Dnd House Rules

General

Rolls

• Emphasis Roll - used for situations where it can go very good or very bad
  • Roll 2d20 and take the result which is further from 10

Inspiration

• Each player get’s a token face down - when they think someone did something really cool or inspiration-worthy they can give them the token face up. The token can be used for a reroll and has to be then given back
  • can only have one token at a time
  • is lost at the end of the session

Resting

This needs testing and tweaking for sure

• ”Safe Havens” rule
  • short rests - 8 hours of low activity
  • long rest - 24 hours in a Safe Haven
    • A place is considered a safe haven if:
      • environment is not detrimental to PC’s
      • PC’s don’t have to stay alert at all times
• ”Gritty Realism”
  • short rests - 8 hours
  • long rests - 7 days
• fixes
  • Short rests restore long rest resources - proficiency bonus - short rests taken since last long rest
  • no full healing on long rests - just spending hit die
  • short rests 2 or 4 hours
  • Also instead of spending only hit dice on hit points they can also spend a hit die to gain half a long rest resource back a minimum of 1.
    • Example a level 6 paladin could spend a hit die to get 15 points of lay on hands back
    • A level 6 barb can get 2 rages back.
  • potions of rest

Exhaustion

• Each level of exhaustion adds am additive -1 to all tests for the character
• on reaching exhaustion 10, PC dies
• Long rest reduces exhaustion by 1

Combat

Initiative

• Side initiative - Initiative is rolled for each side of the conflicts and all members of the group can act interchangeably

Bosses

• Bosses use charged attacks - video game style, where a powerful attack will be unleashed in a set number of turns unless players manage to stop the monster
• Bosses act between every player’s turn

Crits

• You can maximise one die before rolling a crit

Damage Conditions

• Any creature below 1/2 HP is ‘heavily wounded’
• Any creature below 1/5 HP is ‘Bloodied’

Elevation

• Shooting from high ground hives +2 to hit
• Shooting from low ground, enemy counts as having half-cover

Potions

• Drinking or administering a potion is a bonus action, taking a full action gives maximum roll

Getting Downed

• gain a level of exhaustion

Death Saves

• Death saves are rolled in secret

Last Stand

• PC’s can take an action right before they die, and said action can overcome their natural limits

Exploring

Traps

• Traps roll attack against front PC’s perception, if they hit, PC doesn’t notice and set’s it off

Equipment

Arrows and other Projectiles

• d100% of normal projectiles are recovered after a fight
• bigger/more sturdy projectiles have bigger chance to be recovered

Magic Items

• Attuning reveals part of magic item’s description
• Identify reveals precise description

Social

Overcoming Plot Difficulties

• ”I know a guy” - the players can declare they know a person who could help them if it makes sense with their backstory, and with the plot

Character Creation

Ability Scores

• One array rolled by everyone, used by everyone