Looking for a game centered around gangs, low life, etc.
So! I've had an idea for doing a game, and just having a bit of an issue with finding a system.
I'd love to do a game where there players are all members of a small time, local gang. Think a neighborhood thing, with the potential for them to grow larger. For the characters to go up in ranks within the gang, and to build their powerbase. Setting wise, I'm pretty open to, as I can adjust things that I don't like or that I want to include. Ideally, it would have something of a Dishonored vibe to it.
Now, here is the hard part. I am 100% NOT interested in anything Pbta. Nor am I interested in anything Blades in the Dark, or any hack based on it.
I'm not a huge fan of the 2d20 system, so the actual Dishonored rpg is already meh to me.
I prefer dice pool systems to that of a single die, but that is not a dealbreaker for me. I am familiar with GURPS and that it could do a game like this, but I am not fully interested in teaching GURPS at this moment. So, let's just get that out of the way and say that GURPS has been suggested. As well, let's just get Savage Worlds out of the way as well. I am fully aware of both.
Any thoughts? Ideas? Thank you!
Edit: Since it was asked multiple times, I thought it would be easier to answer here than under each question. I am not wishing Blades in the Dark because I do not like the flashback mechanic of the game. And from what I have seen, it is a pretty integral part of the game as a whole, thus hard to just handwave away.
Also, someone can just not mesh with a system. It can be something just as simple as that. I don't vibe with Blades in the Dark, so even if it is a perfect fit for everyone else? It is not a perfect, or even good, fit for me. There doesn't have to be so many negative comments about it.
I never said that the game explicitly HAS to be a dice pool, just that I personally prefer them.