Murdergurl
will turn your insides into your outsides
Okay, so I've tried several roleplay systems in the past, and I'm really not a fan of what I've tried out. But sometimes I think that maybe I am limiting my options because I only try to participate in freeform Roleplays. Tbh, a lot of the system RPs tend to have better concepts behind them in terms of theme. But since I'm not really a system RP player, I can't get into them.
I have a lot of D&D books that I collected when I was younger. 3.5e. But tbh, I can't stand how complicated D&D is. I also have some... I think they are second edition? Vampire: The Masquerade core books, and a few Starfinder pdf manuals, as well as some Pathfinder hard manuals. I've also looked into GURPS and whatever it was that Shadowrun used.
The thing is.... I don't like any of these systems. They are too complicated for me. I especially don't like the ones that use bunches of dice rolls for everything. V:tM at least doesn't use a bunch of dice (from what I remember), but it generally wasn't a system I could get into. I remember the character sheets being really complicated and detailed, and that is also something I'd like to avoid. And tbh, I'm just not into the Vampire theme. Truth be told, my aunt got me the V:tM books because she found at a garage sale back when I was in highschool because I was an alternative gal. But I digress...
So I ask all the system RP enthusiasts that might be reading this: Could y'all recommend some popular systems that you see used in group roleplay requests? I ask that the recommendations NOT be like D&D/Pathfinder. By that I mean, very VERY light on the dice usage (and even better if NO DICE at all). Something with simple rules and simple character builds without bunches of stats and skill fields that would have me constantly having to flip pages back and forth in a manual in order to understand what everything does.
I'm not planning on running a roleplay with whatever system I might possibly undertake the task of learning. I want only to possibly participate in roleplays that are using those systems. That's why I ask for popular ones, universal stuff that isn't locked into a specific genre or setting. It won't do me much good to learn some obscure system that nobody really uses, now would it? lol
One other thing to keep in mind, is that I will not be playing the RP in any kind of live session. Strictly PbP whenever I have the time to get to it during the week. I do not have consistent schedules for my work hours, so there is no way I can guarantee any kind of time slot per hour or day of the week for live sessions.
I have a lot of D&D books that I collected when I was younger. 3.5e. But tbh, I can't stand how complicated D&D is. I also have some... I think they are second edition? Vampire: The Masquerade core books, and a few Starfinder pdf manuals, as well as some Pathfinder hard manuals. I've also looked into GURPS and whatever it was that Shadowrun used.
The thing is.... I don't like any of these systems. They are too complicated for me. I especially don't like the ones that use bunches of dice rolls for everything. V:tM at least doesn't use a bunch of dice (from what I remember), but it generally wasn't a system I could get into. I remember the character sheets being really complicated and detailed, and that is also something I'd like to avoid. And tbh, I'm just not into the Vampire theme. Truth be told, my aunt got me the V:tM books because she found at a garage sale back when I was in highschool because I was an alternative gal. But I digress...
So I ask all the system RP enthusiasts that might be reading this: Could y'all recommend some popular systems that you see used in group roleplay requests? I ask that the recommendations NOT be like D&D/Pathfinder. By that I mean, very VERY light on the dice usage (and even better if NO DICE at all). Something with simple rules and simple character builds without bunches of stats and skill fields that would have me constantly having to flip pages back and forth in a manual in order to understand what everything does.
I'm not planning on running a roleplay with whatever system I might possibly undertake the task of learning. I want only to possibly participate in roleplays that are using those systems. That's why I ask for popular ones, universal stuff that isn't locked into a specific genre or setting. It won't do me much good to learn some obscure system that nobody really uses, now would it? lol
One other thing to keep in mind, is that I will not be playing the RP in any kind of live session. Strictly PbP whenever I have the time to get to it during the week. I do not have consistent schedules for my work hours, so there is no way I can guarantee any kind of time slot per hour or day of the week for live sessions.
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