The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

House Rules for the 2014 D&D Player’s Handbook – Lazy RPG Talk Show Special

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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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