I really should give Alternity a read. I hadn't actually heard of it before today. From a cursory glance, it seems to do a lot of things I like.

"Spell levels per day pool?"

Spells have levels with varying mp cost. But say you have a mp pool of 15 you can cast 15 level 1 spells that cost 1 point or 5 level 3 spells that cost 3 points or any combination of the two as long as you have the required mp to spend. You aren't stuck with a flat 3 level 3 and 6 level one spells. It's similar to most jrpgs in that respect.

"You mean like resolve points?"

Yes or hero points from Mutants & Masterminds, bennies from savage worlds, etc, etc.

As to whether this plays out well or not only time can tell. Truth be told when I had the original idea I had planned to use an already existing system. The only issue is that as we all know the industry is filled with Marxist lunatics who would do their best to cancel me and take away my access to their rules the moment they found out I wouldn't worship at the altar of Stalin. So I used the tools that were available to everyone without having to A- be beholden to the 'powers that be' and B possess the mechanical aptitude of Richard Garfield or Gary Gygax.

Reception from the players who have given it a shot so far has been good. These are all people I know, however, so the real test begins when it gets let into the wild. At this point in time though, it has become something of a matter of pride. Even if it fails I'm going to be satisfied that I did my best to get something out there. The SJWs told me to piss off and make my own thing so I did.

One last point that I think is worth mentioning. From OPs post I think it is pretty clear that most people's issues with gaming these days aren't the systems that games are running on. Orcs not being proper villains and elements such as crusades being removed from games are a narrative thing. One of the things I am trying to achieve is the creation of a setting that is fun, deep and actually celebrates Western culture instead of shitting on it at every possible turn. If other companies tell their old customer base that they aren't welcome anymore because of their 'whiteness', wrong thing or refusal to be lectured on gender studies in their entertainment time then I welcome these people with open arms since I'm one of them.

I'm also currently working on a book. It has nothing to do with this particular project though as it's simply a collection of short stories that each feature their own setting.

The core of the system is d20 using the OGL, I'm not here to reinvent the wheel. The biggest change from mainstream D&D is that it uses a roll-under system with ability scores being used as target numbers for checks, which are raised or lowered based on a number of factors. The driving philosophy for the game design was inspired by games such as savage worlds, god bound and to a lesser extent mutants and masterminds. Some other changes are

• Removal of Vancian spellcasting in favour of an mp pool.

• Addition of a meta currency that players can use to influence dice rolls.

• Character class simply adding a number of premade abilities to a pc instead of totally defining it.

• A much larger list of feats and a greater amount of feats given to characters per level. This and stat allotment is where you really differentiate your character.

I have tried to keep character creation and play relatively simple. While MechWarrior, Jovian Chronicles, and Mechton Zeta are fine for someone who wants the armored core experience on a tabletop I opted for something that didn't require quite as much time investment. The aim of the game was gonzo super robots ala Xenosaga ,Rahxephon or Big O rather than more 'hard scifi' mecha series.

Aside from the handful of creators that frequent therpgsite not really. The way that the rpg industry is today disgusts and angers me because it was something that I held dear. The people in charge of most of the major companies have outwardly expressed their distaste for anyone who does not follow far-left ideologies. At the end of the day, we need to create our own settings that people can't turn into mouthpieces for communist ideologues. We have to make new alternatives not simply dwell on the dumpster fire that rpgs have become.

In the spirit of practicing what I preach, I have for the last 4 years, been working on my own tabletop RPG. The basic premise is that the characters take the role of mech piloting knights in a sci-fantasy world featuring a huge mashup of Western religious and mystic traditions (Everything from Kabbalah to Gnosticism). It's currently sitting at somewhere around 350 pages, with 95 pieces of art done and more on the way.

Here's some samples of art:

Mechs : https://ibb.co/749khjM , https://ibb.co/d0VrC7V

Character Classes: https://ibb.co/pQF10vG , https://ibb.co/1szZS49

I'm hoping to send out some pdfs for playtesting sometime in the next few months and get a lovely hardcover edition out sometime next year. If you guys want to hear more I can answer questions as well as post up world details and lore.