CONGRATS ON SUBMITTING! Seriously, you managed to cram a ton of rules heavy stuff into 48 hours as well as some fun tone / theme setting. I had a few thoughts while reading:
- I love the premise of you are the dungeon keepers--here is what they do MOST of the time. Which is probably a lot of mundane stuff! And that's totally fine!
- Your three phases are nice and clear. Wasn't as sure with the names but they grew on me haha.
- Really liked your spectrum of "No and" to "Yes and". Very clever and immediately calls forth how I would run this system.
- The contested rolls difference didn't land with me just because I would need that table in front of me at all time. But I think it could grow on me. Perhaps? Like the idea, don't know if I like having to reference it all the time. Maybe the players have a key with important things like this one on it?
- The encumbrance table is really well done... but I am not sure if you need it. Again, a lot of charts for the players / DM to keep track of.
- I always love a good WOUND table and this is a good one! I love how you managed to pack theme and tone in as well.
- And your character creation is great. You got a lot of content in there that makes me excited to be a subterranean goon haha.
Great job! Definitely keep working on this.