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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito Al Pastor" data-source="post: 4847556" data-attributes="member: 27303"><p>I try to keep things informal where houserules are concerned. I don't ban things so much as I... very strongly recommend against certain things, should a player eye them. (Battlerager Vigor is my big one.)</p><p></p><p>I have a very silly stat system - 21 point buy, as per normal point buy rules... except that you have to spend all 21 on two stats. No more, no less. That means either a 17 and a 16 or an 18 and a 14. Then, you get 7 points to spend on all your other stats. Theoretically there could be some very silly builds where this would be problematic, but for most things it's just nice, and ensures that everybody has minimally acceptable attack modifiers.</p><p></p><p>Everybody gets Expertise for free. In everything. All the time. I'm not limiting it to "You get a bonus feat which you have to spend on an Expertise feat", or anything like that; take it once for everything you might ever possibly use, if you want.</p><p></p><p>I think I have a few "Rule of Cool" exceptions to specific rules, but they're mostly minor. For example, I'll let the rogue use the soft cover of the fighter as concealment for Stealth, even if that shouldn't work. Why? Because she loves doing that, and that's what really matters.</p><p></p><p>Eberron-specific stuff:</p><p>If the early reports I'm seeing on the Eberron weapons are accurate, then I'm going to house rule the drow long knife and double scimitar, hard. Because the printed stats are dumb, to the point that I expect errata.</p><p></p><p>Take any dragonmark you damn well please, but if you're not the appropriate race for the dragonmark you take, it's an aberrant mark, everybody will hate you and fear you, and I'll be extra-mean to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burrito Al Pastor, post: 4847556, member: 27303"] I try to keep things informal where houserules are concerned. I don't ban things so much as I... very strongly recommend against certain things, should a player eye them. (Battlerager Vigor is my big one.) I have a very silly stat system - 21 point buy, as per normal point buy rules... except that you have to spend all 21 on two stats. No more, no less. That means either a 17 and a 16 or an 18 and a 14. Then, you get 7 points to spend on all your other stats. Theoretically there could be some very silly builds where this would be problematic, but for most things it's just nice, and ensures that everybody has minimally acceptable attack modifiers. Everybody gets Expertise for free. In everything. All the time. I'm not limiting it to "You get a bonus feat which you have to spend on an Expertise feat", or anything like that; take it once for everything you might ever possibly use, if you want. I think I have a few "Rule of Cool" exceptions to specific rules, but they're mostly minor. For example, I'll let the rogue use the soft cover of the fighter as concealment for Stealth, even if that shouldn't work. Why? Because she loves doing that, and that's what really matters. Eberron-specific stuff: If the early reports I'm seeing on the Eberron weapons are accurate, then I'm going to house rule the drow long knife and double scimitar, hard. Because the printed stats are dumb, to the point that I expect errata. Take any dragonmark you damn well please, but if you're not the appropriate race for the dragonmark you take, it's an aberrant mark, everybody will hate you and fear you, and I'll be extra-mean to you. [/QUOTE]
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