D&D 5E Anti-DM Tips (AKA what NOT to do!)

[rgoodbb]

77. Hand out 5 great magic items to each PC...at the end of your one-shot.

 

[GameOgre]

#1Bring in a DMPC and make sure your higher level with tons of magic and settle any debates with dead pc's!

 

[77IM]

79. "Your character wouldn't do that."

(Bonus points if you blame "alignment.")

 

[rgoodbb]

80. When your BBEG wizard stares down a PC, the game of chicken must no longer involve the polymorph spell.

 

[nswanson27]

81.
Try to play off your DM rulings based on personal preferences as RAI, and assume any attempt by players to discuss whether that's RAI or not with you is insubordination and get really upset about it. Then go to the internet forums and try the same thing there.

 

[MarkB]

81. Build an encounter based on a really cool scene you saw in a movie last night, and then penalise the PCs for 'screwing it up' if they fail to tackle it in exactly the same way the protagonist(s) did. Bonus points if they're not even vaguely built to use the moves and tactics seen in the movie.

 

[Imaculata]

83. Give your players wishes. What can go wrong?

 

[Valetudo]

Roll a twenty sider in front of your wife while she is cooking something you dont like and say"You fumble your cooking check, lets order out".

 

[Eltab]

85) PREQ: A boyfriend/girlfriend pair among your players whose relationship is dysfunctional (preferred) or heading towards a break up...
Pick the player who is the opposite sex as you. Create an NPC who will become an "adopted uncle / aunt" to that character. Determine the NPC's gender so that a romantic sub-plot is a possibility. Use the NPC to demonstrate how a healthy robust IRL relationship should be nurtured.
Under no circumstances tell either player - or anybody else in the group - what this NPC's real purpose is.

 

[Greenstone.Walker]

Run surprise rounds like previous editions, then tell the Assassin Rogues and Deep Stalker Rangers, "Sorry, it is no longer the first round of combat."