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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6408080" data-attributes="member: 58197">Hey, I want to play a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwolf" target="_blank">Warwolf</a>. I don't crawl dungeons, I knock them down!...Anyway, to the OP's question: I think the main thing is to observe certain principles when implementing house rules:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Whenever possible, house rules should be put forward before character creation, and kept in a single location accessible to everyone, such as a Google Doc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If players object to house rules, the DM should give them a fair hearing and consider their concerns.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">House rules should be parsimonious: Don't make any more than necessary to achieve your goals, and keep them short and to the point.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When making house rules, DMs should read through all the relevant rules in 5E and consider how they differ from previous editions. (For example, if you decide to re-introduce flanking, keep in mind that 5E's changes to the opportunity attack rules make it much easier to get on opposite sides of an enemy, and advantage is worth a lot more than +2 to hit.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Making new house rules after the game begins should be done only when absolutely necessary.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the DM does make a new house rule after the game begins, all players have the option to alter their character creation and level-up choices in response. Such choices include every decision made during chargen and level-up, including but not limited to ability score assignment, race, class, alignment, spell selection, feats, skills, background, etc. If that means a high elf wizard turns into a half-orc barbarian, so be it.</li> </ul>These guidelines wouldn't solve all issues around house rules, but they'd go a long way to let DMs tailor their campaigns as they want without unduly jacking players around.</blockquote>

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