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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5278550" data-attributes="member: 18701">If you're DMing only people that are not familiar with the rules, I don't think house rules matter much. My experience shows that new players focus more on the game world than rules. They aren't having fun because of the rules. If the rules are more fun to players than your game world, you have a problem. Most new players are probably pretty lenient even if they find out you house ruled after reading the rulebook themselves.But DMing for experienced players is another matter. I was forced to learn the rules and not use house rules when I first began DMing 3.5. I wasn't a rules guy then, and I house ruled some things whenever I didn't know the exact rule & it was easier to make up than look up.But I was playing with strangers I met from internet ads. And I learned quickly that even though an experienced player says, "I don't mind house rules", that's BS. Everyone I would game with seemed to be a rules lawyer even if they didn't exactly know the rules. And I can't stand having rules discussions via emails between games (they'd email me all the time about any little ruling). So I stopped house ruling and stuck by the book. It made it much more easy to defend my rulings during the game and I was able to explain rules in my email replies a lot faster.I do house rule a couple of things, but it is nothing major that would cause a player to raise an eyebrow.</blockquote>