House Rules

Bounded Accuracy
Many of the reasons behind this rule change can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20120604

Under this rule:


 * Players DO NOT add 1/2 their level to d20 rolls or their defenses. These rolls include but are not necessarily limited to attack rolls, skill checks and ability checks.
 * Monsters take penalties to their listed Attack Rolls, Skill Checks, Ability Checks and Defenses equal to 1/2 their level.


 * Saving Throws are made as normal (these d20 rolls do not normally incur a 1/2 level bonus, but this rule does not incur any penalty)
 * Any power that says to add 1/2 level to damage or has any other effect that adds 1/2 level work as exactly as they are described (the 1/2 level bonus still applies).
 * The DCs for Skill Checks are static and do not scale with level. These are the Level 1 DCs suggested in the DnD Essentials Dungeon Master Guide, plus an added Extreme difficulty. Most checks will be close to these numbers:
 * Easy: 8
 * Medium: 12
 * Hard: 19
 * Extreme: 26
 * Any Skill Check DCs listed in Trap description are reduced by 1/2 the trap's level.

Automatic Pass
If the bonus a player adds to a roll is equal to or greater than the target DC they don't have to roll and automatically succeed.

Cartographer Bonus
If a player from The Party sketches or photgraphs all of the combat-areas, maps, and locations encountered or described during a session, labels any individual rooms featured, and posts them on this wiki under Maps along with a short description the party will gain experience equal to that earned from one encounter of their level at the start of the next session. The same player may not grant this bonus XP two sessions in a row.

Chronical Bonus
If after a session, each player from The Party makes a significant edit/post to this wiki (generally 3-5 sentances), the party will gain experience equal to that earned from one encounter of their level at the start of the next session. The Campaign would be a good place to make these contributions, though details on any location or further information about a player or NPC work well too.