House Rules – 7.5 and beyond
We shifted to 7.5 in April 2012 under Ken’s tutelage. Here
are our current House Rules:
1-Warriors get one extra dice per level for their main
weapon. If they actively use another weapon they don’t get this advantage to
start with but they can build up proficiency with more than one weapon. E.G.
Egbut the Slug is a L2 warrior – he loves to bludgeon things. He gets 5 dice
not 3 when he attacks with this weapon. A friend, Norrie Ahi, introduces him to
the delights of fighting with a serrated spatula. Egbut gives at go but only
gets the standard 4 dice. Surviving the Dungeon of the Unlikely Settings and
training for a couple of months afterwards, he gets to be as skilled with the
spatula as he was with the bludgeon. He still gets 5 dice for the latter but he
now gets 6 dice for the former.
2-Wizards are trained to fight but they can use a war
hammer, if they are strong enough, better than they can a jambiya so they get
the full dice for either weapon but they only get half combat adds. They just
don’t know how to turn strength, luck, dexterity and speed into a good fighting
technique. Before khremm (BK), things were worse because the L5 wizard probably
had great strength for casting spells and great dexterity for the same reason.
He could most likely punch out the L5 warrior with one hand tied behind his
back. Not right! This makes warriors the best fighters, as they should be.
(Rogues get full adds but no extra dice and no armour advantage.)
3-Now we understand SPD to be reaction speed, we take STR
and SPD and average them for sprinting speed. Could add CON into the mix for
marathon running…
4-Throw a 1 and a 2 on an INT SR when casting a spell and
you cast a spell right enough but it’s the wrong spell! You panic and fluff it –
you cast a random spell you know of the same level at the WIZ cost of the spell
you intended. Nasty if you fail a Poor Baby and cast a … well, L2 spells aren’t
as lethal perhaps – maybe Glue You would be unfortunate. Anyhow, we did that
with Ken and it added a certain frisson!
Next – messing with rogues, top to bottom!
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