I'm currently playing in an EXTREMELY heavy house-ruled game. Here's just a few I know about (most aren't written down, so I'm just putting them up as I learn them):
1. Clerics cast all their spells spontaneously, unless they violate the ethos of the god they worship.
-OK, this doesn't even NEED optimization. Seriously. As if they weren't powerful enough already. Hasn't seen that much abuse, b/c the Cleric is played by the DM.
2. Casters may use either the vancian or spell point system in UA.
-Alrighty, so as long as you have the spell points to spend, you can metamagic the HECK out of your spells! No more worthless 12 Level 1 spells per day, now just go to town! My bud's insanity Sorcerer is casting empowered, maximized stuff, obliterating our opponents, about every other combat without anyone else even needing to do anything.
3. Criticals are different - roll a percentage on each hit, and your chance to crit is equal to the threat range of the weapon multiplied by the excess you hit by.
-OK, so this one is easy to observe, but hard to pull off. Basically, you need to make all your attacks touch attacks. Wraithstrike works, but I was using Otiax. MAN, did that get nerfed FAST (no more Power Attack on my attacks)!!!
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OK, well I know these aren't common, but it got me thinking about it. How about it? The community up for a discussion on this stuff?
4. Power Attack can only be applied to attacks that allow Strength to be applied.
-Stack up the precision based damage! Also, Wraithstrike gets past this restriction, by strictest RAW.
4. Power Attack can only be applied to attacks that allow Strength to be applied.
-Stack up the precision based damage!
Does this rule out Wraithstrike? I know things like Flame Blade are ruled out by that, but Wraithstrike does not say (at least in printed form i don't know if there is errata) that Strength cannot be applied.
Does this rule out Wraithstrike? I know things like Flame Blade are ruled out by that, but Wraithstrike does not say (at least in printed form i don't know if there is errata) that Strength cannot be applied.
RAW, you are correct! So, that is one way.
In the last 3.0 game I played, The Other DM chose to use a critical hit table, which had effects ranging from 2x damage, to instagibs and increased intelligence (due to impromptu brain surgery).
I'm sure I don't have to spell out how to abuse that.
I did.
In my defense, he didn't give me much in the way of chances in playing my elf diplomat as more than a combat rogue. Besides, it was relatively tame - I single-wielded, even.
Oh, our current E6 group has a pretty crazy one:
- No craft feats used (per se, I'll have to ask about wands...)
- Instead by using the Craft skill, IF YOU ROLL A NATURAL 20, you can get a magic item with bonus equal to (check result-20)/3.
...So, I can have nine ranks, stat bonus and, oh, divine insight. That should get me a nice +7 bow, at least...
I've got a good one too: My friend once DMed a 3.0 game where he had the houserule that every enchant that's worth +2 on a weapon increases it's base critical threat range by 1. I brutally abused this, and at level 10, I had a Weapon Master with a +2 Mercurial Greatsword of Flaming Burst with a crit of 12-20/x4.
I have a huge set of house rules here, but they sort of rely on not being rigorously optimised against, because when you do, it'll be pretty easy to break the game in places:
http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=809.0
These rules try to make things good without abusing every angle, though, and I support optimisation from my players.
1. Cross-class skills cost only 1 point, as if everyone has the Able Learner feat.
2. Every charcter gets a bonus feat at every even level, it can only be one of the following: any armor prof, any weapon prof, skill based feats like alertness or combat casting.
3. We start with a 28 point buy, but get an ability point every even level.
4. Dodge Feat gives a straight up +1 Dodge bonus to AC.
5. We roll initiative every round.
1) Cure/Inflict Spells have Short Range.
Hasn't broken my game yet but then again none of my players are optimizers.
Oh and due to misunderstanding of the rules at when we first started playing.
2)Once a skill is a class skill, its always a class skill regardless of what class your leveling up.(If this is how the rule works I'll be happy but it seems more and more often to pop up that it is not like that.)
