One of my favorite house rules is the Silver Standard. The concept is simple; silver pieces become the primary unit of exchange and treasure in lieu of the gold piece. There are a few other modifications required to make it work. Making a few extra tweaks to the system had some interesting and desirable effects …
Continue reading Grumpy Wizard’s Swords & Wizardry House Rules: Silver Standard
I use a 2D6 reaction roll for many social interaction encounters. One of the modifiers I employ is a for the reputation of the player characters.
My house rules for Death and Dismemberment, and Healing.
I enjoy tinkering with games. I like borrowing and ideas from other referees to modify and insert into my games. For me, modding games is at least as much of the hobby as playing. Hit points, damage and healing is one of those areas where I have borrowed from other bloggers and modified the rules. …
I use a death and dismemberment table for my Swords and Wizardry game. Part of how I use that is I decided that if you still have hit points then you haven't yet received a life threatening injury. Hit points then represent your level of fatigue, little scratches bumps and bruises and your general ability to …
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