"Oh no, the Nazis are back, please don't vote for them surely you're not a nazis, politically apathetic masses, right. Right?", say all of the other parties as they fall over each other to make the life of everyone here (I live in Germany) worse, insuring that the Nazis will keep getting votes.
I die because I get teleported into the earth's air which mixes into all my muscles and bones and organs, destroying most of my cells, stopping my heart due to blood bubbles in my heart if I don't instantly die from that, while a vacuum 2ft next to me implodes.
It's still not enough! Until every red-blooded American has a big red button in their home that launches 10.000 nukes at random coordinates, it won't be enough!
Linking every TTRPG thing directly back to D&D is system reductionism! Under communism, there won't be D&D as we know it because it promotes and valorizes monarchism!
The trick for that is to get really really invested in the other characters backstory and really want them to succeed and get their revenge or happy end. That way, you are always in the spotlight too.
hottest of takes: Personal tragedies in your backstory are overrated. Heck, having a large, complex backstory is overrated too. Many of the best characters I have ever played have had the most basic of backstories and motivations. It's so much more fun to throw your all into the story the DM is telling my inventing a reason why you care super hard, rather then wanting to have the story be about your character specifically.
Rolemaster manages it by making each spell utterly static, give only a minimal and insufficient description and make these spells either pointless or stupidly OP depending on our DM.
Boil Liquid — For each level of caster, one cubic foot of liquid can be heated to boiling at a rate of 1 cubic feet per round.
Literally the whole spell description outside of a tiny list of stats. So can I boil oil with this and throw it in people's faces? Does it work on water in a container? Does it have to be a cube of water or can it be a puddle of 1 cubic foot total volume? All left to DM fiat.
Warm Solid — Any solid inanimate, non-metal material (up to 1 cubic foot per level) can be warmed to 37°C at a rate of 1 cubic foot per round of concentration.
This is a spell they wrote. Most low level spells in Rolemaster could be replaced by a prestidigitation effect.
Woodfires — Causes any wood to ignite and burn. All wood ignited must be within a one foot radii.
Another one that just doesn't answer anything. Can I ignite wood that's painted? Can I do it under water? Does plant fiber count as wood? What about barkskin? Can I set a treant on fire with this? If so, how much damage does it do? The spell does not say.
"Oh no, the Nazis are back, please don't vote for them surely you're not a nazis, politically apathetic masses, right. Right?", say all of the other parties as they fall over each other to make the life of everyone here (I live in Germany) worse, insuring that the Nazis will keep getting votes.
I fucking hate this country.