House Rules

Variants

The Dungeon Master's Guide lists numerous variant rules. The ones used in the campaign are listed here. Slight changes to the variants are listed in italics.

The Surprise Round - the first round of combat is always a surprise round, with partial actions only.
Defense Roll - Against any attack, before the attack is rolled, a player may choose to subtract 10 from his AC and add 1d20 (New AC = AC - 10 + 1d20).
Critical Miss - A roll of 1 is a critical miss threat. Roll again, and if another miss comes up, the attacker fumbles. The exact effect of this fumble is up to the DM, but usually involves a loss of a round.
Clobbered - if a defender takes over 1/2 her current hit points in a single blow, she becomes clobbered. A clobbered defender can only take a partial action in her next round, then ceases to be clobbered.
Critical Success or Failure - skill and ability checks are subject to critical successes and failures just as attacks are. The exact effects of these criticals are up to the DM.
Spell Roll - A spellcaster may choose, before any saving throws are rolled, to roll a d20 instead of automatically adding 10 to his spell DC (New DC = DC - 10 + 1d20).

New Skills

None yet.

New Feats

None yet.

House Rules

Tumbling (from montecook.com)

Karma Roll

In the RttToEE campaign, almost all rolls are done out in the open. The theory is that this makes the player's feel a little more like the outcome is up to them, instead of the whim of the DM. However, the down side is that when luck favors the DM, he can't help his player's out. Here comes the Karma roll to save the day.

I actually got based idea off of the one from the Blurred Vision campaign. The basic idea is that each player gets one karma roll per session. This karma roll can be used to reroll any roll a character makes. Or, it can be used to force the DM to reroll. A roll can be a single die (d20) or a grouping of dice (10d6). Once it used, it is gone for the rest of the session. Lastly, karma rolls do not carry over to the next session, so you can't save them up. With one exception.

At the end of every session, a secret vote is taken. Each player votes for the best roleplayer of the session (you can't vote for yourself). The player who gets the most votes gets an extra Karma point which can be saved over sessions. It can also be used for re-rolling hit points.

Ideas

Here are ideas and suggestions for new rules as put forth by the players.