#homebrew rules

[britcision]

So I’ve for sure mentioned this before but I have one rule when it comes to dnd that is applicable across all rpgs in general, and is it called the “Your Actions Will Have Consequences” rule

And the rule itself seems obvious:

A player wants to do something.

Maybe being silly, maybe being edgy, maybe just being a pain in the ass because they can… but because of what they’re doing/who they’re doing it to…

Well. It’s in the name.

This action will have consequences.

And I do not just tell them this ahead of time, because that did not work. No.

The player must Repeat Back To Me the key phrase: “This action will have consequences”. At least twice.

And then I ask them. “Do you still wanna do it?”

And every single time so far. The answer has been yes.

And every single time so far. Without fail. There have been Consequences. And the player who repeated those words back to me has looked at me like ShockedPikachu.jpeg.

So far? It has been little things.

The changeling has been outed to one of the BBEGs that may/may not fight the party (depending on other Actions That Will Have Consequences).

(Player didn’t know this buuuuut he has True Sight and has always known she was a changeling so really it’s just that she knows that he knows now but oh BOY it made “guess what page of the Boyfriend Brochure he’s on” fun for a day)

(They have not yet identified him)

One of the rogues stope from an ancient silver dragon, who the party had to bribe with a new painting.

If it’s a big, story affecting thing, they’re gonna have to repeat it back to me four or five times.

And the purpose of this rule is not so that the players won’t do things I don’t want them to do! (It clearly does not work for this purpose.)

The purpose of this rule is that when the Consequences rear their lovely heads, and the players shock their pikachu, I look at them and I remind them:

“Repeat after me. My actions had a consequence.”

And then they remember exactly how and why this is happening and the fun thing they did to get there and we have a giggle and they decide if it was worth it.

It’s basically to cut off any “oh that’s not fair” or grumbling when Consequences ensue and it’s great fun.

[rattworldcomics]

[rogue-hammer]

Decided Sea Wolves would be cool with Norse Dwarf allies (and I just wanted an excuse to use a bunch of old dwarf minis). Homebrewed this based off the Imperial Dwarfs from the Arcane Journal:

[dungeonmalcontent]

New and simplified way to roll for initiative: everyone at the table must point towards another player or the GM. Only the GM is allowed to point at themselves.

The player with the most people pointing to them goes first and so on. Ties are settled by Dex score, with the higher score going first. If Dex scores tie in a tied initiative, the players have ten seconds to punch the other in the shoulder, first to land a punch wins and if neither can in ten seconds both of their characters become evil radishes. If no one pointed at a player, that player's character becomes an evil radish until the end of combat. Players may not coordinate pointing targets before initiative. Both hands may be used simultaneously to point.

Evil radishes have an armor class of 25 and 1 hit point and regain 1 hit point at the beginning of each round unless eaten. As an action evil radishes can cast fireball centered on themselves. Every time an evil radish gains a hit point--including any hit points it would regain beyond its hit point maximum--it can move 5 feet in any direction, including through difficult terrain, water, or through the air (hovering). Evil radishes must cause as much chaos as possible or their character dies permanently at the end of combat. If an evil radish is eaten, it is neutralized until the end of combat.

At the end of combat, evil radishes (including neutralized evil radishes) return to their original form if they were originally player characters (if one was consumed it appears in the nearest open space to the creature that consumed it). If an evil radish was not a player character and remains un-neutralized at the end of combat it becomes a jolly good turnip for the next 24 hours, after which point in returns to its original form. If a non-plater character becomes an evil radish and is eaten, it dies permanently at the end of combat unless the creature that ate it regurgitates it before the end of combat.

If initiative is rolled within 30 feet of a gourd of ill omen, refer to Appendix C, sub-heading 5: "Jackin the Lantern."

[another-rpg-sideblog]

Dungeon exploration by O-kra on reddit

[galahadwilder]

Homebrew rules for my D&D games that my players will never discover: if you cast 9th-level Aid on a creature with only 1 hit die, they explode.

[flightyquinn]

Not-so-random D&D thought: Was talking with one of my mutuals about this, and I think that quivers/ammo pouches ought to work kind of like spell component pouches. You buy one, and as long as you have it on you, it is considered to have all the ammo you need inside of it. No need to track individual pieces of ammunition.

Think about it. Casters get unlimited use cantrips that they can attack at range with, right? And they don't have to keep track of consumed spell components to cast them over and over. So if the main advantage of martial characters over casters is supposed to be that they're less dependant on limited resources, they should also have an unlimited supply of their ranged options.

Sure, special ammunition could still be tracked separately, but when it comes to mundane ammo? Most people don't like tracking it anyway, and making it something you buy once and if you have it you have it would just be giving everyone a convenience that some characters already enjoy.

[vethbrenattosimp]

Ya girl has officially reached 30 on the list of homebrew rules she is creating for her dnd game

There’s a power point and everything. It has 70 slides

Edit: there's 32 rules now :)

Edit 2: I got 31 of 32 to pass with my players! There were a few changes but I'm okay with it and the players seem happy. I even got them to agree to switch to point buy!