2)Once a skill is a class skill, its always a class skill regardless of what class your leveling up.(If this is how the rule works I'll be happy but it seems more and more often to pop up that it is not like that.)
Well... basically, you get max ranks, but it costs the usual 2x to raise them if the class you're currently leveling doesn't have it as a class skill.
Skill points are so scarce that I'm not sure if there's actually any harm in that house rule, though
No favored class is common.
Feats every other level is common too. This tends to make Fighters even worse, though, but limiting it to specific feats is OK.
I've also seen the inflict/cure has short range before. Makes inflict casters much stronger, but the curing side is purely a matter of convenience to keep characters alive.
(Just to say, we do that a lot. Also not noticing when a spell is personal, so I cast Bite of the Wererat on a Shadow Blade Swordsage. Stuf died.)
1- skill that has been class-skill always remains as such (but still 2 SP for cross)
2- free casting for spell 2 levels below highest slot
(if you can cast 0 to 5th level spells, free casting for 0-3rd)
3- free feat every even level BUT (not combat or spellcasting focused, cannot be used as prerequisite for anything)
4- no favored class.
5- 1 flaw = 1 feat, but if you want 2 feats, you take 3 flaws (and must be roleplayed)
1. Clerics cast all their spells spontaneously, unless they violate the ethos of the god they worship.
-OK, this doesn't even NEED optimization. Seriously. As if they weren't powerful enough already. Hasn't seen that much abuse, b/c the Cleric is played by the DM.
If the DM is strict on sources (like a core only cleric list...) then this is actually reasonable for no-effective-divination campaigns. There is nothing worse than being next to useless when you should be rocking just because you guessed the wrong spells for the day
I don't worry about 2 but I like DnD's crit system, so no to 3. 4 sounds reasonable though.
Cross-class skills cost only 1 point, as if everyone has the Able Learner feat.
Close...
Once a skill is a class skill, its always a class skill regardless of what class your leveling up.
Congradulations with these two, you just removed 50% of the hassle of rolling up a new character after your current one died.
No favored class is good too.
There are a ton I use that only slightly change things (the item enchantment rules are one of the top of my head) that makes things much easier.
Also as a DM I always use an Excel sheet of player's sensing skills so I roll for them
here's ours:
1- skill that has been class-skill always remains as such (but still 2 SP for cross)
2- free casting for spell 2 levels below highest slot
(if you can cast 0 to 5th level spells, free casting for 0-3rd)
You mean you can use them at will? Or spontaneously if the character in question is a prepped caster?
House rules I've seen in games that I can think of:
- Mithral weapons count one level "lighter" for the purpose of TWF penalties
- Criticals auto-confirmed, but actual roll needed for abilities depending on it, e.g. vorpal weapon
- Mithral weapons count one level "lighter" for the purpose of TWF penalties
- Criticals auto-confirmed, but actual roll needed for abilities depending on it, e.g. vorpal weapon
For the mithril thing, DMG 2 introduced Feycraft weapons which do exactly that.
Regarding the spontaneous cleric spells in this game: no, all sources, including 3rd party material, 3.0 material, dragon, etc are all allowed. And, he does use it all. Thankfully, he's been pulling back from the damage he could be doing (glory-vacuum that it could be).
My character's strong too, but nowhere near as strong as the Cleric or the Ancient Loredrake White Dragonspawn Kobold Sorcerer Incanatrix w/ Greater Rite.
Extra melee attack on a full attack action, Cast 2 spells as a full round action, +30 feet to movement and then +1 to ac, to hit, ect...
In all truth its not horrible except for the fact that we have a spell warp sniper who has just gotten his to spells that he can ward to allow for no sr or save and that gets mean really fast.
-No power attack with abilities that disallow strength to damage.
-Once it's a class skill, it's always just one skill point to buy and you can have max ranks. We just don't like fuss over skills slowing things down and it hasn't been ever close to abused.
