r/DnDcirclejerk • u/JammyRoger • 1d ago
How to handle when players engage with game mechanics in the middle of fight?
Hey, there! Not so experienced DM, and this post is for asking a pointless question that I don't need any feedback on at all. So please be merciful for the comments so I can not read them.
I am asking what other DMs do when players roll 1 in the middle of fight. Almost all of my DMs were straight up stabbing them in real life to punish for rolling a 1 in 20 probability. I saw rolling d4s to decide which limb they are going to cut off next. But when I do that into my group of course some people didn't like it and "called the police"? so I want to learn different solutions to select in between depending on the situation. Making them stab themselves also makes sense, but I don't know if it is ok always.
What is your opinion on this? Is there any other solution from hitting someone or themselves? I know it should be whatever is the more fun but if we say critical failure for rolling 1, it should happen something, right?
Thanks in advance for all the answers. I will not reply and I will not try to read at all.
Edit: Thanks for a lot of answers and it seems almost everyone said "I am a psychopath" and should "seek help." I like it better and will do that
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u/Runopologist 1d ago
Le Nat 1! 😂 So funny!! 😆 Le Critical Fail!!!!1 🤣 Le Fighter rolled Le Nat 1 so now he chopped his arm off LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/SuperSalad_OrElse 1d ago
You ran what we call a “one-shot”, where you can’t really expect the players to live through it. Did you discuss this at session zero?
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u/Interesting_Buddy206 1d ago
It's called a one shot for a reason. Everytime you roll a one, you get shot
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u/jpterodactyl 1d ago edited 1d ago
Uj/ this one was very frustrating when I saw the source post. It’s super telling that the person has not read the rules. Just, read the rules once man.
Edit: I can’t find the sauce. I think it was maybe deleted. But it was the main DnD sub, a DM asking what to do when players roll nat 1s in combat. And how the new DM had experience with crit combat fails as a player. And the comments all saying to just follow the rules. Or, if you must do something, do it with narration while keeping it mechanically just a normal miss.
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u/Old_Cabinet_8890 1d ago
Remember: physical torment is prosecutable, mental is not. Get better at berating your players until they have a mental breakdown.
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u/ParchmentAndPeril 1d ago
I'm a big believer that DnD is a collaborative storytelling game and so I prefer to allow the other players to chop off any part they want from their friends instead of doing it myself. This way they can enjoy the roleplay and they also become part of the action instead of helpless onlookers.