Topic: Whats your favorite house rule?

[markc]

Also for the healing potions you can roll 2 d 10 and take the highest roll. I tend to like that better than just assigning a base value.
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[Spectre771]

Also for the healing potions you can roll 2 d 10 and take the highest roll. I tend to like that better than just assigning a base value.
MDC

You know, that's a really good idea too.  It still leaves the probability of rolling a 1 and a 2, or rolling a 1 and a 1 and that still stings a little to still end up with 1 HP in the middle of combat.  I think I may institute that in the next session to see how it plays out.

[markc]

You can also have some potions be roll 3d10 and take the best or any variation of that idea, that way you can have better brewed potions without skewing the top result.
 And if it does not work or your players really hate it then you can go back to the way it was.
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[jdale]

1d10 and reroll 1's and 2' is basically the same as 1d8+2, it gives linear probabilities and the mean is 6.5, 12.5% chance of any possible outcome. Highest of 2 d10's skews high, so the mean is 7.15. There's only a 1% chance of 1, and a 19% chance of 10.

If you're curious, you can plot the probabilities on www.anydice.com, just enter one of the following and click Calculate:

output 1d8+2

output [highest 1 of 2d10]

[Merkir]

I also really like the idea of rolling 2d10 (or more) and taking the highest. It makes sense that the potions will act more similarly.

You could even swap it around, so that if the party gets a batch of "bad" brews, you take the LOWEST roll of 2d10 (or 3d10 or 4d10). Oh the fun when they find out

[Rask Tril]

I have entirely different method of generating stats (which leads into other house rules, but this is my favorite).
I've always hated seeing "weak" characters with Temp Strengths of "90" working side-by-side with a "strong" character with a Temp Strength of "80".  Yeah, the race mods.  I get it.  Don't like it. I like to know how strong a character is simply by knowing his stat. Hence, my house rule:
#1 Every Race has it's own "Race Average" (RA) and "Race Potential" (RP) for each stat.
#2 Every character of a particular race begins with the same RA, but determines "Individual Potential" (IP).
#3 Increasing Temp Stat beyond the set IP is possible, but each increase applied is halved to reflect the difficulty.
#4 RA , RP , and IP numbers never change once determined.  Only the Temporary stats change.
#5 Every increase is expressed as a percentage of the difference between the RA and IP.  So, an increase of "10" is actually an increase of "10%"(of the difference).  So if the range between RA and IP was 50, that would result in adding "5" to the Temp Stat. Round to the nearest whole number.
#6 Hero's are generally above average.  They get a "hero" stat gain of 2d10% for every stat.
#7 Divide 100% points between Prime Stats of profession. (remember, if a particular stat gain reaches 100%, all gains in that stat are halved afterward).
#8 Training package stat gains are a 1d10% roll.
#9 Every level-up, choose two stats for a 1d10% increase.  Remember-all increases are a % of the difference between RA and IP (which never changes).
Example:  HUMAN (male) Strength RA = 50.  Strength RP = (3d10+10).  Strength IP= (3d10+10)+RA. 
A dice result of "28" gives a "Individual Potential" of 78 (and, obviously, a difference between RA and IP of 28). Assuming "Hero gain" was "13". Prime Stat gain was "45", TP gain was "10", and leveling up gains "12".  That results in a total increase of "80%" of the difference (28 x .80) or 22.4 rounded to 22.  New Temp STR is 72.
Remember, the rule does not prohibit a Human from getting a Temp STR beyond the normal Race Potential. It simply takes a lot of effort (halved gain rolls once gains reach 100%).
               

[Rask Tril]

And yes...I am aware that characters with large differences between their Individual Potentials and Racial Averages will get "more bang" for the same % increase than a character with a smaller range between their IP and RA.