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Oct 21, 2011 -- 10:23AM, Saranghae wrote:

Hello all,

I was just curious and wanted to see what House Rules other people used for their own campaigns.

So let's start a list! 

None, that I can think of. I can't stand houserules.

However, I will make calls on things. Everyone at the table "Do Something Cool" power which lets them (including the DM) try unusual things involving powers, skills, or just description. These are handled case-by-case, though and do not set firm precedence.

Some of these aren't true House Rules, per se, but ...

1. Use of Inherent Bonuses system.
2. Don't bother tracking non-magical ammunition.
3. Start with a reasonable amount of equipment; spend the 100gp on ritual components, consumable magic items, ritual formulas, alchemical recipes and the like.
4. No alignment.
5. No half-races.  Half-Orcs are simply Orcs, Half-Elves simply don't exist.
6. No divine classes
7. The Raise Dead ritual does not exist.  Once you are dead, you are dead.  There is no coming back.
7a. PCs only die at negative-bloodied HP.  When reduced to zero HP, you are 'down'; you can't take actions, but are fully conscious and can see and hear normally and recieve healing effects normally.  When you fail three 'death' saves, you are then unconscious and cannot recieve healing effects until the short rest post-combat.
8. Stances don't end when you're knocked unconscious.
9. Free Rituals: PCs can use a number of rituals per day without expending components based on tier.  The ritual must have a fixed expenditure (aka 'Not enchant magic item').  2 at heroic, 3 at paragon, 4 in Epic*
10. Time is abstracted.  A round is not 'about six seconds', it's 'however long it takes everybody to do their allotted actions'.  A short rest is 'the breather after a battle', whether it's 10 seconds or 5 minutes.

*I may end the game at 20th, as I'm not a fan of Epic play, so this won't matter.

Oct 21, 2011 -- 12:05PM, Frostpanner_19 wrote:

1. Improved Defenses feat for free. 

I'm debating on this (and free Expertise), ironically for the reverse reason most people seem to do it ... not that every character will take them anyway, but that nobody will...

The only one we use (and the players like) is MAX damage times 1D6 on Crits.  This only applies to PC crits.


Then gnome ranger doing 240 HP with one arrow makes for a great after session story  

Yeah, but it can make combats "a little" faster.


It also makes the 11 year old player of the Gnome feel a tad Heroic.  usually ends up being "wasted" on a standard.