Sayings that will FREAK OUT your Players as a Dungeon Master

What is the scariest thing YOUR Dungeon Master has ever said to you?

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[chuckawood]

My DM's favourite saying at the end of these discussions:
"It's ok, crying is a free action."

[GresSimJa]

Three words to frighten any player: "Are you sure?"

[Xylarxcode]

Player: 'I open the door.'
DM: 'So, you touch it?'
Player: *sweats nervously* 'Uh, I mean, I step back 10 feet and cast mage hand to open the door with that.'
DM: 'Oh, okay. The door opens.'
Player: 'And?'
DM: 'And what?'
Player: 'Nothing happens? No trap, no ambush, no surprises?'
DM: 'No, nothing happens...'
Player: *visibly relaxes* 'Oh, okay good.'
DM: '... to the spectral mage hand.'
Player: *screams internally*

[rainasojen]

Oh man, the "you can certainly try" gives my players the chills every time 🤣🤣

[gujsweed]

You know the players are terrified if they are considering following the main quest.

[MalloonTarka]

The lovely part is when you, as a player, notice these things, but can't act on them without metagaming. You're pretty much restricted to wincing and thinking "This is going to hurt."

Who says ttrpgs can't have dramatic irony?

[codyriddle]

“What’s your passive perception?”

*literally any number*

“You don’t SEEM to notice anything.”

[JkeysObsessions]

As soon as he said "how many dice do I need for this" I knew it was gonna be Yahtzee

[doctordoom]

“…so everyone brought spare character sheets tonight, right?”
“So you said you were the one in the front of the group?”
“You know your Invisibility Spell is only good for an hour, right?”
“Okay, since you didn’t check for traps…..”
“Hey, can I double check your character’s family’s names to make sure I spelled them right? Oh, I know they’re back home and not present, I just…..need to know for no reason…..”
“No, of course it’s totally okay you’re dating my ex now. Hah hah, totally okay…..what’s your AC again?”

[elaraamaris]

I love having them roll a check and then saying "YOU are confident you can do it"

[tatersalad]

"So let me get this straight..." and "Do you think this is a good idea?" are two surefire ways to make my players nervous. "Are you sure?" only emboldens them

[ΛλρληΛαρλωμ]

" you can always try " always gave me goosebumps as a player....
But when i become DM....

[blazereaper]

"Thats not gonna work."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS NOT GONNA WORK?!"
"I cast-"
"No."
"HOW THE F*CK DO I ARGUE WITH THAT?!"
The DM has learned in moments how to completely shut down his players during arguments

[StilltheApllyon]

Player: I want to see if anyone is following us. *rolls* 15?
DM: You don't see anyone following you.
Players: Oh my god! There must be assassins everywhere!

[lukivanknobi]

My DM says "You can certainly try" on some of the most mundane stuff just so we don't know when it hits us"

[draaks]

"I cast the wish spell"
"No"
"HOW THE F*CK DO I ARGUE WITH THAT?!?"

I laughed way too hard on that 🤣🤣

[YGFU]

"Nothing happens yet" the last words the DM spoke before the Barbarian stepped into a room and then died thanks to a pressure plate we all failed to notice while observing the room from the outside :P

[esteban]

He set up the yahtzee joke, made me drop my guard for a second when I saw he was talking with his mom, and then he hit me with a Sneak Attack by making the joke anyway.

[Hadriake]

One of my favorite shirt is the Cheshire Cat's smile with D20 for eyes and the caption "The GM is smiling - Abort mission". Really perfect to wear when DMing ^^

[WilliamRoberts]

When there's nothing obvious happening much in the game: "roll initiative"