Jannah
Barely holding on.
Well, to be fair published doesn't necessarily mean good. I'll refer to the classic examples of Twilight and 50 Shades.
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Melpomene
Writer of Tragedy|Art by ROYTHEART|
Oh I know, I was just saying that published works have a different bar to pass than a casual RP, which is why you can't judge them as one in the same, since they usually follow a different planning/writing process.
Crayons
Iconoclast
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Crayons
Iconoclast
Dungeons and Dragons isn't really a good roleplay system, if you're using it for telling stories rather than just murderhoboing. There are a lot of great TTRPGs out there and most of them are better than DnD. So it's not surprsing.
Crayons
Iconoclast
Honestly, that's so good to know! I am fairly new to TTRPGs in general, and I had only played DnD. But a few weeks ago we tried out CoC, and I found it more atmosphericDnD is great, and the whole lore around it is so interesting. It is just sad that, most part of the time, combat is prioritised, instead of exploring such mystical side. The way the DM tells the story is also very important. Some DMs are great storytellers, whilst others kind of focus solely on those "dynamic" combat details.
Call of Cthulhu, on the other hand, seems more focused on the story. Plus, I love the dice system, as I am an unlucky person, so rolling small isn't a big issue for me
Yeah, you can absolutely play great stories with DnD if you have a good DM, but the system isn't set up to enable it through play. So it's all really down to the DM and players to improv all the character interactions and such, whereas something like Vampire the Masquerade is set up to enable complex social RP and intellectual feats equally as well as combat.
Crayons
Iconoclast
That seems interesting. Even though I love DnD, sometimes it just doesn't feel that fulfilling, because, as you said, sometimes the characters are not explored to their fully content.
With CoC we had the opportunity to explore a lot of the characters' deepest fears, and gave us the opportunity not only to advance with the storyline greatly, but also to explore each character too, and that was a great experience. And by the way, this was just a one-shot (we had to divide it in two sessions though, so not technically a one-shot).
I am trying to search more about the Vampire the Masquerade, and I'll ask our DM about it. Thank you so much for recommending it
PM me any time if you want to talk about it further!
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
You're also welcome join one of mine sometime, Kahir. I greatly dislike D&D but spent a lot of my early 20s on Masquerade.
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waifu
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Giving props to another writer does not in any way invalidate you.
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
I am always GMing, but not Masquerade right now. But most of my work is in a similar thematic and mechanical space to World of Darkness and CoC, and I sometimes run the more modern successors to Masquerade like Chronicles of Darkness or Requiem because I like their design better.
gheist
Potato Patata
just gonna butt in to say, if you like narrative over combat, try any of the Powered by the Apocalypse games. their books are free online and they have a game for almost every genre. they basically streamlined the dice bits and focus a lot more on characters, relationships, narrative, etc. in fact, in a lot of their games, xp is rewarded on how well you rp facets of your character's personality!
anyway to stay on topic: unpopular opinion: i don't like how it's a trend to prettify your posts. it's not as prevalent here but when i used to rp on gaia online, it was kind of an unwritten rule that your posts had to be pretty. complete with gfx, banners, etc. i used to do it and it burnt me out from worrying over font colors... now i pretty much went the opposite way and want my posts as plain as possible lmao
anyway to stay on topic: unpopular opinion: i don't like how it's a trend to prettify your posts. it's not as prevalent here but when i used to rp on gaia online, it was kind of an unwritten rule that your posts had to be pretty. complete with gfx, banners, etc. i used to do it and it burnt me out from worrying over font colors... now i pretty much went the opposite way and want my posts as plain as possible lmao
Grey
Dialectical Hermeticist
Hard agree. Mega endorsement.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
I like to play 'peace-maker' characters amongst groups of cliché blood-thirsty warriors in order to be the voice of reason. 
menageriespawn
New Member
Cringe is fine-this is supposed to be a fun hobby.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
menageriespawn
New Member
AAAHDUHIJKNWKIH I'm laughing so hard at this
defenderofberk
And... We're doomed. Fun times.
More characters need pets.
menageriespawn
New Member
More characters need pets.
Becker
“Someone else always has to carry on the story...”
Crenando
Pencil Neck Geek
I don't think this is unpopular, I just don't think most people think of it.More characters need pets.
I'm playing a noble character with a parrot in an upcoming tabletop campaign. That'll be fun.
Jannah
Barely holding on.
In my case I definitely overlook it, although I RP in a lot of settings where pets would be very inconvenient anyway.
defenderofberk
And... We're doomed. Fun times.
I love characters that have little pocket animals, like hamsters or mice. It's just really cute.
Crenando
Pencil Neck Geek
People need to acknowledge that you can dislike someone while giving props to them for what they do well. A lot of people ignore lessons that they could learn from the success of other RPs simply because they don't like a person.
It'd be more productive if people learned to put that kind of thing aside.
It'd be more productive if people learned to put that kind of thing aside.
gheist
Potato Patata
oh no, i meant the rulebooks and such are available online. my favorite games of theirs rn are Masks (which is like a coming of age story for teenage superheroes) and Blades in the Dark (Victorian-era heist game, with ghosts! and demons! and magic!)
i hope you find something you like with them!
defenderofberk
And... We're doomed. Fun times.
I low key want people to link memes that fit their character. Like that's probably way more amusing and useful than half the stuff on there already.
VALEN T.
Member
ok unpopular (maybe ?) rp opinion:
i don’t...get ppl who say their character is inherently dominant or submissive like i don’t get why you’d use those terminologies on a site where erp isn’t even allowed bc cmon everyone knows dom/sub is a sex thing.
okay fine in this context they’re trying to describe their oc’s general temperament but there are other words u could go for like shy, controlling, meek, intense etc etc
i don’t...get ppl who say their character is inherently dominant or submissive like i don’t get why you’d use those terminologies on a site where erp isn’t even allowed bc cmon everyone knows dom/sub is a sex thing.
okay fine in this context they’re trying to describe their oc’s general temperament but there are other words u could go for like shy, controlling, meek, intense etc etc
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