You are describing the very first dice pool system, invented for West End Games' Ghostbusters from 1986.

Never heard of it, but it seems to advertise itself as an OSR dungeon crawler. Can you provide an example of one of those abilities?

Thank you, I'll check it out. I think a friend has a copy so I can try before I buy.

Very cool, thank you for the explanation. What does a typical gameplay loop look like for a player?

How does it mechanically enforce that dream-like feeling? I only ever hear peopel talk about the setting.

Hello, community! I got some really good suggestions when I asked for pulpy sword-and-planet adventures last time I was here, so I figured I'd dip my…