Did I do something wrong?

[Darkmantle26]

Me and my D&D group are playing Out of The Abyss, the newest campaign for D&D 5e. We came across a statue on a sand bar, and a water weird attacked us. Now, if you know, water weird's alignment directly relates to the water they are in, the water was corrupt, therefore the weird was evil. We roll initiative, we roll arcana and figure we could purify it with a purify food and water spell, which none of us had. We fight it, It's a normal fight, I'm doing absurd amounts of damage with dawn bringer, like normal, and my one friend uses his wand of magic missiles to finish the weird off. I find two gems in the statue's eyes, and taking them, I'm subject to two contagion spells, the first doesn't effect me but the second does, I shake off the effects with a lesser restoration spell. Suddenly the group turns on me, berating me for "Killing a friendly creature" Meaning the Weird, who was EVIL, which I didn't kill, my friend did. What made that Weird any different then those Drow, that Troll, those Koa-Toa, the Merrows? We killed them too! Then one of best friend scolded me, saying "Why would you not take the opportunity for pacifism?" Which we had no opportunity to take anyway! The druid who had openly hoarded treasure, stole from merchants, and destroyed the environment for no damn reason other than for "Fun" called me out on being greedy because I took the gems to sell and split between the party, Shouting "I hope you die" While I was rolling my saving throws against contagion. The fighter's entire dialogue for the the next 5 minutes was "I hate you so much" My friend who had killed the weird being the only one on my side, or at least a neutral party, saying "But I killed it!" I have saved the party on numerous occasions, being the ranger who gathered all the food while everyone else sat back like it didn't matter, when the poor ranger was breaking his back for them! I am also the only combat character that could kill stuff in less than thirty minutes (Everyone else's characters were just jokes, I actually tried to make a solid character both mechanically and role play wise, my friend who had yelled at me's best attacking spell was produce flame, Druids get better spells than that at level five!) I am also simultaneously the DPS, the Tank, and the healer. My lesser restoration had saved the greedy druid from certain death, and this is how he repays me! What did I do? Why do they hate me now? I'm not exaggerating this at all, this is ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Nothing anyone on here can tell you, besides this one thing, will be of any help to you at all: talk with your group. Ask them to fill you in on what is up because you are obviously missing something, and they are the only ones that know what that something is.

 

[BoldItalic]

Perhaps they are role-playing their characters being affected by evil contagion? Your friends are not hating you, their characters are raging at your character.

 

[Sage Genesis]

I haven't played OotA but I remember hearing that insanity is a big part of it. I suspect that the DM has secretly rolled saving throws for the party and communicated to those who failed that they had to attack you now because they've gone crazy. The fact that they act on things which are clearly untrue and one guy's entire dialogue just being "I hate you" over and over indicate such a thing.

 

[Darkmantle26]

They made it very clear they were talking to me, as me, from them, as them, this is a very poor group for role play

 

[Darkmantle26]

I would believe that that the DM had planned it if it weren't for what happened next: They got so angry the DM had to yell at them and threaten to end the session, also, the fighter had just joined, and could not have been affected by maddness

 

[ccs]

Do you play on-line? Or in person?

Were the rest of the party involved in the fight?

 

[Darkmantle26]

In person, I do organized play at a comic book store, and they were actually the first to attack. In initiative it went The Fighter, the Greedy Druid, Me, My friend that wasn't on my side, the weird, and last my friend who finished it off. The Fighter shot it, the druid stabbed it with his spear, I did my three attacks, my friend did produce flame, the weird missed an attack, and my other friend used 6 charges on his wand to kill it

 

[Noctem]

From what you have explained it would seem that the problem revolves around your character being more powerful than theirs and it being able to cover multiple key roles within the group.

You're simultaneously the best damage dealer, the tank and the healer. You fill multiple roles which means that you probably overlap into the roles of other people at the table. What happened is probably frustration overflowing. You also seem to have taken the role of the group leader: you took the gems and decided it was for splitting with the party. Basically, you're making the decisions, you're doing the most damage, you're the healer, etc.. What's left for the rest of the group? I think you need to talk with your group in the open at the start of the next session. Ask questions. Depending on what the group responds with you may want to contemplate building a new character, reworking the character you currently use to split up roles a little better within the party so other people can get some time in the spotlight.. That sort of thing. This was frustration, you need to figure out what is causing the frustration.

 

[Darkmantle26]

Your right, your SO right. But I've grown really attached to my character over the past few months, and I never intended for my character to end out this way. I started as some nerd with two swords and no story. But I've evolved into a demon hunter with a tragic background just doing everything he could for the good of the world. It just so happened that nobody else wanted to heal and nobody else wanted to tank, everyone just wanted to goof around the under dark, jumping from fight to fight but not knowing what they meant. They didn't share my character's goal to slay Demogorgan. They were just along for they ride and, personally, didn't really care. But I need to talk to them, your right