Good tabletop RPG to start with?

OP what you want is Dungeon World

It's pretty much objectively one of the best currently out there. It has fast easy to use mechsnics and is perfect for beginners, it's a lot cheaper than most of these other rules bloated systems that cost fifty dollars. There is no reason for extra rules when it is he role playing that matters. Dungeon World is fast and innovative and still feels exactly like the spirit of ADND before DnD 3.5 destroyed the hobby and ruined a generation of role players.

You want fast, intuitive combat? Dungeon World does that.

You want real, deep roleplaying mechanics? Dungeon World does that.

You want great mechanics that reward diversity of play? Dungeon World does that as well.

My last session of Dungeon World my human fighter wrapped a vampire in a bear hug and wrestled him out a window. This is real roleplaying we are talking about here, not babby 3.5 shit. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Dungeon World today, it is an evolution and perfection of the half-formed ideas in Apocalypse World (the game it is derived from)

I will check those out, thank you! Also, out of all the systems mentioned in this thread, which one will take the least time to read up?

This being bait aside, you can play this system if you want to torture your DM with having to pull stuff from his ass constantly

The one that will take the least time is GURPS Lite, as it's only 32 pages. Savage Worlds is the next easiest, only 160 pages for the whole thing. If you can find a game for GURPS (I know there's an open one in the GURPS general, and you can check the GURPS Discord for a game), go with that. Otherwise, go for Savage Worlds.

There are better pbta's based on DnD.

Dungeon World just makes a joke out of both sides of RPG design.

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GURPS is the most autistic shit. Yes, it can do anything but it will turn everything you run on it into dreary bookkeeping dogshit. It will make a fun game suck ass by its generalist system not actually fitting for any kind of genre.
And if you make new players think that GURPS is the pinnacle of roleplaying systems don't be surprised if they drop RPGs entirely. Run Strike! instead ffs.

The DnD 5e basic rules are free and a short read, just google them to find the pdf and web versions. It's 114 pages, but you don't have to read all of it, only the options relevant to your interests.

Finding a DnD game on Roll20 is much easier than finding ANYTHING else, so while I would normally recommend you start with something less mainstream (and in some ways bad for you), you're probably better off getting into the hobby through it unless you have friends and aren't too shy to GM for them.

Ryuutama is made to be a tutorial for tabletop RPGs.

Not to shill for Savage Worlds, which is a terrible system, but technically Savage Worlds IS shorter if we are talking the test drive.

You need a damn good GM for this to work. GURPS was my first system, and when I tried something else, the lack of rules felt fucking amazing.

It's actually my favorite system to GM.

t. never played GURPS

Speaking of RPG systems, is there any rules lite system that is open ended enough to plug-n-play OSR adventure modules but not so open it's completely generic? And by rules lite I mean more lite than AD&D, light enough were dumbass players who are to lazy to read the rules can still play.

The Dungeon World recommendation is bait. See warosu.org/tg/?task=search&ghost=yes&search_text="my human fighter wrapped a vampire in a bear hug and wrestled him out a window" for how much its been reposted.

Have you tried downloading literally any OSR retroclone and using that already? I can't think of anything that's open-ended (whatever that means, sounds like generic), rules light, and not generic.

Still, it's pretty simple to play.

I want something more rules lite than retroclones. Like Dungeon World except...not Dungeon World.

Have you tried Microlite20? Sounds right up your alley. Single page, 1,100 words.
1d4chan.org/wiki/Microlite20

Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures would be up your alley, I think. It's a retroclone with a new coat of paint and some good design choices (at least imo)

Searchers of the Unknown maybe?
World of Dungeons, maybe?

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Thanks I'll check them out

This guy gets it.
Can you imagine if people treated other systems the way they treat GURPS?
>ugh, D&D sucks, have you seen the monster manual? It has way too many creatures! You can never fight all of those in one battle!
>why does D&D need 15 types of dragon? It's the most autistic thing ever
>have you seen the fail snail? God, D&D monsters are so retarded
I mean, D&D gets criticized a lot, but at least those criticisms are coherent.

It may be worth looking into a translated Japanese system. The Japanese are busybees and have no time to play, so they tend to have systems that are focused towards having short, action packed adventures and not giant 298 session LOTR-style treks across whatever homebrew your local neckbeard put together.

The major difficulty would be in, of course, getting this system in English. On the other hand... Lizardmen Paladins on Motorcycles. Japan is crazy.

Same here, it's sooo slick to run. And yeah, sure, I know that HP is "misusing the Apocalypse World mechanics" according to the self-taught game design experts on Veeky Forums, but I never had much trouble making that HP loss feel worrying.

>Lizardmen Paladins on Motorcycles.
Is this a thing, please tell me this is a thing. I want it to be real.

GURPS is actually one of the simplest systems out there for the player.

No saving throws or armor classes or modifiers or CMBs or any of that stuff. You don't even need to wprry about buying funny dice (though that could arguably be negative depending on your personality).

It's only when you try to run the game that things tend to get difficult.

That said, finding a group and someone to run it is impractical. Finding someone willing to run or play anything besides the latest iteration of D&D is almost impossible ime