Rivet

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Rivet is a role-playing system that emphasizes fast conflict resolution and larger-than-life actions. It uses dice, with a standard deck of playing cards used as an "good luck" mechanism that may give the player some control over the situation or additional dice to add to their check.

Characters have six attributes: Brains, Brawn, Aim, Flair, Moxie and Luck. These are all rated from d6 to d20. Every task check is simply two attribute dice rolled together. For example, a character with d8 Brains and d20 luck rolls 1d8+1d20 to make a Flying check. Special qualities may give bonuses to these or have other special effects.

The default setting is an alternate-reality United States during a prolonged World War II, but the system was designed with the spirit of any pulp WW2-era or dieselpunk setting in mind.

The rulebook can be downloaded here.

An alternate download is here.