Really you touch on the one part of the game I really dislike. We table ruled that "kid-on-kid" or 'kid-on-"grown-up's"' is caped at 1-3. Guns and Beasties et al are "uncaped" and it works a treat.
Mac.
See Stars Without Number
Stars without number second edition has d20 Eclipse phase if you want that (the tanshumanist souce book too). However its not the model you're envisioning its more straight forward yet very cool.
sy context? this is in relation to... Blue rose? If you liked Falkenstine ( truly grand game, which honestly could have used a 'little bit more work on the resolution system" yet still a very fine game) then you would do well picking up Blue Rose which is really a lovely game book.
5 out of 5 rating for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition Core Set
Fantasy flight is really on to something with these rules - the same rules system serves as the basis for the Star wars line of games from Fantasy flight, with minor changes - the big one being dropping the board game type...