House Rules from Various 5es

I've talked about the beautiful mess of 5e before. With so many different 5e-based RPGs and supplements available, we can build our own ideal 5e from the components of several systems and hundreds of supplements. I recently ran what I call my “3x5e” game which included characters from D&D 2014, D&D 2024, and Level Up Advanced 5e running in a single 1st to 20th level game. It worked fine but I don't recommend it. Instead, pick a core 5e system to use as your baseline and then include components from other systems or supplements to augment your core 5e rules. Each of four big 5e systems (D&D 2014, D&D 2024, Level Up Advanced 5e, and Tales of the Valiant) have their own take on the core 5e rules and each system has components we might want to bring to our game. Today we're going to look at some modular components from these systems you might slide into your own 5e game, whatever version you happen to be using. Luck from Tales of the Valiant Tales of the Valiant has my favorite take on…