My last gaming session made me uncomfortable...

[Vraille Darkfang]

Worst DM Moment.

Male Elf PC has Luck Blade with 3 wishes.

Male Halfling Rogue has been drinking & is ticked off about Elf hiting him in the back three times with arrows during a recent combat (very poor dice rolls by the elf; eight 1's in 12 rolls).

They begin to trade insults back and forth with the halfling eventually saying something to the effect of "I wish your momma was raped by an orc".

The elf retorts, "Oh yeah! Well... I wish you were the sexual plaything for every member of an entire tribe of OGRES!"

Genie pops out says "Wish Granted!" Halfling disappears.

Now the embarassing part.

I figure the elf will try to you a Wish to cancel out what he just said. Nope. Figure he should save any remaining wishes for "really important things". Manages to convince other party members. Party Wizard & Priest use divinations to locate where halfling is at. Rest of session spent rescuing halfling.

(I skipped going over in any great detail about the halflings "experiences" settled for your down X hit points).

A few sessions later.... At night halfling steals elf's luck blade, wakes him up, and says "I wish you were the sexual plaything to an entire tribe of HILL Giants".

"Wish Granted" Elf disappears.

Long story short, players nevered use the word "Wish" in a sentence again.

Still creeped out,

 

[Gentlegamer]

Worst DM Moment.

Male Elf PC has Luck Blade with 3 wishes.

Male Halfling Rogue has been drinking & is ticked off about Elf hiting him in the back three times with arrows during a recent combat (very poor dice rolls by the elf; eight 1's in 12 rolls).

They begin to trade insults back and forth with the halfling eventually saying something to the effect of "I wish your momma was raped by an orc".

The elf retorts, "Oh yeah! Well... I wish you were the sexual plaything for every member of an entire tribe of OGRES!"

Genie pops out says "Wish Granted!" Halfling disappears.

Now the embarassing part.

I figure the elf will try to you a Wish to cancel out what he just said. Nope. Figure he should save any remaining wishes for "really important things". Manages to convince other party members. Party Wizard & Priest use divinations to locate where halfling is at. Rest of session spent rescuing halfling.

(I skipped going over in any great detail about the halflings "experiences" settled for your down X hit points).

A few sessions later.... At night halfling steals elf's luck blade, wakes him up, and says "I wish you were the sexual plaything to an entire tribe of HILL Giants".

"Wish Granted" Elf disappears.

Long story short, players nevered use the word "Wish" in a sentence again.

Still creeped out,

CAN'T. BREATH. SIDES. HURT.

 

[Cygnus]

Honestly, I think that you're playing the encounter waaaay to soft. What are these "grizzled, drunken pseudo-criminals?" A bunch of limp-wristed Nancys? I've been in some bars where they weren't "outside the law" and a lone woman walking in would be sorely abused. Given the description and circumstances of this bar, I would say that it was the type of place where her best chance of getting out on her own terms would be if a fight were to break out amongst the patrons to see who would be first in line...and I don't mean to buy her a drink. I think that you made the encounter positively genteel considering the circumstances.

 

[devilish]

Agree with Cygnus.

"Nice T***" comment != creepy
halfling/elf wish story = creepy!

In my current campaign, the male thief (played by a woman - my friend's
wife) is sowing his oats. Makes for weird gameplay when she's playing
the feisty male PC and I'm playing the NPCs which range from coquettish
to ...well, trollopy. Things are fine but sometimes slide into .... detail.

There was one *very* funny moment when the thief failed his
.... perform check and, well, missed. The woman he was with sighed and said
"Here....let me do it." Teary laughter around the table for 5 minutes straight.

 

[Zappo]

Anyway, I'm just curious if anyone else has had this sort of experience. Have you ever DM'd something that made you uncomfortable, but that made sense in the context of the situation?

We-ell, yeah, but it takes a bit more than leering and swearing. Make that a lot more. Last time that I felt uncomfortable DMing a scene, it involved rape, torture and human sacrifice. Extremes aside, I think your scene was very tame for most standards.

 

[loki44]

Honestly, I think that you're playing the encounter waaaay to soft.

Cygnus is right. Go see Sin City for some good examples of "over-the-top", or "crossing the line", as the case may be.

 

[Arravis]

It's not an issue of it being "tame" or not, I agree that compared to the murders, tortures, etc I've DM'd in the past, it's nothing... but the fact that those things are so extreme, so far removed from my own everyday reality, they don't have the impact this did. The fact that it wasn't some horrible murder, some person being tortured, etc (which are things I've never seen or experienced in real life), but that it was something that was much more.. relatable to, made it more disturbing.

I'm not sure if I'm communicating my point, but essentially it's mundaneness gave it it's impact.

 

[megamania]

The worst I have come across was playing (as a DM) a female that was trying seduce a male PC. It got graphic at times and ever since I avoid that (at least with players that INSIST on roleplaying such things).

In your situation, I understand why you feel the way you do but it does seem everyone was okay with it.

If only because of my situation I described before, I now roll a dice and say a brief one liner and suggest intent. No direct descriptions or narriative.

I'll blush you know

 

[megamania]

Makes for weird gameplay when she's playing
the feisty male PC and I'm playing the NPCs which range from coquettish
to ...well, trollopy. Things are fine but sometimes slide into .... detail.

There was one *very* funny moment when the thief failed his
.... perform check and, well, missed. The woman he was with sighed and said
"Here....let me do it." Teary laughter around the table for 5 minutes straight.

It is weird isn't it. Also makes us (guys) relieze that we can be sexist pigs at times. (women have their moments before anyone says something about that)

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

The half-orc bartender brings two ales, and the rough man raises his mug, toasting: "Here is to your fine t*ts."

Heck, the part of the midwest where I'm from, you only give a compliment like that to a real lady.

Wish I was joking about that. Really, really do.