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I have played dnd and Lancer online. I've run a dnd one shot with friends.

Recently I've joined a couple of games at my FLGS and I have realised something.

I fucking suck at role playing. I can't get into character as well others can, I can't do character voices. I can't think of interesting personalities. i feel like I suck at this compared to everyone else in the room when it comes to narrative roleplay.

one of these games I joined was a session 0 for vtm. I had a really good time but I am just nowhere near the level of the other players.

it's been a few days since. would it be rude for me to graciously bow out of the game and apologise to the st?

I think I should just cut out TTRPGs and look to play more tactical combat focused games without roleplay. Am I overreacting?

I'm not going to name any vendors here, so no public shaming, other than Amazon. So here's story of the last 3 weeks.

3 weeks ago, I ordered a POD GURPS Dungeon Fantasy book from Amazon. Amazon shipped the book in a padded mailer, and the book arrived damaged. Amazon shipping cracked the spine. So, I ordered a replacement. And the replacement arrived in just a padded mailer, and that book also arrived damaged. I sent that one back to Amazon and bought a used copy off of a redditor, who shipped it in a box and it arrived intact.

Then I placed an order with a well-known RPG publisher, and they threw 4 products into a padded mailer, and, sure enough, 2 of the products in the padded mailer arrived damaged. To the publisher's credit, they immediately sent me new product, this time in a box and everything arrived in perfect condition.

Next I ordered a used out-of-print RPG book from a vendor that specializes used RPG books. And, what did they do? They threw the book in a padded mailer with a piece of cardboard behind it. And guess what happened? The book arrived damaged with a bent spine. Shipping bent the book. The cardboard insert was severely bent.

The last one bugs me the most, because the book is out of print. So, it's not something you can easily replace. It's not available as a POD, and now there's one less good copy of it in the world because of bad packaging.

Now when I ship books out, I try to use a book box. If I can't use a box, I will take the book, put a piece of cardboard on the front of the book, and on the back, and wrap the entire thing in plastic wrap. Then I put it in a padded mailer and make sure it's snug around the book, so it has no room to move. Never had a book damaged in transit.

Above 3 shipments used the following carriers:

1. Amazon
2. UPS Ground
3. USPS Media Mail

So, this isn't a problem unique to one shipper. I think padded mailers are treated like boxes by these shippers, as opposed to envelopes, so they get a little manhandled.

Sorry, just need to vent my frustration. I have an eBay auction I just won arriving on Friday, and I'm now nervous about how the book got packaged.

My understanding is that Pathfinder is second-best-selling RPG in the US.

Reading through many threads on here over the years I see requests looking a system that I think Pathfinder or Starfinder might be a good fit, and sometimes I won't see it even mentioned once.

So, I'm curious why such a popular game is brought up so infrequently. Is it because so few people in this subreddit play these games? Is it because there isn't a lot of love for these systems in this subreddit?

In my perusal of the Internet, I've noticed Pathfinder is kind of it's own little RPG subculture. I see people talk about playing a number of different RPGs. But the Pathfinder people I meet seem to only play Pathfinder. I never hear someone say they play Pathfinder and Savage Worlds, or Starfinder and Traveller. Which is fine. There are plenty of 5E addicts out there. Nothing wrong with Pathfinder addicts. You do you. But it makes me feel like Paizo doesn't live in the same RPG sphere as all the other role-playing games.

The premise is that one of you is infected, and you both know about it. You only have a little time left before the infected brother turns into an unthinking monster.

Each of you have a deck of cards with questions to ask the other one, role-playing prompts which build into a complex story. Other cards advance the sickness or even end the game.

It's an intense journey, and the prompts can trigger powerful emotions.

Some of my friends recorded themselves playing it. The video contains spoilers, especially as it goes on, so if it looks like a game you'd like to play you might want to stop watching around the halfway point.

It's a very interesting concept. You both know it's going to end in tragedy from the start, but it still manages to kindle hope.

Personally I haven't played it yet, in part because I have had too much death in my own life recently, and it gets very heavy by the end. It's fun to watch at least. I love this style of RPG.

I’m running a Mutants & Masterminds campaign, and one of the PCs-Codename: Singularity, after the fusion of human intelligence and AI-is a cyberpunk / tech-noir inspired martial artist/hacker.

Her primary antagonist is an evil megacorp called Basalt Global Holdings (BGH).

BGH’s CEO, Corbin Mohs, secretly operates as a supervillain under the name Lodestone (a Hulk/Thing analog), but he’s intended to be more of a long-term, final-boss–style threat rather than someone she confronts on the regular.

Most of her day-to-day opposition comes from BGH’s corporate security division—known as the Salarymen—which functions as covert/black ops, and Men-in-Black–style enforcers.

My question is: what are some best practices for portraying a megacorp as a superhero’s primary antagonist?

In particular, I’m interested in things like:

How do you make a large organization feel personal and emotionally engaging for a PC?

How do you keep a megacorp threatening without making it cartoonishly evil?

What kinds of recurring NPCs, tactics, or story structures work well when the enemy is a corporation rather than a single villain?

Any advice, examples, or war stories from your own games would be greatly appreciated.

I'm sick of regular suggestions of Superhero TTRPGs. Mutants And Masterminds, Hero System/Champions and popular generics like GURPS, Fate, Cypher and that Savage Worlds Superhero thing. This may be stupid to some but i don't like any of them. ANY.

This was never a problem to me because i haven't seen a single Superhero Setting i liked anyway. Until...i made my own. And i want to see it working in TTRPG form.

So now i want to see the underground ones. Wether indie or just not really that reccomended, i want to know your suggestions of cool Superhero TTRPGs and WHY they are cool. Please don't post "[TTRPG Name]" and nothing else.

Also, not required, but it would be really cool if it was possible for characters to have progression in the game. It's not that common in the Superhero genre in general but most characters in my Setting can theoretically evolve to near infinity so...yeah, Heroes that progress are always cooler than static heroes that were just born that way.

Zinequest is happening on Backerkit now through February 27. I saw some interesting products but was curious what others were excited about and why.

Note: I do not have any projects on Backerkit now or ever in the past and haven't backed anything yet.

I am looking for the best, most fun, most memorable, highest rated(personal or otherwise) action packed, full on Pulp adventures. These could be short one-shots, full on campaigns, settings and everything in between.

I am talking Doc Savage, The Mummy, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and so on, types of games. High action, over the top bad guys and just enough Nazis to punch directly into the face.

You get the idea. Send me any all information about your personal favorites or hidden gems.

i got the OG edition and i been considering buying the 2nd one but i wanna know, what are the major differences? and its a must to get the new one?

I've been interested in games that avoid a negative feedback cycle by using failure or not succeeding as a means for advancing or growth.

Torchbearer 2e came to mind, as well as some PbtA games make it so when you fail you get something like Monster of the Week.

Are there any modern examples that do this or any other games that you like that use failure for progression?

Looking for system recommendations for playing a game set in the warframe universe. Ideally want the feel of pretty overpowered combat and good boss fight mechanics but not 100% focused on finding a system that has them as overall vibe is more important.