Summary of House Rules We Use

Drama Cards

This replaces Inspiration mechanic.

Each Drama card is unique and has a specific benefit and time when it can be used. Each PC receives a number of Drama cards based on his/her character level. Each PC is also restricted on the number of Drama cards that he/she can play during a session.

There are four categories of cards: copper, silver, gold, and platinum. To use a card costs a number of points based on the category: copper: 1, silver: 2, gold: 3, and platinum: 4. The number of points each PC has depends on his level.

Character Level	Max # of Drama Cards in Hand Per Session	# of Points Per Session
1-2	4	2
3-4	5	3
5-6	6	4
7-8	6	5
9-10	7	6
11-12	8	7
13-14	8	8
15-16	9	9
17-18	10	10
19	10	11
20	12	12

Initiative

Initiative is card based. Each PC gets 1 card and each group of NPCs gets a 1 card. Each round the deck of cards are shuffled. One card is revealed at a time. The card revealed is the PC or NPC that goes next. That PC or NPC takes his/her turn before the card is revealed.

Each PC gets a bonus card for each bonus from Dex, Int, and Wis. A PC may add any number of bonus cards to the deck for any round. A bonus card only lasts for one round and once used may not be again in the session. A bonus card does not grant a PC an extra action in a round. So once a PC's card is revealed, any other cards of his/her are ignored

Flanking

If you and at least one ally are all adjacent to the same enemy and all are attacking that enemy, then you and your allies each gain an advantage. However, the size of the advantage is not always a d20. The size of the advantage die depends on the number of allies that meet the above criteria.

# Characters	Dice Size
2	d10
3	d12
4	d16*
5+	d20*

The value in the # Characters column is the total number of adjacent and attacking characters, including your character. I realize a d10 may not help much unless your really good. And yes I do have a d16.

* This level is considered as granting Advantage for standard D&D 5e rules that require a character to have Advantage.

Level Training 

In an earlier post I created a training cost table that differed from the DMG. I've decided to update it again. This time I giving the players the option to decrease the time it takes to train if they are willing to pay more.

Level Attained	Training Time	Gold	Level Attained	Training Time	Gold	Level Attained	Training Time	Gold
2	10 days	30	2	5 days	68	2	2 days	180
3	10 days	90	3	5 days	203	3	2 days	540
4	10 days	180	4	5 days	405	4	2 days	1,080
5	20 days	300	5	10 days	675	5	4 days	1,800
6	20 days	500	6	10 days	1,125	6	4 days	3,000
7	20 days	800	7	10 days	1,800	7	4 days	4,800
8	20 days	1,200	8	10 days	2,700	8	4 days	7,200
9	20 days	1,700	9	10 days	3,825	9	4 days	10,200
10	20 days	2,300	10	10 days	5,175	10	4 days	13,800
11	30 days	3,000	11	15 days	6,750	11	6 days	18,000
12	30 days	3,800	12	15 days	8,550	12	6 days	22,800
13	30 days	4,700	13	15 days	10,575	13	6 days	28,200
14	30 days	5,700	14	15 days	12,825	14	6 days	34,200
15	30 days	6,800	15	15 days	15,300	15	6 days	40,800
16	30 days	8,000	16	15 days	18,000	16	6 days	48,000
17	40 days	9,300	17	20 days	20,925	17	8 days	55,800
18	40 days	10,700	18	20 days	24,075	18	8 days	64,200
19	40 days	12,500	19	20 days	28,125	19	8 days	75,000
20	40 days	15,000	20	20 days	33,750	20	8 days	90,000

Skill Knack Training

The training lasts for 100 days and costs 2gp per day. After you spend the requisite amount of time and money, you gain a knack for a single skill for which you are not proficient. A knack is simply a +1 modifier for a specific skill. You can only have one knack per skill.