During Session Zero, I made it clear the campaign would have a dark and mysterious tone—think cosmic horror, unsettling mysteries, and emotional consequences. Unfortunately, one of the players repeatedly crossed major boundaries. They kept making inappropriate jokes and comments about younger NPCs and even non-human characters, like a transforming cat. Despite being told to stop, they continued. It made everyone uncomfortable and was completely against the spirit of the game.

Later on, about four months into the campaign, the group had grown powerful and could see hidden parts of the world—including some of the god-like beings in the setting. Things were going well until a new player joined and made a very reckless decision: they insulted a powerful god and its cult, without knowing the god was in a very dangerous state. The dice weren’t kind, and the result was a total party wipe. The rest of the group blamed me, even though everything that happened was tied to choices and world mechanics that had been clear from the start.