Character Creation and Houserules

Character Creation

The following rulebooks and supplements are available for use in character creation. All player options are identical to the printed versions, with the following exceptions:

Players Handbook (PHB)

• Variant Humans are not allowed.
• The Outlander background only grants enough food for oneself.

Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG)

• Eladrin are allowed; however, use the version presented in MToF.
• Aasimar are allowed; however, use the version presented in VGtM.

Storm Coast Adventurer's Guide (SCAG)

• Racial and background requirements for subclasses have been removed.

Xanathar's Guide to Everything (XGtE)

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (MToF)

Elemental Evil (EE)

Volo's Guide to Monsters (VGtM)

• Bugbears are not allowed.
• Tritons gain Darkvision, out to 60ft.
• Orcs are allowed; however, use the version presented in E:RFtLW and EGtW.
• Yuan-Ti Purebloods lose Magic Resistance; and Poison Immunity has been changed to grant advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage.

Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica (GGtR)

• Vedalken's Vedalken Dispassion has been changed to only grant advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
• No guild backgrounds are allowed.

Eberron: Rising From the Last War (E:RFLW)

• The Abberant Dragonmark feat is not allowed.
• The House Agent background is not allowed.
• The Dragonmarked races are not allowed.
• The Artificer's Magic Item Adept feature has been changed slightly to better fit our custom downtime rules. See [DOWNTIME] for more information.
• Three items on the Artificer's Replicate Item Infusion have been changed:
  • Guantlents of Ogre Power now grant +2 STR, up to a maximum of 20
  • Headband of Intellect now grants +2 INT, up to a maximum of 20
  • Belt of Hill Giant Strength now grants +3 STR, up to a maximum of 21

Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (EGtW)

• Dunamancy spells are only available to their respective Wizard subclasses.

Mythic Odysseys of Theros (MOoT)

• Satyr's Magic Resistance has been changed to Innate Spellcasting: Druidcraft and Heroism.

Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (TCoE)

• Customizing Your Origin is allowed, except for the Custom Lineage and Changing Your Subclass features.
• You may use all, some, or none of the Optional Class Features presented in their respective class.

Character Creation

• Use 27-point buy to determine your character's stats. See PHB page 13 or use this resource.
• All characters start with a free feat at level 1.
• We use Milestone Leveling. You don't need to track XP, each character will be leveled up after various sessions.
• Instead of rolling for HP, take the average and round up. (e.g. the average roll of a 6-sided dice is 3.5, so you would round up and gain 4 HP).
• You use may take feats in lieu of an Ability Score Improvement.
• 1st level characters start with either all the equipment and gold granted by your class and background, OR the gold for their class on the following table. Additionally, characters starting at 2nd level or higher start with 50gp for each level, and can start with one item from your previous character. Show Spoiler
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Class	Starting Gold
  Artificer	150gp
  Barbarian	60gp
  Bard	150gp
  Cleric	150gp
  Druid	60gp
  Fighter	150gp
  Monk	15gp
  Paladin	150gp
  Ranger	150gp
  Rogue	120gp
  Sorcerer	90gp
  Warlock	120gp
  Wizard	120gp

• Multiclassing requirements have been removed. See PHB pg 163 for more information.
• The Path of the Berserker subclass for Barbarians has been reworked. See Barbarian for more information.
• The dice used for Unarmed Attacks by Monks has been increased by one size (e.g. a d4 becomes a d6, a d6 becomes a d8, etc).

Backgrounds

• All Characters must be an adult (e.g. Human characters must be at least 18 years old, Aarakocra must be at least 3 years old, and Elves must be at least 90-100 years old.)
• Reflavoring is allowed, but all characters must ultimately still be recognizable as a member of their race.

Travel and Encumbrance

Each character must consume at least two pounds of food and one gallon of water a day, equivalent to one ration and two waterskins, respectively. If a character does not eat at least this amount, then the character gains one point of exhaustion per day without eating. Consuming the requisite amount of food and water clears this exhaustion.
We are using the Variant Encumbrance Rules. The rules for encumbrance are as follows:

• If you carry weight in excess of 5 times your Strength score, you are encumbered, which means your speed drops by 10 feet.
• If you carry weight in excess of 10 times your Strength score, up to your maximum carrying capacity, you are instead heavily encumbered, which means your speed drops by 20 feet and you have disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws that use Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution.
• Fall damage now deals 2d6 damage for every 10ft past the first 10ft. Any fall past 100ft is instantly fatal for characters, unless the character has a way to survive a fall (E.g. a fly speed, or the spell Feather Fall)

Spells

• Goodberry now consumes the material component when cast.

Downtime

• While in-between adventures, your character might choose to take an action that requires a significant time investment to complete, such as research, building a custom caravan wagon, or carousing the streets. Such activities are encouraged, and you can find rules for them here: Downtime