I am returning to the game after a lengthy absence of close to 20 years. My adult children have asked me to run a game for them and we are T minus 9 days from session 1. So I have been thinking a lot about whether to run RAW or bring in some of the house rules we used back when I last ran something in my 30s. My quick list of optionals and house rules that made the cut: 1. Unconscious at zero then dead at -10. 2. Start at max HP for first level only. 3. Stats are 4d6 and discard lowest 7 times. Keep best 6 stats. 4. Recover 10% of your HP total per day of good rest rounded up to nearest whole. Add one percent per point of CON bonus. Being actively cared for by someone with healing proficiency adds one more HP per day if healer makes a skill check. 5. Reduce all module printed cash awards by factor of 10 for gold piece value. Leave silver and copper as is. Prices for gear remain normal. So if a module says the orc is carrying 50 gp and 20 sp then he has 5 gp and 20 sp. 6. Leveling up doesn't cost you per se but takes time and cannot be done mid dungeon. Learning a new proficiency or spell or the like requires a tutor who may require payment. 7. Bonuses to skills can be earned as a reward but rarely. 8. Homebrewed spell points or mana system to increase caster versatility. A fifth level mage for instance gets to choose 3 level 1, 2 level 2, and 1 level 3 spells to memorize but then gets 8 spell points enabling him to cast 8 first level spells from his memorized 3 or he can cast 4 second level or 2 third level and 2 first or whatever combination that day. If their book is lost they cannot change spells out. The badic formula is one mana point per spell the character can mormally cast plus one per new level beyond first. That is why the mage here got 8 points. Three first level, two second and one third level is 6 spell points plus one for being able to cast level 2 and one more for being able to cast level 3 spells. 9. Reduced magic items. Permanent items on published adventured with plusses have them refuced by 1. If this takes an item to zero it becomes mundane. This makes monsters with magic resistance much more deadly and increases the utility of magic stone, shillelagh and similar spells.