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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9699744" data-attributes="member: 3400">I think maybe you'd be best off with a one on one chat and say that you have some questions that you'd like clarified without trying to call any of them "rookie mistakes". Rookies are expected to make mistakes - it's one way they learn. You can even talk about how these house rules should be recorded so that people can plan for them while playing.As far as specifics, I'm not sure all of these are mistakes as much as stylistic issues:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Starting with no cash beyond whatever you spent to get your starting gear isn't necessarily a bad way to start. It means you're motivated to take on jobs to put food on the table. It's pretty common in fantasy literature for heroes to be scrounging between gigs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not knowing the DC or while you're rolling can be appropriate for a number of different situations, particularly when there is some unknown factor involved that would be spoiled if full info were given out.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Every encounter happening when you're not wearing your armor sounds like a circumstance issue. Lots of encounters at night or something? I don't see how that's inappropriate. Maybe get some sleeping leathers or other back-up, quick-don armor so you have a slightly better AC for times you don't have time to don a full suit of armor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Banning feats - lots of DMs do that. Many even over-hastily after the shock of experiencing it once. Those can often by hashed out by a discussion - but at the very least, it would seem a PC with that banned feat is owed a replacement feat.</li> </ul>But for things that are mistakes - mainly a proliferation of actual rule changes:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You might bring up that crits come up against PCs a lot over their lifetime and establish what exactly constitutes proper medical care.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not gaining hit points every level - well, that's gonna have repercussions as PCs level up - but since this is just for the summer, it probably won't be a big deal now.</li> </ul>And don't you normally spend hit dice to recover hit points during a short rest? Or are we talking about a long rest here rather than a short rest?</blockquote>

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