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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8797170" data-attributes="member: 58172">All rules relating to skills, including how Hide, Athletics, Social Reactions, and the like, must be in the Players Handbook. These are "mandatory" rules − and the kind of rules that players need to use.An "extra" rule is a rule that the game can function with or without − such as incurring an enduring injury if entering death saves. In 2014, feats were an "extra" rule, at least formally. But by now, most players who were unfamiliar with feats have warmed up to the wisdom of using feats. 1DD suggests feats will become mandatory in 2024. There will be suggestions for default feats for DMs and players who dont want to deal with the erudite quest for the perfect feats.A "variant" rule is something that actually replaces a player-facing rule. Having two different kinds of Human, a default and a variant. Switching to a different kind of Rest timing. Using alternate class features from supplemental books to modify the Players Handbook rules. And so on.Of course, the players should have meaningful choices to choose between at important decision points while leveling. These are part of mandatory rules.1DD and its surveys are sifting thru the responses to determine what the mandatory rules will be in 2024. Things that were extra (feats) or variant (Human) look like they will become mandatory.Anything that is nonmanditory will hopefully be in the 2024 DMs Guide.Also hopefully, any variants or extras that do make it into the DMs Guide will work well and have undergone some serious playtesting, so DMs who are interested in using them can refer to the DMs Guide as-is, without needing to fix and accommodate.</blockquote>

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