House Rule: more than one Action Dice rolled to cast a single spell
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:33 am
I've been thinking about a house rule. Letting spell-casting classes roll more than one Action Dice and combining the results to cast a single spell.
For example. A level 5 wizard has 1d20 + 1d14 for it's Action Dice. This house rule would let the wizard cast.. say... "Magic Missile" by rolling 1d20+1d14+int+caster level for the result on the spell table.
I know this would allow for some extra powerful results, but a wizard can only really use their extra action dice in spell casting attempts anyways. Maybe this needs some kind of balancing factor, or potential extra penalty to increase the risk for the potential reward?
Maybe if either of the action dice is a natural 1 it counts as a failure? Or some other penalty?
Thoughts?
For example. A level 5 wizard has 1d20 + 1d14 for it's Action Dice. This house rule would let the wizard cast.. say... "Magic Missile" by rolling 1d20+1d14+int+caster level for the result on the spell table.
I know this would allow for some extra powerful results, but a wizard can only really use their extra action dice in spell casting attempts anyways. Maybe this needs some kind of balancing factor, or potential extra penalty to increase the risk for the potential reward?
Maybe if either of the action dice is a natural 1 it counts as a failure? Or some other penalty?
Thoughts?