Need suggestions for a "granular" Dungeon Crawler

[Argonor]

I sometimes do that, that if I like the mechanics of a game, but think it's too lethal for 'adventuring' mode (where players are expected to keep the same character/space ship/what ever), I simply multiply the 'hit points' with a large factor for the players' gaming pieces, and by a smaller factor for the non-player gaming pieces.

I used the method on Battlefleet Gothic, once, havng a player starting out commanding a frigate, for instance.

That way, you can make otherwise lethal hits become lesser damage, keeping the main mechanics intact, but making things (and especially players) harder to kill.

[robh]

So many options........

I stick with my earlier suggestion (S&W)

BUT

I found this on Kickstarter that looks like a very interesting combat/campaign system. I like the ideas behind the character advancement by ability not level and the way combat is fought/resolved. Neat variant on skirmish/rpg games. Would probably be pretty simple to split off the mechanisms from the background rpg stuff.
At this price certainly worth a look (but no help for your upcoming holiday sorry!)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1078944858/the-godsfall-an-epic-post-apocalyptic-fantasy-rpg