D&D DMs want to use these homebrew rules that\u2019ll never fly with players Wizards of the CoastDungeons & Dragons 5e players and DMs love making homebrew rules, but some groups just won\u2019t use them, either because they\u2019re too annoying or they break the game\u2019s balance. D&D 5e chronicles all of its rules across different sourcebooks, but you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a group that follows them to the letter. It\u2019s much more common for D&D groups to change the rules to their liking, which is encouraged by the developers. There are some rules that DMs or players want to use, but they know they\u2019ll be shot down by the others in the group. These have been discussed in a thread on the DnD Reddit, where the strange and powerful rules are explained. \u201cFor example. I think it would be funny to not let people bring their own notebooks,\u201d the OP wrote, \u201cNotebooks are handed out based on intelligence. 16 gets a small notebook, 13 gets a small legal pad, 10 gets two sheets of paper, Barbarians at 8 get a coloring book and two broken crayons :P\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve never quite liked how encumbrance and inventory space works in dnd. In my group we\u2019ve been trying to adopt a grid-based inventory space, kinda like Path of Exile or the old Diablo games,\u201d one user wrote, \u201cIt comes with a little bag sheet that has a grid of varying sizes depending on the container, and little item cards in different blocky shapes you can try and fit in your inventory.\u201d \u201cUp to triple advantage and disadvantage,\u201d one fan wrote, while another said, \u201cBase PHB races only. Starting to get sick of everyone wanting to play as bugbears and satyrs etc. But I don\u2019t want to be a fun ruining curmudgeon, so I just let the players have fun lol.\u201d \u201cI suggested one for my campaigns but my players refused,\u201d one DM wrote, \u201cIt was a change for checks, when someone helped you you would add their modifier as well instead of getting advantage.\u201d \u201cSo if my wizard with +3 in int did a history check and was helped by my +4 int artificer, the check would have been 1d20+3+4 and who helped would have had an impact, I mean, why would a barb with -1 int help? And why would it be as good as an artificer with +4?\u201d New D&D 5e core rulebooks are launching in 2024, so the rules are due for an overhaul. There\u2019s always a chance that your unpopular homebrew will become canon, but we doubt notebooks based on Intelligence or Resident Evil-style inventory puzzles will make the cut, so homebrew they\u2019ll stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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