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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5916956" data-attributes="member: 87792">I absolutely can get my head round saying  "You  know what, that rule stinks, let's change it,".  But that a rule in the system stinks is absolutely an indictment of the system unless it really is the player trying something on (as with the Locate City Bomb).  And is completely different to houseruling, tweaking a system to do something else.  I can write all my houserules for 4e on one index card for each of my games (different houserules for each game) - and all are designed to fit the thematic feel rather than fix the mechanics.House rules:1: Use Inherent Bonusses.  Always.2: An extended rest is extended, not overnight.  It takes at least a long weekend in a safe location.  An overnight rest regains 1 healing surge.3: For games without an Underdark, replace the Dungeoneering skill with Engineering.  Caveat: I see no need to have the Shadowfell and the Underdark and prefer the Shadowfell.4: Allowed classes: Battlemind, Ardent, Psion, and Hybrids are always banned.  For low magic so are most non-martial classes.5: XP rules: Varies anywhere from level up when the DM says to RAW to XP for GP.6: Economics: World-specific in what can be bought or made and how easily.  Also may tie into XP rules.Using just 2, 4, 5, and 6 I have a vast amount of control over the tone of the game.  (1, 2, and 3 are all simple fixes to what are IMO problems with 4e and just leave combat length as an issue).A touch of context here might help.  The <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72212" target="_blank">Locate City Bomb</a> is an exploit that relies on stacking half a dozen metamagic feats onto an inoffensive divination spell, interacting in a way they weren't intended to, to create a weapon of mass destruction.  There is a world of difference between that and using Evard's Black Tentacles for precisely what it was designed to do.The thing is I have a perfectly good stack of sliced ingredients in my freezer (or rather on my bookshelf).  I don't need another set.</blockquote>

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