u/Dr_Physi

So to speak about my experience in DnD, I gotta start by saying that I've been playing for like 5 years by now, so I'm relatively new I guess. Been DMing sometimes, but I'm not that experienced as a DM.

Anyway, here's the story:

So this is my third group and we just finished our first campaign together (same DM).

The new campaign has me, Paladin, cleric, bard, DMs Gf and of course the DM.

For the worldbuilding it was explained; it'd be a low-magic setting where casters were burned at the stake like witches. Which turns out was total BS.

We started the campaign as childhood friends and met again in some tavern, doing some stuff, meeting some NPCs.
Nice standard start I guess.

Pretty much at the start of the campaign our Paladin fails a check and falls 3 stories down off a roof. Fails the first two death saving throws but gets healed by some randomly appearing npc.

After that we take a long rest and do some minor tasks.

Next day we get railroaded into enlisting for the adventurers guild, which aligns with my character goals but doesn't make sense for most people in the party.

We get told to travel to the capital to get our badges. Nice first quest, I was thinking.

We are on some island so we go to the harbour, there we meet some traveling merchant. He has a pretty cool mount so I say I'm gonna pet it (my fighter has -2 int). "Roll for animal handling" "14!" "Ok i got to take some things in consideration... roll me a Con Save" "14" "Ok you get knocked back 20ft and take 27(3D10) force damage" uhm.. wtf? Ok. That would've killed everybody in this party except for me. (DMs Gf) "Can I pet it?" "Sure roll animal handling" "rolls a 2" (whole party laughts expecting disaster) "it doesn't react but the shopkeep likes you now for petting his mount"

I'm like, that's literally insane but whatever.

After that the merchant tries to sell us some magic items, a bucket, some boots, a duelling glove and magic sand which he trows into my eyes to demonstrate. Then a second time, then he takes out a rock, which he throws at me too.
At this point I'm pretty pissed and the party can see that.

That whole situation felt like trying to aggravate me but whatever.

They buy some stuff while I'm walking off to the boat. They get there after some time and we reach the mainland after a while and we begin our journey to the capital.

On the way we see a crashed carriage blocking the road.
I have like 7hp so i start looking for a different route. Nope just that one way.

So I stay back while the party moves forward. Turns out it wasn't a trap.

Fast forward when we reach the capital and the adventurers guild.
To assess their strength the spellcasters have to expend one spellslot into a glass sphere.

For me, I get to wait in some room where i get ambushed by a goliath in full plate made from magic material. He casts darkness and teleports me to some arena with no exit.

He starts attacking and I keep dodging, for what should one do in an unwinnable situation? On his third turn DM gets visibly angry and asks if a 20 hits. I ask if that was with disadvantage and he, and I shit you not, rolls again and asks if a 20 hits. Yeah sure buddy.

So the goliath grabs me and throws me into a wall. I remind them that grappling is a contested check. Not a normal attack.
DM mumbles something and moves on.

Session ends shortly after that, but hey the story isn't over yet.

After every session DM asks if we liked it. I just try not to offend anybody and pack my things and leave.

Two days later I'm still thinking about that 14 < 2 animal handling check.

I called him that day and tried to convey my criticism constructively.
His response was, to put it in short terms:
wouldn't let me finish one sentence, screamed at me for the whole time, insulted me and said he'd kick me if I keep wasting his time.

He also states that the merchant was a lvl 20 wizard which should have disintegrated me for petting his mount. And 3D10 wasn't balanced enough.

Yeah.. right.

I'm just trying to blow off some steam by posting this, but AIO?

So to speak about my experience in DnD, I gotta start by saying that I've been playing for like 5 years by now, so I'm relatively new I guess. Been DMing sometimes, but I'm not that experienced as a DM.

Anyway, here's the story:

So this is my third group and we just finished our first campaign together (same DM).

The new campaign has me, Paladin, cleric, bard, DMs Gf and of course the DM.

For the worldbuilding it was explained; it'd be a low-magic setting where casters were burned at the stake like witches. Which turns out was total BS.

We started the campaign as childhood friends and met again in some tavern, doing some stuff, meeting some NPCs.
Nice standard start I guess.

Pretty much at the start of the campaign our Paladin fails a check and falls 3 stories down off a roof. Fails the first two death saving throws but gets healed by some randomly appearing npc.

After that we take a long rest and do some minor tasks.

Next day we get railroaded into enlisting for the adventurers guild, which aligns with my character goals but doesn't make sense for most people in the party.

We get told to travel to the capital to get our badges. Nice first quest, I was thinking.

We are on some island so we go to the harbour, there we meet some traveling merchant. He has a pretty cool mount so I say I'm gonna pet it (my fighter has -2 int). "Roll for animal handling" "14!" "Ok i got to take some things in consideration... roll me a Con Save" "14" "Ok you get knocked back 20ft and take 27(3D10) force damage" uhm.. wtf? Ok. That would've killed everybody in this party except for me. (DMs Gf) "Can I pet it?" "Sure roll animal handling" "rolls a 2" (whole party laughts expecting disaster) "it doesn't react but the shopkeep likes you now for petting his mount"

I'm thinking like, that's literally insane but whatever.

After that the merchant tries to sell us some magic items, a bucket, some boots, a duelling glove and magic sand which he trows into my eyes to demonstrate. Then a second time, then he takes out a rock, which he throws at me too.
At this point I'm pretty pissed and the party can see that.

That whole situation felt like trying to aggravate me but whatever.

They buy some stuff while I'm walking off to the boat. They get there after some time and we reach the mainland after a while and we begin our journey to the capital.

On the way we see a crashed carriage blocking the road.
I have like 7hp so i start looking for a different route. Nope just that one way.

So I stay back while the party moves forward. Turns out it wasn't a trap.

Fast forward when we reach the capital and the adventurers guild.
To assess their strength the spellcasters have to expend one spellslot into a glass sphere.

For me, I get to wait in some room where i get ambushed by a goliath in full plate made from magic material. He casts darkness and teleports me to some arena with no exit.

He starts attacking me and I keep dodging, for what should one do in an unwinnable situation? On his third turn DM gets visibly angry and asks if a 20 hits. I ask if that was with disadvantage and he, and I shit you not, rolls again and asks if a 20 hits. Yeah sure buddy.

So the goliath grabs me and throws me into a wall. I remind them that grappling is a contested check. Not a normal attack.
DM mumbles something and moves on.

Session ends shortly after that, but hey the story isn't over yet.

After every session DM asks if we liked it. I just try not to offend anybody and pack my things and leave.

Two days later I'm still thinking about that 14 < 2 animal handling check.

I made a list and called him that day and tried to convey my criticism constructively.
His response was, to put it in short terms:
wouldn't let me finish one sentence, screamed at me for the whole time, insulted me and said he'd kick me if I keep wasting his time.

He also stated that the merchant was a lvl 20 wizard which should have disintegrated me for petting his mount. And 3D10 wasn't balanced enough.

Yeah.. right.

I'm just trying to blow off some steam by posting this, but AIO?