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 ======== 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons ======== ======== 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons ========
  
-This page details how I use the 5th edition rules.  Comments welcome.+This page details how I use the 5th edition rules.
  
 ==== Included Rules ==== ==== Included Rules ====
  
-Race and Class options are only allowed from the following books:+In general, rules are only allowed from the following books:
   * Player's Handbook   * Player's Handbook
   * Dungeon Master's Guide   * Dungeon Master's Guide
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 ==== Deviations ==== ==== Deviations ====
  
-  * **Races**: Only races from the Player's Handbook are allowed with the following exceptions: +  * **Races**: Only races from the Player's Handbook are allowed with the following exceptions and notes: 
-    * Dragonborn, Tieflings, and Drow (Dark Elves) are //highly unusual// and will be met with stares and/or hostility everywhere they go.+    * Dragonborn, Tieflings, and Drow (Dark Elves) are //very unusual// and will be met with stares and/or discrimination everywhere they go. 
 +    * Orcs are allowed as a player race -- though they will be met with some suspicion in certain "civilized" towns. 
 +    * Goblins are allowed as a player race -- however they are //highly unusual// and generally hated by everyone.
   * **Variant Rules**: All variant rules in the Player's Handbook are allowed -- with the following comments:   * **Variant Rules**: All variant rules in the Player's Handbook are allowed -- with the following comments:
     * Equipment Sizes (PHB, p.144): Using armor of a different size is allowed without modification.  However, a day of this will incur one level of Exhaustion (PHB, p.291).     * Equipment Sizes (PHB, p.144): Using armor of a different size is allowed without modification.  However, a day of this will incur one level of Exhaustion (PHB, p.291).
-    * //(others?)// +    * Some variant rules from the DMG are also used.  //(Need a list)// 
-  * **Significant Injury Houserule**:  Any time a character fails a death saving throw, they acquire one level of Exhaustion (PHB, p.291).+  * **Significant Injury Houserule**: When a character wakes up after being unconscious, they acquire one level of Exhaustion (PHB, p.291) if they failed at least one death saving throw while unconscious.
   * **Unconscious** condition: Ignore the last bullet point: "Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature."  Such an attack may or may not be a critical hit based on the normal rules for critical hits.   * **Unconscious** condition: Ignore the last bullet point: "Any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of the creature."  Such an attack may or may not be a critical hit based on the normal rules for critical hits.
   * **Grid-based combat**: Combat is almost always done on a square-grid battlemat with miniatures or other tokens.   * **Grid-based combat**: Combat is almost always done on a square-grid battlemat with miniatures or other tokens.
-  * **Persistent Damage**: //write-up coming soon//+  * **Persistent Damage**: //(see below)// 
 +  * **Wizard enhancements**: 
 +    * Wizards can put spells in their spellbook even if they are of a level higher than they can prepare. 
 +    * Wizards can use //Ritual Casting// to attempt casting spells of a level higher than they can prepare.  To do so, they must spend an additional 10 minutes and make a spellcasting ability check (just like for a spell scroll) //**for each level above their maximum**//.  Any failure results in //something bad// (TBD).
   * **Deities**: The preferred deities are from the "Fantasy-Historical Pantheons" (PHB, p.297-299) or the Non-Human Deities (PHB, p.296)   * **Deities**: The preferred deities are from the "Fantasy-Historical Pantheons" (PHB, p.297-299) or the Non-Human Deities (PHB, p.296)
     * [[Celtic]] -- also worshipped in [[Spindrift]]     * [[Celtic]] -- also worshipped in [[Spindrift]]
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     * [[Egyptian]] -- also worshipped in [[Backbone]]     * [[Egyptian]] -- also worshipped in [[Backbone]]
     * [[asgardian|Norse]] -- also worshipped in [[Rota]]     * [[asgardian|Norse]] -- also worshipped in [[Rota]]
 +  * **Level Advancement**: Players can expect their characters to advance levels slowly.  Expect to be at first level for "a few" sessions -- and do not expect them to ever reach double-digit levels.  //(Unless I change my mind)//
 +  * **Economy**: A quick rule-of-thumb is that one gold piece is equivalent to $50 in real-world spending.  Thus, a Longsword costs $7500 equivalent (and is therefore considered an expensive accessory).
 +  * **Languages**: Not everyone speaks Common, but everyone has a native tongue.  //(Needs expansion)//
 +  * **Flanking**: Let's try using the DMG Optional Rule: Flanking (p.251)
 +
 +=== Persistent Damage ===
 +  * //Sadly, playtesting determined this rule to be cumbersome and it has been jettisoned.//
 +  * <del>Any time a character takes damage, they incur one point of "Persistent Damage" for each die rolled against them.</del>
 +  * <del>This damage is part of (not in addition to) the normal hit point damage they take and needs to be kept track of separately.</del>
 +  * <del>Each point of Persistent Damage reduces the character's maximum hit point total by one.</del>
 +  * <del>Magical healing (except for Healing Word) restores one point of Persistent Damage for each die rolled.</del>
 +  * <del>Hit dice rolled after a Short Rest has no effect on Persistent Damage.</del>
 +  * <del>A Long Rest restores ONE point of Persistent Damage.</del>
  
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