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<blockquote data-quote="Sojourn" data-source="post: 6226473" data-attributes="member: 6750311"><p><strong>The Fat Kid in Dodgeball rule</strong></p><p></p><p>The Fat Kid in Dodge Ball Rule: often, PCs with a high score in a skill can skip making a check, especially if they'd only fail on a 1 or other very low roll. Sometimes the entire party can get a pass this way- except one. Whoever has the lowest score always has to make the roll. There are 2 main reasons for this: </p><p>1) The DM assumes that if the Klutz can make it, anyone can.</p><p>2) The DM always goes after the weakest link in the party. Don't be the weakest link. </p><p></p><p>The bulk of the 50 pages of house rules aren't really new rules. I sat down and went thru all the books I own and made a list of all the feats, races, & Prestige classes, and deities. So it's not so much a collection of house rules as it is a menu of player options. </p><p></p><p>I've found some of the feats to be astoundingly weak compared to others. So I have a list of "Free" feats that you get automatically, most of which require pre-requisites. </p><p></p><p>I likewise give PCs a number of free feat slots- usually = Chr Modifier, for non-combat feats. It started so that players could make use of some feats from the Book of Erotic Fantasy or silly feats from Snarfquest D20 without sacrificing the survival & playability of their PC. They can trade 2 Erotic feat slots for one social or racial feat slot. A written PC background (which can be done any time, sometimes you don't develop a "feel" for the character until you've played him a little) is also worth a bonus feat. A player can take a flaw to gain a bonus feat, but those are risky and usually more trouble than the feat is worth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sojourn, post: 6226473, member: 6750311"] [b]The Fat Kid in Dodgeball rule[/b] The Fat Kid in Dodge Ball Rule: often, PCs with a high score in a skill can skip making a check, especially if they'd only fail on a 1 or other very low roll. Sometimes the entire party can get a pass this way- except one. Whoever has the lowest score always has to make the roll. There are 2 main reasons for this: 1) The DM assumes that if the Klutz can make it, anyone can. 2) The DM always goes after the weakest link in the party. Don't be the weakest link. The bulk of the 50 pages of house rules aren't really new rules. I sat down and went thru all the books I own and made a list of all the feats, races, & Prestige classes, and deities. So it's not so much a collection of house rules as it is a menu of player options. I've found some of the feats to be astoundingly weak compared to others. So I have a list of "Free" feats that you get automatically, most of which require pre-requisites. I likewise give PCs a number of free feat slots- usually = Chr Modifier, for non-combat feats. It started so that players could make use of some feats from the Book of Erotic Fantasy or silly feats from Snarfquest D20 without sacrificing the survival & playability of their PC. They can trade 2 Erotic feat slots for one social or racial feat slot. A written PC background (which can be done any time, sometimes you don't develop a "feel" for the character until you've played him a little) is also worth a bonus feat. A player can take a flaw to gain a bonus feat, but those are risky and usually more trouble than the feat is worth. [/QUOTE]
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