House Rules

Combat Related

• Movement in combat will be more versatile. If not doing anything else but moving, can move double your movement speed. Movement can be taken in any combination with actions you'd like as long as you still have 1 square of movement remaining.  The only time you cannot take an action after moving is if your movement takes you to the extent of your movement range. In a single round you can move and take an action like attacking, retrieving a potion and drinking it, sheath and draw a new weapon, cast a spell, fire your arrows, etc. as long as you still have 1 square of movement remaining when you initiate the action.
• Critical hits on a natural 20 are double damage. A follow up roll is made and if another natural 20 is rolled, it is automatic maximum quadruple damage. Each player must decide up front to either roll damage once, add modifiers and double it, or roll damage twice and add two times the modifiers. Once chosen, the player must live with decision.
• Fumbles occur on a natural roll of 1. If it occurs on the first attack, all other attacks are forfeit. After a fumble, another roll is made and if it is also a natural 1, the players weapon breaks. If the weapon is magical, the weapon's magic is rendered inert for one day. If the weapon is intelligent it gets a save vs petrification to resist the effect. If another double fumble is rolled while a magic weapon is inert, the weapon then breaks.
• Attacks of opportunities are taken as parting blows whenever someone disengages from combat, regardless if the defender has already attacked that round. Moving through adjacent squares does not provoke until the last adjacent square that you leave. The tumble non-weapon proficiency can allow you to disengage without a free attack.
• Combat Initiative rolls are 1d10 - init mod. In the event of a tie, the higher modifier goes first, then the player with the higher dexterity, and finally the lower weapon speed factor is used to resolve additional ties.