My DM doesn't get it

>>54860220
And why the fuck would they even put us through such a stupid test of loyalty in the first place? They're barbarians, they don't care about wizards and city folk.

>>54860220
This all boils down to either "is his game good?" or "do you feel too obviously cheated?"
Since even one of these would set off the alarm bells, having both seems to be a big issue. Have you talked to other people playing to make sure you aren't the only one who feels this way? You probably don't want to look like a little bitch.

>>54860220
He's railroading you and isn't talented enough to keep you from noticing. He spent the time and effort to craft a setting and write a story and now feels entitled to force you to play out his story regardless of what you want.

That said, if you have a problem with it, talk to him or find a new GM. If everyone but the GM has a problem with it, talk to him or find a new GM. If nobody but you has a problem with it, find a new group.

>>54860220
How does providing consequences for your actions make you feel like nothing you do matters?

>>54860724
>How does providing consequences for your actions make you feel like nothing you do matters?

Not OP, but

>we were tasked with making a peace offering to the barbarians so that there wouldn't be any trouble, but as soon as we get there, the barbarian king imprisons us, then asks us to slay a dragon for him since it wiped out his people's ancestral homeland

Please defend this as not railroading the players into a subquest.

>>54860724
Hard to describe. It's more what the consequences are that bothers me. If we had encountered the barbarian horde and they had said fuck off and chucked spears at us, it would have felt real, or if they had threatened us, or held us hostage, it would have felt real. But it felt like the DM had in his mind an idea of a cool story and was funneling us towards his desired outcome. Kind of like this:
>>54860722
He's certainly not a good enough story-teller to keep me from caring that we're being rail roaded.

>>54860686
It's fun, but it's almost a social obligation thing, we're in a group chat together which is always buzzing, but the dynamic is not authentic. I would talk to another friend about it, but the DM is too prideful to make any changes.

>>54860798
>I would talk to another friend about it, but the DM is too prideful to make any changes.
Then leave and explain why.

>social obligation
You aren't obligated to do shit, and you don't owe anyone anything. If leaving a game that does not entertain you is enough to ruin a friendship, the person isn't much of a friend.

>>54860220
if only there were some way to communicate these feelings to the DM