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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StGabe" data-source="post: 3381932" data-attributes="member: 49275">Well they might be but you kinda already said that's what your players want.Personally I prefer to simply let players retire at whatever point the campaign seems to have peaked which is usually just past 10th or so.One rule I disagree with is:GM Can't Introduce New House RulesIt's nice to have a contract of sorts with the players but it seems that if you are going to add a lot of house rules like this you have to be ready to patch them if they don't work and ultimately the DM is the one with the objectivity/perspective to do that.  I just started a campaign with a fair number of house rules and I told players what things I knew would almost certainly stay the same and which I felt might need to be tweaked as we played.  Part of the decision was just the fact that, had I not just gone with that, I may never have gotten done writing all the required house rules.  At some point I just had to say, "alright, let's play".  But that's MY problem, I'm a perfectionist that way. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I guess I just believe that ultimately, the flaws and the clarifications needed for any sufficiently complex set of rules are things that can only be fixed after you've played with them for a while.Are you replacing alignments with anything or just getting rid of them?  I use an "allegiance" system.  Players have to declare allegiance to at least three things: a goal, a person and an organization.  They can do multiples if they want.  These give some small guidelines to roleplay and they can also be used in placements where alignment would normally be used.  For example a +1 sword that is +3 if wielded by someone with allegiance to a certain God or Organization or a shield that provides an additional bonus if you are protecting something or someone to which you have an allegiance.  This makes allegiances something you want to have and can be counterbalanced with obligations that go along with each allegiance.</blockquote>

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