I posted an idea for an ICRPG hack awhile back, and @Lon made the point that it seemed like its own system. I thought it was interesting point, so I worked on the concept more.
The Chain RPG is a d20 rollover system which uses polyhedral progression along several emergent “Chains” to increase chances of success. Building the Chains for each roll reinforces the value of different methods of playing without limiting player choice.
The struggle of the early game, rolling a few dinky four-sided dice is rewarded with larger polyhedrals and epic moments fueled by Player initiative.
I am looking for players and eventually GMs who want to help me playtest this nonsense. In the distant future, I want to release it on itch.io as pay what you want/free. But we got a long ways to go!