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YOU ARE DEAD (or Hardcore/AD&D for D&D 5e House Rules)

COLLECTED RULES FOR MY 5E GAME To keep the game feeling like sword and sorcery (and challenging the whole campaign), the following AD&D-inspired rules will be in play. General Changes Everyone starts at level 0 as a nobody. Character stats and races are determined randomly via a character funnel. Though there is no restriction on class, your […]

Exploding Criticals

I find a d12 exploding critical system more fun instead of just doubling damage or rolling more damage dice – which can lead to massive pools of damage dice. The d12 (criminally underused die) plus exploding mechanic is a nice balance between chaos and simplicity. In combat, most heroes deal +d12 damage on a natural […]

Out of the Abyss: Survival Days

After playing a couple days using the normal 5e rules for foraging – roll a survival check, if successful roll separately to see how much food and water you find – x 12 PCs and NPCs it became a pain. I ended up abstracting it by using the survival day rules from Dark Sun. Here […]