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 Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: