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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 2954733" data-attributes="member: 40398">I constantly see things in the game that just don't make sense to me, so of course i love making house rules.  Unfortunately I've found that most players don't find 17 pages of them to be fun.  My new strategy to deal with this is to lump all of my HRs together in a total d&d revamp, but to also have a short list of HRs that apply to 3.5.This shorter list is composed of rules that reflect my homebrew and rules that just make the game simpler and more intuitive.  Whenever i think of a new houserule that 'just makes more sense' i ask myself: 1) Will i ever need to refer to my own HR list to find/remember it? 2) Is it likely that the average player will balk at it or easily forget it? 3) Will this HR add a new mechanic or any more complication to the game? and 4) Can I just let RAW be illogical in this particular case without having an aneurism?If the answer to any of these questions is Yes, i drop the houserule.  I currently have one or two house rules concerning each chapter of PHB, and I'd like to keep it that way while I continue to work on my system revamp.</blockquote>