No fucking way this was FATAL.

This has all the marks of free form to me, with a bit of rules as a framework, but if not, it could have been Exalted.

Oh absolutely, but like, the guy who brags about his villainy ain’t exactly complex, but I like it like that sometimes.

I will literally let my table sit in silence before butting in.

Like, I’ve trained myself to hold back so much I struggle to get a word in edgewise in more proactive groups.

The problem is definitely they’re introverts, but I can’t force them to talk.

I used to be in a lot of bad groups, with really horrible DMs and they would regularly shame me for actually roleplaying my character and engaging in roleplay instead of just shitposting and being a dumbass, or for like, actually making a character instead of exclusively hyper-optimizing for solely combat.

I mean, Minnesotans are Vikings…

Easily one of my favorite tabletop stories of all time. I only wish I knew if this was a system or some kind of homebrew thing created by the DM.

Sounds like my Akita

I’ve seen this too; the problem is people who use this legitimate problems to shame someone who’s doing nothing wrong.

I think they’re all pretty solid, but my favorite is and will always be “My Warlock Patron is my overbearing mom who rediscovered me and is desperately trying to embody what a mom is, with no context for what any of it means, or what “age appropriate” means”.

Of course there’s ways to be better, but getting mad at the active player kinda justifies them calling them out.