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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 928406" data-attributes="member: 8863">I have to admit that I never went through truly awful games like this.  Maybe it's becuase I got into D&D around the time I was finishing high school, and so avoided some of the really immature games.  The worst examples of gaming I ever saw was the first games I played, and they were really mild compared to some of these stories.  This was 10 years ago, I was working a summer job as a counselor at the local scout camp.  Some of the guys played D&D, the DM was an older guy who'd been playing since at least 1e (he had the original PHB and DMG).  He was a killer DM, I remember him telling me about a trap he set up in a dungeon that randomly summoned Demogorgon if it was triggered.  I also think he made a lot of stuff up as he went along, but his games were actually pretty good.Anyway, there was a group of about 11 players.  I asked if I could sit in on the group, and join in on a later session if I liked it, the DM agreed.  One player, who everyone called Toasty, didn't like the idea, but I sat in anyway, observed the game, and glanced over the rulebooks (from the red or blue box or whatever it was).  Not a bad session, the half-orc bartender gave everyone some sealed messages to deliver to a realm beyond the kingom of the bugbears or something.  One player tried to open the message, but stopped after the DM said "You really DON'T want to do that..." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Later after they retired to their rooms, the DM introduced one of his favorite monsters to them, a rust monster (though it was smaller than standard rusties).  The guy playing a female cleric decided to pick it up and pet it while wearing plate mail. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />   Other than that, it wasn't a big problem.  The next day, I asked if I could play a one-shot session to get some playing experience before joined the main group.  The DM agreed, and so me and another guy, plus Toasty, played a quick one-shot session.  Anyway we explored these caves, and eventually were kidnapped by some evil female elves who tried to enslave us.  I'm not sure if they were supposed to be drow.  I had been reading some Conan books, and so played my character to be utterly unwilling to live as a slave.  So I grabbed a spear off one of the guards, slashed her with it and then attacked the queen.  She knocked me out, then later killed me as an object lesson to one of my companions, who also resisted.  The other character, played by Toasty, instead eagerly volunteered the whole time to be the queen's personal slave, if you know what I mean. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />So after that I joined the main campaign.  A couple of players left, so there were six of us.  I got stuck with the female cleric who now had no armor.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />  I didn't want to play a female character, but the other guys tried to convince me, saying, "Dude, you can ride unicorns!".  Yeah, that worked.  I hate unicorns. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Then Toasty wasted half the session by looking for a +2 axe to buy.  Finally we all dragged him out of town and on to the adventure.  We bumped into a village of pixies who sold us bogus magic items.  I got a helm that let me levitate, but when the pixies made the items dissappear (after the village was far behind us), I was floating through the air, and fell on my ass.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />After that, a lot of people had left, quit the job, and we just decided to start a new game, this time using 2e rules.  Well, not exactly 2e rules.  The other players were convinced the DM was going to throw medusas at us, so they cheated.  We rolled for ability scores, rerolling any dice that came up less than four.  I wanted to be a mage, so they convinced me to play a gnome fighter/mage, since gnomes have an Int bonus.  Then the players had my character start with 4 first level and 3 second level spells at first level. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />  And everyone took blind-fighting as a proficiency so we could fight the medusas with our eyes closed...No medusas, but we ran into a skeletal knight who was interested in talking, but he insted that he was going to kill us when we were done talking.  Finally we ran out of things to say, and kicked his undead ass.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Later we set up camp.  My chatacter had watch, and the DM tells me the wind picks up.  So I use my Weather Sense prof to check out what going on.  Then an invisible stalker for no reason hits me for 16 points of damage.  Scratch my second character.  Like I said, he was a killer DM.Yeah, they weren't much as campaigns, but they were actually fun.  And I've been playing ever since.  I find these "worst campaign" stories to be amusing, though I really do wonder if some games have truly been that bad.</blockquote>

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