It obv doesn’t work for every genre, but I’m a huge fan of Cthulhu Dark‘s combat rule: if you fight it, you will die. Really gives the players impetus to engage In a thoughtful and creative way. Or just run away a lot. Usually both.

His Majesty the Worm
Into the Odd/Cairn/Liminal Horror
Boundless/Voidlight
Brindlewood Bay

Honorable mentions:
Daggerheart
Land of Eem
Triangle Agency

cool! my pareidoliac brain keeps processing the forehead crescent as a friendly smile. Zoom in, friendly little weirdo. zoom out, creepy horse skull gonna take all your cake and beer after it crushes you in a rap battle…

Everyone has already said Cairn 2e, and they’re all correct. Randomized backgrounds take the pressure off of character creation. Auto-hit takes the disappointment out of shitty dice luck.

Superior adherence, subpar set time.

I think we have the same starting word.

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Dice stacking is fun, risky, fail-apparent, and is likely already happening at the table.

The latter, with caveat that the original designer actually understood probability.

Try crushing the back of your tongue with molars for an electrifying bonus!

That’s pretty fun. Love the option to reset/try again.

I don’t know what this is but give it to me and take my money please.

I am the one who barks.