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I use Flanking but grant only +2 to hit, not advantage, because it gives the "little guys", like Skeletons or Goblins with a low to-hit bonus and no Pack Tactics, a chance to threaten the PCs by swarming them in large numbers. Advantage is too powerful, imo, and will lead to more critical hits...

In Curse of Strahd, I had a hag transform a PC into a toad then dump a BOX FULL OF TOADS around where the PC was so the party could not tell which toad was their toad. The character was a known dancer and the clever player started dancing (with a Performance(DEX) check) to help identify herself...

In my game, Shield grants +1d8 AC (rolled once) instead of a static value of 5 to reduce metagaming. I changed several spells and abilities from static values to dice, including Lay Hands and (Life Domain's) Preserve Life, for the same reason.

In my game, I am using the "withered heart" as a plot device, not a magic item. I am treating it like a reliquary where the necromancer's spirit resides after his body was destroyed; it is pure spirit now and cannot reconstruct a body like a lich. I removed the side effect of instant death and...

I am considering house-ruling the Shield spell to grant +1d8 AC and not a fixed number.

I do not have any house rules but here are two potential sources of inspiration for "storied items": * Legendary Items from Earthdawn; see http://apathyblogs.blogspot.com/2013/06/earthdawn-appreciation-day-bringing.html * Artifacts from D&D 4e; see...