Dungeons and Dragons Host Shuts Game Down After Player Steals Items From His Home, Party Informs Him It's His Fault for Leaving Items Around

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Eleonora Bader
May 23, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

When someone steals something from you from your own property, it's never your fault. I don't care if you left a million dollars on the kitchen countertop, there is no excuse in the world for someone who would touch that money.

One Dungeons and Dragons player had been hosting games at their home, which was pretty generous of them from the get-go. Unfortunately, things took a sad turn when some of the items in their home went missing. At first, they wondered if they had misplaced things, but then, it became pretty apparent that they hadn't. They were devastated to find out that their friends, people that they had known for a long time, would do such a thing. Who steals from their friend? To be frank, who steals at all? What an awful person.

When the host informed the other players, their reaction was priceless for all the wrong reasons. Check it out down below and then check out these Harry Potter memes and facts for Hogwarts students flying into Hogsmeade on a broomstick this weekend.

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    "Someone stole from me, DND is done."
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    Thief at the table Table Disputes Honest feedback would be appreciated. I host 2 game nights at my place, 5-6 people in each group with a couple of folks in both. The games have been going on for over half a year each.
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    The morning after our last session I realized someone had emptied my prescription. My bedroom is beside the bathroom, and they went through my bedside table. I thought some cash had disappeared previously but wasn't 100% sure so didn't say anything. I just made double sure things were tucked away or on my person from then on.
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    I announced to both groups I was no longer hosting and why, and said I was taking a break from playing. Reactions were mixed, some supportive, some silence, one accusation of it's my fault for leaving things lying around or that my being selfish k¨d the game. Many feelings at play here, and I'm too close to it right now. Did I overreact with closing my door and leaving?
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    Djorgal 17 hr. ago one accusation of it's my fault for leaving things lying around or that my being selfish killed the game. Well. I think I found the thief. I mean, even if that person didn't actually steal your s! 't, I still wouldn't want to have any interaction with that kind of person. 4.6k Reply Share
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    MagnificentJake. 17 hr. ago "Yeah, fk you for keeping your stuff in your house where I can easily steal it" 2.2k Reply Share internet_friends. 15 hr. ago "and fk you for telling us that we can't come over to your house anymore because of it, you're so selfish for setting reasonable boundaries" 974 Reply Share
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    michael199310 - 17 hr. ago Druid You can leave a diamond in the middle of the hallway in your house and noone has any rights to blame you for a theft. Anyone who justifies that as "normal behavior" is a horrible person, possibly involved in similar activities now or in the past. 516 Reply Share
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    Pixelated_Penguin808 12 hr. ago Most real friends wouldn't even be tempted either. Victim blaming guy outted himself as someone who doesn't respect the OP at best and who stole from him (probable, IMO) at worst. 97 Reply Share
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    yoyoyodojo 17 hr. ago who else reads most stories here and just thinks "thank god my friends arent pieces of sh 't" 1.7k Reply Share Yojo00 17 hr. ago DM A lot of table dispute stories give me the impression that the OP shouldn't even associate with the people involve, much less play DnD with them. Some poor guy a day or two ago was essentially being verbally at red by their roommate for years on end, and didn't seem to understand the problem with that.
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    CatoblepasQu Barbarian 17 hr. ago If anything you under reacted 324 Reply Share WiddershinWanderlust 15 hr. ago I'd of bought a security camera and set up a trap for them so that I had the evidence to take to the police. Fɩ k you buddy (not you, the person OP is talking about), you aren't my friend if you're stealing from me, you're someone looking to take advantage of me and at that point I no longer feel any loyalty to that relationship. 147 Reply Share
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    Shield_Lyger. 17 hr. ago one accusation of it's my fault for leaving things lying around or that my being selfish ki ed the game. I would suspect that I'd found the thief, personally... But no, I don't think that you're overreacting. You invited people into your home, and one (or more) of them robbed you. Ending the invitations was a perfectly reasonable reaction. 1.0k Reply Share
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    Doenut55 12 hr. ago Usually the reaction to the person defending the thief. Had a mom do this after her son took something from my kids room. "If you didn't want it taken you should have put it away!" Well you see ma'am, it was hidden and they took it anyways. 158 Reply Share Lance4494 11 hr. ago DM Part of me wants to bring back the old eye for an eye thing. Maybe mom wouldnt be so quick to let her son steal things if her arms disappear. 24 Reply Share
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    SleepyBi97 17 hr. ago Paladin You know, in a lot of places you could report to the police that prescription medication was stolen, especially if it's medication that can be a' ed. Just a thought. 146 Reply Share
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    Yojo00 17 hr. ago DM Well, whoever is blaming you for being robbed while hosting a DM session is a dumb c't that needs to be removed from your life, because holy s. Frankly, they're probably the thief. Even if they're not, that's not something you should tolerate from anybody. Is this something you can narrow down? Presumably, somebody would have needed to excuse themselves from the table long enough to find your stuff and rob you. I doubt everybody had an equal bathroom break. This is a serious
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    Thijs_NLD 14 hr. ago Pretty sure the dude that told you to not leave your own possessions in your own house easily accessible to thieves pretty much did all the narrowing down that was needed.... Reply Share 55
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    Desperate-Guide-1473 - 17 hr. ago This is beyond a table dispute, somebody robbed you. Not really a TTRPG specific issue. If only you could cast zone of truth. Sounds like the thief did basically out themselves already though based on your description of the reactions. 118 Reply Share
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    Loose_Translator8981 17 hr. ago Artificer Not when it comes to your prescription... I'd especially be suspicious of the person accusing you of lying. You did what you had to, and it sucks that it came to that, but you absolutely can't put your health in danger. A 45 Reply Share
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    Homten_Rey OP. 16 hr. ago thank you all, your feedback is appreciated. and to those thinking I'm not furious, I am. also feeling betrayed. feeling the loss of two games and some of the folk I thought were friends - it's a lot, which is why I was seeking outside perspective. and the one guy who accussed me of leaving things lying around was the one person who didn't go to that can. the taint is on everyone, even suspecting folk I thought were friends. I hate every bit of this. 90 Reply Share
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    TeeCrow 14 hr. ago I wish there was something that I could say to make this better but this invasion of trust and breech of personal security fɩing sucks. What's more is it was perpetuated by someone that you trusted. In your situation, I don't think you overreacted, you handled it extremely maturely and swiftly. If I were in your shoes, I am writing off every player who was silent to my Out-of-Game complaint about my personal belongings, and I would burn every bridge with the player that accuse
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    WubWubThumpomancer 17 hr. ago one accusation of it's my fault for leaving things lying around or that my being selfish ki¨ed the game. Bruh, what? Your being selfish? By not wanting people to steal your sh‘?! You reacted fine. Maybe even underreacted, but I wouldn't go back to those groups anymore if I were you. 144 Reply Share
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    Odd-Percentage-4084 17 hr. ago Wow. That's awful. F -k the thief, and f.k the person who said it was your fault. (So f.k the same guy twice, probably.) I've never hosted a game for people who weren't already trusted friends of mine, so I haven't had any issues like this. But I absolutely understand why you wouldn't feel safe hosting again. It would take a long time before I'd be able to sit at a table with anyone I suspected of violating my home like that. I hope this doesn't 'I D&D for you alto
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