-Extra feat for everyone at first level.
-Every kind of caster EVER has Eschew Material Components. Only things with listed gp prices matter.
-Clerics can have their Holy Symbol emblazoned on thier shield if they are going some type of sword and board.
-Out of combat healing is players choice: they can roll, or take average rounded up. (1d8 = 5) Speeds up the wand of cure light wounds action.
-Casters simply regain their spells through rest, even wizards. (Kind of like a video game) It's assumed that wizards, being book nerds, can function on a little less sleep than most other people and study while in their sleeping bags.
It reads exactly as written in 3.5, with one exception. It also grants a free move action.
You can take a 5-foot step regardless of what else you have done in a round.
Haste does all its standard stuff plus allows a second standard action per round.
Also one I have been testing out
Casters can change their prepared spells per day as long as they haven't used any spells yet that day, doing so requires 2 hrs.
- Casters can regain 1 lost spell of their choice for every 15 minutes they rest. Prep casters can also spend 15 minutes of studying/praying/etc. to replace a single spell they've already prepared that day with another. A full 8 hours of rest still restores all spells.
- Initiative is rolled with a d10. There aren't many ways to improve initiative, so players with the Improved Initiative feat, etc. have more of an advantage.
- After the first round of combat (or second, if there is a surprise round), players may choose what order their turns are. For example, if initiative came up PC1/NPC1/PC2/PC3/NPC2/NPC3/PC4, they may choose (during the second normal round of combat) to go P4/N1/P3/P2/N2/N3/P1. This can only be done if the allies are within 60 feet of each other and have line of sight with each other.
- Good Clerics can spontaneously cast Conjuration (Healing) spells (rather than just Cure spells), Evil Clerics can spontaneously cast Necromancy and/or Death spells. Specialized wizards can also spontaneously cast spells from their specialized school. To me this makes more sense than just saying "Clerics can spontaneously cast any spell." That destroys the Sorcerer and Favored Soul classes.
- To help compensate for spontaneous classes (sorcerers, favored soul) their primary spellcasting ability (Wisdom for Favored Souls, Charisma for Sorcerers) is treated as being 2 points higher for the purpose of determining extra spells per day, but for no other purpose.
- The Open Lock skill is gone. Disable Device takes care of what Open Lock did. This helps out rogues a bit by giving them more freedom in skill point distribution.
- A lot of fighter bonus feats' prereqs are toned down a bit.
- A few others I'm not thinking about.
Naturally this leads to several more 18s then usual and occasionally I see some gods of multiclassing through this since my players can be a lot more versatile.
oh and...
[*]Initiative is rolled with a d10. There aren't many ways to improve initiative, so players with the Improved Initiative feat, etc. have more of an advantage.
Mind if I swipe this? It'll make combat that much more tense I think.
Some house rules I've used before:
- Good Clerics can spontaneously cast Conjuration (Healing) spells (rather than just Cure spells), Evil Clerics can spontaneously cast Necromancy and/or Death spells. Specialized wizards can also spontaneously cast spells from their specialized school. To me this makes more sense than just saying "Clerics can spontaneously cast any spell." That destroys the Sorcerer and Favored Soul classes.
- To help compensate for spontaneous classes (sorcerers, favored soul) their primary spellcasting ability (Wisdom for Favored Souls, Charisma for Sorcerers) is treated as being 2 points higher for the purpose of determining extra spells per day, but for no other purpose.
Man that only worsens the gap between prep and spontaneous casters. Harsh dude, harsh. But it's your game, your call. Reminded me to post the houserule I use though.
Sorcerer Bloodlines: Each sorcerer chooses one specific type of Magical Creature of some sort (angel for outsider, Beholder for aberration, Vampire intelligent undead, Nymph for fey, etc etc) and gain a list of 1 free spell known per spell level (1-9) that ties to said bloodline. Furthermore, they gain these as spells known one level before they begin gaining standard spells known, and are given an additional spell slot at that level. Bloodline spells have +2 DC.
