgeonsanddragons Hosted by Jason Portizo, Jack O’Connell, Ju...

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May 7, 2021

RPG Horror Stories II: Wishes, Edgelords, and Unicorns

[#5] Today we read and react to more RPG Horror Stories!• Does a Wish spell *always* have to go poorly?• What to do when your entire campaign gets derailed by a single spell• Edgelords being edgelords• A fun mini game …

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