IceHaven House Rules

  1. For character creation we are using the 32 point buy system as described in the 3.5 DMG. Cold Weather Clothing comes as Standard Equipment. Each PC starts with 10gp, and start up gp per the PHB.


  2. All evil player characters must have a suitable background. Contact the DM team for approval.


  3. Cold Iron, silver and Darkwood are available from merchants. Other special materials are not.


  4. Other than scrolls and potions, no magical items can be purchased from NPC's.


  5. Skinning
    Animal's size Value of Fur
    Small 10gp
    Medium 20gp
    Large 60gp
    Huge 180gp
    Cold Weather Effects we use can be found in the Frostburn book.


  6. Skinning: DC to remove a pelt successfully is a survival roll DC 12+HD. Basically its harder if the animal is bigger due to the amount of fur that requires removing. A pelt's worth is generally based on the animal's size (see table). Butchering an animal for food is a survival roll DC 11. The animal will give 10 days of rations per HD.


  7. Login XP. Each character receives 25x level in login XP per day. This is capped at 4th to 100xp per day.


  8. Hit points. Maximum HP at first level. After 1st you have the option of rolling for HP or taking 50% (2 on d4, 3 on d6, 4 on d8, 5 on d10, 6 on d12). There will not be any +1hp on odd levels, and if you choose to roll you must accept the outcome even if you roll a 1 on the dice.


  9. There will not be any NPC classes allowed at this time.


  10. Starting ages must be within starting age range for your race.


  11. The multiclass XP penalties will be used for characters with unbalanced levels as per the PHB.


  12. The only prestige classes we are using are those in the 3.5 DMG, Frostburn and those created for the chat (see the files section of the discussion group).


  13. Only single class characters at 1st level.


  14. No Non-Aligned Clerics


  15. Random Player Killing is extremely discouraged for the enjoyment of all players. But, when RP situations occur, to confirm said event we require screenshots and/or DM witnessing. If no DM is present, BOTH players must send screenshots and their Okay on the events.


  16. Players are permitted one PC IC at any one time.


  17. Leadership may only be taken with Head DM approval. The character in question must have a valid reason for NPCs to follow him or her. Cohorts will by made by DM.s. Special Cohorts may be taken only with Head DM approval, and as per the DMG rules they may be combined with special mounts.