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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6643769" data-attributes="member: 1465">Depends on what kind of house rules you have in mind...1) House Rules as rules changes> none so far2) House Rules as choosing what is/isn't in the game > whole PHB allowed, and I would also allow to pick some character stuff from DMG, UA articles and WotC official online supplements, but first I'd check them out and decide on an individual basis if they fit with the current fantasy worldDuring playtest however I had restricted the game quite a lot, such as e.g. using only pregens, or not using Races, multiclassing and feats.3) House Rules as metarules> inevitably, you need these, whether you call them House Rules or not... these are the rules about how your groups arranges and manages gaming sessions. A couple of examples in my groups:- Player's absence: when a player cannot make it to the game, her PC fades to background; the DM will run the PC on minimum terms i.e. participates in battles with a simple strategy, uses her non-limited resources including casting spells but not the limited ones such as items that don't recharge, does not make strategic decisions or plot decision of her own; the PC will not die, acquire penalties, lose equipment or suffer from other significant negative effects (unless the whole party does); the PC will not earn XP but will earn her share of treasure.- PC death: if a player wants control over her PC's chance of death, it's fine for me. She won't die when she should by the rules, but something else bad will happen to her character instead.- New characters start at 1st level (this still needs to be seen if it works! In previous editions, I had new characters start at the beginning of the same level as the lowest-level PC in the party)- Summoned monsters and polymorphed stats: if your character can summon monsters or polymorph, you'd better have all the stats ready!- Animal companion, familiars, cohorts ecc. are always run by the DM. The player interacts with them as with an NPC. (This is not always enforced)</blockquote>

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