Top Ten Signs Your New Player Doesn’t “Get” Your Superhero RPG Game (Patreon)

Top Ten Signs Your New Player Doesn’t “Get” Your Superhero RPG Game

10. Whenever the PCs catch crooks who have committed a crime, the new player's PC rifles through the criminals’ possessions and begins “treasure division” of the stolen goods among the other players.

9. All his proposed Secret IDs are characters from Star Wars. Mostly the Mandalorian.

8. He tries to reboot an old Bunnies and Burrows character, as Captain Furry. Who has a “mind yiffing” psychic attack. Which he describes in over-graphic detail.

7. His first ten suggested Hero names are Stab Lad, The Stalker, Bruisertron, Gandalf, Stuff Man, Enabler, Orange Avenger, Defibrillator Dan, Restraining Order, and The Mandalorian. All ten proposed names are for the same character.

6. When he finally settles on naming his hero Captain Crimson Confessor, he insists his secret cave-based church complex be called “The Apse-Hole.”

5. The term “Rao Fundamentalist” creeps into your gaming lexicon. It is not a compliment.

4. When asked if he’s playing a Golden Age or Silver Age character concept, he asks how many extra gp a Golden Age character gets.

3. He insists on keeping his secret ID as "Maintaining the Masquerade." Also, his character drinks blood and wears tight black leather pants.

2. His first character concept is a “half-hero, half-Vulcan, with Mommy issues.”

1. The character retires to study the socio-economic factors that lead to citizens putting on costumes and committing illegal acts under assumed nom de maux.