In one sentence...

[Morrus]

... describe what you wish an RPG did for you which no RPG currently does to your satisfaction. You get to name just one thing, one sentence.

Difficulty: you cannot name or reference an existing RPG. It's not the "I like the way X handles Z" promotional thread, it's the "I wish Z was handled better, but I haven't seen it yet" thread.

 

[RangerWickett]

I want duels to have a give and take, and for characters to be encouraged to use different fighting styles in different circumstances, like for instance The Chatty Duelists in Princess Bride.

 

[Ahnehnois]

I wish an rpg could intelligibly describe what it's like to get injured, wounded, traumatized, and otherwise hurt.

 

[Lwaxy]

I wish an rpg could intelligibly describe what it's like to get injured, wounded, traumatized, and otherwise hurt.

This!

 

[Ketherian]

I wish a role playing game could be highly descriptive without being rules heavy. Not just in combat/dueling - but in all manner of random interactions (npc initial responses, shop contents, you name it).

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I want to play an RPG version of Calvinball.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I wish systems had a way to simulate the 'give up at gun point' instead of calculating that the gun/bow only does 1 hit and it takes multi hits to drop them...

 

[dd.stevenson]

I want an RPG that makes exploration/chases/vehicular combat/mass combat more tense and engaging than what I could get by free-forming it.

 

[GMMichael]

... describe what you wish an RPG did for you which no RPG currently does to your satisfaction. You get to name just one thing, one sentence.

Difficulty: you cannot name or reference an existing RPG. It's not the "I like the way X handles Z" promotional thread, it's the "I wish Z was handled better, but I haven't seen it yet" thread.

Disclaimer: I'm not nearly as prolific a gamer as I could be, so it's highly possible that I just haven't found my wish yet.

I wish a free bazaar existed for community submissions to a universal game system, that would have not only an endless selection of free house rules, characters, maps, adventures, and gear, but it would also have a rating system that would allow you to get an idea of the quality of a submission before you downloaded it (and made your game group suffer through it that evening).

Sentence two: It would also have a nice search function to allow you to quickly sort through the mountains of community submissions.

It's a little meta-game, I know. But there's no reason why I can't go to, say, "CommunityRPGVault.com" and do a search for "D&D 3.5, vampire adventure, level 5" and get something remotely relevant and playable.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

Fractal complexity. Let me either handle a situation in a simple way or apply a more complex, rules-oriented approach, and all with the same characters. Add on the possibility to switch complexity while running a given situation. Let the PCs first wade through simple minion-like enemies with very few rolls and switch to the detailled combat system for all when the boss appears.

 

[pogre]

I want an rpg that seamlessly and logically extends to mass combat with miniatures and kingdom management.

 

[herrozerro]

I wish systems had a way to simulate the 'give up at gun point' instead of calculating that the gun/bow only does 1 hit and it takes multi hits to drop them...

I also want standoff rules, too often it doesn't matter if you are unarmed, you stand a good chance if you just rush a gunman.

 

[howandwhy99]

A constructive world generation system which results in descriptions more poetic than prosaic thereby opening up that kind of verbal composition as a part of the player game too.

 

[amerigoV]

I would like the system to have nice incentives (or penalties for not) for PC to purchase stuff other than adventuring gear (a house, for example).

 

[Cadence]

I wish systems had a way to simulate the 'give up at gun point' instead of calculating that the gun/bow only does 1 hit and it takes multi hits to drop them...

... combined with a way to knock people out like in the old crime noir movies so that I could play a Garrett P.I. game.

 

[Dungeoneer]

... describe what you wish an RPG did for you which no RPG currently does to your satisfaction. You get to name just one thing, one sentence.

Difficulty: you cannot name or reference an existing RPG. It's not the "I like the way X handles Z" promotional thread, it's the "I wish Z was handled better, but I haven't seen it yet" thread.

I wish there was a game with a more interesting system of magic. I'd like to see something where magic follows certain consistent rules, which in turns mean you could customize spells on the fly. I don't want to cast fireball by saying "I cast fireball," I want to combine spell elements to create a sphere of fire which is hurled at target X.

ETA: It's possible that there is a game that does this! My knowledge of RPGs is far from comprehensive.​

 

[Neonchameleon]

Is anyone else reading this and thinking "These people need to look at Fate Core"? (Or in one case Cortex Plus and another Powered by the Apocalypse games?)

 

[steenan]

Give me a game where combat is highly tactical and balanced, but does not involve much math. Bonus points if a major conflict may be resolved in 30min.

Give me a game where belief dynamics of big groups of people (political preferences, religions, advertising) are modelled by solid mechanics.

Give me a fantasy or sci-fi game that uses other "races"/species to help explore humanity, instead of treating humans as a boring, "flexible" default.

 

[pickin_grinnin]

I would like to see a game that handles damage in combat realistically. A person can be killed just as easily by a knife as by a sword, for example - the distance between the two people is what makes the difference. Bigger, heavier, longer, etc. only give a weapon an edge if you are standing a certain distance from the other character.

 

[Janx]

I want a game where monsters/NPCs can be defined in 2-3 lines of space so I can run them without looking stuff up or needing more notes.