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episode 552: House Rules for the 2014 D&D Player’s Handbook – Lazy RPG Talk Show Special
Mike talks about how we can fix the 2014 D&D Players Handbook to preserve the value of the millions of copies that exist throughout the world and those in our own gaming room.
Podcast Contents- 00:00 How Would You Fix the 2014 D&D Player's Handbook?
- 02:09 What Parts of the 2014 Player's Handbook Disrupt the Game?
- 04:10 House Rules in My Own Game
- 05:26 House Rules Take 1: Nerf Nerf Nerf
- 05:54 Ability Score Generation
- 07:31 Class and Subclass Nerfs
- 08:31 Ispiration
- 08:48 Exhaustion
- 09:03 Spell Changes
- 13:33 Feedback I got: Too Many Nerfs
- 14:31 A Different Approach: Let's All Make the Game Better
- 15:20 Where Do You get These House Rules?
- 16:01 A Focus on Intention
- 16:31 Boss Monsters are Special
- 19:40 Requests for a Smooth Game
- 19:49 Please don't Run More than One or Two Sidekick NPCs
- 20:23 Please don't multiclass dip for Shield
- 21:33 Be Mindful of Arcane Eye's Disruption
- 21:53 Let's Avoid the Counterspell Arms Race
- 22:25 Familiars are either In or Out of Combat
- 22:59 Goodberries Are No Substitute for Real Food
- 23:17 Pure Immunity Breaks a Lot of Monsters
- 23:38 Tiny Hut Works Poorly in Dangerous Areas
- 26:17 Pass Without Trace Isn't Invisibility
- 27:50 Give Me Feedback
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