Old Horror Story I Remembered
I remembered this story while at the renfaire the other day and figured I'd share it.
For context: I was playing a very sheltered cleric in an online campaign. This was a few years ago, I was 15 and the character was 13. My group had a few adult members but up until this point that had been fine. The relevant characters were Sage (my PC) and a fighter whose name I can't remember.
One of our sessions fell on Samhain, and I had informed the DM that I wouldn't be able to attend and that Sage would be in a nearby church of the god she worshipped (mainly so that he didn't have to take over playing her).
The next week when I returned, the fighter pulled me aside to "let me know" that while I was gone, his character had "romanced" Sage and had set with her. I tried to reiterate to both him and the DM that she was a kid who had devoted her life to her god (she made several nun-like vows) but they both insisted that it couldn't be retconned without retconning the whole last session, which the DM refused to do.
I attempted to contact the DM seperately and explain why I was so upset about it, but he didn't seem to understand. I left the campaign pretty quickly after that.
Moral of the story, if you're a young player, play with an age appropriate group, and if you have a young player in your group, make sure to keep them safe while playing.
Posted Jul 8, 2025, 4:45 PM UTC