Crimson Longinus
Legend
I forgot one too: you can only spend half of your HD per one short rest.
Character only regain half their HD after a long rest.
IIRC, it's full HDs in 2024.I thought that was the rule as written or did that get changed in 2024 D&D?
There are several easy things you can do, like one or more of the following (and there are many more):It’s been said that regardless of what variant rules WotC provides, DMs can make their game as gritty as they want. For all you DMs out there, what methods and variant rules are you using? What are you importing from older editions? One can always throw more monsters at the PCs, but that doesn’t particularly reinforce a grittier theme. I find that system matters, as rules reinforce theme, and I find grittiness to be lacking in 5e but don’t want to lose the large available player base, nor do I necessarily want to have 5000 pages of houserules unless it’s worth it.
... or don't do it for monsters...Cut HP by like a third or half. Do it for the monsters as well.