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#1 poorwiggum Mar 18, 2010 13:42:17	Hey everyone. Remember the Book of Vile Darkness? That **** ruled. Was there literally a section where they elaborated on how a PC would behave if they had a Bestiality fetish? Yes, there was. My new house rule is for an evil campaign that I've been running on the side to our main campaign whenever we just HAVE TO PLAY and the storyline or the number of players doesn't allow the main (good) campaing. Secretly: I like the evil campaign more. don't tell. In My evil campaign, I encourage addictions and deformities. There are rules for them in the Book of Vile Darkenss ( but it's 3.5 Ed). I brewed up a few house rules for my players after they picked their backstories. The rule - *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * * Whoremonger       Raised by an abusive father or perhaps an indifferent absentee mother, you have grown to treat women as objects. Your wanton and rapacious lust for the opposite sex (or the same sex) often rules your life and influences your desicions. Your wallet is never as full as it could be, and it's more than likely that more than one of your bastard, interracial children roam the countrysides, maligning your name and seeking revenge. House rule - Upside - Any Player Character with the Whoremonger addiction may substititute an extended rest for sexual activity with multiple partners. Downside - The player is addicted to sexual activity, and if they do not engage in said activity once a week, they lose 4 points of wisdom and 2 points of constitution until they are sexually active with multiple partners. *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  *  *  * *  Is it exploitable? Yeah! I can see Koraf, my party's lvl 11 Minotaur Pit Fighter dragging around two concubines everywhere he goes, and then getting his rocks off instead of an extended rest in a dungeon, but to be honest, that sounds cool as **** for an evil campaign, and he'd still have to wait for everyone else to get rested anyways. Anyone else have any cool EVIL houserules? I'm interested in deformities and addictions. I'm trying to come up with a houserule for a PC addicted to money.
#2 Qube Mar 19, 2010 3:58:33	un-very un 4e like ... wisdom and constitution loss. (extremely annoying for clerics while sorcerers (using strength & charisma) don't really care I'dd simply opt for -1 attack , damage and defenses or something
#3 pluisjen Mar 19, 2010 4:08:37	The same penalty as being returned from the dead; probably fair. A lot easier to calculate, too. Having to update your entire sheet kinda sucks. Other then that... sounds like fun for an evil campaign.
#4 759mages Mar 21, 2010 2:17:35	4E is very anti-ability drain. What I would do to model what you're trying to get here (basically a debilitating loss of concentration) is: -1 to all defenses -2 to attack and damage How's this sound for a flaw? --Psychotic-- You are wildly unpredictable, and incredibly sadistic. You are just as likely to kill a shopkeep as to deal with him---maybe moreso.  This makes you feared and usually hated, and also pretty much guaranteed that you cannot manage to keep a low profile anywhere. Benefit: You are considered to have combat advantage against all enemies at all times, even while you would also be granting combat advantage. You also gain a +4 bonus to Intimidate checks. Drawback: If you go the space between extended rests without killing an innocent while one was available, you become incredibly distracted. You lose the benefit of this flaw and take a -1 penalty to AC and Reflex defenses. Not exactly balanced with the first suggestion, but it was a thought....