Yeah. That’s kind of a no brainer for me. As soon as someone hasn’t having fun with that, it stops immediately.

Clear boundaries. I have only two hard rules that would make me act immediately: no player-versus-player behaviour and no sexual violence. I repeat these two rules to each new player. I state them in a direct, no chance to misunderstand, manner.

I had something similar. It went like: No r?pe, no necrophilia, no needless child murdering, or other overly edgy shit. There is no debating this. I will immediately call you out and start a fight over that.

Never forbid Player vs Player, tho. As long as both sides were ok with that they could bash each others heads in. They constantly beat each other or kindled their clothes on. But miraculously never killed each other.

Laughs in Barbarian

I actually did this once. The party was already pretty chaotic, but in a mostly fun way. They didn’t devolve into murder hobos, but they started to walk a route that made me more and more uncomfortable as a DM. So I put him into the game as a random one time quest giver.

It was a warning and the group understood it. Because the table suddenly got really quiet.

Well, call me a traitor then. Because I know which side I will take when the heresy hits.

Could have sworn I saw a Blood Raven wielding something similar.

I work with people who actually think that’s a good thing. I really fucking hate my coworkers.