This was Second Edition from the 80's.
she found a tome of eldritch lore
I can do you a few of the most ignored pages in the PHB: I've yet to meet a table that uses Trinkets
If you want deeper rules for things, PF2e is good. If you want simpler and more story-focused rules, picking up Index Card RPG or Knave might be good.
When every damn person in the country only eats that one food, that gets a bit hard.
they should put the pinkertons in dnd
Unironically a better system to play Shadowrun than Shadowrun
is that mr house
GURPS. It has a little bit of a learning curve and some problems with outdated terminology but it is a great system.
WHY IS IT REPEATING
Videogame turn combat is actually borrowed from TTRPGs. Old D&D editions (mostly 1e) had a combat system that was pretty close to what you'd find in a modern RPG videogame, just within the constraints of the table.
Cool, however this is a community for tabletop roleplaying games.