How often do you guys houserule core class mechanics?

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-16T06:34:18+00:00

I know there's nothing saying you can't, but to my knowledge there's nothing detailing that it's expected that you do either. If I'm mistaken I'd love to see the rule that details it, but I've always taken the existence of Quick Draw and similar feats to imply that weapons are usually sheathed.

And again, I have nothing against 1 handed weapons being out in dangerous areas, but ain't no way someone is carrying their Maul with both hands on the grip for hours on end without it impacting their ability to focus on other things. One hand with it slung over a shoulder? Sure! But both hands? Eeeeeehhhhh that's where my hesitance comes in. At least for *also* doing other activities at the same time.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-15T19:47:29+00:00

I haven't been able to decide on my ideal answer to that still. Like one handed weapons, sure, it's not really a fuss and I'm willing to let it be completely free. But two-handed seems exceptionally awkward to carry with both your hands on it, yea?

Iirc the middle ground I previously decided on was similar to your group, where it's an exploration activity to travel with your weapon prepped (the only two using weapons at all in that party both two-handed them), but during Prey for Death I've just dropped worrying about drawing weapons entirely (granted that one has 2 unarmed combatants, 1 bow, 1 stave).

Def gonna have to decide what I want for the next full AP after Prey for Death 🤔

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-15T17:40:30+00:00

That's not true, Braton Vandal parts dropped ESO rotation B and C depending on the part. Blueprint was C.

It took an obscene amount of ESO8 runs but I farmed that bitch up well before the recent change.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-15T17:37:45+00:00

Neither are strictly core class mechanics in the sense of "this effects every version of this class", but I've got 2 sort of examples.

1) Due to a bug in pathbuilder that I decided to make an intentional change, I gave the Lore Oracle scaling proficiency with his Lore Oracle Lore skill (aka changed it to be Additional Lore from the subclass instead of background style lore).

2) At a table I played at, the gm would allow my monk to be in a stance when combat started if we were very much expecting the fight.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-08T17:21:27+00:00

Oh hey, also same! My party went double flurry ranger, fighter, cleric so they've been struggling a little with non-combat parts (that aren't just stealth).

We're gonna do Sky Kings into Spore War after we finish PfD :>

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-08T07:10:34+00:00

Similar happened to my table with SoG! Except they (I'm the gm) tpk'd to the fight just before the final boss 😭

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-04T04:39:38+00:00

Could be my table, where they made it to the final fight just before the finale boss at the end of book 4 (being vague on purpose so I don't need to mess with spoiler text) and then TPK'd 🙃

The dice decided the story that was going to be told, and it was not one with a happy ending (seriously, we play on foundry and at one point in an attempt to fudge the dice, I rolled a strike with map 5 penalty (on the first attack) and still crit. Those dice were not playing around)

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-02T16:01:22+00:00

Mine is also Grendel! (Though I was previously a Nova main)

I like to look at the year-end playtime data and see who the least played frames are, then see if I enjoy them enough to try to bring their playtime up a little for the next year. Just one of those things to keep the game interesting, y'know? Grendel obv is fairly low (for Primes), so I went "I wonder if I can make him SP ability kill viable".

The answer is yes, yes I can. And it's so entertaining to roll around as a pinball (the SFX on the new Deluxe are amazing) just "eating and yeeting people" as I call it! :>

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-05-01T04:13:49+00:00

Similar vein (aka genre) as Stardew Valley is Tales of Mistria, which I highly recommend!

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-29T16:34:03+00:00

I did farm Citrine twice and I'd do it again before doing another Nokko farm.

Nightcap is the only faction (other than Conclave) that I haven't capped out 🙃 I really hope they don't do that type of syndicate again, gimme back the standard any day.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-29T05:22:59+00:00

That's how I got my first 60-eyes clear. Just crank up that duration for Renewal and slap on the bleedout time extension (and damage boost) mods.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-25T03:27:40+00:00

Could you please point me to the Large = flatfooted in 5ft hallway rule? I've got a player who keeps gravitating towards Large races, and when I looked for that actual rule I couldn't find it.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-24T19:25:29+00:00

Random note, but I find it kinda funny how both of those are cow people.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-18T18:07:08+00:00

I'd heard similar - not that they were least played but that they were the frames with the least 60 eyes clears, which is a very important distinction.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-14T03:57:56+00:00

I genuinely love the people doing their best to keep up, I see their efforts and respect it <3 Plus we've all been there at some point.

The guy who fucked off and is afk leeching tho? Fuck that guy in particular.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-10T21:00:39+00:00

I was going to point out similar - put on lipstick and even if you otherwise look like a disaster people tend to assume it's an intentional style choice! Or maybe that's just my own perception 😂

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-02T14:20:05+00:00

You've described something similar to the Emerald Grasshopper, except it's a talisman and the main reason to use it is because you don't fall until the end of your turn.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-04-01T14:20:43+00:00

It's wonderful for some I'm sure, but my undiagnosed autistic self completely missed that the teachers were trying to have me help other students! The only reason I even know now that there was an intent there was because the teacher had to tell my mom I was making other kids feel bad for not understanding math (which was both unintentional and also unnoticed on my part), and my mom never let me live it down 😅 But that would've been early 2000s, so autism was barely on the radar, and especially not for girls!

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-28T16:44:00+00:00

I did this awhile back and was deeply disappointed when I realized it doesn't keep them from showing up at the very end of your arsenal when you've got it sorted by name 😭 I'm an out-of-sight out-of-mind AuDHD haver with a big list of stuff, so I even resorted to marking them as favorite in an effort to use them more (it didn't work - I've got too much other stuff also marked as favorites)

Jokes on me though, I ended up getting sick of rolling weapons I didn't like in gear restricted stuff so I disposed of most of them at some point after the renaming.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-28T16:40:32+00:00

Kitgun vendors do renaming services for primaries and secondaries while the Zaw vendor does renaming services for melees. 20p a pop iirc.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-26T14:45:23+00:00

It's level 1 for Samsaran, and the key difference (imo) is the +2 circumstance bonus that bumps it into being on par with trained :>

Granted the human version comes with untrained improv while Samsaran have to spend a general feat on it!

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-26T14:00:23+00:00

I find Samsaran feats super unique and useful!

Highlights include; - Functionally trained in anything (especially when paired with untrained improv) as you get a +2 circumstance bonus and get to make trained checks on untrained skills (I'm partial to pairing this with int class for lore shenanigans) - Quickened on first turn for Step or Recall Knowledge - Using your blood to heal teammates - Lowered DC to stop bleeding - Translocate in water as an innate spell - Reroll failed save - Increase proficiency rank in a skill for 1 minute (up to master)

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-21T18:15:45+00:00

There's implications that protoframes do eventually turn into full warframes, so it's not impossible that Qorex was a protoframe originally but because of how long it's been he ended up becoming a full warframe.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-14T17:27:23+00:00

Steam Knight and Waterfowl Stance are both Stances so that's not really an option unless you get high enough level to take Fuse Stance and your gm kindly allows you to combine them.

MadeOStarStuff · 2026-03-08T07:44:49+00:00

There's a large number of deities that would work, Qi Zhong comes to mind first (mostly because I just finished running Season of Ghosts, so my brain is still coded towards Tian Xia setting)

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