Furthermore, the sorcerer gains free eschew materials at level 1, and 3 bonus feats that fit with their bloodline theme at wizard matching levels. Also, Diplomacy, use magic device, and one Skill appropriate to their bloodline is added to their list of sorcerer class skills. Sorcerers get 4+int skills per level, and d6 hp.
Additionally creatures of the same type as their bloodline automatically begin treating them as friendly unless they have very specific reason otherwise. (prior information, etc)
It doesn't exactly bring sorcerers even with wizards, but an extra spell known per level and an extra spell slot per level does help keep them from being terribly overshadowed by specialists.
http://ttpworld.wetpaint.com/page/3.5+Houserules
A lot of it is clarification or just character-creation guidelines, but I like a few of my tweaks:
- For every rank in a Craft() or Profession() skill, new characters start with 10gp*level*level more starting funds. For example, a 5th-level character would normally start with 9000 gold. If they had 8 ranks (the max) in a Craft or Profession Skill, they would start with 8 * 5 * 5 * 10 = 2000 gp extra gold.
- Fighters get a bonus feat each level instead of every other level. (No one plays a straight fighter anymore. Why would you? Even after implementing this rule last year, we still haven't had anyone make a Fighter.)
- PCs selling items normally receive 50% of the base cost of item. However, by taking a full day to make an Appraise check, players can add 1% per point of the result check. Any number or value of items can be sold from the result of a single Appraise check. Players can take a 10 on this check, or even a 20 -- though this requires twenty days to find the right buyer(s).
- Zero'th level spells (a.k.a. Cantrips) are not expended when cast. In other words, memorized cantrips can be cast as often as you like.
- Due to the above change, Cure Minor Wounds and Repair Minor Damage are banned. There is now a new spell named Stabilize, which simply stabilizes someone at negative HPs and stops them from bleeding to death. It is otherwise identical to, and replaces, Cure Minor Wounds.
(The cantrip change was inspired by something I saw on these forums a year ago.)
- Grappling has been eliminated and has been replaced by a clone of the 4th edition Grab rules.
oh and...
Mind if I swipe this? It'll make combat that much more tense I think.
Lol, sure. It's worked out well enough for me. Our party's rogue has 20 DEX and Improved Initiative... I can't remember a time when he HASN'T rolled highest initiative. With a d20 it's quite possible for the rogue to go LAST sometimes, despite his agility.
Doesn't seem right. Lol plus you're right, most of the time initiative rolls are close calls with d10's, setting the tempo from the very start.
Man that only worsens the gap between prep and spontaneous casters. Harsh dude, harsh. But it's your game, your call. Reminded me to post the houserule I use though.
It doesn't really make spontaneous casters more powerful than preppers, or vice-versa. It does mainain differenciation though, however. Preppers still need to prep, and spon-ers still have the power of versatility. It just helps preppers out a bit - no more prepping Revifify, prepping the majority of your spells to meet your specialization, and so forth. Preppers still need to decide on buffs, control, damage, etc - they just don't need to prep their 'specialty' spells anymore. To me, that just makes sense. A good cleric should be able to spontaneously cast Heal, An evil cleric should be able to spontaneously cast Harm, and an Evoker should be able to spontaneously cast a Fireball. Sorcerers and Favored Souls still maintain the power that they can cast whatever the heck they want whenver they want.
Sorcs and Favored Soul's can't cast whatever the heck they want whenever they want because they only know a limited number of spells at a given time.
Anyways, I do have one more house rule to throw up, and this one I think is actually common, unlike my last.
Heighten Spell does not exist. A spell cast in a higher level slot on it's own (not adjusted by metamagic) is that spell level, no questions asked. This affects DC's, the ability to penetrate globes of Invulnerability etc.
