|
Item |
Description |
Reference |
Used? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stat Rolling Convention | How to set initial stats | DMG 19 | Use 32 points to buy stats |
| Variant: Monsters as Races | Allow PCs to play monsters | DMG 22 | DM permission |
| Prestige Classes | PCs can use DMG prestige classes | DMG 27 | No |
| Playing NPC Classes | PCs can play DMG NPC classes | DMG 36 | Yes. May play any of these. |
| Variant: 1st-Level Multiclass Characters | PCs can multiclass at 1st level, i.e. at character inception | DMG 40 | Yes |
| Variant: Learning Skills and Feats | Training/use requirements to raise skill ranks or gain new feats | DMG 41 | No |
| Variant: Learning New Spells | Add cost/time/sourcing when learning new spells | DMG 41 | Yes. Wizards must take time and spend gold to learn new spells. Sorcerers (but not bards) must gain spells from some supernatural entity. |
| Variant: Gaining Class Abilities | Training time/cost when gaining new levels | DMG 42 | No |
| Variant: General Downtime | Required training time when gaining new levels | DMG 42 | No |
| Variant: Gaining Fixed Hit Points | Players may choose predefined HP instead of rolling. | DMG 42 | Yes. Must decide before making a roll. |
| Variant: The Surprise Round | First round is always surprise round, allowing only partial actions | DMG 61 | Yes |
| Variant: Roll [Initiative] Each Round | Roll initiative at the start of each round | DMG 62 | No |
| Variant: Automatic Hits and Misses | Treat 1 as -10, and 20 as 30 | DMG 64 | No |
| Variant: Defense Roll | Use defense roll (each round or for each attack) instead of static AC | DMG 64 | No |
| Variant: Instant Kill | Rolling at 20 after a critical can mean instant death | DMG 64 | Yes |
| Variant: Softer Critical Hits | Reduction in critical threat ranges and multipliers | DMG 64 | No |
| Variant: (Critical Misses) Fumbles | Rolling a 1 may mean a fumble | DMG 65 | Yes |
| Variant: Firing into a Crowd | Determine where misses end up | DMG 65 | No |
| Variant: Clobbered | Simulate stunning characters who take massive damage | DMG 66 | No |
| Variant: Death from Massive Damage Based on Size | Taking 50+ points of damage risks instant death | DMG 66 | Yes |
| Variant: Damage to Specific Areas | Determine damage effects specific to body parts | DMG 66 | Yes |
| Variant: Nonmagical Psionics | Psionics not affected by anti-magic effects, etc. | DMG 80 | No |
| Variant: Characters with Scent | Allow gnomes and half-orcs to take Scent as a feat | DMG 81 | Yes |
| Variant: Skills with Different Abilities | Use non-standard ability score with skills in special circumstances | DMG 91 | Yes |
| Variant: Critical Success or Failure | Use the critical hit and fumble (see above) mechanisms when checking skill rolls | DMG 92 | Yes |
| Variant: Saves with Different Abilities | Use non-standard ability score with saving throws in special circumstances | DMG 94 | Yes |
| Variant: Spell Roll | Roll d20 as part of determining spell saving throw DCs | DMG 96 | No |
| Variant: Power Components | Use special components as a replacement for XP in item creation | DMG 96 | Yes |
| Variant: Summoning Individual Monsters | Summon specific creatures/animals instead of some random one | DMG 96 | DM permission |
| Variant: Upkeep | Charge a monthly upkeep cost to characters | DMG 141 | Yes |
| Variant: Faster or Slower Experience | Increase or decrease treasure and XP granted by some factor or by varying CRs | DMG 167 | No |
| Variant: Free-Form Experience | After each encounter, dole out experience in proportion to character level. | DMG 168 | No |
| Variant: Story Awards | Give out XP for CR-based non combat encounters, mission goals, roleplaying, or story awards | DMG 168 | Yes |
