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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4047604" data-attributes="member: 18">I don't think it's irrational to house-rule from day one. Indeed, I think it's irrational to suggest that it is irrational!In particular, I think adding to the rules, rather than altering the rules, which is typically regarded as &quot;house-ruling&quot; is far from unreasonable, especially for many of us who have been running games for decades now, and thinking about the issues involved.It's one thing to drastically change the mechanics from the get-go. It's another to make a number of minor changes based on having read and understood the rules. It's also a bit misleading to say you always have to have read all of the rules to know whether making changes is a good idea. It depends entirely on what the rule is and how it works, and whether it even interacts with any other rules. Plus, realistically, no-one is going to actually use house rules without having read the full rules, because we're not even going to be able to play properly until they're out, duh.Edit - Delericho reminds me of &quot;to hell with favoured classes&quot; which I had houseruled by the time 3E came out, too. I mean, did I have to see &quot;all of 3E&quot; to understand that that little dinosaur needed shooting? Nope.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 4047604, member: 18"] I don't think it's irrational to house-rule from day one. Indeed, I think it's irrational to suggest that it is irrational! In particular, I think adding to the rules, rather than altering the rules, which is typically regarded as "house-ruling" is far from unreasonable, especially for many of us who have been running games for decades now, and thinking about the issues involved. It's one thing to drastically change the mechanics from the get-go. It's another to make a number of minor changes based on having read and understood the rules. It's also a bit misleading to say you always have to have read all of the rules to know whether making changes is a good idea. It depends entirely on what the rule is and how it works, and whether it even interacts with any other rules. Plus, realistically, no-one is going to actually use house rules without having read the full rules, because we're not even going to be able to play properly until they're out, duh. Edit - Delericho reminds me of "to hell with favoured classes" which I had houseruled by the time 3E came out, too. I mean, did I have to see "all of 3E" to understand that that little dinosaur needed shooting? Nope. [/QUOTE]

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