No XP penalties for multiclassing - self explanatory
If you role a nat 20, roll to confirm if that next roll is a nat 20 the critical multiplier goes up by one, roll again if nat 20 increase multiplier again and keep rolling until you stop rolling nat 20s. So lets say you had a rapier. Normally on a roll of nat 20 with a nat 20 to confirm you would only do X2 damage as usual. With this house rule you get a nat 20 and roll to confirm. If the confirming roll is a nat 20 your multiplier is now X3 and you roll again. If the next roll is a nat 20 then your multiplier is now X4 and your roll again...repeat as necessary.
Every character gets a bonus regional or racial feat at first level that they qualify for
One my DM at college liked: All classes that cast spells have Spellcraft as a class skill based off of the casting stat of the class (ie. clerics would add their wisdom modifier to spellcraft checks instead of int). No spells per day instead in order to cast a spell you roll a Spellcraft check DC = 10 + level of spell being cast + number of successfully cast spells that day. Spells known per level remained the same. I'm not fully remembering on he handled cantrips, though I think after level 10 he may have made those at will for full casters.
To make some monsters more playable as characters my DM at college also had it so that you can play something like say a centaur you do not take the racial hitdice. So basically a centaur would just have it's level adjustment but no abilities gained through racial hitdice such as BAB, HP, feats and skill points.
To make some monsters more playable as characters my DM at college also had it so that you can play something like say a centaur you do not take the racial hitdice. So basically a centaur would just have it's level adjustment but no abilities gained through racial hitdice such as BAB, HP, feats and skill points.
OMG Ethergaunt.
If you role a nat 20, roll to confirm if that next roll is a nat 20 the critical multiplier goes up by one, roll again if nat 20 increase multiplier again and keep rolling until you stop rolling nat 20s. So lets say you had a rapier. Normally on a roll of nat 20 with a nat 20 to confirm you would only do X2 damage as usual. With this house rule you get a nat 20 and roll to confirm. If the confirming roll is a nat 20 your multiplier is now X3 and you roll again. If the next roll is a nat 20 then your multiplier is now X4 and your roll again...repeat as necessary.
actually making the rule worse then?
A variant rule not quite a house rule but the actual rules state that if you roll a nat 20 and then confirm with a nat 20 = instant death
actually making the rule worse then?
A variant rule not quite a house rule but the actual rules state that if you roll a nat 20 and then confirm with a nat 20 = instant death
Our table does that slightly differently, on a nat 20 its a crit, a second 20 confirms, and a third 20 is instant death... The main reason for the third roll was me killing the big evil end fight boss of one of our longer campaigns on the first attack :P :D
Our table does that slightly differently, on a nat 20 its a crit, a second 20 confirms, and a third 20 is instant death... The main reason for the third roll was me killing the big evil end fight boss of one of our longer campaigns on the first attack :P :D
well the way we deal with it is you cant kill anything with over 150 hp with a double nat 20 roll....if its life were to drop below 150 thats a different story.
so its just a general rule stating that if something has over 150 hp its hearty enough to not be killed automatically by double nat 20's
"Fair enough Flawless, your call. I wouldn't want to incorporate an instant kill ability that would be restricted by such a low remaining HP total. I couldn't do that to my players. "YEAH! I GOT DOUBLE NATURAL 20'S!!!" "Um.. sorry Kevin, it's still got 600 hp left." "oh...
They could would still do double critical damage...which could easily kill the person anyway,
I just don't like the of the freshly raged full health Barbarian charging my group with his 300+ hp and being decapitated horribly, due to sheer dumb luck.
They could would still do double critical damage...which could easily kill the person anyway,
I just don't like the of the freshly raged full health Barbarian charging my group with his 300+ hp and being decapitated horribly, due to sheer dumb luck.
I would find that awesome, especially considering my group plays with 3 nat20s = dead. It's, what, 1:8000 odds it'll happen, and when it does, your players will all go OMG!
Oh and about the current topic: No double 20 variant rule either. A double 20 on an attack is just a regular confirmed crit.
