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House Rules
Collection of house rules and alternative rules I'm going to be using on my next GM adventure.
- Armor as Damage Reduction (ua111)
- Vitality and Wounds Points (ua115)
- Spell Points (ua153)
- Alternative system for saving throws and DC's
Epic6
Tags: Rule, Required
Summary: This defines level 6 as Epic, and stops level progression after this. Progression after level 6 is done through feats.
Note: This also includes a few extra feats that are available after level 6, that can progress classes a little bit further with things like spell-casting etc.
Armor as Damage Reduction (UA:111)
Tags: Rule, Required
Summary: This changes how armors works in the game (but not shields), making characters in heavy armor easier to hit, but harder to damage.
NPC: This will affect npc's normally, note the different handling of Natural Armor.
Vitality and Wounds Points (UA:115)
Tags: Rule, Required
Summary: This system alters how HP works in the game, and split it up into two resources, Vitality and Wounds. First act as a buffer shield, and the second is your actual health.
NPC: Instead of affecting all npc's with character class levels + monsters, this will instead work on a “case by case” basis. Basically GM uses this on any named or unique character he thinks this should work on.
NB: Goodberry, Heal skill, Magical Healing
Spell Points (UA:153)
Tags: Rule, Required
Summary: This changes how spell-casters (of all types) use their spells, giving them a Mana equalent resource called Spell-Points to cast their spells.
NPC: works as normal with all spellcasters.
Feat List
Tags: Optional
Summary: Because I will be adding more allowed feats, and removing feats that serves no purpose, and other clutter, I'm making a own Feat-List for reference, with book/page reference where I have it, and links where I can find. This is both to increase variety of builds, and because the Epic6 rules needs a larger amount of feats to begin with. I will also remove anything I dislike.
With the added number of feats in PathFinder Core, and the Advanced Players guide, as well as some UA feats we got enough to go with for now.
Alternate Save/DC system (coming)
Tags: Rule, Required
Summary: This system will change the Saving Throws into static defenses, and change the DC's into attack rolls done against these defenses.
Reason: Allows GM to roll traps and spells against the players without them knowing (“Take a reflex save”, “Why?”). Also allows most casters to actually roll their D20 to “attack” enemies saves, making it more coherent with other types of attacks.
Sources
List of valid sources is still under consideration, I might just decide to only pick feats I want from books and leave the rest.
Books allowed:
- Pathfinder - Core Rulebook
- Pathfinder - Psionics
- D&D 3.5e - Unearthed Arcana (Special)
Definitions
Definition Core Pathfinder:
- Pathfinder - Core Rulebook
- Pathfinder - Bestiary
Definition Core D20:
- D&D 3.5e - Players Hand Book
- D&D 3.5e - Dungeon Masters Guide
- D&D 3.5e - Monsters Manual
Definition Core+:
- D&D 3.0e - Deities and Demigods
- D&D 3.0e - Epic Level Handbook
- D&D 3.5e - Extended Psionics Handbook
- D&D 3.0e - Manual of the Planes
- D&D 3.5e - Players Hand Book 2
- D&D 3.5e - Unearthed Arcana
