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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 9045032" data-attributes="member: 6777737">Technically, that's RAW. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I usually just point out that RAW you're allowed to do this:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Drop held item (free)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cast spell</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pick up item from the ground (free object interaction)</li>
</ol>Technically, you can't do that if you're flying, but it covers so much that the &quot;free hand&quot; rule should never be a real limitation. And if you do something simple like add a loop strap to your weapon, then you can do it while flying, too. The &quot;free hand&quot; rule ends up being so narrow that it's not worth bothering about during normal combat.So for us the unwritten universal house rules would probably be:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ammo is &quot;be reasonable&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Encumbrance is &quot;be reasonable&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Food &amp; water are &quot;be reasonable&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Potions for yourself are a bonus action</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Handwave the free hand rules for casting, as above</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Handwave the &quot;draw a weapon&quot; limitations for TWF and thrown weapons</li>
</ol></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 9045032, member: 6777737"] Technically, that's RAW. :D I usually just point out that RAW you're allowed to do this: [LIST=1] [*]Drop held item (free) [*]Cast spell [*]Pick up item from the ground (free object interaction) [/LIST] Technically, you can't do that if you're flying, but it covers so much that the "free hand" rule should never be a real limitation. And if you do something simple like add a loop strap to your weapon, then you can do it while flying, too. The "free hand" rule ends up being so narrow that it's not worth bothering about during normal combat. So for us the unwritten universal house rules would probably be: [LIST=1] [*]Ammo is "be reasonable" [*]Encumbrance is "be reasonable" [*]Food & water are "be reasonable" [*]Potions for yourself are a bonus action [*]Handwave the free hand rules for casting, as above [*]Handwave the "draw a weapon" limitations for TWF and thrown weapons [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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