You mean you can use them at will? Or spontaneously if the character in question is a prepped caster?
spontaneous if prepped caster (which leads more or less to no sorcerers played)
and I forgot:
- unless very unusual circumstances, eschew material for everyone.
(which means if you're kidnapped and naked, then you have to take material component into account)
- 20's are not automatic success, but you can roll a 2nd D20 and add result
-1's are not automatic failure, but you have to roll a D20 and substract that amount to your (attack/ST/...)
in this way you could hit unprobable target on 20, and still succeed on 1
BTW: I'll go for the D10 init as well
Familiars, Psicrystals and pseudo-feats: Familiars/Psicrystals grant their owners the feat that their bonuses emulate for all purposes, from PrC qualification to feat eligibility. A Weasel Familiar grants the Lightning Reflexes feat, for instance.
And....
Combat rounds do not have a static Initiative order. Each round after the first, roll 1d12. On a 1-6, your Initiative goes down by 1 to 6 places; a roll of 7-12 moves your Initiative up by 1-6 (7 equals +1 to Initiative, 8 = +2, etc.).
They could would still do double critical damage...which could easily kill the person anyway,
I just don't like the of the freshly raged full health Barbarian charging my group with his 300+ hp and being decapitated horribly, due to sheer dumb luck.
I would find that awesome, especially considering my group plays with 3 nat20s = dead. It's, what, 1:8000 odds it'll happen, and when it does, your players will all go OMG!
My sentiments exactly Sofawall. The whole point of having an instant kill roll option is for those moments of sheer awesome when luck intervenes. For example, the dragon is doing strafing flyby breath weapon attacks. The Archer lines up his bow, and takes his shot. Natural 20! NATURAL 20!!!! but wait, it's not over, the rolled damage still has to penetrate it's DR. Roll it kid. *rolls d8 and prays for enough* "I only got a 2!!!" *DM does the math real quick.*
"The arrow seems to pause as it strikes a scale on the bottom of the dragon's jaw, forcing them to buldge against the force for a moment, before it penetrates, flying clean through it's monstrous skull and out the other side in a massive guyser of crimson gore. Good job kid, you beat it's DR by one."
Edit: just a note, this particular dragon had 900 HP, and the party was totally awed by it and talked about it for literally years after.
OMG Ethergaunt.
I think not.
I have played with stuff like this, and racial casting is obviously considered too.
I had a thread on how to balance something like this house rule (and how to balance it) here
By the way its fun. Nothing is more boring than only having humans in your party when the rest of the world a very monster-diverse campaign... Fight the specie-ism!
I would find that awesome, especially considering my group plays with 3 nat20s = dead. It's, what, 1:8000 odds it'll happen, and when it does, your players will all go OMG!
We had the Nat 20 rule as well, my old DM has the official rulings on it written down. Basically each Nat 20 past the first did much more damage, with 4 Nat 20's you killed whatever you were attacking. He got pretty upset when I killed that Great Wyrm Red Dragon by throwing a dagger into its eye!
We also had the rule of once a class skill always a class skill, 1 skill point to increase.
Our group used to play monstrous characters a lot so the DM would decide a level adjustment that we could play and we went with it, no racial hit dice (unless it was way overpowered, DM had final decision). Also he would usually lower the level adjustment as he saw fit.
When I first joined the group I wanted to play a Doppelganger, he ruled I had a +3 level adjustment (only -1) while we had a Gargolye and Troll both at only a +2. Needless to say I got the shaft on that one. It was the DM's way of trying to make me quit the group since he didn't want me to join in the first place (Everyone else did though). Well I stuck with it and that DM and I are good friends at this point and he always tries to make up for being so mean, so basically I would have overpowered characters every time we played after that.
For the mithril thing, DMG 2 introduced Feycraft weapons which do exactly that.
