Ye Olde House Rules

• THE HOW - Always say HOW you are going to do an action AND let the DM decide on what kind of check you are going to do.

• DESCRIBE IT - The more specific you describe your action, the better. Be specifically descriptive as you can. Describe it like a movie scene. DM can award inspiration/advantage, etc.

• TAKE NOTES! – Please take notes on everything that seems important such as names, your party’s relationship with said NPC’s, places, food, facts, clues, etc. You can assign a note taker of the party or you can do it on your own (Pwede each kayo may discord text channel ng notes)

• LEVELING MECHANIC – DM will choose if the party will level up by Milestones or by EXP. DM can interchange this throughout the campaign.

• FREE FEEEEEEEEEEAAAAT - Aside from PHB rules on making PCs, you get a free feat of your choice (must be from the PHB, Xanathar's or Tasha's.

• PLOT ARMOR - If DM deems moment of your character is important for your development (NOT PLOT), DM can give advantage or an additional die (either hit or damage)

• WILL THIS WORK? - If you ask the DM, “Pwede ba to?” or “Will this work?”, it’s success depends on your character’s experience. For example, if you cast a certain spell to cut a rope to do something, ask yourself if your character has already experienced this or not. This applies to combat also. The DM will say what check to roll.

• HELPING AT SOLO SKILL CHECKS - If making a skill check for anything and everyone wants to do it (ie. Investigating a room), only one can do it. Others can help. For example, player B helps player A. Player A will now have advantage. DM will tell if this can’t be done in certain situations.

• LUCK MECHANIC aka THE DEVIL’S BARGAIN – A player can use a bargain to reroll any roll and a token will be “given” to the DM. the DM can now use the token given to him for any d20 reroll. If the DM uses it, it will be gone. This is “stuck” with the player not the player character. LUCKY FEAT IS NOW GONE

• NEW CAPSTONES – I will be reworking the level 20 capstones for the following classes: Bard, Fighter, Monk, Ranger, Sorc, and Warlock. This is to bring them on the same level as the other classes.

• HUNGRY? – Remember to eat and pay for food. If you have goodberries, food can be trivial. Remember to subtract food costs, etc. For realism. This rule will only take effect when you are in the wilderness or any location with no civilization.

• PREPARE YOUR SPELLS – Any caster should have prepared spells noted for each day in game; have it listed at every start of the session; mechanic is at every long rest, spellcasters prepare their spells for the coming day. For realism.

• SPELLS R 4 ANYONE - Any character can cast and read a spell from a book/scroll from a wizard or something. Arcana check; DC is dependent on your character decided by the DM.

• COUNTERSPELL RULES - A clear mechanic on counterspelling enemies. The DM will describe a person casting a spell with a bit of flavor for what spell. Once the DM has said the name of the spell being cast, PCs cannot counterspell the said spell. So, the counterspelling is more realistic and fun (pros and cons babyyy).

• AUDIOVISUAL MAGIC - Verbal component of spells is flavored as saying the name of the spell, in any language or order for the duration. Fireball can be Llaberif, or Narlab in elvish or if you reflavor it to be ice damage, calling the spell Icebomb. For rituals, it is enchanting the same word for the duration. This is for flavor. If you thought of something else, tell it to the DM. Also, the somatic component of spells are the intricate hand/s movements or arcane focus movement that facilitates the manifestation of the spell. With this, a visual of arcane circles, sigils or runes are seen (Kinda like in Dr. Strange).

• INVENTORY MECHANIC – FILE - We will not be based on weight but will be slot based. Read file pls.

• EZ ATTUNE - You can attune with magical items in 5 minutes. In order to remove attunement, you have to spend 10 minutes with the item. This is a general rule for magic items that can be changed if the item's description says so.

• AMMO TRACKING – FILE - For consistent and clear cut ammo tracking..

• SPECIAL AMMO – If special ammo, roll if it breaks, get lost or retrieved. Otherwise, it gets the same treatment as per the file above on AMMO TRACKING.

• ADVANCED INITIATIVE – You may now use your Wisdom modifier (knows when the fight starts) or Dexterity modifier (reacts very fast) for initiative rolls.

• TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK – When two player character's have initiative next to each other, they can take their turns simultaneously or even swap initiative. For combos and teamwork fun.

• FOCUS IN COMBAT – Due to the size of our party, everyone should be focused and alert to facilitate smooth turns. Combat will always be slowed down if the party is more than 4.

