No fucking way this was FATAL.
This has all the marks of free form to me, with a bit of rules as a framework, but if not, it could have been Exalted.
Easily one of my favorite tabletop stories of all time. I only wish I knew if this was a system or some kind of homebrew thing created by the DM.
I think they’re all pretty solid, but my favorite is and will always be “My Warlock Patron is my overbearing mom who rediscovered me and is desperately trying to embody what a mom is, with no context for what any of it means, or what “age appropriate” means”.
Alright you need a Wooden Greathammer, dump your charisma, and play it up as Lawful Evil.