Nope,
feycraft makes a weapon 10% lighter, and counts as one category lighter ONLY for weapon finesse purpose. not for TWF
side track - So my latest pc is built with above in mind, telling blow+imp crit+elven thin blades 15-20 crit...
back on track - Another house rule is Sorcerer's have a "improved eschew materials", basically they dont use them unless the spell cost mega bucks, but they dont make magicals unless they seek out a Wizard to train, and Wiz dont like the Sorc so much. Our logic is that the Sorcerer is born with natural arcane untrianed abilites that just awaken within him. So how the heck would this untrained naturally magic Sorcerer find out a grass hopper leg, and egg and some root make a spell? Are they suggesting thru trial and error? You have to be kidding me theres what a billion materials that could be material components another few billion combinations and lets say your avg languag has 150,000 words...so its just seems so illogical. Sorcerer npc's also have randomly level to level spells selected, so we really get into the "Sorcerers are just born with it roll"
We to used to try to "help" the Cleric by allowing them to choose spells from there entire list, but this is pre 3.0 this is back with advanced D&D when the cleric used to be a little sucky, and the Monk was a 1d4/level for h-pt! But this class was so jacked up we couldnt help it. I think back then the Monks life exp rate was measured in comparison to the flying angels dragon slayers, (from Reign Of Fire movie) 17 seconds free falling in the air trying to bait a dragon....In short the Cleric doesnt need this kind of help anymore, Sorcerers dont have to guess what works with what, and yes the Monks from the old days rarely made it out of 1st level. We used to put them in & called them red shirts as NPC's in every campaign, and the DM or 1 of the players would control their actions, and it was honestly blind luck if they survived 1 st level, we did this 40 to 50 times, what a pathetic class they used to be, I think 4 ? or so made it to maybe 5th level.
Ah we have a couple more of the ole house rules but this reply is long as it is
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1: Rangers Animal Companion advances as if the Ranger had an effective Druid level of Rgr-3 rather than of Rgr/2. A Natural Bond thus makes it on par with a Druids, and the Ranger needs the help I think (or the AC dies as soon as it enters combat).
2: Improved Familiar is replaced by Sorcerers/Wizards being able to normally summon uncommon Familiars, but they gain less abilities (and more complicated/expensive rituals are involved), akin to a Druid choosing a stronger Animal Companion. Mostly for flavor this one.
3: Grafts follow a slightly modified system. The Graft rules in RotD is completely ignored. Graft Flesh can be taken multiple times (or what use would a Fleshgrafter be?), no restrictions on body places unless it's ruled out by common sense (no replacing your right arm twice). The system is more like the FF one than the RotD one.
COMMON: Base Attack Bonus and Save Bonuses are calculated by adding all levels of classes with the same progression together before adding the bonuses together (for example, a Clr 1/Rog 1 has a BAB of 1, while a Clr 1/Wiz 1 still has a BAB of 0).
COMMON: Max hp at first level, average hp all other levels (no rolls).
COMMON: No multiclassing penalties.
COMMON: Class skill once means class skill always.
COMMON: Half-Elves gain extra skill points just like Humans.
COMMON: If using gestalt, two PRC's may be taken at once. Sometimes I even allow dual progression classes for kicks and giggles (like the Arcanopsychic Pact-Theurge).
Etc... the list goes on, but these are the ones I most commonly use. There are a lot others that vary from time to time or that only apply in certain situations.
A few houserules among all the ones I use (when DMing):
COMMON: Base Attack Bonus and Save Bonuses are calculated by adding all levels of classes with the same progression together before adding the bonuses together (for example, a Clr 1/Rog 1 has a BAB of 1, while a Clr 1/Wiz 1 still has a BAB of 0).
COMMON: Half-Elves gain extra skill points just like Humans.
indeed, I forgot about those, I used them as well:
except I add the following: for base attack bonus, a medium bab can count as a low bab if it helps better:
Clr 1/Wiz 3 = Bab +2, like a Wiz 4