• DAZED IN COMBAT – If you’re not paying attention in combat, the enemy may have an attack of opportunity.

• NO FLANKING – No more flanking rules.

• BATTLE COMMS – If in combat and you are talking to yourself to another player and you’re telling him what to do, your turn will be forfeited and it will be as like your character persuading/ordering the other character on what to do. So, avoid talking in the heat of the battle. 6 seconds of dialogue before your movement and action is fair for short orders or dialogue.

• SPRINTING – As an action during combat, you can move x5 your speed but only in a straight line. This will be your action and movement

• EXHAUSTED SPELLCASTING – If you have no spell slots left, you can use your life force. Make a Constitution saving throw. DC = 10 + spell’s level. On a failure, the caster suffers a number of levels of exhaustion equal to the spell’s level. On a success, the caster suffers half as many levels of exhaustion (min. 1)

• FORCE OF WILL – Gain an additional action but in doing so, you get 2 points of exhaustion that can only be reduced by long rests. You can use this house rule once only in a round.

• LEARNING SPELLS OUT OF YOUR SPELL LIST - Time it would take to "learn" spell of choosing is 40 in game hours irregardless of level of person and the spell itself; after 40 hrs, PC can now use spell with a 25% (+ 5% per spell level) fail rate to be rolled each time the spell is casted; fail rate can be reduced by "mastering" the spell [5% per 96 hrs]

• SWAN SONG – If your character dies, you may have one last action (DRAMATIC HEROIC ACTION). BUT in doing so, your character will stay dead permanently.

• INCAPACITATING TAKE DOWNS – You know the scenes in movies where the protagonist silently chokes down the enemy guard? You roll a medicine check to do this.

• BODIES ON THE FLOOR – Dead bodies on spaces become difficult terrain.

• INSTAKILL MECHANIC – If you roll a Nat20 to hit on a roll, roll twice more. If both rolls are Nat20, INSTAKILL IRREGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF CHARACTER IT IS. Works only for characters and not objects and buildings.

• YOU'RE DEAD, DON'T TALK – The PC will roll their death save in the private text channel with the DM. Both the DM and the unconscious PC will not say anything to the party on what is happening.

• BATTLING DEATH – Revive save rolls will be done. Starts at DC 10. For everytime you die and be revived, the DC goes up by 1. DM will roll if you get revived or not. Success = revived. Fail = permanent death (cannot be revived ever) and soul goes to the afterlife. This is to solidify that death is inevitable and revives (even though you have plenty of resources) can fail so there is always a risk that dying may mean permanent death.

• OMG – Gods are a real presence in the world. If you have a god, you can roleplay in praying for help. Make a d100 roll. If Nat100, prayer is answered.

• NEW HP GAIN MECHANIC – We roll for HP every level up. Get half of your HP dice + roll the other half on the appropriate die. So, average plus roll is your HP gain.

• TRAINING MONTAGE – Tell everyone on how you progressed to the next level. Like, how did you learn your new spell? Your new move? Studied? For RP flavor and character development.

• DOWNTIME? – You can tell the DM on what you are doing in your downtime so you can have a progression of some sort. Like, you want to look for a new set of armor OR you don’t want to sleep to study a book of spells/language (1 exhaustion point in the morning is the penalty; in the morning you learn a new spell or language.

• LEARNING FEATS - If the character can find someone who has mastered a feat, the Dungeon Master may optionally allow characters to learn it! Learning a feat costs 3,000 gold pieces and 6 months of training, during which they cannot adventure. Each extra feat beyond the first costs twice that (6,000 gold pieces, 12,000 gold pieces, etc.)

• CHUG THAT POTION - If you drink a potion as an action, you gain the full heal. If as a bonus action, you roll for how much HP you gain. If you give an HP potion to your ally as an action, you get the full heal. If you give an HP potion as a bonus action, you roll how much HP he gains.

• FAMILIAR FAMILIAR - With the Find Familiar Spell you can take any Tiny sized creature that is less than and equal to CR 1/2. With Pact of the Chain, this is expanded to CR 2. This is true for creatures from official books. You can also use the official statblocks to make any creature you can think of that is mechanically similar to what you want your familiar to be. [There is also a book of familiars in which you can browse but the DM can make it a quest to find one and make it a familiar. Talk to the DM.]

• OUTSMARTING THE GENIE – YOU CAN’T WISH FOR MORE WISHES AND YOU CAN’T WISH FOR MORE GENIES GODDAMNIT