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Rejected House Rules
We started with the simple 32 page booklet in the Starter Set but over the years we've come to use a lot of house rules and DM options.
But here are some common house rules that we don't use. None of these are RAW; some are DMG options and some are just popular house rules from other groups. But mostly Brian. Mostly Brian's group.
Rule | Reason for rejection |
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Playing with miniatures | Confuses your LSD-addled DM to believe that the characters are ant sized |
Point buy for stats | DM gotten tired of point buy fiddliness & sameyness in other systems |
Flanking | Too easy way to get advantage w/o minis |
Climbing with Acrobatics | I used to work as an acrobat when I was a teenager, and I danced contact impro in my 20s. I could never climb a wall, I was too weak. Climbing uses strength; acrobatics uses balance |
Spending insp for a second die after the first rolled failed | Not only does this remove a lot of the tension and interest around insp, and feels like an awkward retcon, it also really messes up the math of the game |