D&D 5E What House Rules Can You NOT Live Without?

[CleverNickName]

I'd gladly trade "possibly unbalance between characters" with "predictable ability scores".

Heh, yeah, that's certainly not us.

 

[Oofta]

I don't really know how to explain it...it just feels dull somehow. Repetitive, predictable. Like you're not really playing a different character, you're just dressing it up in different clothes? I dunno.

But it's okay; we found a creative solution that works for us.

If I was worried about it (I'm not) I'd come up with a list of possible point buy options, so have 10 or even 20 different arrays.

But especially in 5E you're only talking a +1 here and there if you have roughly balanced ability scores. In any case, you have a solution for you and your group that's all that matters.

 

[cbwjm]

Lots of folks talking about how they house rule starting stats. Here's how we do it in our 5th Edition Eberron campaign:

• Characters start with a magic item from Table F
• Use the 4d6 method
• Add up all of the modifiers from all six ability scores we rolled.
• If the sum of all modifiers is less than +5: the player can reroll them, or keep them and start with a feat.
• If the sum of all modifiers is greater than +9: the player can reroll them, or keep them and forfeit their magic item

I tend to just do the Gygax method of 4d6k3 and you need at least two 15s (not sure which rolling method he defaulted to, but the two 15s was definitely a thing) I might drop it to at least two 14s since a +2 bonus is generally all that's needed in your main stat to begin with and some will still be able to boost that to 16 with racial stats, especially if i start using my alternate race stat method.

In 2e I used to do 4d6k3 8 times and keep the 6 best which I could still do I guess.

 

[Zio_the_dark]

I like using cards for determining ability scores it allows for randomness but everyone get the same total from their six abilities so it avoids imbalance in the same time.

 

[jasper]

Make sure the laundry room door is close before the back door is open.
....
The new kitten has learn to escape.

 

[The Green Hermit]

Make sure the laundry room door is close before the back door is open.
....
The new kitten has learn to escape.

Chasing after an escapee definitely disrupts the gaming!

 

[Oofta]

Chasing after an escapee definitely disrupts the gaming!

But does it disrupt a long rest?

 

[CleverNickName]

Another great house rule: rinse your plate before you put it in the dishwasher.

 

[Scott Christian]

Personally, I can live without all of them. %e runs fine using the set rules or variants in my opinion.

 

[The Green Hermit]

But does it disrupt a long rest?

It does if it is yowling outside your window. Lol!