Twenty Sided Disaster

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Podcast by Drew Cotton

Twenty Sided Disaster

A veteran DM's takes on D&D, RPG Horror Stories, and Various D&D Content

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25 October 2026

Wizard Spams the DM at Work Over Spell Costs (+4 More D&D Horror Stories) | Ep. 4

A wizard finds out spell scrolls cost gold and blows up the DM's phone at work. A dad challenges his kid's DM to a fight over free dice. And a Dark Heresy GM ends the campaign because the players stayed loyal to the Emperor.

Five more real RPG horror stories from Reddit.

Content note: story 3 (Dark Heresy) includes a censored slur, plus in-game violence against civilians.

Episode 4 of 20 Sided Disaster:

1. Wizard doesn't want to pay wizard tax and then spams me at work - u/fat_fingerz

2. Lunatic dad tries to fight local DM for playing with his kid - u/BeerGains22

3. GM surprised and shocked when Dark Heresy players are all pro-Imperium - u/DicerTheJester

4. My DM can't stop using AI - u/Knowhere2B

5. My table just found out how much the chill druid has been holding back - u/Dazzling_College_853

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All five stories come from Reddit. I credit every original poster here:

• u/fat_fingerz (r/rpghorrorstories) - https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/1qzbv10/wizard_doesnt_want_to_pay_wizard_tax_and_then/

• u/BeerGains22 (r/rpghorrorstories) - https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/1nu6po2/lunatic_dad_tries_to_fight_local_dm_for_playing/

• u/DicerTheJester (r/rpghorrorstories) - https://www.reddit.com/r/rpghorrorstories/comments/1mhas2u/gm_surprised_and_shocked_when_dark_heresy_players/

• u/Knowhere2B (r/dndnext) - https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/1pgfsnj/my_dm_cant_stop_using_ai/

• u/Dazzling_College_853 (r/dndstories) - https://www.reddit.com/r/dndstories/comments/1va7jg7/my_table_just_found_out_how_much_the_chill_druid/

#DnD #RPGhorrorstories #DnDHorrorStories #DungeonsAndDragons #RedditStories #TTRPG

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18 October 2026

The Satanist DM Who Killed the Cleric and Paladin (+4 More D&D Horror Stories) | Ep. 3

Five more real D&D table disasters from r/rpghorrorstories. An artificer invents armor that even the gods can't hit, a Satanist DM wipes out the Cleric and the Paladin in session one, a GM pulls a pixie were-bear off the board for rolling too well, a GM approves a build just to make an example of the player, and a friend on his fifth chance promises he can be serious.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:36 Armor the gods can't hit

5:06 The Satanist DM's first session

10:14 Banned mid-encounter for rolling too well

15:41 Invited just to be made an example of

20:19 "Serious" for the Serious campaign

26:36 Outro

Story credits (original Reddit posts):

u/Pipsy_the_Penguin: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/player_asks_for_gamebreaking_item_that_he_made_up

u/GMingAnonymous: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/satanist_dm_kills_cleric_and_paladin_in_first

u/EchoBravoPapa: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/gm_banned_my_character_mid_encounter

u/foamingkobolds: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/invited_to_a_game_because_the_gm_needed_someone

u/Creative-Okra7898: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/politely_asked_player_to_tone_down_the_silliness

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New episodes every Sunday.

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11 October 2026

He Quit Because I'm Dating the DM (+4 More D&D Horror Stories) | Ep. 2

Content warning: stories 2 and 4 include bigoted, hateful table behavior.

Five more real D&D table disasters from r/rpghorrorstories. A player quits the campaign because two people at the table are dating, someone decides nobody can play a woman because it ruins his immersion, a player explains the rules to the DM and gets them wrong, a DM's homebrew world turns out to be his worldview, and a new player won't learn the rules because "AI can tell me."

0:00 Intro

0:31 He quit because I'm dating the DM

4:58 "You can't play a woman"

8:52 He mansplained the rules to me

13:10 The DM's red-flag homebrew world

18:35 "AI can tell me the rules"

23:26 Outro

Story credits (original Reddit posts):

u/lyn_dis: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/player_drops_our_campaign_because_he_cant_accept

u/Nicholas_Bearforest: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/player_says_i_cant_play_as_a_woman_because_it

u/ItzDaemon: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/player_tries_to_mansplain_the_rules_of_the_game_i

u/Relevant-Can331: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/dm_uses_a_homebrewed_setting_that_reflects_his

u/pineapplelightsaber: www.reddit.com/rpghorrorstories/comments/new_player_doesnt_want_to_learn_any_of_the_rules

Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtu.be

New episodes every Sunday.

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04 October 2026

Twin Players, a Strahd Betrayal & a ChatGPT Boyfriend — 5 Real D&D Reddit Stories

Five real Dungeons & Dragons table stories from Reddit, read verbatim in the posters’ own words — RPG horror stories, campaign betrayals, and the wildest player moments you’ll hear this week.

In this episode of 20 Sided Disaster:

  1. The player who was actually two people (and the DM didn’t notice for three months)
  2. A Curse of Strahd betrayal that split the party [spoilers]
  3. Another player made an AI chatbot of my character… and claimed they were dating it
  4. A DM freaks out when a player leaves — and nukes the Discord server
  5. The DM gave a player control of the BBEG… and they TPKed the party

If you love r/rpghorrorstories, D&D 5e campaign chaos, and true table tales, hit follow so Episode 2 lands in your feed.

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