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<blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 6332652" data-attributes="member: 16212">Interesting list, I both agree and disagree. A couple of things:Long weapon lists: Stick 'em all in there! As long as there are no traps for inexperienced players, it makes a lot of people very happy to see a page full of weapons in the PHB. Let's not deny them their fun. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Spell components: Since only expensive components need to be actually managed outside of a Component Pouch, this seems fine to me and is usually first on the agenda for house-ruling anyway. I might not do that this time, just to see what happens.Identifying magic items: I will be house-ruling the &quot;fondle it for a Short Rest and know what it does&quot; rule. This is a 4E hold-out that I never liked in that edition either.Advantage/Disadvantage not stacking: To me, as someone who has DM'd hundreds of 4E sessions, this is a direct and appropriate response to the horrible bonus-hunting sweep that would circle the table every time someone rolled a number where the result wasn't immediately apparent. Collapsing stacked bonuses into a more simple &quot;You have a advantage here, sir&quot; is great design. This is the basic game after all. I think it's exactly the right call.Charge: I will wait and see on this one, as it depends on the interactions between attack ranges, movement, terrain, action economy, and other factors, plus is really only needed on a battle-mat. Since the basic game doesn't need a grid, Charge becomes less important.Death Saves: When I read your comment about Death Saves and Con bonus, I mis-read it at first to think that you meant your Constitution *score* should be the save value instead of the normal 10. Now that I've thought of that, &quot;Roll equal to or under your Con score to make a Death Save&quot; seems like quite a fun house rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wedgeski, post: 6332652, member: 16212"] Interesting list, I both agree and disagree. A couple of things: [B]Long weapon lists[/B]: Stick 'em all in there! As long as there are no traps for inexperienced players, it makes a lot of people very happy to see a page full of weapons in the PHB. Let's not deny them their fun. :) [B]Spell components[/B]: Since only expensive components need to be actually managed outside of a Component Pouch, this seems fine to me and is usually first on the agenda for house-ruling anyway. I might not do that this time, just to see what happens. [B]Identifying magic items:[/B] I will be house-ruling the "fondle it for a Short Rest and know what it does" rule. This is a 4E hold-out that I never liked in that edition either. [B]Advantage/Disadvantage not stacking[/B]: To me, as someone who has DM'd hundreds of 4E sessions, this is a direct and appropriate response to the horrible bonus-hunting sweep that would circle the table every time someone rolled a number where the result wasn't immediately apparent. Collapsing stacked bonuses into a more simple "You have a advantage here, sir" is great design. This is the basic game after all. I think it's exactly the right call. [B]Charge[/B]: I will wait and see on this one, as it depends on the interactions between attack ranges, movement, terrain, action economy, and other factors, plus is really only needed on a battle-mat. Since the basic game doesn't need a grid, Charge becomes less important. [B]Death Saves[/B]: When I read your comment about Death Saves and Con bonus, I mis-read it at first to think that you meant your Constitution *score* should be the save value instead of the normal 10. Now that I've thought of that, "Roll equal to or under your Con score to make a Death Save" seems like quite a fun house rule. [/QUOTE]

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