Fantasy Express (POD, Black & White)

Dice Mechanic - Uses a 2d10 open-ended mechanic (not d100)

Resolution Mechanic - Has a universal mechanic that is used for almost everything, with a few flourishes, based on the type of roll (i.e. spells get saves, etc.) using the FEAT (Fantasy Express Action/Task) table. It also determines how successful the character is with up to 5 Success Levels able to be earned. The FEAT table takes up a tiny portion of the character sheet so that is always readily available.

Combat - For Combat, you roll on the FEAT table, and subtract the foe's Defensive Modifier (DM) and look up the result. Partial Success = deal half of the weapon's Damage rating as hits of damage. Success, do the full damage rating as hits (plus +1 hit for each point the result is over 20), and you also earn Success Levels. Those are spent on Critical Results, chosen by the player - no random criticals - and even include results that can be beneficial in the following round. On the other side, Armor reduces the amount of damage dealt (both weapons and armor have ratings for types of attack, so may be better in one aspect than another -- for example, an Armor Sword has a Damage Rating of 12s/8p, and Soft Leather has an Armor Rating of B1/S2/P1/SL0, so wearing just the leather armor reduces the Slashing attack from the sword by 2 points - Parrying IS your friend!!!

Magic - Magic is divided into 8 Schools of Magic: Diabolism, Divinism, Druidism, Magery, Mysticism, Sorcery, Spiritism, and Wizardry. There are 250 spells spread across those 8 Schools of Magic and a group of spells known as Universal Spells, which are available to everybody. Each spell is learned as a separate skill. All spells are scalable in some fashion or other. Spells can be scaled up in ways that increase the Mana Point cost of the spell, or in other ways that can provide modifiers to your casting roll. With almost 900 different Scaling Options available on these spells, the possibilities are astounding as you can mix and match the scaling options on a given spell, and in some cases, apply a scaling option more than once for even more increased effects.

Skills - you can earn Success Levels on skill rolls as well, and spend them on results that can mean that skill took less time or even gave you bonus on another roll later one, and again, the choice is all up to the player.