Pen and paper RPG recommendations

[SithMaster]

Further adding to my procrastination is my gaming group's creation of a weekly session of Exalted. While it is fun I wouldn't mind mixing it up with other systems/universes that are entertaining. Several possibilities include Dark Heresy, Rifts, World of Darkness, and maybe D and D (I doubt it though). While I'm going through the reviews over at RPGnet it wouldn't hurt to get some ideas or opinions from the rf community.

What I'm really looking for is a game that is rich with theme and offers balanced play with a gameplay mechanic that won't piss me off. Needlessly complicated dice rolling is something I want to avoid. I realize three of my suggestions do not meet all my criteria but I also plan on some house ruling (in the case of Rifts a lot of house ruling).

[rockettgirl]

Hi Sith,

Give Pendragon a try - it should satisfy all your criteria

[madness]

Pendragon mentioned AND a (apparently) female user!?!
ITS THE APOCALYPSE!
No seriously, why does that name ring a bell... Didn't... Something to do with a book.
that and I saw it on the internet some where, but I doubt their is any actual relation to the two.

[Agentarrow]

OH NOES!
*Hides in dark corner, listening to AEnima, by tool*
"some say the end is near, some say we'll see armageddon soon, certainly hope we will, I ure could use a vacation from this bull shit three ring circus... ...Some say a comet will fall from the sky, followed by meteor showers and tidal waves, followed by fault lines that cannot sit still, followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits, and some say the end is near..."
(find a happy place, find a happy place)
okay, I'm good.
see? empty corner

anyway, welcome to the forums rockettgirl :mrgreen